Conference turris::cooks

    Add SRFSUP::WEIGHTLOSS to your notebook!  There are a SLEW of
    recipes in there which are low in calories, and delicious, as
    well as references for various low-cal products and cookbooks.
    Plus there are hints for how to reduce cals in your favorite
    recipes.  Take a look.
    
    In addition, check out notes referenced by the keyword low-calorie
    (or is it low_calorie?) in this notesfile.  I've added a few, and
    included calorie counts in some.
    
    --Louise

    Simplest, least stressful thing I've found is to eat as you have
    been, only *less* of everything.

    I love to eat! My solution is to excersize. Strenuous excersize
    is not for everyone, be careful. With all these home videos you
    don't have to leave your house to get a good work out. If you have
    a VCR, go to the nearest vidoe rental place and check out some
    aerobic work out videos. If you don't have a VCR they also sell
    audio cassets that motivate and instruct you to excersize.

    The best way to lose weight is to eat on a set schedule and not
    to snack. You can basically eat whatever you want, even seconds,
    as long as you do it at the same times. Always eat well balanced
    meals and eat 3 of them a day with you last meal coming no later
    than 3 - 4 hours before you go to bed. Also light excersise, such
    as walking, will help. fat usually arises when people eat too much
    of one kind of food(good food or junk food) and not enough of something
    else. 
    
    							Geoff

    
    I found some great recipes believe it or not in Victoria Principal's
    Diet Book. The book has some great recipes, that are easy, and
    specifically geared towards chicken, fish and salads. I didn't follow
    the  diet but found the recipes good. Good luck!
    
    

Tips:

Instead of salad dressing, use Balsamic vinegar (cut with a little water
it you wish)

Instead of butter or margarine on vegetables, use vinegars (flavored as
you choose)

Eat large meal at lunch, eat lightly at dinner....exercise after dinner
by walking or cycling or swimming at the Y.

instead of cream cheese, drain a tub of plain yoghurt in a double layer
of cheese cloth overnight, discard juice, the result is a low-fat
cheese to use instead of �hight-fat stuff.

to make a creamy salad dressing, add hidden valley vranch seasonings
to measured amounts of buttermilk only, no mayonaise!  Try it, it works
well, tastes good and doesn't have nearly the calories of the regular.

Suggested by the doctor:

avoid all sweetened drinks or foods for two weeks when you start a diet.
the taste for sugar can change that fast and after two weeks fruit will
begin to taste really sweet and can become a replacement for higher
calorie goodies....

Wish us all luck...I'm on the regime again too.

    If your are short on time I have found that a great dinner (low
    in calories) is to combine my fish/chicken/turkey with the various
    Custom Cusine Vegetables (but not the one with pasta). They average
    about 70 cal per serving for the veggies. I tend to go light on
    the protein and heavy on the veggies for my meals. 
    
    nancy
    

    
    To find diet recipes in the notesfile, ADD ENTRY SRFSUP::WEIGHTLOSS.
    And then go in and read note numbers 3,4,14,17,62,69 and 102.  I
    didn't go into each of them and check them out, but I did a directory
    check for diet recipes and that's the numbers it gave me.

    If you are still looking for those diet recipes, try the
    following cookbooks.
    
    	Dieter's Cookbook  by  Better Homes and Gardens
    	Cooking Light  by  Oxmoor House
    
    The Cooking Light cookbooks are issued annually.  I have the
    1987 and 1988 versions.  Although I have a number of diet
    type cookbooks, these are the best by far.  

    					Enjoy,
    						Donna