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Thermomix Recipes for TM5 and TM31 => Diet => Topic started by: em on November 11, 2009, 06:53:55 am
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hi i was wondering if there is anyone else out there doing weight watchers and if so maybe we could share point values for our tm recipes...
hopefully there is! :)
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i should but i can't afford to attend meetings. i'm trying ot motivate myself to do it at home ;)
i did it last year and lost 14kg (all back on *sigh*) and used the thermomix - it drove me crazy that there weren't weights for everything in the WW online points calculator
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Been there, done it, need to do it again after two more kids and also trying to motivate myself to do it!! :-)) :-)) :-))
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Need to be doing it but lack the motivation. Too many yummy things to try and too little time
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haha what a bunch of shockers we are ;)
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Hi em. Gunna tell you that I used to be a WW Leader many years ago after losing 25 kilos and getting down to 61 kilos. Did that for 5 years with constant struggle. Life goes on. I am now 66 years old and have lost over 200 kilos. Ok girls don't get upset. I have lost 10 gained 15 lost 15 gained 20 and so it goes. I now weigh a fabulous 82 kilos and am happy as a pig in well .....food.
Having confessed to a life of gluttony I can tell you that the Thermomix will be a great aid to losing weight if you want to. You will have no end of help here with a zillion recipes. It is all about having the right mind set and the right information. Perhaps we need a Weight Loss Thread leaving the Special Diet thread to those special dietary needs.
It is not hard to calculate WW points at all in any recipe if you are keen.
Gretchen
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Gertbygirth
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Hi em,
I just joined WW a couple of weeks ago and would love to share recipes with you. I have found that a lot of the recipes in the EDC are healthy options. One thing I have stopped making so often is bread, I just can't resist the smell of it freshly baked and I end up eating far more than I should and of course it needs butter.... How long have you been doing WW?
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hi all thanks for your replies.
i have just started this week after having my 2nd baby who is 4 weeks old. i am breastfeeding so my daily points are quite high and i struggled to eat them all today. i am finding it abit daunting/hard trying to work out how many points in home cooked meals.
i to have been making bread, i use the basic bread recipe, not sure how to work out a points value for a slice of it??
gertbysea, is there an easy method to calculating points in a recipe, for example how would i calculate the points for a serve of potato and leek soup from the edc?
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Em, I used (that is when I was doing WW) calculate the points for the whole recipe...somewhere in the points calculator there used to be values for a cup of flour etc and then I would work out how much I wanted for a serving and how many of those I would get from the recipe and divide it basically. It might not have been exact but must have been close enough as I had success...maybe I need to get motivated again ??? ???
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Ok em. Get your Points guide out. If you don't have one then buy one at your next meeting. This will be your new best friend.
Get you EDC out. Pen and paper.
Look up all ingredients one by one in points guide. Onion no points. Leek no points. Butter 10 gms = 2.5 points so 3 X 2.5=7.5 points. Potatoes are 1 point for every 125 gms so 2 points. You still with me? Water zip points Ditto salt and pepper. Now to the cream. For every 20 mls you count 2.5 points. MC = 100 mls so 2.5 X 5 =12.5 points Your soup is now a total of 22 points. If you eat 1/2 it is 11 points. If you eat 1/4 it is 5.5 points.
Every time you check the points of an ingredient just jot it down in your EDC
You can make a no points vegetable soup by making the veggie stock concentrate and when you are feeling hungry you can just add a tsp to a big cup of hot water. Or make a big pot of no points vegetable soup. Add some beans , chicken or meat for your protein and count those points. Roughly 3 points for every 100gms.
If we start giving out Weight Watchers advice on this forum WW Inc will be down on us like a ton of bricks!. LOL!If you need more help in figuring it out send me a PM.
Hope this can get you started.
Gretchen
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Gretchen, your weight loss is wonderful and I'm glad you've now found the happy medium.
I too was a WW leader many, many moons ago. I then stacked it all back on plus a bit more. 5 years ago a friend joined a company and it cost her $720. I figured I could do it on my own for less than that and it was my motivation. At the time the first CSIRO diet book had just come out and we stuck to that for quite a while as it really suited our eating habits. I lost 30kg and have kept it off for 4 years now. It is still a battle and would be so easy to fall back. I am still no where near my ideal weight and my BMI is still a bit high but I can stay at this weight and still enjoy life and not live on lettuce and tomato. Who could with a thermomix.
Good luck to anyone who is trying to lose weight. My only bit of advice is if you fall off the wagon today; don't give up. Tomorrow is a new day.
