9 Ways to Fill Up on Fiber
Are you looking for ways to fill up on fiber? If you want to speed up your weight loss program, use my 9 tips for packing fiber into your diet:
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count.
Again, portion control is important, but if you focus on these items
you will pack a lot of fiber into fewer carbs and calories and that can spell WEIGHT LOSS in any language!
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Frozen Food Meals for The Menopause Diet
Quick frozen food meals that work with The Menopause Diet
In a hurry and want something from the frozen food section? If the cooking fairy never taps you on the head, then stock your freezer with a few of these products.These frozen meals are acceptible ONLY because of the calorie count, which is between 250-300. . .they are not ideal but better than a bagel with jam! Remember, if you keep your meals between 250-300 calories, your insulin levels will remain smooth as silk REGARDLESS of the composition. Yes, I know they have pasta and other items that are high glycemic, but the portions are teeny. Again, these are NOT IDEAL (lots of salt and 19g of sugar) but it’s the best I could find on the market for those of you who are “cooking impaired.”
From Stouffer’s Lean Cuisine meals
Cafe Classics selections-
Oven Roasted Beef (240)
Tender cuts of roasted beef in a rich brown sauce, accented with carmalized onions and butter. Accompanied by a creamy cheddar cheese, broccoli, carrot and rice casserole.
Chicken Carbonara (260)
Roasted chicken tenderloins in a creamy Parmesan cheese sauce with turkey bacon, mushrooms, basil and garlic. Served over a bed of linguini tossed with roasted red peppers.
Glazed Chicken (230)
Roasted chicken tenderloins in a classic savory glaze with accents of herbs, lemon and mushrooms. Served with a white and wild rice pilaf accented with French cut green beans.
Fiesta Grilled Chicken (270)
Seasoned and grilled chicken tenderloins with hand-picked red and yellow peppers. Served with a Santa Fe-style medley of long grain white rice, black and pinto beans, whole kernel corn, green poblano and red chiles, topped with a creamy sour cream sauce with Mexican tomatillos and cheese.
From Healthy Choice
Chicken Broccoli Alfredo (300)
Alfredo sauce is a rich blend of condensed skim milk and Parmesan cheese, with a small amount of strongly flavored Parmesan cheese to create the distinctive Italian-style flavor for fettuccini cooked al dente.
Beef Tips Portabello (310)
Portabella mushroom sauce – gently seasoned with rosemary, cabernet sauvignon, and pepper – complements the flavors of the lean, tender beef sirloin and the creamy, whipped potatoes. An apple-cherry crisp completes this home-style meal
Salisbury Steak (210)
a flavorful blend of tomato, garlic, pepper and cabernet wine. Seasoned redskin potatoes.
Blackened Chicken (220)
Fire roasted red pepper sauce compliments the moist, blackened chicken breast while the seasoned rice is the perfect side dish. An apple praline crisp dessert tops the meal.
Country Herb Chicken (280)
Chicken breast with a blend of herbs consisting of whole marjoram, thyme and celery seeds. The redskin potatoes are roasted with the skins on to bring out their natural flavor.
Grilled Turkey Breast (260)
made with lean turkey tenders, and covered in a sweet cranberry-apple sauce. Roasted sweet and redskin potatoes, and tender beans with shoestring carrots.
From Weight Watcher’s frozen dinners
Salisbury Steak with Macaroni and Cheese (260)
Bistro Selections -
Pepper Steak (230)
Baked Garlic Chicken (280)
Basil Chicken (270)
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The Menopause Diet “Cheat Sheet”
MASTER YOUR NEXT PARTY BUFFET WITH THESE 5 GREAT TRICKS
(from First for Women, Dec. 2002)
1. Bring on the bean dip to stop starch absorption. Chickpeas, kidney
beans and soybeans have glycemic indexes as low as 10 — even canned baked
beans clock in at just 48 — so dip in! And research from the University
of Scranton in Pennsylvania shows that adding beans to a meal slashes
starch absorption by 66 percent, averting the blood-sugar and insulin
surges that set the state for fat storage. Same goes for fruits and veggies,
most of which come in below 50.
2. Drizzle on lemon to stop the sugar surge. Steal some lemon wedges
from the complimentary bar at your company party and put them to good
use. Australian research suggests that drizzling side salads and veggies
with lemon juice, vinegar or other acidic condiments can cut the blood-sugar
spike from an average meal by as much as 30 percent.
3. Head to the carving station to dodge energy lows. With a glycemic
index of zero,protein and fat have a minimal effect on blood-sugar levels,
so take a hint from the Whos in Whoville and load up on the roast beast!
Plus, including a few ounces of protein and a dab of fat in every meal
slows carb absorption, dampening blood-sugar spikes that can cause your
energy to falter if you do eat food on the high end of the glycemic scale.
4. Stick to whole-wheat crackers to nix cravings. When the cheese platter
rolls around, pass on crackers that aren’t made with fiber-rich whole
wheat. White cereals, breads and crackers have glycemic indexes as high
as 100. Within 20 minutes of eating, the pancreas produces an insulin
surge that shuttles sugar into fat cells. Your blood-sugar level plunges,
you feel famished and your brain looks for a quick fix from the same foods
that put you on this roller coaster in the first place.
5. Down a glass of milk to flip your fat-burning switch. Take a tip from
Santa: The milk he drinks every Christmas Eve may help slim his bowl full
of jelly. With a glycemic index of 40, milk helps prevent fat storage
and speeds fat burning. Other great drink options: seltzer, unsweetened
tea or coffee, and diet soda.
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