i appreciate any help in getting healthier food into my diet. i do love steamed broccoli w/out cheese amazingly...=) i've had grilled red onions which i do love but did not even taste the other veggies just picked out what i know and loved. i have also tasted a few steamed veggie mixes that were awesome but they were doctored up w/ herbs and the mixes confirmed why i didn't eat anything other than white potatos and corn. i just don't know how to really use herbs/spices in cooking. i would love to learn that or get a book that explain which herb enhances what foods. i am a creature of habit. that's why i am where i am in my wt. struggle. if i like it and it tastes great then heck! why eat anything else. i can get on a kick of eating something and eat it weeks straight at a time. my size doesn't show how pickie i can be. i really like chili but not the chunky tomatos (but i love sauce) and i don't like beans so when i make chili i make it normal b/c everyone else in my family are "normal" eaters but it takes me foreverrrrrrr to eat b/c i'm picking through and around the chunks of tomatos and beans. i bet your wondering if my kids eat veggies. well i'd make them the best way i knew how and they ate them. and i serve me a plate full too and as we sat at the table me w/ a napkin in lap would slide them off into the napkin when they weren't looking...yes its true!! and now i'm doing the same thing w/ my 4 yr. old he thinks i eat my veggies just like he does. what a terrible secret =) ....lol yeah, i know....i need help... i'm trying...=)
soooo that leads me into what i'm making for dinner tonight that i can't wait until it gets done and big example of no one ever teaching me how to cook!!! my oldest sister is awesome but she was taught by a lady she baby sat for my middle sister is a make it out of a box girl and my mom has always fried everything but still has her own style that tastes good like i do.
meatloaf and this is how i make it...
1.5 lbs of ground round hamburger
2 eggs
dried white onions
salt/pepper
1/2 cup tomato soup (in meat mix, rest watered dwn. pour over last 15 mins of cooking)
1 box of chicken favored stove top stuffing.
that's right stove top!! mix it all together and BAM! i'm sure full of extra calories but my kids and family love it...and its one of my favs. i add a little sugar to the tomato soup before pouring it over the loaf to counter the bitterness of the soup taste. then mashed or baked potatos and yes you guessed it...and don't scream...corn w/ a little sugar and butter added. but if i have corn on the cob i steam it in its husks and that alone makes it yummy so i can do right by my food. really.......=) what can i say, i was a young working mother/std. w/ a demanding - controlling first husband who wanted his dinner on the table and i took every short cut i could find so i would find my self in trouble w/ him and had to be creative w/ my own creations. well.... what do you think? is there hope for me? =)
Posted By: Emma Bella
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03/07/2006 20:26
Picky Eater
First thank you for your kind words, you actually made me cry, thank you very much! I won't lie, I sometimes feel this pressure by everyone I know, as in before I became pregnant 3 years ago, I was very shall I say 'health conscience" I would go to the gym 4-5 times a week, I would never let myself gain more than 5 pounds. When I put on 60 or so lbs during pregnancy, I would always here, don't worry, knowing you, you'll loose it in no time and I was the first few months after birth. And then I don't know what happened. So I do feel that I have failed in that aspect. Well onto your entry, Congrats on hitting your mark, I love your"Coming Soon, Hot Momma", or as I like to say MILF,hehe. Besides the starcy veggies you mentioned, I only eat broccoli ,lettuce ,tomatoe(if that counts). Even before the only veggies I would eat would be in this category. My friend eats fried cabbage, uh yuck,atleast I think. Hmm, I've heard alot about the Biggest Looser, when is it on?? I watch Celebrity FitClub now and then. You see I want to loose 40lbs in a week and I know its not possible.
SOUNDS YUMMY!!! But gotta kill that sugar stuff!!!! Try using Splenda instead!!!!! I use italian bread crumbs instead of stove top but all the rest (except Splenda) the same!!! My boys never noticed that I changed to Splenda!!!! As long as you keep trying theres hope for you!!!!
In responce to your post (well kinda) I am like a short order cook in my kitchen. The one year old only eats oatmeal and fruit and the occasional french fry. The 7yr old eats hamburgers and chicken nuggets and banana sandwhiches. My husband eats any thing you put in front of him. He is so hungry time he gets home from work he just digs in. I eat my diet food. So it is kind of crazy but we are not the traditional sit down and eat type of family.
This works better for me on my diet anyway. The kids eat earlier than my husband cause he does not get home till7pm.
Like the other person blogged. switch to splenda and go easy on the ketchup and bread...
You are doing great. I can tell you are changing your way of thinking in your food preperation. It is hard to retrain your mind!
