Conference rocks::weight_control

692.0. "Weight-loss the Vegetarian Way" by TLE::TLE::D_CARROLL (A woman full of fire) Thu Aug 15 1991 05:57

    I'd like to start cutting meat out of my diet, so I'd love to hear tips
    from any vegetarian weight watchers out there.  How do you do it?
    
    Does anyone have the Weight Watchers vegetarian plan?  How does it
    differ from the regular plan?  Thanks.
    
    Anyway, noting that I could eat twice as many ounces of beans as meat,
    I tried out bean tacos the other night and they were *delicious*.
    
    All I did was bought Old El Paso "mexi-beans", which are plain old
    pinto beans with a suace made out of onion, chili powder, etc (not fat,
    therefore no added calories!)  I measured out about 5 ounces (which I
    figured was about 4 ounces of beans plus and ounce of sauce) and mushed
    up about half with a fork.  Then I mixed the remaining whole beans in,
    added a tablespoon or two of salsa, and fried the whole mess in a
    teaspon of diet margarine till it was a consistency to my liking.
    
    Add to that 1 1/2 ounces lo-fat cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion
    if you like, and two pre-prepared taco shells, and you have yourself
    two quick and easy tacos.  (2 Br, 3 pr (1 cheese), ?? veg, 1/2 fat.)
    
    D!

    Hi D!
    
    Though you probably know this already, there is a conference on
    SAFRON::VEGETARIANISM with quite a few lo-cal recipes.
    
    I have found WW fairly un-inventive in their approach to a vegetarian
    diet (sorry, I know I should substantiate that, but it's now 17:30 on
    a Friday afternoon, and my mind has just gone *** BLANK ***)
    
    Have a nice week-end all.
    
    Joana

    Hi Joana.  No, I didn't know about the VEGETARIAN notesfile, but if I'd
    been thinking about it I would have guessed! 
    
    Thanks for the info!
    
    D!