| Hi Cida,
I have just recently dropped 17 pounds and have 28 more to go. I
will let you know what I've been doing and it is pretty healthy in my
opinion. I get up in the morning and mix slim fast (not the ultra it
makes my stomach hurt) the plain chocolate, 8 o.z. skim milk, 1 scoop
slim fast and two ice cubes. shake and drink, or put in the freezer
for 10 minutes to make slushy. Slim fast has plenty of vitamins and
fiber. If your not sure ask your doctor what he thinks of it. After
this I have nothing until lunch time. Then at lunch I have a losalt
ham and losalt cheese sandwhich on light bread with mustard and a soup,
or a salad and soup, or just salad. the trick with salad is to keep to
the greens and not load up on all the other stuff the salad bar has. I
usually bring my own dressing (light). Meantime during the day, I
drink about 8 glasses of water, which for me was tough since I wasn't a
water drinker, but find now that I enjoy it and make less trips to the
ladies room now that I'm used to it. In the afternoon I will have a
apple usually and maybe a couple saltines and then I go home and have
more water, and I usually have a healthy budget dinner since there is
just me. I also try and walk everynight or ride my stationary bike. I
feel good and I'm looking better. Oh by the way, I also take a
multiple vitamin and a b-complex. Hope this helps, and if you have any
questions give me a call. Dawn 223-4097 p.s. can you let me know if
you receive this. I'm kind of new to the notes.
mccauley @mso or witnes::mccauley
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| Hi Cida,
I'm 8 months pregnant but plan to use my current eating plan method
after I have the baby. I developed this eating plan after I had a 10
pound gain from month 6 to 7. After I followed my plan my weight gain
slowed down to the "normal" 1 pound per week. I've gained 30 pounds so
far and have 7 weeks left - not as good as I had hoped to do, but not
real unhappy either (as long as I don't gain another 10 pounds!).
What I do is keep a daily check-off list. The recommended servings
are for pregnant women and number of servings for lactating women are
in ().
Date:
Milk Group - 4 (5) [] [] [] [] []
Protein - 7 (7) [] [] [] [] [] [] []
Fruit - 4-5 (5-6) [] [] [] [] Vitamin C fruit [] []
Vegetables - 3 (3) [] [] []
Complex Carbs - 7-8 (8-9) [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] []
Water - 8 [] [] [] [] [] [] [] []
List all other -
I try to make my choices low-fat and also use low-fat cooking methods.
When I started using the list, I quickly saw where I was having
difficulties - chocolate appeared to be a major food group and I wasn't
eating my veggies and drinking enough water. I usually need to eat
every 2-3 hours to meet the required servings, which keeps me feeling
very satisfied.
I also try to exercise 4-5 times per week. My exercise consists of
either walking, aerobic videos (lo-impact or pregnancy tape), a
combination of stationary biking & stairmasters, or swimming. I do
whatever I'm in the mood for and try for at least 30 minutes.
You may have noticed I don't call this a diet. Every time I decide to
diet, I panic and binge and feel like a failure and get depressed and
get another chocolate bar to help me feel better and then I gain weight
(even though I'm dieting!!) and the cycle repeats. Well this eating
plan is helping me now and I believe it will work later to lose the
pregnancy weight. Hope it's of some help to you.
Audrey
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