Posts by flygirl152

Injuries suck for sure! I have been dealing with an Achilles tendon injury since Dec 2007.

You will just have to keep an extra watchful eye as to what goes in your mouth.

Do the swimming thing, arm weights, exercise bike on no resistance (sucks but at least you are moving), ab work, strap on some ankle weights and lay on the floor and do some leg lifts if you can (it keeps your body weight off but allows you to still get some exercise).

Don't over do it when you think you are getting better it will only set you up for a fall....trust me, I was all like oh it is all good, it doesn't hurt too bad....but as you just keep adding to your routine all adds up to too much and then you fall back and have to go back to even less cause you over do it. Just make sure to increase after the injury very slowly to avoid aggravating the injury and having a set back!

I sure hope it works out....make sure and let us know.

I usually solve this dilemma by bringing a platter I prepare to the party that way I always have at least something I know for sure I can munch on. I doubt it if any host would be offended if you showed up with a platter for sharing such as a prepared veggie platter or a plate of whole grain pita bread cut into wedgies with some hummus for dipping. Bring your own bottle of diet cola if you think the host won't have any available. Make a decision before to allow yourself a set number of alcoholic beverages and stick to it...I myself would choose maybe 3 or 4 ounces.

Smitty's

Vegetable omelette with egg beaters substituted for the 3 eggs and fruit cup as the side.

All Bran Bites.  Cereal measured and portioned into ziplocs.  Fruit to Go strips.  Apple.  Bottled water. 

Watch out for Sun tea.  Brew hot tea and then put it in the fridge for "iced tea" instead of sun tea.  Sun tea has high risk of bacteria because it doesn't reach a high enough temp.  Read more:  Sun Tea

Thanks for the advice everyone.  I guess I just need to forget about it and hope she figures it out before she does any serious damage.  It's just so hard when you see someone doing exactly the opposite of getting healthy and they think that they are on the right path :|

How about go direct to the source? Go straight to the restaurant website to get the real deal

US:

http://app.mcdonalds.com/bagamcmeal?process=i tem&itemID=4314

Canada:

http://www.mcdonalds.ca/en/food/calculator.as px

I had surgery on friday and was awake for it!!  It was so scary!  I had a lump removed from my breast and I was not put to sleep.  I got about 20  insertions of the of 3 different needles to spread out the freezing all around.  These needles really sting at first.  Then I kept my eyes closed while the operation took place.  I didn't feel pain but I could feel the motions of cutting and then the blood running down my side.  I felt nauseous and soooo hot and sweaty during the whole thing.  I NEVER want to have a surgery under local anesthetic again!!!

I use this one quite often!!! Yum!!

http://caloriecount.about.com/recipe/79132.ht ml

My Homemade Granola Bars - HUGE RECIPE!!!

You may want to cut the recipe in half! I always go crazy when I'm inventing :) This turned out completely awesome!!! Waaaayyyy better than I thought and just as good if not better than any store bought one.

3 cups rolled oats (270g)

1 cup nuts & seeds (I used a mix with almonds, cashews, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds)

1/2 cup dried raisin

1/2 cup dried cranberries (or 1/2 cup more raisins or whatever other dried fruit you want to sub in 1/2 cup)

1 cup wheat germ (135g)

1 1/2 cup Fibre One (90g)

1 1/2 cup Rice Krispie (45g)

250g chopped dried apricots

4 Tbsp margarine (120g)

1 cup honey (160g)

1 cup packed brown sugar (210g)

4 Tbsp Low fat peanut butter (60g)

2/3 cup unsweetened applesauce

1 tsp salt

4 tsp vanilla extract

Makes 1700g finished. 48bars. Cut into 35g bars

1 - Use both the 9X13 & 8X11 glass blue dishes. Rip wax paper 2.5 times the length (enough to line the pan and then fold over to cover bars). Wipe inside of the pans with clean damp cloth and the side of the wax paper. Press wax paper inside the dishes.