Off my soap box now! ;D ;D
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Hi Em - wish you all the best with it. I used to work at WW and one of my very good friends was leader. It works if you follow it but I must confess I really didn't like all the artificial sweetener etc that is in the food they advise is 'GOOD' for you- stick with the good food recipes they have where you can make stuff from scratch (with TMX that's easy!!) and away from all the packets is my advise. ;) :D
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Should probably be doing something -other than eating and drinking so bloody much - but exercise (lack of) is my biggest problem.
Saw a program on TV last night with Sarah Fergie (Duchess) trying to help a family in the UK with sorting out their weight problems - then realised I am not so bad - but still need to get a sensible exercise regimen going.
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Just lost 7kg with my emergency operation - bit too fast and a bit too drastic, 3 or 4 would have suited me. I know I will put it all back on when I start using my TMX again but that is going to be some time off by the looks of it and with this hot weather in Adelaide, salads are all the go at the moment. Nice to be back guys and catching up on some postings - still so many to read.
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It may keep you away from your TMX Judy, all this reading. :D
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welcome back judy!
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Thank you. Even reading is tiring Cookie1 so can't imagine what cooking would be like at the moment. Did make myself a banana milkshake yesterday though - that must have been a shock for my Rowdy.
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Just go with the flow Judy. Eat plenty of protein and do bugger all. I am thinking of you each day.
Gretchen
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I also am doing WW, rejoined a couple of weeks ago, if you are using the unlimited payment plan you will have access to the on-line points trackers and in there is a recipe builder, which makes it very easy to work out points value of EDC recipes.
Good luck on your WW journey, fingers crossed and with determination I will get go goal weight this time.
Kay
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Thought I'd put this up for you Em - it is my favourite carrot cake recipe from the 'Every Day Low-Point Cooking' book from WW. I converted it on the weekend:
Ingredients
350g SR flour
1 tsp bi-carb
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
150g brown sugar
150g golden syrup
2 eggs
20g oil
250g apple sauce (made in TMX)
2 carrots
method
1. Grate carrots by putting TMX on speed 7 for 3 secs.
2. Add, syrup, eggs, oil and apple.
3. Mix at 37oC speed 2 for 2 min.
4. Add Flour, soda, spices and sugar and mix for 20 sec at speed 5.
5. Bake in a 20cm round cake tin for 1 hour at 180oC.
5. Leave to cool then mix in TMX 1/2cup of low-fat cream cheese spread and 20g of icing sugar and spread on top of cake.
This cake serves 12 and has 31/2points per serve ;)
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Thanks Nay-nay - like the low-fat cream cheese topping idea.
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I made the chinese steamed buns last night, they worked out to be 2.5 points each and were YUMMY. The kids loved them too. I served them with rice and points free vege and it made for a very filling meal. I also made a vege soup to keep in the fridge to have as a snack. The boiled orange cake is a favourite of mine and I think it worked out to 2 points per serve (16 serves) I'll have to double check that one.
I love the online tracker, it makes it so quick and easy to work out the points for a recipe.
Hope everyone has a good week :)
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thanks everyone will definantly be trying that recipe sounds yummy!
well i weigh in tonight, i am abit nervous i havent had the best week, had lots of dramas with my newborn so the diet kind of went by the way side for a couple of days. but fingers crossed i havent gained!!
i am yet to work out any points for recipes for the tmx but wen i do i will definantly post them!
thanks again all the best everyone trying to lose weight!
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All the best for weigh-in - but remember everyday you can start off fresh again no matter what happened yesterday! ;)
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thanks nay-nay i did ok still managed to lose half a kg so am heaps happy about that!
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Well done Em. Half a kilo is terrific. :)
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Em I'm a WW leader now and lost all my weight while BFing and did my maintenance while BFing too. Just keep in mind that you might be in for a longer journey than normal because of the hormones from pregnancy and BFing. They can make it a bit harder than a regular member. Same goes for women going through menopause.
I think the best thing I can offer to anyone struggling, is to vary the types of carbohydrates you eat for each meal. Ie, limit your bread to 2 slices a day, eat a cereal meal or a noodle meal or a rice meal, pasta meal or potato meal.
I had today a bowl of cereal for breakfast, a sandwich for lunch and a pasta dish for dinner. See how there's different carbs there? And portion sizes. Always keep on top of those and you'll be on a winner.
If you find yourself being negative, focus on what you CAN have rather than dwelling on what you can't. And with WW, nothing is off the menu. You just need to learn how to moderate things a bit. ;)
I'm hoping TMX will help me with my continuous journey. Not hinder it.
