Posts by tealeaf

Caloriewise they should be about the same.  Perhaps the turkey would have less cholesterol, but not by much.  If they are the same price, I would go with whichever one I perfered by taste.

I nuke them whole, easier than trying to cut a raw one in half.  It takes a bit longer that way, but the heck, I can wait the 15 minutes or so. 

Just remember to poke some holes in it first so it doesn't explode or something!

I cooked my first spaghetti squash last night.  I pierced it several times, then stuck it whole in the microwave for about 10 minutes.  No cutting it in half, no water, just the squash on a plate in the oven.  It came out great, and was easy to cut in half when it was done and soft.

   First time I ever tried using one instead of pasta.  I made a tomato sauce with some chopped up leftover turkey (cause I'm cheap that way), and ate it with a bit of grated cheese.  I was surprised how much I liked it.  No, it didn't taste like pasta to me.  But it went well with the sauce, which stayed on it like a topping much better than I would have guess.

    Will definately be doing this again.  Soon and often.  I have a new favorite diet food!

This site's grade calculator assumes that everyone should be living a fat free, sugar free, salt free  and alcohol free life.  If you deviate from that ideal, then your grades will suffer. 

     I've often seen fresh fruits get a B or something because of the "high sugar content".  I just ignore the thing now.  I know if a food is good or bad for me, I don't need some really dumb software trying to teach me that.

I eat in that range for breakfast all the time.  Today I had half a cup of eggbeaters, topped with 4 oz of refried beans that I had eariler cooked with onions and green chilis.  Topped all with taco sauce and and a little lemon juice.  And a cup of tea with fat free half & half.  Filling, taste, and easy to throw together.

Fruits and veggies are a better choice than candy bars, of course.  But that doesn't mean that eating pineapple or beets or apples result in a "Net calorie deficit".  Sorry #7, but you're just plain wrong.

I drink diet soda and tea sweetened with splenda all the time.  I've had a weight loss of about 80 pounds, and it doesn't seem to have hurt this at all.  Some people seem to feel that diet sodas are "Unnatural" and therefore bad, but I could care less about that.  They are mostly water, and do count towards your daily water total, even if they contain caffeine.

    I guess a benefit from dropping them would be that tap water is cheaper than diet soda.

I buy the granulated stuff that comes in the big bags.  I go through about 3/4th of a cup a day.  That's right, 3/4th of a cup.  I log it at about 100 calories.  I go through alot of sweetened iced tea.  And no, not going to unsweetened.  It's either Splenda or sugar, and the Splenda is much less calories.

    Been doing this for a couple of years, and no health problems from it.  I feel fantastic!  *Drinks some more tea with splenda as I hit 'reply'."

Ok, anyone besides me think that the OP was talking about real, fresh off the beaver tails here?

/hangs head in shame

I owe my 80 pound weight loss to Alton Brown.  Well, sort of. 

    I'm a regular at the fan site for his show, the Good Eats Fan Page.  There was a long thread about some comments he made about wishing that some of his fans would trim down.  I weight about 260 then, and in the converstation I said that while he certainly is entitled to his opinions, the fact that I knew he felt that way would stop me from ever thinking about going to a book signing or something to meet him.

   Then I had an epiphany.  If I was so ashamed of my fatness that I wouldn't want to meet someone that might look down on me, someone that would have virtually no impact on my day to day living at all, then this had to stop.  I couldn't continue being this way when I had to power to change.  It would be hard, but not as hard as being too ashamed of myself to meet with other people, no matter who it was.

   I'm not proud now that I still have 40 pounds to go.  But the deep sense of shame is gone.  I'd go to a book signing now.  Thank you, Alton Brown.

Egg beaters for the win!  Sara Lee Delightful bread (partial to the multigrain one, but 100% whole week are good also).  I like fat free mayo and sourcream as much as the orginals.  Jeanie-O frozen lean turkey burgers (the ones that come 12 to a pack, not 4!).  Splenda, splenda, splenda, and of course, SPLENDA!  Laughing cow light cheese (any kind).  Velveeta made with 2% milk.  Vermont Farms cheedar made with 1% milk. 

 Things I make: Chocolate Goo: 1 pound light cream cheese, a few squirts of sugarfree chocolate syrup, around 3 or 4 table spoons cocoa powder, splenda to taste (I use about half a cup or so), a pinch of salt.  Rich and decadent like fudge, and a tablespoon or two of stuff really satisfies me.  But the nutritionals aren't too bad, and would be even better if you can tolerate FF creamcheese (I can't, it just doesn't taste like food to me).

 Roasted Garbanzo Beans: Take a can or four of garbanzo beans, open, rinse, and drain.  Place on a cookie sheet, salt to taste if you wish.  Roast in an oven at 325 or so (I usually make these when I'm cooking other things).  Check every ten minutes, stir to keep from scorching on one side.  They are done when they are crunchy like corn nuts.  When done, season further if you wish with curry powder, popcorn seasonings, garlic powder, or whatever else catches your fancy.  But even plain, these are pretty addictive even if they are pretty good for you (high fiber protein), low fat fairly low carb).

Everyone has different thoughts on things.  I have no problem at all eating "fake" foods.  I could care less if I can pronounce the ingredients or not.  "Better living through science" is my mantra.  Obviously, not everyone shares my views.  But the nice thing is that I'm not forcing them to eat the way I do, and they cannot to me either.  Our bodies, our choice.