a Hillbilly diary

Breakfast--- Breakfast sandwich----2 slices of wheat bread, 2 slices of turkey bacon, 2 eggs; fried in the microwave. {80x2+70x2+35x2 = 370}
(370 calories)

Lunch---- Lean Cuisine --- Santa fe-sytle rice and beans.
(290 calories)

Dinner---LC ---Swedish meatballs with pasta.
(280 calories)

Snacks--- Bowl of fruit harvest cereal –w- 2% milk {120x2+120=360}
(360 calories)

Drinks---Water

Total= 1300 calories
 
Thinking back........

I was just thinking back to when I was a kid. I remember my mom and her friends being on a low/no calorie diet. This was in the mid 70's when the low cal move was really hitting. I can remember them eating like a teaspoon of cottage cheese and a half a canned peach. lunch was like a skinless chicken breast and that was about it. Now they say you have to eat to lose weight. I just start to wonder is this the way to lose weight? are they going to change the lose weight rules next week? you have so many plans out now. Atkins,south beach, then all the meal plans... they all have their different ways that seem to work for some but not all. Now you go in a bookstore and look for a book on diets, everyone seems to have one. When I think about all the money being made over a general topic. Are they being printed to help people or simply get them rich?.....................

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I think you summed it up - to get rich.

The diet industry is HUGE business, and profits on the insecurities, frustrations, guilt levels and feelings of inadequacy that dieters often have.
 
Jumping in here... I can't believe I haven't been to your diary yet! Not that you NEED encouragment.... you're doing GREAT! But everyone likes it, so here you go... Way to go! Keep it up! :)

And I've really enjoyed lc meals.... much better than the smart ones I've tried. It's so much easier to have that than plan out a whole seperate low carb/fat meal for me. Sometimes I'll cave and have the dinner I made for the family, like last night, hamburger patty, with provolone, no bun, 1/4 c. baked beans, and one half corn on the cob. I still had room in my cals for pudding, but I was too full. :)

Have a great evening!
 
to get rich of course, if these plans actually worked long for the long haul, or people were able to stick with them, then there's be no more problem with obesity and their market would dry up...
 
areagh said:
Sometimes I'll cave and have the dinner I made for the family, like last night, hamburger patty, with provolone, no bun, 1/4 c. baked beans, and one half corn on the cob. I still had room in my cals for pudding, but I was too full. :)
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Sometimes I think we just need real food. Since I have so much to lose i keep a day about every two weeks to sit down and have normal human food. Im thinking sea food. maybe some lobster,clams, some type of fish. I will keep it grilled or steamed so i dont go too far overboard. Maybe some type of coleslaw or some quitless fries. Not sure, I just know its hard too cook for the kids when i cant have most of what they want. Like lastnight, they wanted a homemade lime pie. the dirty lil $^$^%^&. Na just kidding they wanted it so i made it. They dont have a problem with weight and hope they never do.......
 
Sounds like your doing really good!
I don't see any problem with eating some normal food once in awhile as long as you don't overdo it. I mean isn't it better to have the foods you like and stick to your new lifestyle then deny yourself everything you want and quit. ;)
Keep up the great work and have a great day!
 
Lean Cuisine --- Santa fe-sytle rice and beans
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How did you like this one, it's one of my favorites. I don't eat Lean Cuisines too often though because I agree with what you said about us needing real food. If we could just eat what grows from the earth in it's natural form I think we'd all be so much better off. But that is totally unrealistic in a world where such things exist as pasta, fresh crusty bread, cookies :eek: Sorry, I meant to say things like cucumbers, peaches, brussel sprouts...:D

lee, you are doing so great!!! I wish I could stick to the calories that you do!!!
 
lazyone.... Thats why i do it. I reward myself a little for a good week or two. My friends and family always seem to want to go to a buffet. Its a test of will power. Now its not a huge issue, I get full so fast I never have to worry really about over eating. If i know im going, Ill try to keep my calories down for breakfast and lunch oh say 300-500 calories or so. That way a chinese or mexican buffet dosent hit me that bad. Not sure if you can even call one plate a buffet but thats about the normal. Alot of restaurants have a fruit section on their buffet so i leave full. I eat and im done then I watch my friends and family put down 4-5 full plates of food. Its like watching wild animals feed lol. well i cant say much i used to do the same. Now when im done i just drink my water or sugar free tea and pass the time with them.
 
hey scarlett havent seen ya in awhile..... the santa fe I really liked. I wasnt expecting much, But I really thought it was good. I think your right. we have gotten away from the natural foods. Think there is alot in fresh fruit and veggies that cant be put back in with just vitamins.... now if I can just find a pasta tree...................
 
hey if you want a pasta tree just step into my backyard...it's right next to the baked brie bush behind the bed of chips and salsa ground cover.....no, wait....that was just a dream I had the other night :confused: uhhhh, never mind!!! LOL!!!! :D
 
What are these lean Cuisine things I see you lot talk about sometimes?! I don't think we have them in Scotland whatever they are!:confused:

Hope you're having a good week hillbillylee!:)
 
They are frozen dinners. Its something like weightwatchers or nutrisystem meals.

most of the meals are under 300 calories and arent too bad.....
 
Breakfast----- slice of wheat bread {running out the door}
(80 calories)

Lunch---McDonald’s Asian salad without chicken and green goddess dressing {140+130=270}
(270 calories)

Dinner---Monk fish with lemon and --- (Had the other half of the salad from earlier)
{460+22}
(482 Calories)

Snacks

Drinks- water

Total------ (832 calories)


Ok I know its kinda low on the calorie side. But that was a huge piece of fish. If I find the room later ill have a double helping of cereal and some milk. that will be good for 360-520 depending on which cereal i choose.......
 
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ohhh I was baddddddd

Breakfast------

Lunch----- Orange juice
(220 calories)


Dinner----- took everyone out to red lobster so have no Idea about the calorie count. I had the Samon New Orleans. It a pangrilled samon with steamed veggies and some broiled shrimp in Garlic BUTTER. Baked potato with sour cream cheese and BUTTER. Had a small order of crab legs. Later we went to dq and I had a small cookie dough blizzard. It was too sweet could only stand about half of it. Think my sugar taster is broke. Just cant really get into the sweet stuff anymore. ahhh well tomorrow is a brand new day.....
 
Hillbilly

First of all I gotta say I like the pudgy little Cartman pic you have there. It makes me giggle.

Just a quick question how do you go to McDonalds and just get a salad? That alone deserves a WOW! The smell of McDonalds hits me and even if I intended to get a salad the words Cheese Burger would come out of my mouth.

Good for you. That is super willpower.
 
well we've all been baaddd. you've got a good routine down so it's back to the good ole routine, it good to changes things up a bit every now and then.:D
 
well Mcdonalds is easy...... I send a friend of mine and she brings me what i want. So no cravings for the burgers. I have been overly good the last week so I dont feel bad about the ice cream blizzard. I'm happy i was still smart enough to order the small in the first place. pre diet would hav been a large and an ice cream cone for the drive home lol.......
 
My absolute favorite fast food is the Chickfila original. Yummmmmy goodness! I still take the kids there quite a bit but, I've been so good. I order the southwest chargrilled salad everytime and it's really good, actually. I still miss the chicken on a buttered bun and waffle fries (and a Coke!), though not as much since I've switched all the kids to fruit instead of fries. (It was just too easy to swipe a few from them!) They actually liked the change. lol I have strange kids. :)
 
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