nancy324
Cathlete
Okay, I saw the nutritionist again last night.
She asked me to describe my meals in detail, and I was relieved when she said that my breakfast is "perfect" and my lunch is "lovely" (I think that was the word she used).
I told her that I was having trouble with 4:00 cravings for coffee and a Luna Bar. Guess what! She said the dressing on my lunch salad doesn't have enough oil! I had switched to low-fat dressing because I was only supposed to have 1-3 tsps. of oil for lunch, and I thought I needed low-fat in order to have enough dressing to cover my whole BIG salad. But she said she doesn't mind if I exceed 3 tsps. It would be better than having too little. So I have to increase my fat!!! <happydance!!!> Who knew? All kidding aside though, I wonder if I can do it? I'm still so afraid of fat.
Also, I'm now supposed to buy a fruit salad when I go out to buy lunch, and eat it at around 4:00. More food!
I told her I gave up diet Coke completely, but can't seem to give up coffee, and guess what?!?! She said she has no problem with coffee. 1-2 cups a day is fine. So here I am happily drinking my morning coffee. (See smilie below).
She also approved of the stir-fry dinners my husband and I have been making without rice, but said I could use more variety. She recommended that I buy a George Forman grill, and grill my poultry, fish and vegetables. I think I'll try it soon.
I told her I'm not hungry before I go to sleep, but I have all this emotional comfort eating going on around that time, which for me means Healthy Choice Chocolate Chocolate Chunk ice cream in superhuman amounts. She said to relax, take a hot bath or do whatever relaxes me, and make myself a cup of fruit herbal tea. My assignment is to go out and buy a variety of fruit herbal teas that look good to me. She said the whole ceremony of making the tea for myself will be a kind of nurturing, comforting experience, which the ice cream experience really no longer is because of the emotional pain that it causes me. She said that large dose of sugar that I eat at night is causing me to feel miserable in the morning, and I'll start to feel much better by substituting the herbal tea. This will be a tough one, and I don't expect to change overnight, but I did eat a little less ice cream last night.
I do beleive that my night eating indicates some sort of emotion that I probably need to look at more closely and find a solution for.
Regarding Coral Calcium, she said the brand doesn't matter, as long as the calcium is calcium citrate. It's the only form of calcium that is completely absorable. She recommends GNC Calcimate Plus 800 because its other ingredients are in just the right amounts, but there is nothing magical about the GNC brand.
Whew! I'll be back with more as I remember it.
-Nancy
She asked me to describe my meals in detail, and I was relieved when she said that my breakfast is "perfect" and my lunch is "lovely" (I think that was the word she used).
I told her that I was having trouble with 4:00 cravings for coffee and a Luna Bar. Guess what! She said the dressing on my lunch salad doesn't have enough oil! I had switched to low-fat dressing because I was only supposed to have 1-3 tsps. of oil for lunch, and I thought I needed low-fat in order to have enough dressing to cover my whole BIG salad. But she said she doesn't mind if I exceed 3 tsps. It would be better than having too little. So I have to increase my fat!!! <happydance!!!> Who knew? All kidding aside though, I wonder if I can do it? I'm still so afraid of fat.
Also, I'm now supposed to buy a fruit salad when I go out to buy lunch, and eat it at around 4:00. More food!
I told her I gave up diet Coke completely, but can't seem to give up coffee, and guess what?!?! She said she has no problem with coffee. 1-2 cups a day is fine. So here I am happily drinking my morning coffee. (See smilie below).
She also approved of the stir-fry dinners my husband and I have been making without rice, but said I could use more variety. She recommended that I buy a George Forman grill, and grill my poultry, fish and vegetables. I think I'll try it soon.
I told her I'm not hungry before I go to sleep, but I have all this emotional comfort eating going on around that time, which for me means Healthy Choice Chocolate Chocolate Chunk ice cream in superhuman amounts. She said to relax, take a hot bath or do whatever relaxes me, and make myself a cup of fruit herbal tea. My assignment is to go out and buy a variety of fruit herbal teas that look good to me. She said the whole ceremony of making the tea for myself will be a kind of nurturing, comforting experience, which the ice cream experience really no longer is because of the emotional pain that it causes me. She said that large dose of sugar that I eat at night is causing me to feel miserable in the morning, and I'll start to feel much better by substituting the herbal tea. This will be a tough one, and I don't expect to change overnight, but I did eat a little less ice cream last night.
I do beleive that my night eating indicates some sort of emotion that I probably need to look at more closely and find a solution for.
Regarding Coral Calcium, she said the brand doesn't matter, as long as the calcium is calcium citrate. It's the only form of calcium that is completely absorable. She recommends GNC Calcimate Plus 800 because its other ingredients are in just the right amounts, but there is nothing magical about the GNC brand.
Whew! I'll be back with more as I remember it.
-Nancy