Feed one's self with pleasures other then food!
Ice Cream-From meeting
2 cups frozen fruit
½ cup non fat cottage cheese
2-3 pkgs of zero calorie sweetner
2T milk
Blend until the consistency of ice cream. 2 smart points.
Chicken on Rice-From Nancy's newsletter
6 servings @ 7 SmartPoints per serving
1 can Healthy Request cream of mushroom soup
2 cups skim milk
3/4 cup uncooked brown rice
1/2 envelope dry onion soup mix
**optional 4-oz. can of mushroom pieces
30 ounces skinless, boneless uncooked chicken breast, cut into 6 pieces
Heat oven to 350°. Blend soup and milk, reserve 1/2 cup of mixture. Add rice; place on bottom of baking dish. Place chicken on top, pour the reserved mixture over the top. Bake for 1 hour or until chicken is done.
Easy Cheeseburger Pie-From Nancy's newsletter
6 servings @ 5 SmartPoints per serving
8 ounces cooked, 93% ground beef
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup reduced-fat, shredded cheddar cheese
3/4 cup HeartSmart Bisquick baking mix
3/4 cup skim milk
2 large eggs
Heat oven to 350°. Grease 9” pie plate. Sauté chopped onion until tender, add cooked ground beef, stir in salt. Spread in pie plate; sprinkle with cheese. Stir remaining ingredients until blended. Pour into top. Bake 25 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.
Notes from www.realsimple.com "The Secrets of Thin People"
People who start out with a sizable soup or salad eat less for the rest of the meal. It subtracts about 12% of the calories from the meal eaten.
Thin people watch portion sizes such as buying single serving worth of food.
People who keep weight off tend to eat 5 small meals day rather than 3 larger meals.
Thin people put themselves first.
Thin people have thin parents. 30% of being thin is genetics, the rest is environmental.
Thin people don't skip meals. Skipping meals tends to make one ravenous and less likely to control impulses to over eat.
Thin people limit their options. The more types of foods we have available them more we tend to eat.
Colorado has the highest percentage of people with normal weight.
Thin people don't sit still.
Thin people weigh themselves regularly.
Thin people do not skip breakfast. If one skips meals they tend to make it up later.
Thin people enjoy food. They eat without reproach or guilt.
Thin people practice early intervention. Thin people tend to limit the quantity or frequency of food when the numbers on the scale creep up.
Thin people do what works. Those that don't gain have com up with effective, specific and personal ways to keep their weight in check.
When good habits are integrated into your life, something shifts. More than 90% of those who have mastered weight maintenance feel like they are not dieting, it has become a way of life.