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i'm thinking i'll probably do the core program again as i really enjoyed that, it was very good for me and much easier than counting points ;) wish i could afford meetings but hopefully i can get motiveted without them 8)
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Karen- They now call Core *filling foods*. If you buy the magazine, you'll notice some foods highlighted green. They're basically the old core foods.
I basically stick by the core rules now and it works REALLY well for me. That's if I keep my portions in control that is... Overall the rules are what are easy to live by if you like good wholesome food. :)
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I have just started WW today....the online version you can add recipes and convert the points. I agree instead of packets, much better fresh food recipes - In my books I am going to work out the points and put them with each recipe.....I wont tell you how many goes I have had though... :P :P :P :P
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pauline, i found that difficult with the tmx though as few of the measurements were in weights like the tmx uses
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Woohoo!!! ;D ;D ;D I had a great week. I lost 1.2kg, that's the most I have dropped in one week and I haven't been going hungry at all, in fact I have probably been eating more. I have been tracking religiously. I find that when I don't I tend to eat more without thinking and then if I don't lose that week I get very disheartened. Good luck to all this week. ;D
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congrats!!
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well done fabfour, i weighed in last night and put on 0.4....... i havent been tracking so back on board today! i agree tracking definantly makes a difference you are more conscious of what you eat.
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and from past experience (and especially when breastfeeding) if you don't track, often you don't eat enough either. You think you are doing ok but are no where near your points and are literally starving yourself :o
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Still going strong on weight watchers - lost 2.5 kgs since started. Happy with that. ;D ;D ;D
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How do you think you'll go over Christmas Pauline? Must be the hardest time to stick to a diet :-)) :-)) I used to make the sago puddings out of a Weight Watchers book - not as nice as the Women's Weekly ones but so much lower in fat.
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Good work - your about 3 kg ahead of me in that time !! ;D ;D ;D - think I might be pregnant - just no other reason for me putting on this weight!!
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well done!
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Well done everyone. Like JD I lost 8kgs pre and post surgery, but can feel it sneaking back on (think its the quality testing of Christmas recipes). Trying hard to keep it off.
All the best to everyone with WW and any other type of dietry changes.
I sincerely believe that getting back to "real" food puts us ahead.
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Well guys! Have lost 14 kilos....hurray! ....but cant get into that green dress (valentino classic from 10 years ago!) The problem seems to be my rib cage, after having Little S*d or big sod, it appears that although I have finally got my figure back, but my rib cage is 2cms bigger! Am going to start my maintenance diet now, which is eating 3 days normally and 4 diet! So can finally start trying some of all these lovely recipes 3 times a week. And now have to go out and buy a new dress! Shame! :'( :'( :'(
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Well done Bron! Pity about the dress,but it will be a nice reward buying a new one ;) ;D
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Yeah wish only my rib cage had grown - think my hips have expanded and legs shortened - amazing what those bones do!!
Won't be buying a dress anyway if I do get a figure less than 0 back.
Good work bron
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Hi all,
I've not been around much but came back to share that I'm now doing weight watchers and sadly the TMX has been neglegted. A plus though, I've lost almost 7 kg! Yay. So I'm here because I'd really love some inspiration and recipes to use the TMX and find some WW friendly recipes!
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Congratulations - good work. You may have to talk to bron - our TMX Slimmer of the Year ;D
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Thanks Thermomixer! :-)) :-))
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Well guys! Have lost 14 kilos....hurray! ....but cant get into that green dress (valentino classic from 10 years ago!) The problem seems to be my rib cage, after having Little S*d or big sod, it appears that although I have finally got my figure back, but my rib cage is 2cms bigger! Am going to start my maintenance diet now, which is eating 3 days normally and 4 diet! So can finally start trying some of all these lovely recipes 3 times a week. And now have to go out and buy a new dress! Shame! :'( :'( :'(
Well done Bron, how have you done it? I am a relatively new TM user and have put on about 5 kg since getting it, cooking up a storm, I have been. My very definate New Year Resolutrion is to lose 15kg by mid May. Can you let me in on any tips pleae ? especially using our TM's.
Ta, I look forward to hearing from you :)
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Hermie, have written down all my tips on here. I lost the first 6 kilos in 6 weeks, and the rest has taken longer, but in total I have lost 14 kilos, ideally I need to lose 3 more kilos, but its tough at xmas time so after tomorrow, will get back on track to get rid of the final 3!
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