Now that you’ve got the grill fired up you don’t want to keep doing burgers. I know it tasted good, but there is a reason that chicken is the mainstay of diets. Grilled, skinless, chicken cooked quickly on a grill so it doesn’t dry out can be as flavorful as the fat filled burger. (even without the bun) It saves you a lot of calories too.
3 oz chicken breast = 140 calories, and 26.38g protein
3 oz extra lean ground beef = 224 calories, and 23g protein.
TODAY: SKIP THE BEEF.
Since we’re avoiding fried food this week, you probably are thinking of some grilled burgers. They’re great even without the bun. Unless it’s a great whole grain it actually doesn’t add a whole lot of taste anyway. So the calories and starch don’t get you much. Actually a knife and fork burger with the lettuce, tomato and pickle with ketchup and hot sauce is easier to eat than the same thing on a bun. On the bun a big sandwich like that tends to make us eat faster too. You’re trying not to end up wearing it all. As I’ve told you before you need to slow down to eat less.
TODAY: SKIP THE BURGER BUN.
The grilled offering at KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) may lead you to believe that it’s the diet choice you might make on their menu. Well the nutrition handout available at the stores tells the story differently. Surprisingly ORIGINAL RECIPE is the low cal / low fat winner. But there is a catch. The KFC Original Recipe breast has half the fat and 40 fewer calories than the new grilled version. IF you take the skin off. It seems that the skin absorbs most of the oil and the “secret herbs and spices” has a LOT of salt. As a matter of fact it reduces the salt and cholesterol by half! (Grilled had TWICE the cholesterol!) In addition taking off the skin and it’s minimal breading reduces transfat from 21 grams to just 2, carbs from 7 grams to 1 while eliminating ALL of the saturated fat.
The down side is that the skin may reduce the amount of actual food you get… but then again that’s sort of what I’ve been nagging you about.
TODAY: GO SKINLESS TO GET SKINNY.
On day 2 of NO FRY WEEK you may be tempted by a quick meal at your local fast food franchise. After all the phrase “Do you want fries with that?” was imprinted on our minds with the order of our first burger. That led to the infamous “Do you want to supersize that?” The problem is that are loaded with partially hydrogenated fats, starch that turns to sugar, and calories without protein.
So in addition to no fried food skip the fries. Save them for a treat in a few days.
TODAY: NO FRIED FOOD.
This week there will be no FRYday. Skip all fried food this week. I know it’s the most tempting and often the easiest thing to find on a menu but it really is not a good diet choice. It’s not just the calories it’s the high heat that maked deep fried foods bad. The coatings are mostly starch; so are potatoes (French fries). When the starches and sugars are browned in oil, they form Advanced Glycation End Products (AGE’s), that are carcinogens. So by skipping fried food this week you will do yourself good in more ways than one.
TODAY: EAT NO FRIED FOOD.
You can skip carbs and and still enjoy “spaghetti”. Face it. It’s the meat sauce that you really taste. Skip the gluten and carb filled wheat sticks soaked in water. You won’t miss it at all. I’ve suggested this dish before. It’s one of my favorites. A nice meat sauce ladled over a plate of steamed broccoli is actually much more flavorful and definitely better for you.
No wheat and veggies too. It’s a solid double play.
TODAY: SKIP EATING PROCESSED FLOUR FOODS.
I just got back from a trip. If you’re trying to do a low carb diet, it’s tough to have any options for eating. Airport food service is pretty much a carb buffet. I’m just not sure how much food would clear TSA. I remember a story of a couple getting pulled aside and alarms sounding because they had a pack of frozen chicago hot dogs in their bag. It looked a bit too much like a pack of dynamite.
So… I admit I blew it about as much as that TNT. But it will happen when you’re not just dieting for a goal weight. Know you can get back to low carbs, low calories and lower weight. Just don’t let it make you stop your new diet. Of course if you relied on food you get while on the plane nowadays, you’d really lose weight!
TODAY: WALK
Daily Nag, Food Choices, Healthy Recipes | Diet Nag | 
May 7, 2010 6:25 am | 
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