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I usually fill in my food diary in the morning - having everything I plan to eat that day listed out helps to keep me on track. :) I'm going to the dentist today to get a broken filling fixed, so I'm holding off on everything except brekkie until I see what I'm allowed... HOPING for normal foods so I don't have to improvise - improvisation can be very dangerous for me! :)
One interesting note - I saw headlines today about a study that concluded that pasta was good for weight loss - after reading the article, I can see how they came to that conclusion... the subjects ate an average of 3.3 servings of pasta per week, at 1/2 cup of cooked pasta per serving. I like pasta, but I wonder how many people are going to stop at the headline and say, "Oh boy, as much pasta as I want!" We humans always seem to be trying to find ways around "Moderation in all things." I guess that's part of what makes us human. :)
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1830 kcal
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Fat: 50.46g | Prot: 74.26g | Carbs: 269.74g.
Breakfast: Carrot Cake Fiber Bomb Muffins, Strawberry Breakfast Smoothie, Water, Silk Pure Almond Milk - Unsweetened Original, Splenda No Calorie Sweetener Packets, Coffee. Lunch: Water, Spicy Spinach Matzo Ball Soup with Roast Tofu. Dinner: Royal Chocolates Belgian Chocolate Thins - Dark, Water, Cauliflower Cheese Sticks (lettygaylor's FS recipe, sub non-fat mozzarella for full-fat; add onions), Brown Rice and Garbanzo Beans, AHA Avocado Salsa, no salt added (The New American Heart Association Cookbook, 8th ed., pg. 384). Snacks/Other: Greek Spinach Patties, Water, Red Table Wine, Water, Laughing Cow Creamy Spicy Pepper Jack, Manischewitz Whole Wheat Matzos, Water, Bananas, High Brew Cold Brew Mexican Vanilla. more...
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2100 kcal
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Exercise:
Walking (moderate) - 3/mph - 1 hour and 15 minutes, Grocery Shopping - 45 minutes, Housework - 2 hours, Resting - 12 hours, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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I read that too, and I love pasta, so when I eat it I don't eat 1/2 cup, it's a big plate of it haha
04 Apr 18 by member: Keilin_4
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so, I am going to let it for my cheat meal day
04 Apr 18 by member: Keilin_4
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I just found this journal entry you wrote this morning, Jeannine. Hope you didn't suffer too much at the hands of your dentist. I guess pasta would be a good food to eat when you need something easy to chew. When I ate pasta, it went down as if it were liquid & no matter how much I ate, it felt as if I hadn't eaten at all. But it tastes sooo good!
04 Apr 18 by member: fleur_de_lune
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She's a good dentist, and I just have to avoid crunchy and chewy foods until the end of the month... I think I've managed to talk myself into a pasta night soon, though... I'll make sure I just eat that 1/2 cup, though and bulk it up with a little veggie burger and lots of veggies... and 2 teaspoons of parmesan! I used to eat a ton of that stuff, and when my brave husband risked getting his head bitten off by suggesting I use less, I would point at the side of the bottle and say, "Look, only 20 kcal per serving!" Of course, I just started measuring out that serving recently and was shocked to realize that I'd been eating way more than 20 kcall!!
04 Apr 18 by member: FarmerJeannine
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Spaghetti, actually any pasta, is something I weigh out in grams or ounces. 1.5 —2 ounces dry is a good portion. That way my portions are consistent regardless of the shape of the pasta.
06 Apr 18 by member: Kenna Morton
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If people actually followed the serving size suggested on the labels they might be ok, but that's an awful tiny amount of food. They're supposed to be re-engineering nutrition labels for realistic sized portions. I know if I eat pasta you may as well boil your own because I'm going to try to scarf it all.
06 Apr 18 by member: @philrmcknight
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Yep, I started weighing the dry pasta before cooking it a couple of weeks ago - way safer than my old grab-a-handful-and-toss-it-in-the-pot method! :)
06 Apr 18 by member: FarmerJeannine
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@Phil, That's the purpose for all the veggies; I can turn 1/2 cup of pasta into a huge, filling meal by adding a bunch of spinach, peppers, onions, etc. :)
06 Apr 18 by member: FarmerJeannine
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I just dump shredded or grilled chicken in there with it. Actually, I don't, but I would. I just have the chicken, instead. lol
06 Apr 18 by member: @philrmcknight
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To each his (or her) own. :)
06 Apr 18 by member: FarmerJeannine
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