OK here are some ideas for food choices, this is the hardest part for me getting something quick and healthy.

Snacks: Almonds (12), Peanut butter (2 tbl spoons), any vegetables 1/2 cup, and fruit 1/2 a cup except bananas. They have alot of fiber but alot of sugar and carbs too. Low fat string cheese, low fat cottage cheese, 2/3 a cup of yogurt (plain add fresh fruit for flavor not canned stuff, 12 crackers, 1 cupcake (yes a REAL cupcake)1 cookie, 1/2 half a cup of sherbet, Popsicle, pudding.

All of these things you can have as a snack. I gauge my diet on 3 things:

Calories

Fat

Carbohydrates

all of these are important to get every day! Any diet that suggests different is going to fail you in the long run. You can't maintain a diet without any of these ingredients (I am NOT a Dr. please consult your Dr. before doing anything different).

Carb Choices:

A carb choice consists of 15 grams of carbohydrates so 15 grams = 1 carb choice. Here is the math to the meal plan I follow:

Breakfast: 3 carb choices, 1 protein, 1 fat

Snack:

1 carb choice or protein or fat or a combination

Lunch: 3 carb choices, 1 protein, 1-2 fat servings

Snack:

1 carb choice or protein or fat or a combination

Dinner:

3 carb choices, 1 protein, 1-2 fat servings

So that's the mathematics :), now the trick is to find things you LIKE to eat that fit into that formula and stay within your calorie count. It's not that tricky once you know what to do. There is a learning curve, but you can do it!

I will post more on this subject, but it's getting late and sleep is also an important ingredient to losing weight!

Valinda


Coffee is a FREE item if you use non-dairy creamer (liquid or powder) and artifical sweetner!