dwheatl
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Well, Fidge, I just went through my catchall drawer to look for old WW stuff, but at some point I actually threw it away. This is what I can remember from the 80's (in my childhood, haha). You had to drink 8 glasses of water a day, you got 3 servings of bread a day. That included starchy vegetables like potatoes, corn, peas. Figure about 80 calories per serving. You got 6-8 servings of protein. Each serving was 1 oz. of lean meat, or half a cup nonfat cottage cheese, or 3/4 oz of regular cheese, which was limited to maybe 5 servings a week. You were supposed to eat some fish and some liver every week. I always hit the mark on fish, couldn't always stomach the liver. You got 2 milk servings a day, each serving was 1 c. nf milk or nf sf yogurt. If you were lactose intolerant, you could replace the milk w/ 2 more protein servings and a calcium supplement. 2 servings of fruit, about 60 calories each (a banana counted as 2 fruits
) You had to eat at least 3 non-starchy vegetable servings a day (each 1/2 c. cooked or 1 c. raw) and 2 servings of fat (1 tsp oil or margarine, 1 TB salad dressing, about 40 cals. each) to keep your skin pretty and the big potty working. And finally, you got 700 optional calories for things like sugar, alcohol, or extras on any of the above.
In summary:
8 protein
3 starch
2 milk
2 fruit
2 fat
3+ vegetables
8+ water
It was about 1000-1200 calories.
Don't forget to make the vegetable soup- put in any free vegetables (except cabbage-it makes it bitter) plus 2 c. water, 1 tsp. basil, 1 tsp oregano, garlic if you like it, and a couple of boullion cubes. Bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer about 15 min. Add another c. of water and simmer for another 10. I like to run it through the blender because it makes a thicker soup, then throw in some canned green beans (but I'm old school; I don't like "squeaky" vegetables, like fresh green beans).
Hope this helps.
) You had to eat at least 3 non-starchy vegetable servings a day (each 1/2 c. cooked or 1 c. raw) and 2 servings of fat (1 tsp oil or margarine, 1 TB salad dressing, about 40 cals. each) to keep your skin pretty and the big potty working. And finally, you got 700 optional calories for things like sugar, alcohol, or extras on any of the above.In summary:
8 protein
3 starch
2 milk
2 fruit
2 fat
3+ vegetables
8+ water
It was about 1000-1200 calories.
Don't forget to make the vegetable soup- put in any free vegetables (except cabbage-it makes it bitter) plus 2 c. water, 1 tsp. basil, 1 tsp oregano, garlic if you like it, and a couple of boullion cubes. Bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer about 15 min. Add another c. of water and simmer for another 10. I like to run it through the blender because it makes a thicker soup, then throw in some canned green beans (but I'm old school; I don't like "squeaky" vegetables, like fresh green beans).
Hope this helps.
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What is this nonsense weren't even born honey if you know who Richard Simmons is ...heres your 80s sign!!!!!!
Thank you everyone for sharing! Well...back to catching up!
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For those of you who are reading it,...I am not giving you any more info here. You'll just have to wait for me to get more TR done. 
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Princess Lynda. Here's a fat-free, sugar-free, calorie free cake for you. 
Enjoy your day and your date with DH.
and 
am so sorry you are so blue...you are in my thoughts tonite
til my stinkin DVD went out n me and kept interuppting my movie... now I guess I'll go stretch out and read, I got a new James Patterson book tonite - and I will indulge my discovery channel addiction to the Everest series