2 - Preheat oven to 400 degrees

3 - Chop up dried apricots and arrange on a baking sheet spread out. Cook in oven for approx 5 mins. Remove from oven and allow to cool.

4 - Measure into a medium bowl, Fibre One, Rice Krispie, dried cranberry, raisin. Scrape the dried apricots from the baking sheet with spatula into this mixture.

5 - Chop the nuts and mix with wheat germ and oats. Spread over 2 baking sheets. These will be toasted for approx 10 min just before you are ready to use them. Stir them occassionlly to avoid burning.

6 - In a medium pot over medium heat combine margarine, honey, b. sugar, peanut butter, applesauce, salt & vanilla. Cook to disolve sugar and boil for about 1 min, stirring frequently. This will be approx 10 mins, so toast the oat mix at the same time as you are doing this step.

7 - Dump the hot liquid mix into a very large bowl. Immediately add oats mix and fruit mix. Stir well until all is coated.

8 - Spread 700g into 8X11 dish & then the remaining 1000g into 9X13 dish. Fold over the sides of the wax paper and press very hard to form.

9 - Chill in fridge at least 2 hours before cutting. Cut into 48 - 35g bars. From 8X11 dish cut 20 bars & from 9X13 dish cut 28 bars.

Each 35g bar is 143 cal & 5g Fat. I decided on 35 g, because that seems to be a standard size store bought granola bar.

Thanks all! She is actually type 2 and does not require the insulin injections.  It went great and she absolutely loved it.  We didn't eat all the food I had prepared.  There was some of everything left.  She has called us 3 times since to thanks us and tell us how much she enjoyed it!! :)

Victualgirl - Actually I couldn't take the sugar out of the pancake mix cause it was a purchased mix.  I just looked for the mix with the lowest sugar, all the others were between 5-7g sugar - the one I got had 1g /  serving.  I probably shouldn't have put sugar on the stawberries at all, but I had some other ones that I put out without sugar and she chose those ones.  The Mouse mix was ... again a mix - I showed her the package before I brought out the dessert and asked if it would be ok.

Tadpole - I don't know how many carbs, I never count those.  Thanks though, now I know that I will need to consider that when I cook for her again.

A magnet that is about 6 inches square.  It says Fat Chicks in black and it has a red cirlce with a line through, just like a no smoking sign.  NO Fat Chicks! 

Original Post by annie-g:

Wow, so does that mean that in the US, EVERY food with fiber has an inaccurate calorie amount???

I don't know. I will post a few more high fiber foods purchased in Canada. Maybe others can post the comparisons to US?!

All Bran Honey Nut Flavored Cereal - Serving 1 cup (59g)

Cereal only Calories 190 & Fibre 11g

Fibre 1 Oats & Peanut Butter Bar - 35g

Calories 150 & Fibre 5g

Fibre 1 Oats & Chocolate Bar - 35g

Calories 140 & Fibre 5g

All Bran Honey Nut Flavor Bar - 30g

Calories 130 & Fibre 4g

Quaker Oats - 1/3 cup (30g)

Calories 120 & Fibre 3g

Red River High Fibre Hot Cereal - 1/4 cup (40g dry)

Calories 150 & Fibre 6g

Fibre 1 Original (Purchased in Canada)

Serving Size : 1/2 cup (30g)

Cereal plus 125ml 2% milk = 160

Cereal Only Calories =100

%DV** Total Fat 0.5 g 1% Sat. Fat 0 g 0% Trans Fat 0 g Cholesterol 0 mg 0% Sodium 105 mg 4% Total Carbs. 25 g 8% Dietary Fiber 14 g 56% Sugars 0 g Protein 2 g Calcium 10% Potassium amount not listed

So assuming the post I am quoting is also for 1/2 cup or 30g serving there does appear to be quite a difference in US and Canadian calorie reporting!!!

Edit:  This must be also why I see sometime people have mentioned like 50 calories for a slice of bread or tortilla.  The lowest bread I can find anywhere after searching high and low is for 75 calories and this is kinda a small sized loaf.  Also the best I seem to be able to find is 150 cal/tortilla.