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Hi, My name is Totoro and I am a carb junkie.
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 167946" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>What's wrong with whole egg? It's good protein, it's healthy. OK, there is some cholesterol in whole egg, but that's only because it's animal source. And there's not enough to worry about. Whole egg is low GI, which is good.</p><p></p><p>If you've cut back to 1200 calories or less, then you probably need to take supplements because a dietician would have a fit. I got referred to a dietician, to help me lose weight - and she told me to eat more! She insisted I had to increase my bread intake to four (admittedly, wholegrain) slices of bread a day. I gained weight.</p><p>So I cut back on the amount, DID continue eating grain bread instead of white bread, ate less fruit and more vegetables and did find I at least maintained my weight.</p><p></p><p>Currently I'm on 1000 calories a day. I do it by cutting back as I previously described, plus cutting back in overall quantity.</p><p></p><p>UpAllNight, a donut for breakfast every day could well be within the calorie allowance, but it includes a lot of 'empty' calories, leaving a lot less room for food which is also nutritious. If it's a glazed or iced donut, it will be giving her a fast sugar hit (bad for her, it teaches the pancreas to pour out massive amounts of insulin, which then gobbles up all the sugar and more besides, making you feel flat and desperately hungry by morning tea time) but little else. It is high in fat (fried) with nothing else to it but the carbs. No vitamins, no protein. One Krispy Kreme donut has between 150 (small, 3" diameter) and 300 calories (medium) (info from Krispy Kreme website). That means there are between 900 and 1050 calories left for the rest of the day. You still have to pack into that now smaller calorie amount, an entire day's good nutrition. All the iron; all the folate; all the Vitamin C plus all the other vitamins; all the calcium; all the protein; all the EFAs.</p><p></p><p>If you try to go TOO low-fat, you can find the GI is higher and this leads your body to get used to fast carb hits and make you suffer when you don't eat lots of carbs. So the aim is to eat low-fat, moderate to low carbs and a bit higher in protein.</p><p></p><p>It's like me with my one square of chocolate (max) - knowing I can have it, stops me from going frantic because the diet says I mustn't. </p><p>Sometimes I find I'm hungry and get into the "I must scavenge round the house to find SOMETHING to eat..." mood, but a big drink of my Nescaf frappe fixes that. It's (calorie-wise) not much more than water with a dash of skim milk. I just happen to add a heaped spoon of instant decaf coffee and two sweeteners to 500 ml really cold water (and splash of skim). I shake it up until it goes frothy and drink it with a straw, knowing that when we were in Greece, this cost between 500 and 800 Drachmas a serve. It feels like I'm treating myself when in fact I'm filling myself with healthy water (tasting very unhealthy).</p><p></p><p>With your wheat bread (I presume you mean wholegrain?) - what are you putting on it? Instead of using dairy spread or similar, try spreading it with mayonnaise, or pesto sauce (yes, I know they have oil in them - a little is OK) or low-fat cream cheese. You will use less fat than if you used dairy spread, plus you add flavour and texture, plus SOME fat on the bread stops the juices of, say, tomato from soaking in and making it go soggy.</p><p>A family favourite here is a salad sandwich (tomato, lettuce, a very thin slice of onion, maybe shredded carrot) spread first with home-made basil pesto. You HAVE to use the pesto sparingly because the flavour is so strong.</p><p></p><p>I might eat a sandwich made from a single slice of bread, cut in half. If I still want more, I can then make a different half-sandwich, so I feel like I've eaten a wide variety.</p><p></p><p>Another big diet tip (connected to Australia's favourite/most recommended diet, the CSIRO total wellbeing diet) is to make sure you eat, over a day, at least 15 different plant products. If you can, make sure they are fresh and in season. Making your own vegetable soup is a good way to reach your quota. It's also a good way to make your minimal number of calories give you optimum nutrition.</p><p></p><p>If you use flavour as a way to cut back, it can really work. Too often the diet food tastes bland and so you feel like you haven't eaten. But a couple of mouthfuls of something strongly flavoured can often satisfy more effectively. This means you could be eating fewer calories overall, AND still enjoying your food.</p><p></p><p>We bought fish this afternoon, from the fish market. There are two ways we could prepare it - </p><p>1) husband likes to pan-fry the fillet, unfloured, in a small sizzle of butter (non-stick pan). There is so little butter that it adds very little in calories. But it does add a little flavour.</p><p></p><p>2) I like to put the fish fillet on a large sheet of foil, add a thin slice or two of ginger root, a couple of thin slices of onion, a splash of soy sauce, a splash of mirin (rice wine - or sherry), a few drops of sesame oil and carefully wrap it up so the foil makes a sealed parcel with seams arranged so it won't leak. I then bake it in the oven so it self-steams in the oven. </p><p></p><p>My way has stronger flavours and is also lower in fat. But on my diet, both are acceptable.</p><p></p><p>I didn't like the range of breakfast cereals on offer, so I made my own muesli. No added sugar, but I do allow natural fruit sugars (in moderation) from raisins. My muesli is based on brown rice (puffed as well as rolled) because my body can't tolerate oats. I also find the stuff is so filling, I can only eat a small amount. But it keeps me going until lunchtime, when I have a protein meal with salad and/or vegetables. Or soup, maybe, made by cooking meat and vegetables (such as a stew) and watering down a small amount for a dieter's meal. Still very satisfying and loaded with vitamins and protein.