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Date Posted: 10:31:56 08/08/00 Tue
Author: missmezzo
Subject: Re: What do you do about
In reply to: clarawieck 's message, "What do you do about" on 10:20:22 08/08/00 Tue

> okay, does everyone pack lunch every single day?

To answer that question 1st, no, I don't pack lunch every day, although I try.
>
> Maybe it's just cuz I live in this bizarre place
> called New York City, but I've always just gotten my
> lunch at work. I've started packing my breakfast
> because it's usually just cereal or buying fruit and
> eating that for breakfast, but packing lunch is
> getting old and takes a lot of cooking time

True. I am trying to budget better though, and unless I eat only gourmet food from home, it is still a lot less than eating out. Canned soup is the one exception, since one can may be as much as $3.

- and
> there are so many amazing things to eat in this city
> that *sound* like they might be fine - but who
> knows??? If you get lunch from somewhere, how do you
> guys deal with knowing how many calories and fat grams
> you're taking in?

I guess I should state up front that I do not count calories and I do not count fat grams. I am trying to eat based on what I know is healthy. I am preparing to write down what I eat and make changes, but since I am still in the contemplation stage, moving toward preparation (Read "Changing for Good" by Prochaska), I am not actually doing any of this yet.
>
> We have these great you-pick-it we-toss-it salad
> places, but I can't tell how much dressing I'm getting
> in the salad. I always ask for just ONE ladle (a
> small ladle, not a soup ladle!), but I don't know how
> much dressing fits in that little ladle. ANd yeah, I
> usually get fat-free honey mustard or whatever, but
> every once in a while I like to splurge and get
> balsamic vinaigrette or *gasp* ranch and eat that as
> my entire fat intake for the day.

My two cents on that one is that even if the ranch dressing is really scary, if that is your only fat intake for the day you are probably not eating *enough* fat. IMHO.

>
> But the question remains - how much is THAT?

could you keep a container of dressing at work? That way, since it is yours, you would know what you are getting on that front.

>
> Of course, ya gotta stay away from the the avocado

Although I know avacado is high is fat, don't forget that vegetable fat is processed differently by the body than animal fat. Not an excuse to eat avacadoes every day, but still not the same as bacon at all.

> Now how do I figure out exactly how much grilled
> chicken they're tossing in to that lil' salad bowl??

Why don't you try cutting up a chicken breast at home one night. Based on the weight of that piece of meat, and how it looks cut up, you might have a good idea...

Other ideas: I keep cans of tuna and rye krisp at work. Tastes good, I can bring the cut carrots from home, and I keep a small container of low fat mayo in the fridge at work. I also keep vegetarian sausage in the fridge so that I have a healthy snack with protein when I need one. They keep a couple of weeks...

Hope this helps.

mm

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Re: What do you do about -- clarawieck, 10:39:50 08/08/00 Tue
- beware of low-fat and non-fat -- humble diva, 10:44:15 08/08/00 Tue
  - Re: beware of low-fat and non-fat -- clarawieck, 10:48:17 08/08/00 Tue
    - I admit, I prefer plain balsamic vinegar (nt) (NT) -- missmezzo, 11:27:02 08/08/00 Tue