Friend of Julie: Fatty Meats

There's a great threaded conversation going on in response to my recent "Off-Program" post, which you may want to read through if you missed all the great replies. I'm posting a great piece of advice from twinglesmomma not to eat too much fatty meat as they slow down weight loss.

In response to a comment about not being able to lose weight, twinglesmomma wrote:

Stop the bacon, the ham, chicken wings, sausage. The bacon, ham, and sausage are fatty meats. Eat those sparingly! I'm talking once or twice a week. Granted, I may or may not sometimes as well. But when I read that, that's the first thing that came to mind. You seem to be eating fatty proteins. When I'm in a pinch, I will eat hotdogs, but that's not an everyday occurrence. Have more lean protein-chicken, turkey, etc. Have beef-steak, burgers, to maybe once or twice a week. And, if you are having bacon, etc, make sure that's your only fat for the day.

This resonated with me, as I too have been eating too much fatty meats. I was not much of a meat eater before this program, so I ate the meats I did like, which included pepperoni, bacon, and ham. Julie told me to be careful of eating too much fat when I talked about pepperoni, it is allowed, but shouldn't be a meal we eat on a regular basis. Many times I've had pepperoni, cheese, and coleslaw for dinner several nights in a row. This is way too often, way too much fat, and more cheese than I should have in one meal. Cheese is to be used as a condiment. I had bacon for breakfast every morning this week and ham has been a regular lunch item for several months now. I have forgotten these fatty meats can slow down weight loss, but now that I have been reminded, my goal is eat less of them.

Time to add fish back into my weekly meal plan. Oh, what weekly meal plan? I haven't been planning much and in fact I've had lunch out every day this week, which is allowed, but I'm leaning on too many foods that are not only fatty, but have mayonnaise. Time get a menu plan and shopping list back into my weekly routine.

I keep going back to thoughts about why I haven't lost as much weight as others who are blogging here, they started months after me and are several sizes smaller. Too much fat in my diet is most likely the reason. I don't beat myself up about losing weight slower than others, as this has been a healthy process for me and I won't negate the great success I've had just because weight is not as dropping as fast as I want. I often look inward to see if there is something I am missing and whenever I ask myself this question, I usually find that yes, there is something else you can change in your diet to encourage more weight loss. This week, it's fatty meats. Thanks twinglesmomma for helping me see what I was missing.

What kind of meat do the rest of you have for dinner? What's on your lunch menu that you really enjoy? Do you have recipes you want to share?