either you've been eating/drinking almost twice as much as you should do (which I find hard to believe) or something odd is going on.
Yikes! It never occured to me to do the maths before. I certainly don't think my intake has gone up that much.
When you had the thyroid test, did you explain all this or just ask for a thyroid test?
Well, I did explain that I'd put on a lot of weight but I don't think I gave figures.
Have you thought of trying a different approach - low-GI, maybe, rather than straightforward counting calories/points etc
I've wondered about it but I'm not really sure what to try. I suspect that I'd end up having the same trouble of sticking within the limits whatever I tried though.
As far as the snacking goes, the best thing is just not to have stuff in the house in the first place!
Ah, but then I just snack on something that is in the house. This is usually pitta breads, toasted in the toaster. Or a cup full of cornflakes (you can eat them like crisps, you know!). Or get into a filthy temper. Or, in the worst case, make a mini pasta dish for self. Yes I really did do that one evening!
There's not many raw veg that I relish straight out of the fridge, but maybe steamed stuff would work, possibly? Tomatoes would be too juicy for what I generally want but steamed carrots might work, possibly. I'm generally drinking for the taste rather than thirst so water wouldn't really work. That does tend to be a tricky one - teas take time to make and cool, juices are generally too sweet and things like tonic water are fridge temperature. I've yet to come up with a low fat wine equivalent. If pushed off it I'd generally go to the teas side though.
The other thing that strikes me is that you eat out fairly regularly, don't you?
True. And I am terrible at choosing sensible things from menus as well. And I find it hard not to finish my dinner - legacy of childhood. At home, I generally weigh everything - a legacy of my weighwatchers days - so I know my portion sizes are not crazy when I'm cooking for myself but when I'm out it's a different matter.
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Date: December 14th, 2006 02:33 pm (UTC)From:Yikes! It never occured to me to do the maths before. I certainly don't think my intake has gone up that much.
When you had the thyroid test, did you explain all this or just ask for a thyroid test?
Well, I did explain that I'd put on a lot of weight but I don't think I gave figures.
Have you thought of trying a different approach - low-GI, maybe, rather than straightforward counting calories/points etc
I've wondered about it but I'm not really sure what to try. I suspect that I'd end up having the same trouble of sticking within the limits whatever I tried though.
As far as the snacking goes, the best thing is just not to have stuff in the house in the first place!
Ah, but then I just snack on something that is in the house. This is usually pitta breads, toasted in the toaster. Or a cup full of cornflakes (you can eat them like crisps, you know!). Or get into a filthy temper. Or, in the worst case, make a mini pasta dish for self. Yes I really did do that one evening!
There's not many raw veg that I relish straight out of the fridge, but maybe steamed stuff would work, possibly? Tomatoes would be too juicy for what I generally want but steamed carrots might work, possibly. I'm generally drinking for the taste rather than thirst so water wouldn't really work. That does tend to be a tricky one - teas take time to make and cool, juices are generally too sweet and things like tonic water are fridge temperature. I've yet to come up with a low fat wine equivalent. If pushed off it I'd generally go to the teas side though.
The other thing that strikes me is that you eat out fairly regularly, don't you?
True. And I am terrible at choosing sensible things from menus as well. And I find it hard not to finish my dinner - legacy of childhood. At home, I generally weigh everything - a legacy of my weighwatchers days - so I know my portion sizes are not crazy when I'm cooking for myself but when I'm out it's a different matter.