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 167946, member: 1991"] What's wrong with whole egg? It's good protein, it's healthy. OK, there is some cholesterol in whole egg, but that's only because it's animal source. And there's not enough to worry about. Whole egg is low GI, which is good. If you've cut back to 1200 calories or less, then you probably need to take supplements because a dietician would have a fit. I got referred to a dietician, to help me lose weight - and she told me to eat more! She insisted I had to increase my bread intake to four (admittedly, wholegrain) slices of bread a day. I gained weight. So I cut back on the amount, DID continue eating grain bread instead of white bread, ate less fruit and more vegetables and did find I at least maintained my weight. Currently I'm on 1000 calories a day. I do it by cutting back as I previously described, plus cutting back in overall quantity. UpAllNight, a donut for breakfast every day could well be within the calorie allowance, but it includes a lot of 'empty' calories, leaving a lot less room for food which is also nutritious. If it's a glazed or iced donut, it will be giving her a fast sugar hit (bad for her, it teaches the pancreas to pour out massive amounts of insulin, which then gobbles up all the sugar and more besides, making you feel flat and desperately hungry by morning tea time) but little else. It is high in fat (fried) with nothing else to it but the carbs. No vitamins, no protein. One Krispy Kreme donut has between 150 (small, 3" diameter) and 300 calories (medium) (info from Krispy Kreme website). That means there are between 900 and 1050 calories left for the rest of the day. You still have to pack into that now smaller calorie amount, an entire day's good nutrition. All the iron; all the folate; all the Vitamin C plus all the other vitamins; all the calcium; all the protein; all the EFAs. If you try to go TOO low-fat, you can find the GI is higher and this leads your body to get used to fast carb hits and make you suffer when you don't eat lots of carbs. So the aim is to eat low-fat, moderate to low carbs and a bit higher in protein. It's like me with my one square of chocolate (max) - knowing I can have it, stops me from going frantic because the diet says I mustn't. Sometimes I find I'm hungry and get into the "I must scavenge round the house to find SOMETHING to eat..." mood, but a big drink of my Nescaf frappe fixes that. It's (calorie-wise) not much more than water with a dash of skim milk. I just happen to add a heaped spoon of instant decaf coffee and two sweeteners to 500 ml really cold water (and splash of skim). I shake it up until it goes frothy and drink it with a straw, knowing that when we were in Greece, this cost between 500 and 800 Drachmas a serve. It feels like I'm treating myself when in fact I'm filling myself with healthy water (tasting very unhealthy). With your wheat bread (I presume you mean wholegrain?) - what are you putting on it? Instead of using dairy spread or similar, try spreading it with mayonnaise, or pesto sauce (yes, I know they have oil in them - a little is OK) or low-fat cream cheese. You will use less fat than if you used dairy spread, plus you add flavour and texture, plus SOME fat on the bread stops the juices of, say, tomato from soaking in and making it go soggy. A family favourite here is a salad sandwich (tomato, lettuce, a very thin slice of onion, maybe shredded carrot) spread first with home-made basil pesto. You HAVE to use the pesto sparingly because the flavour is so strong. I might eat a sandwich made from a single slice of bread, cut in half. If I still want more, I can then make a different half-sandwich, so I feel like I've eaten a wide variety. Another big diet tip (connected to Australia's favourite/most recommended diet, the CSIRO total wellbeing diet) is to make sure you eat, over a day, at least 15 different plant products. If you can, make sure they are fresh and in season. Making your own vegetable soup is a good way to reach your quota. It's also a good way to make your minimal number of calories give you optimum nutrition. If you use flavour as a way to cut back, it can really work. Too often the diet food tastes bland and so you feel like you haven't eaten. But a couple of mouthfuls of something strongly flavoured can often satisfy more effectively. This means you could be eating fewer calories overall, AND still enjoying your food. We bought fish this afternoon, from the fish market. There are two ways we could prepare it - 1) husband likes to pan-fry the fillet, unfloured, in a small sizzle of butter (non-stick pan). There is so little butter that it adds very little in calories. But it does add a little flavour. 2) I like to put the fish fillet on a large sheet of foil, add a thin slice or two of ginger root, a couple of thin slices of onion, a splash of soy sauce, a splash of mirin (rice wine - or sherry), a few drops of sesame oil and carefully wrap it up so the foil makes a sealed parcel with seams arranged so it won't leak. I then bake it in the oven so it self-steams in the oven. My way has stronger flavours and is also lower in fat. But on my diet, both are acceptable. I didn't like the range of breakfast cereals on offer, so I made my own muesli. No added sugar, but I do allow natural fruit sugars (in moderation) from raisins. My muesli is based on brown rice (puffed as well as rolled) because my body can't tolerate oats. I also find the stuff is so filling, I can only eat a small amount. But it keeps me going until lunchtime, when I have a protein meal with salad and/or vegetables. Or soup, maybe, made by cooking meat and vegetables (such as a stew) and watering down a small amount for a dieter's meal. Still very satisfying and loaded with vitamins and protein. Marg [/QUOTE]
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