Anyone ready to ring in the new year...and lose weight/get fit?

[wildorchid053]

way to go piece.. the blood sugar is great.. keep up the good work

 

[wildorchid053]

knock kneed hen.... i got to drinking coffee with 1/2 and 1/2 and i like it light.. so your idea for switching to fat free creamer was a great idea.. those calories could be used for a lean cuisine lol

 

[vfem]

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I tried to tamper with my coffee for my diet... NOPE! I need my coffee and my fat free creamer or I would lose my mind! I am not a sugar person, and I only like 1 tbsp of creamer per cup... I probably have a good 3 cups or so per day.

But I was able to get rid of ALL soda, not even diet. I only ever else drink water, or the 5 calorie crystal light packets (they go a long way to getting you the proper water intake).

Then I did the most evil thing to my husband... he won't forgive me. I changed over ALL the condiments and milk for the whole family so I wouldn't cheat. No we only have skim milk, light mayo, fat free ranch dressing, low fat yogurts, light sour cream.... ect ect. So if I ever try to cheat, I'm still getting the lighter variety of something. It doesn't matter if its "just not the same" long as there is no other choice!

 

[3goodeggs]

I tried to do that, until I realized that they replaced the fat with corn syrup solids. Corn syrup and I have issues.
So I use 2% milk in my coffee. or, coffee in my 2% milk.

I decided that milk fat and olive oil mayo is not that bad, all in moderation. My son eats sour cream like we eat low fat yogurt...but he is growing up up up so fast, I do not think it has a chance to do anything but make 'tall'.
for me it makes round.

So it is there, and I allow myself some, just not often.

ice cream is different. I have no self control then.
If they want ice cream, anything with peanuts and chocolate in it is safe from me. I must be the only person on the planet that does not think peanut and chocolate are two great tastes that go together. It just ruins perfectly good peanuts and chocolate.

 

[vfem]

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Even in Organic Skim Milk?

 

[oesdog]

Sundays - My hardest day because family are over for dinner and DH always makes buns and lovely things -

And I have to eat them!!!!!!!!

I am sooo going to try to eat a small portion of dinner as DH is doing Baked alaska for dessert tonight!!!! Yeap FULL of cream and sugar and all those things I AM NOT SUPPOSED TO BE EATING!!!!!!!

Anyone else have these issues?????????

Oesdog

 

[vfem]

Oooh... here's what I found one the consumer report webpage about milk!

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine-archive/2010/october/food/milk-iq/overview/index.htm

Earlier this year, the Department of Agriculture clarified the amount of time cows that produce organic milk must spend grazing on grass. By July 2011, they must have year-round access to the outdoors, access to pasture during the grazing season, and a specified minimum intake from pasture grown without synthetic herbicides and pesticides. They also must not have been treated with hormones or antibiotics.

Here are other terms to know when you're in the dairy aisle:
Whole milk

It has slightly less than 4 percent fat. One cup has 150 calories, about half from fat, plus vitamin D and about 300 milligrams of calcium. Whole, reduced-fat, and skim milk all provide similar amounts of protein, calcium, and vitamin D.

2 percent milk

A cup has 120 calories, about a third from fat.

1 percent milk

A cup has 100 calories, about a fifth from fat.

Nonfat or skim

A cup has 80 calories, none from fat. And how does a company create fat-free half-and-half? By adding stuff such as corn-syrup solids, artificial color, and sugar to nonfat milk.

Pasteurized

Milk has been heated to at least 161° F for at least 15 seconds or 145° for 30 minutes.

Ultrapasteurized, aka UHT

Milk has been heated to at least 280° for at least 2 seconds. Ultrapasteurized milk will often have a more "cooked" flavor than pasteurized, according to Cornell University's Department of Food Science, but lasts longer before turning sour.

Raw, aka unpasteurized

Because raw milk can harbor harmful bacteria, the Food and Drug Administration recommends against drinking it.

rbGH

Recombinant bovine growth hormone is an artificial, genetically engineered drug designed to increase milk production (by an estimated 10 percent). Its use was approved by the FDA in 1993. Most industrialized nations and all 25 members of the European Union have not approved its use because it can sicken cows. (And Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, has said that rbGH shouldn't be allowed in the U.S.)

Lactose free

Some people can't digest lactose, milk's dominant sugar, because they lack lactase, the enzyme needed to break it down. Lactose intolerance causes gas and diarrhea.

Tryptophan

It's an amino acid in milk that the body turns into sleep-promoting serotonin. Whether there's enough in a glass of milk to aid sleep is debatable.

Soy milk

Plain soy milk has about a third fewer calories than whole milk but similar levels of calcium, protein, and vitamin D; negligible saturated fat; no cholesterol; and no lactose. If not labeled organic, it probably contains genetically modified soy.

Sell by

Milk should stay fresh for two to five days after this date, according to Cornell University's Department of Food Science, but once opened should be used as soon as possible. Unopened ultrapasteurized milk in sterile (aseptic) packaging can last several months unrefrigerated, but once opened, drink it within 7 to 10 days. The ideal temperature for storing milk is between 34° and 38°, Cornell says.

Source

You can find out where the milk you buy comes from by going to http://www.whereismymilkfrom.com and typing in a code from the carton.

 

[wildorchid053]

i should have read the label on my fat free dairy creamer>>> powdered.... it has sugar so when i put it in my coffee with my splenda wow what a sugar rush... guess i will go back to my 1/2 and 1/2 . i would rather have the fat than the sugar for my diabetes

 

[3goodeggs]

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Even in Organic Skim Milk?

no, just the fat free powdered and liquid substitutes. Just read the labels on some of the fat free things,
Advertising is awfully deceptive. It would be like labeling a bag of sugar as "Fat free" or a quart of oil as 'Carbohydrate free" ..nothing is free.

I just have never been able to do fat free milk. It looks like water with milk in it...
and I think it tastes that way too.

 

[rancher hicks]

Yes but I'm not doing well.

I have to tell you that my SIL joined Weight Watchers, but when my DD didn't finish her yogurt asked if it would count against his "points" if he finished it.