PCOS-DIET Messages for September, 2002: Re: PCOS-DIET digest 704

Re: PCOS-DIET digest 704

From: Victoria (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 23 Sep 2002 21:00:21 -0400

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> From: pcos1971@yahoo.com (Amelie)
> To: PCOS-DIET@OBGYN.NET
> Subject: recipes
> Message-ID: <200209231853.g8NIrhC08757@mail.medispecialty.com>
>
> is there a place where we can put up recipes?

Right here. Not sure where else, but a web search might help.

> I am a very good cook,
> and have been making my own food all week (lost 4 lbs, went from 33 BMI
> fat to 32.8 in 5 days.

Great!!! Congratulations. Btw, I am glad to see at least one other person on this planet can cook. I feel lonesome.

>I cut some
> fresh cabbage into big raw strips, and stewed up some bell peppers,
> onions, tomatoes and cilantro in a cilantro/lime/garlic broth. I packed
> my plate with those, added some roasted chicken (the kind you buy cooked
> and whole in the supermarket for $5.99 USD), had 1/3 cup of brown rice
> cooked with a little tomato sauce, 1/3 cup of refried beans, sprinkled
> it all with sharp cheddar cheese for flavor, and seasoned everything
> with lime juice, salt/pepper and hot pepper oil. It was pretty good,
> although everyone else got a tortilla and I didn't.

That does sound good. I have to say the older I've gotten, the more I've gotten to where I will eat healthy fruit/carbs. Like an apple. It can hold me over, is healthy for me, and as a food will be a slower sugar release. Anyway that is my theory only.

> Anyway, I'm creative, have always cooked healthy foods often from
> scratch, and am interested in what everyone else is coming up with.

You are better than me. I fix very simple chicken and fish recipes.

> I have also discovered montreal pepper salt rub, which is a FABULOUS bbq
> alternative to marinade (though I'm sure everyone else figured this one
> out long ago) and I ate agedashi tofu when I was out the other day, and
> it was also yum. Usually I eat sushi at sushi places, but I have found
> out that agedashi tofu and seared ahi on a bed of daikon radish is crazy
> yummy.

No I haven't. Where do you get it? I'm in the states.

> Only thing is, most of this "new low carb diet" has been packed with
> salt. Not so good. Though I'm not hypertensive. Though I WILL be if I
> keep it up.

I stopped putting any salt into anything I have. I am one of very few in 5 generations to not be hypertensive.

> What are you all doing about that? I can't figure it out, but I've also
> only been doing it for 7 days. Boy, I really do feel better. My skin
> feels calmer even. do you think it's just the provera?

Eating style. The day I switched to backing off a lot of garbage (last Monday) I don't try to fall asleep at work.

> my snacks are often a carb solutions bar (chocolate almond brownie; so
> easy to grab and stuff in purse, I took one to the pet expo yesterday
> and escaped buying a hot pretzel with mustard, and or a hot dog on a
> bun, fantastic! I was still tempted, but I had something to snack on and
> did NOT DO IT.)

Me too! I'm proud of you for the holding off.

> Today at work I will have cream cheese and carrots and celery. My lunch
> is london broil, raw spinach, and 1/3 cup of tomato brown rice. I
> brought raspberries too, because I love them. Screw it. I won't eat
> too many.

:) I like strawberries pretty well.

> breakfast was walnuts, cheese, and a medium peach. with coffee.
> Am I getting this right?

Sounds good to me.

> What are you all doing different/similar?

I usually eat protein bars or something to that effect for breakfast. Eggs also. Lunch is usually a sandwich and veggie/fruit. I pretty much do one soda a day, in the am. Diet soda that is. Water until dinner, then I drink 2% milk. Dinner is chicken/fish/sometimes red meat, with veggies/fruit/salad.

> Also, I am not counting calories. But I figured out yesterday that I am
> getting between 1600-1800/day (I think that was about normal for me
> anyway), and my protein is not crazy amounts, just normal. I am just
> eating very very complex carbohydrates, and my veggies intake has
> increased 4 fold while my fruities have gone down to 2 servings. I am
> also eating more dairy (soft cheeses, nonfat milk for a quick
> carb/protein snack, or nonfat plain yoghurt, etc) than ever before, and
> am wondering about switching to organic??? I used to drink a lot of soy
> milk, especially lattes, but it's nearly my entire carb allotment for
> lunch in a single shot cup!!! UGH! Back to black coffee.

I'm not counting calories really much either. I know mine have dropped hugely, as you can see from what I eat. However, I feel better on this and have more energy at work. So I don't think I'm going to watch calories. I try to watch carbs, some fats, get dairy (osteoporosis is all over my family's females) and at least 2x a week, I eat a little off. I balance that with exercise. For example, I had a sub with my sister for last week. That was 1 cheat. My second cheat I jogged/walked to mall after church on Sunday, ate part of 2 slices of pizza (thin crust), and then jogged/walked back.

> Also, may I just say, this ban on dried fruits like peaches and
> nectarines and banana chips, is just about killing me faster than my
> estro-pack of belly fat? I love that stuff. Clarifying: the dried
> fruit, not the fat.

I'd have to look and see. I don't care much for dried fruits, but my dog loves dried apricots. (There is nothing like training like I'm doing, and the dog is 9.5 years old, read 66 in human years, and without a lot of training, whoops my butt when we go out.)

> Much love,

:) Victoria

> Amelie

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