Cheese Help

[BreakfastSurreal]

I am pretty sure I have been eating too much cheese...but the problem is, it's the only easily accesible snack I have...I don't have to cook it, I can pull it straight outta the fridge and eat it. AND I use it in most of my dishes I cook. I LOVE casseroles and quiches and stuffed chicken...almost everything I eat has cheese on it. How do I break this cheese addiction? I'd feel so lost without it It's the onlly thing I really LOVE out of all the foods I eat...I can tolerate the other stuff but I LOVE my cheese And thanks to cheese I'm pretty sure, I haven't lost anything in about a month

[Momtofour]

I haven't lost in a month either, until today. I cut out cheese on Monday because I have yeast.(I did the test in the Yeast forum) I lost 3 pounds last night. Amazing! I love cheese too and it is going to be hard to do without. I am hoping that after I have the yeast taken care of I will be able to eat cheese again. Take the yeast test and see if you are positive.

[iwillbethin]

Chop of some fresh veggies and put them in zip lock baggies in the fridge that away they are better accessible. I have a bag of caulifower and celery sticks in my fridge right now. I make some fresh ranch dressing and take it out when i need a snack. I try to limit the cheese to every other day or every 3 days.

Just a suggestion..give it a try!

[Brook]

it's the only easily accesible snack I have

Well, ya gotta change that!

When you do your shopping, set aside an extra 30 minutes-1 hour for food prep so it's ALL easily accessible when you are feeling snacky.

I do this on Sundays, and this is an example of what I do to make sure all my stuff is good to go.

Wash all veggies & fruits: Cut them up and put them in individual gladware containers. Not only does it make them easy to grab for snacks, but it makes cooking the rest of the week a snap because they're all ready prepped and ready to be tossed into dinner de jour.

Cook up a turkey breast and a beef roast and slice them up, and toss them into gladware containers. Again- makes them easy to grab and I don't have to worry about additives, cuz I didn't add anything to them!

Cook up a batch of Mock Cinnamon Apples - It's jicama, and it's fantastic as a breakfast or as a snack.

Boil up 18 eggs or so - Easy to make egg salads, deviled eggs, or just munch on them as is.

These are just a few things I do to keep snacky stuff readily available, and it'll help ya stay out of the cheese! I know it does me.


~Brook

[BreakfastSurreal]

oo thanks for the suggestions! That will surely help me if I just have a day to prepare things ahead of time!

[loser4life]

I always try to cut up everything and wash it, etc. after going to the grocery... But I just went grocery shopping and looked in my fridge... and there is nothing I want!!!! It makes me ill!!!! So, I just trucked it on down to my moms house, snuck in her garden and got some fresh green beans, squash, and mint leaves for my tea! Yum! I also grabbed a few flowers so my dining room has a better atmosphere this evening!!!

[DebbieY]

I'm glad you started this post. I too am like you. I know I eat more cheese than I should. Cheese has always been my weakness since I was young. I just told my husband that I was going to go without cheese for 2 weeks to see if it helps me get off this stall I've been on for almost 3 weeks. He laughed. I don't think he thinks I can go 2 weeks without cheese, since I have it with at least two meals of the day, along with as a snack.

I'll have to go to the store today to pick up some more veggies.

[Squeaker]

This post fills me with horror because I LOVE cheese. When my mum was pregnant with me she ate at least a pound of the stuff every DAY. So far I haven't had a stall as such but I'm very worried now. Perhaps I'm not eating as much as I think I am, lifelong low calorie dieting has left me feeling guilty every time I reach for these cheese and that feeling has never left me. I'm still eating under the three oz's a day but it does tend to be the first thing I reach for.

[New_Me_In_2005]

I had to just give it up totally and when I saw a drop in weight it didn't bother me as much as I thought it would.

[BreakfastSurreal]

HA so I was hoping maybe I had candida and that was why I stalled....NOPE! LOL I eat too much cheese! Ok for breakfast instead of having scrambled eggs with shredded cheese on top, im going NO CHEESE! I'm gonna see if I can go 3 days without it....2 weeks is a bit much for me, I don't think I could go that long without just a little. But 3 days! Here we go!