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Posting Calories on Menus is a Requirement in the Health Care Bill

Ajima — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:09:23 +0000

Within the Health Care Bill that President Obama signed yesterday there is a requirement about calorie counts. Restaurants will have to include all calorie counts for food sold on their menus. This will include fast food restaurants and dine in restaurants. I am so happy about this. It could really change the way people choose what they eat when they are out and about. I think weight loss will occur due to people better understanding how many calories they are packing in each day.

I was in NYC a few weeks ago and I have to tell you I was shocked at some of the calories counts I saw. You see, they already have this rule in place. When you look up at the board at a McDonalds or glance at the pastries in the case at Starbucks and you see listings of over 1200 calories for one item or for a value meal staring back at you, you have to really think twice. You can’t claim that you are a victim of the fast food industry and that they’ve made you fat when the hard evidence of how many calories you consume is right there in your face.

Also, I think that people who frequently eat in groups may have new incentive to cut down on high calorie foods. If you’re about to order 3000 calories worth of food and your group of friends or your date knows…you might pick a salad.

Slow down on the dried fruit

Ajima — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:47:42 +0000

I’m going to have to slow down on the store bought dried fruit…namely mango and banana chips. What did I see when checking Yahoo today…The worst ‘healthy’ foods.

Good article. It said…

Dried Fruit
175 calories
45 g sugars

Eat this instead!
Fresh fruit, like an apple or a peach
70 calories
15 g sugars

OK, so dried fruit won’t totally derail a day of good eating (unless you down the whole bag of banana chips), but it’s far from being a harmless snack. First, because the dehydrating process sucks most of the volume from the fruit, you can eat cups of the stuff, and 600 calories later, still not feel any fuller. More troubling, though, is the fact that Sun-Maid and Ocean Spray add sugar to the fruit, making Craisins closer to candy than Mother Nature’s original intention. The choice is clear: Stick to the original, straight from the tree.

LOL…straight from the tree. Sounds like a fruit gangster rap group. Any hooo….I’ll slow down on the dried fruit. Sneaky sugar…darn you. (it’s not like I didn’t know…lol)

Day 5…beginning Day 6: Have back up? Check!

Ajima — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:51:35 +0000

Yesterday was a good day. The only problem was that I forgot my after lunch snack (fruit) and was really hungry from around 3 till I got a chance to grab a banana at Au Bon Pain. That was a little rough. I have to remember to carry some back up food. I had some bad diarrhea too, but when I went raw in 2006 for 3 months I remember dealing with that during the first 2 weeks and then it went away. I took some psyllium husk in my green smoothie this morning to help cleanse. I think it’s going to be a good day.

Day 5 I ate:
Green smoothie with spinach, 2 bananas, frozen mango, and frozen blueberries
3/4 cup of raw walnuts
Large salad with olives, carrots, romaine, sunflower seeds, mushrooms, and olive oil
1 banana
Large salad with walnuts and olive oil

Day 5 Weight: 182.5

Today so far I’ve just had my morning green smoothie. Today I added Kale to the mix of regular ingredients that I use wanting more dark greens. It was a lil “wheatgrass”-ish, but not that strong. It was very very green. LOL.

I weight myself everyday when I wake up and this morning the scale said 181.5. So, so far I’m losing about .5 to 1 pound each day. I’m sure that has a lot to do with the drastic reduction of calories. You have to understand…I was eating a LOT of sugar. My meals were fairly healthy but I was a chocolate and ice cream addict with a habit of overeating and binging out on sugar at least 3 times a week or more. I could go through 1300 in one evening with burgers and a pint of Ben and Jerry’s on top of what I had for breakfast and lunch. So, I’m sure it’s a shock to the system…but a good shock.

Yesterday I went to the grocery store to get Kale and Spinach and I felt weird but not very tempted. I would catch myself looking at some cooked familiar friend and then realize…I don’t want that…I want freedom. I’m not willing to trade the freedom of weight loss. I’m not willing to trade in the freedom of not worrying and fretting over what I’m going to eat. I’m not willing to start the bumpy ride of self hate base on eating bad things and beating myself up. I’m Free and I won’t be a slave to my habits or my stomach. I’m free.