Substituting for that little glass of wine

[Anonymous]

PS - OP here.

FYI - my diet, on a good day:

pepperidge farms mini whole wheat bagel (toasted) with a very small amount of butter

snack pack size lowfat cottage cheese

black hot tea (2)

mid-morning snack

2 hard boiled egg whites

2 saltines

water

lunch

mixed green salad with carrots, gorgonzola cheese and black olives with 1/2 teaspoon fat free basalmic dressing
1/2 slice of bread from cosi
water

afternoon snack

60 calorie jello sugar free chocolate pudding
black hot tea

dinner

1/4 lb 92% lean ground beef (sauteed with salt and herbs)
1 cup raw baby spinach
Zero cal sparkling water

[Anonymous]

You know, OP, you might not be eating enough. Maybe your body went into starvation mode and is holding onto everything. Why don't you "add" another 100 calories a day of something really nutrient dense, and see what it does?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You know, OP, you might not be eating enough. Maybe your body went into starvation mode and is holding onto everything. Why don't you "add" another 100 calories a day of something really nutrient dense, and see what it does?

I'd have to agree. Add in some exercise and add more calories to your diet. BTW - You must have a FABULOUS wardrobe!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PS - OP here.

FYI - my diet, on a good day:

pepperidge farms mini whole wheat bagel (toasted) with a very small amount of butter

snack pack size lowfat cottage cheese

black hot tea (2)

mid-morning snack

2 hard boiled egg whites

2 saltines

water

lunch

mixed green salad with carrots, gorgonzola cheese and black olives with 1/2 teaspoon fat free basalmic dressing
1/2 slice of bread from cosi
water

afternoon snack

60 calorie jello sugar free chocolate pudding
black hot tea

dinner

1/4 lb 92% lean ground beef (sauteed with salt and herbs)
1 cup raw baby spinach
Zero cal sparkling water

I would love to be able to maintain a diet like this but then I end up feeling so faint and weak...and then I shovel food down my throat, which defeats the whole purpose.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You know, OP, you might not be eating enough. Maybe your body went into starvation mode and is holding onto everything. Why don't you "add" another 100 calories a day of something really nutrient dense, and see what it does?

I'd have to agree. Add in some exercise and add more calories to your diet. BTW - You must have a FABULOUS wardrobe!

Thanks, I'll look at that. Like the PP, sometimes I end up getting the munchies, so something is out of whack. Maybe if I just work out until I can't breathe I won't want to eat?

I had somebody help me with my wardrobe redo. We did new shoes, new coats, new everything. It was a lot of fun at the time, but it is not as much stuff as you would expect because we got most of it at Neiman Marcus. My person was actually good about sticking to less expensive stuff at NM (Theory, Tahari, etc.; no Armani-drat), but even then you end up with much less than you think. Although I dislike Sarah Palin for many reasons, I had some sympathy for her doing WardrobeGate. Having actually gone on a serious clothes shopping trip to NM exactly once in my life, I could see how she ended up spending $150K in a couple of trips, especially if somebody else was paying for it so she wasn't picking the less expensive brands. Rough spots in my marriage is kind of a recurring theme at my house, so the whole me makeover thing was a really great thing at just the right time. It's the craziest thing I've ever done, but also probably the best (this of course excludes anything with or for my kids; I'm talking about something for just me).