The Salad Challenge

Well ladies and gentlemen, because you all mean so much to me I took a risk today. Just so I could come back and report. I had a salad. It was awesome! It contained grilled chicken, egg, walnuts, cheddar cheese, and feta. I had bleu cheese dressing. It went down just fine! I made sure to chew chew chew because I am on a 5 day roll with no It took forever to eat, but I kept it on my desk and picked at it in between calls. So now I am feeling adventurous. Taco, pizza, and now salad. Anyone have any requests?? Tonight I may even try chinese takeout!! Beth

I am sooo glad this worked for you. Salads dont have to be just veggies, you listed a lot of ingredients that are completely on our 'good food' list. I'd also suggest beans for even more protein. Personally, I think salads are my future. And they may not contain many veggies as there's so many other good things to select. We just have to think differently...... Yay!!

Wow does that sound good! Did you make it or buy it somewhere? Can't WAIT till I have the nerve to try one! Sylvia RNY 1/23

I made it at work. We have an awesome cafeteria that has just about every kind of food imaginable. This is a make your own salad - salad bar. Sooo yummy!! Beth

Just a gentle reminder, be careful of the dressings, very high i calories if you are not careful. One salad could be your entire food for one day at the levels we eat at. Just a reminder.

I try not to worry about calories. Since I can only eat about 1/4 cup of anything at a time my caloric intake is minimal. My surgeon also told me not to worry about counting calories. As long as I am getting my protein in I am good to go.

I had one for dinner last night! Isn;t it wonderful

YUMMY!! That salad sounds delicious!! I tried lettuce for the first time yesterday and it went down good.

Mmmmm salad!! That's what I had for dinner. My son wanted McDonalds so I got the bacon ranch salad with low fat vinaigrette dressing. It was delish!! I shared it with my 19 month old, who LOVES salad. we still ended up throwing half away, but boy it was good. As for Chinese. I DID order take out last week!! My local restaurant can cook anything on the menu "weigh****chers style". Basically they steam instead of fry. I ordered a pint of chicken and broccoli and ate 2 pieces of broccoli and about 5 pieces of the chicken. It was GREAT!! (I was dying for an egg roll though) Dawn

I still haven't tried chinese. I ended up with a taco tonight. My biggest issue is shelling out the money and then not being able to eat much. I am so bad about left overs too. Did you eat any of the rice? I still haven't been brave enough to try rice. Beth