Hungry like the wolf

[cyrano]

Note: It was requested that I call the last storm front "Snotorious B.I.G." but I haven't been given a tag for this front yet. That is, apparently, largely because people failed to realize that it would be as big as it turned out. Thus, I am calling it Biggie Smalls.

So far, this is day two of the "Holy God FATS" diet. Yesterday I ended up with 15 grams of fat, the exact count I have now forgotten, but which included half a tablespoon of peanut butter as a reward after I made it through the day on only 10g. (Oh, the unfortunate Kirby's incident.)

Today, after packing my lunch (before I found out that Biggie Smalls had turned this into a snow day), I'm at 3g of fat out of 20g. Which I have to say is pretty surprising. So long as I'm very careful about what gets eaten, and I don't let myself get caught by surprise, and I'm careful about being around food that tests my willpower (of which I have none), then this should not be as difficult as I had feared.

Breakfast
.5g for a yogurt*
0g for an apple
.5g for another yogurt* when I realized that I was still hungry

Lunch
1g for two slices of bread
1g for two servings of tinned tuna* in water
0g for baby carrots in vinegar
0g for two applesauce thingies

Lunch will probably go in two servings--elevensies and then a smackerel.

*Amanda recommended that even animal products marked 0g fat for a serving should be counted as .5g because it is made from animal and thus likely contains some fat.

Comments

[kirbyk.livejournal.com]

Sorry!

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Bah! You are the best Kirby! Even better than the vacuum cleaner guy!

We were out thriftstoring yesterday and stopped at a local coney hot dog place. After perusing the menu, I decided that aside from a Coke the only safe thing to order was a bowl of Campbells tomato soup. Alas, it arrived as cream of tomato soup.

[evilandi.livejournal.com]

Zomg. Hang in there.

[amanda_lodden.livejournal.com]

I am leaning towards "Biggie Squalls" for the storm, myself.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I can run with that.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I have warm fluffy bunny feelings about this. (At least until I get stuck in a hotel for a weekend.)

[gconnor.livejournal.com]

Go you!

One thing I have learned from this last round of diet-scrutiny has been, I have to have a plan, and not be caught in "reactive" mode. Not just having a plan, but having a backup plan in case Plan A goes out the window.

So far for me the "plan" has been to get a large amount of the foods that are OK to have, and make them up, and stick them in the fridge. So I've been doing this with spaghetti, rice, and potatoes, as well as buying and stocking apples and oranges and frozen veggies. I find that this is one way to "harness the power of laziness" -- if the rice and beans are already made, I'm more likely to nuke that up than to make something that requires more prep. If I can set things up so that the path of least resistance takes me where I want to go, that's half the work done.

I have so far been skeptical of low-fat alternatives like mayo or salad dressing because they often substitute some kind of starch instead of the fat and end up with similar calories... but in your case it may be well worth trying. My favorite salad dressing is actually mayo+soy sauce, I like that better than ranch even. Depending on how low-fat the lite mayo actually is, that might be something to try. A few times I have had salad dressed with only soy sauce and mustard. Also, miso is another thing I want to start trying out more.

Hang in there!

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Yeah, having something handy and knowing what I can and can't eat is going to be key. I still have to worry about my glycaemic index, but right now calories aren't an issue for me. Right now. Sooner or later I'll pay attention to that as well, but having some background in planning and prep and food related research already in my pouch is going to make that a lot easier.

I think vinegar is going to be a good friend of mine. Straight, or in mustard or pickles, or... wherever.

I was surprised how much fat was in the tofu (and fish) that I was looking at.

[mszappata.livejournal.com]

Do you mind eating legumes. They're fat-free.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Are you certain they are? I know peanuts are definitely well fatted, and I haven't seen a tofu (soybean curd) product without fat, although that may be preparation rather than original content. Hummus, alas, looked fat-rich, but there are a lot of beans in my cabinet--black beans and pinto beans mostly--because they were pretty low fat.

[mszappata.livejournal.com]

If carb is allowed, why not eat "Heinz" beans? The sauce is usualy delicious. I like the variety in tomato sauce, and 'sweet chili', too (not hot, by the way). My English friend, a dietitian, says this is the best sort of beans ever. We also have "BBQ bacon" beans now, but, as I am diabetic now, I don't crave for sugar and restrict myself to sugar-free beans.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Carb is allowed. I'll go back to worrying about sugar once I have this dealt with, but oddly enough my blood sugar has been pretty good since I started this diet and stopped paying attention to my sugar intake. Last night, dinner was baked beans, which is probably similar to Heinz beans and BBQ beans. (Although I may just take pinto beans and make home made tomato sauce beans.)

[mszappata.livejournal.com]

My reactions to carb are on the funny side. There're, for example,foods that give me a temporary rise but lead to a good morning level. I found it after I cooked bean soup recently with bone broth and plenty of veg.
Legumes are good because they're rich in ebverything: protein,carb and soluble fiber that should reduce your cholesterol.Scallops are pure fat-free and cholesterol-free protein, if I'm not mistaken.

I read in in a 'diabetic' magazine that high fat content makes food taste better because the substances responsible for taste are soluble in fats. That is why spices are recommended instead of high fat.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

All I know, and I've said it all my life, is "fat's what makes it taste good". But I'm also highly in favor of spices. (:

[mszappata.livejournal.com]

And mushrooms are delicious and fat-free. Maybe you should prepare them in brine with spices.
They're next to zero in calories unless cooked, though.

Many sorts of white fish and chicken fillet are low in fat, and turkey is very lean.