Coffee Club

[Ladies-Eight]

Good morning Cub brought a pot to share.. I have the eggs, carrots and celery too great snacks.
Make allot of ranch dip for chips also ....

Add some popcorn to your snack list.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Have a very old style Popcorn popper.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Have a very old style Popcorn popper.

Does it still work?

You could always use a pot on the stove to make your popcorn the old way.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I have a gas stove it is a stainless pot with a wand that keeps popcorn moving, lid has clamps it is 22 years old they still make reproductions of it.
Actually made me want some so made it.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

I have a gas stove it is a stainless pot with a wand that keeps popcorn moving, lid has clamps it is 22 years old they still make reproductions of it.
Actually made me want some so made it.

Take a picture of it I would love to see it.

 

[Sally PB]

I eat when i am stressed or depressed. Mostly at night. Thinking of trying diet pills.

Here are some things that helped me lose weight, because I also eat when stressed, depressed, or bored.

Eat some unsweetened dried fruit. Drink a glass of water. The fruit swells and makes you feel fuller.

Do something else that gets you away from food for 20-30 minutes. Take a shower, go for a walk, fold some laundry, clean the bathroom. Something that breaks the "I wanna eat. I wanna eat." drone in your head.

Find things to do that take both hands so you can't eat while you do it. Like your pottery. Or knitting, crocheting, origami.

 

[Sammi_0411]

Hey guys thought id join in I'm sam 33 from UK xx

 

[pennyJo1960]

Hey Sam Welcome to coffee club we have tea, coffee just about anything you might want all virtual but a kick in the pants.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Take a picture of it I would love to see it.

Okay they are loading the Son is doing the dishes for me including it .. Use Orville Redenbacher's popcorn very few un popped.

 

[microchick]

Here are some things that helped me lose weight, because I also eat when stressed, depressed, or bored.

Eat some unsweetened dried fruit. Drink a glass of water. The fruit swells and makes you feel fuller.

Do something else that gets you away from food for 20-30 minutes. Take a shower, go for a walk, fold some laundry, clean the bathroom. Something that breaks the "I wanna eat. I wanna eat." drone in your head.

Find things to do that take both hands so you can't eat while you do it. Like your pottery. Or knitting, crocheting, origami.

10 weeks ago I went to the doctor. My last lipid profile was less than stellar. Groan. Not what I wanted to hear but was expecting it.

He gave me a choice. Try yet another cholesterol lowering drug and see what side effects I had with it. Tried two. Rejected two due to side effects. Or......lose some weight, watch my diet and then retest.

I jumped at the latter. My weight that day was 138. Yeah, I knew I had gained a few pounds. My clothes told me that. I had already got a jump on it and had lost about 5 pounds. He told me, now you have motivation. What would you like as a goal. I told him 125. He told me that was a good number so I went home and went to work.

Today I had a weigh in. 124.12 pounds with clothes on. They asked me how I did it and I told them. It wasn't all that hard for me to do. I am on a strict diet anyway due to diverticular disease but I knew I had to take a realistic look at what I was eating and revise my diet a lot.

1) Portion size. No more than a serving of anything. No more than 6 ounces of chicken/poultry/fish. No fried foods. Everything is baked or pan seared using brushed on olive oil or spray on Pam.

2) Veggies. Lots and lots and lots of veggies. Salads, cooked veggies. Nothing added, all I can cram in my starving little mouth. Usually dinner is meat protein with two veggies. Potatoes twice a week. Baked, or oven roasted brushed with olive oil and basil/rosemary added.

For the weight loss I have abandoned the whole wheat pasta that my regular diet lets me have. I doubt if I ever go back to eating as much as I was prior to dieting. That is how I gained the weight.

3) Whole wheat bread. Once again I am forgoing it till I reach my secondary goal of 120 pounds. I do eat either Triscuit crackers or regular crackers with low fat chicken or egg salad for lunch but I try to do meat only once a day.

4) Lots and lots and lots of sugar free/fat free Jello pudding and gelatin. This has salved over my sweet tooth. If I feel real decadent, like today in celebration of reaching my primary goal, I wills quirt a table spoon of chocolate syrup on my serving of pudding to give it some real flavor.

We had two birthdays in the family, mine and my husbands. Instead of cake that we felt obligated to finish off so it wouldn't spoil, I made cupcakes. Put half in the freezer, we enjoyed the other half. Almost guilt free....almost.

5) Exercise Exercise Exercise.

I have to say with all due respect that I disagree with the dried fruit suggestion, Sally. That stuff is loaded with concentrated sugar. You will eat it till you are satisfied thinking it's a fruit and you are safe but nope....calories added.

I suggest raising fiber. My favorite meal has become breakfast. A bowl of bran buds or bran flakes, a single serving cup of Del Monte 100% fruit juice peaches and sweet and low or Stevia and I stay satisfied all morning. I even have psyllium powder on hand. If I get ravenous in the mid afternoon I will dump a tablespoon in tea and chug it down. FAST. Not real palatable but if you disguise it it will swell and give you a satisfied feeling.

Don't get me wrong, I've cheated enough to be happy but not so often that I feel guilty. An occasional serving of low fat ice cream with my beloved chocolate syrup makes me feel decadent. But satisfied.

I'm waiting now to see if my suffering will keep me away from another go at cholesterol meds. If it doesn't about all I have left to try is grazing on grass and leaves in the back yard.

But if I can do it at 69, anybody can do it. Has it been fun? NO! But I was doing a happy dance in the middle of the hall when I got off the scale today. I figure in another month I should be able to reach my goal of 120 pounds. Since I weighed between 115 and 120 when I was in my mid 20s I figure that is a good goal.