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Topic: RE: Dining out while eating healthy
If I know the place I am going to, I plan ahead. I check websites for healthy selections at that restaurant. I bring my lunch almost every day at work. That is the easiest to do because I have been doing this for years for health and savings. Lastly, if I am caught out and hungry I plan where to go and what to buy that is a healthy option. I am terrible with fast foods anyway so most times I stay away from them. Fast foods can be a trigger food for me. I will read others replies when I get home.
Molly
Topic: RE: What are you celebrating and proud of? Weds
Im proud that I went to the gym, then as a homeschool assignment taught a nutrition class to my kids, all about eating healthy and why, and now we are getting ready to walk to the park and play and then walk back!
Michelle Hendrickson Holistic Health Coach http://www.gracioushealth.net
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on 4/28/10 6:43 am
on 4/28/10 6:43 am
Topic: RE: What are you celebrating and proud of? Weds
LOL is it Wednesday already? I don't know it seemed to have bounced up quickly.
DH messed up breakfast this morning. I cook up a large batches of oatmeal for the fridge then DH puts some into bowls and microwaves it for breakfasts. He forgot to tell me that we didn't have enough, AS we were sitting down for breakfast oops. So I had to scramble around and make a quick but non-traditional breakfast. LOL So I'm proud that we had a good solid breakfast to start the day.
I'll be doing my 5 mile mall walk. Do you know that I've been mall walking since August 2008. That's a long time for me. And up until a year ago, I had to do more sitting and less walking. Now it's all brisk walking and no sitting. And of course so quickly I don't have time to shop.
DH messed up breakfast this morning. I cook up a large batches of oatmeal for the fridge then DH puts some into bowls and microwaves it for breakfasts. He forgot to tell me that we didn't have enough, AS we were sitting down for breakfast oops. So I had to scramble around and make a quick but non-traditional breakfast. LOL So I'm proud that we had a good solid breakfast to start the day.
I'll be doing my 5 mile mall walk. Do you know that I've been mall walking since August 2008. That's a long time for me. And up until a year ago, I had to do more sitting and less walking. Now it's all brisk walking and no sitting. And of course so quickly I don't have time to shop.
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on 4/28/10 6:31 am
on 4/28/10 6:31 am
Topic: RE: What are you celebrating and proud of? Weds
Molly, I'm so glad to see you're going back to the gym and you'll use the dvd's as a back up plan. that's a great decision.
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on 4/28/10 6:29 am
on 4/28/10 6:29 am
Topic: RE: What are you celebrating and proud of? Weds
Wow, getting close to that 200 mark - you need to do something really special. I love your term "carbage" 
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on 4/28/10 6:26 am
on 4/28/10 6:26 am
Topic: RE: What are you celebrating and proud of? Weds
Gloop, I love your choice of philosophers - Yoda LOL You did good 
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on 4/28/10 6:22 am
on 4/28/10 6:22 am
Topic: RE: Dining out while eating healthy
Hi Ruth - yes, isn't it handy that places like Red Lobster have nut. info on their website?
Didn't you find it makes you more relaxed when you get to RedLobster because you've already made the decisions ahead of time? And didn't you feel good that you ate healthy?
Didn't you find it makes you more relaxed when you get to RedLobster because you've already made the decisions ahead of time? And didn't you feel good that you ate healthy?
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on 4/28/10 6:09 am
on 4/28/10 6:09 am
Topic: RE: Food for Thought
Very interesting - we can be our own worst enemy and we don't even know why sometimes.
I know that this time I spent some time in a very productive psychotherapy working on changing my stinking thinking - and I think it has really helped me make other healing changes. Hopefully it will help me not sabotage myself with my shedding weight.
But I also think it's important to work hard to permanently change habits - which has nothing to do with feelings, but it's just us making choices by autopilot.
Clearly there are many reasons we struggle with obesity - it's a complex problem.
I know that this time I spent some time in a very productive psychotherapy working on changing my stinking thinking - and I think it has really helped me make other healing changes. Hopefully it will help me not sabotage myself with my shedding weight.
But I also think it's important to work hard to permanently change habits - which has nothing to do with feelings, but it's just us making choices by autopilot.
Clearly there are many reasons we struggle with obesity - it's a complex problem.
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on 4/28/10 6:02 am - West Central FL☼RIDA , FL
on 4/28/10 6:02 am - West Central FL☼RIDA , FL
Topic: RE: Dining out while eating healthy
We went to Red Lobster recently...haven't been there in ages.
I spent about 45 mins on their website looking up the calorie count for just about every item on the menu. I then wrote them down in my WW "dinning out" book....so I had the points value and the complete nutritional information. I pretty much decided what I would order before we left but I took the book with me and checked items as I was deciding what to order. I stayed very healthy, broiled fish and shrimp with NO butter/oil/sauce, plain broccoli, a salad and skipped the baked potato.
We go to a Chinese buffet every other week, sometimes every week....I always get the same things... a piece of the baked salmon, go to the hibachi bar and get lots of veg and ask them to just steam them...they do it really well, I pick out a couple small pieces of chicken from the chick & brocc dish, 1/2 cup of hot/sour soup, 1 dumpling, 1 stuffed mushroom and then we fill and share a plate full of the fresh/raw veg on the salad bar. At the end I have an almond cookie, fruit, and sometimes have 2 spoonfuls of ice cream (eating spoon - I'm not taking about 2 scoops of ice cream...good heavens that would be way to much for me).
I avoid all sauces, gravies, creams, and fried foods....
It isn't always easy, takes some research but it can be done.
I spent about 45 mins on their website looking up the calorie count for just about every item on the menu. I then wrote them down in my WW "dinning out" book....so I had the points value and the complete nutritional information. I pretty much decided what I would order before we left but I took the book with me and checked items as I was deciding what to order. I stayed very healthy, broiled fish and shrimp with NO butter/oil/sauce, plain broccoli, a salad and skipped the baked potato.
We go to a Chinese buffet every other week, sometimes every week....I always get the same things... a piece of the baked salmon, go to the hibachi bar and get lots of veg and ask them to just steam them...they do it really well, I pick out a couple small pieces of chicken from the chick & brocc dish, 1/2 cup of hot/sour soup, 1 dumpling, 1 stuffed mushroom and then we fill and share a plate full of the fresh/raw veg on the salad bar. At the end I have an almond cookie, fruit, and sometimes have 2 spoonfuls of ice cream (eating spoon - I'm not taking about 2 scoops of ice cream...good heavens that would be way to much for me).
I avoid all sauces, gravies, creams, and fried foods....
It isn't always easy, takes some research but it can be done.
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on 4/28/10 5:48 am
on 4/28/10 5:48 am
Topic: RE: Dining out while eating healthy
OOOOHHH yes, that's a really good one - pack your own lunch so you can avoid being tempted.
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