Support for low-fat high-fiber diet

I bought three pork chops to grill on my George Foreman. Hubby asked, "Why did you buy three?" I said, "Two for you and one for me." He says, "Well, I have to lose weight too." And I said, "But if I make one for you, you will still be hungry." What's a woman to do?

Judy,

"What's a woman to do?" I'm glad you asked.

Yesterday, I bought wild salmon fillets.

I cooked them in white wine for 20 mins. added mushrooms for the last 5 mins.
Sides were sweet potato and raw bok choy with a little low fat ranch dressing. Bok choy and ranch dressing were made for each other.

I made a fibrous lemon dill sauce for the salmon topping, but I have to work on that. Tasted good, but it didn't look good.

That Fiber One cereal tastes like cardboard!
I'm going to stick with Raisin Bran.

I'm trying to do more oats then wheat so I found Kashi Heart to Heart and Kellogg's Smart Start, both have oat bran listed first. Both only have 5g of fiber, not the best source.



This morning I was watching the Morning show and guests from More Magazine was on (never heard of More before) they have a BC issue and they talk about low fat diets being good for us. The word is getting out.

I doctor all my cereals up so I taste all the goodies I put in and not much of the cereal. I usually enhance it with nuts and blueberries. A vitamin C and pom juice and I start my day in anti-oxidant heaven. Bring on the radicals, I'm ready.



I found a new cereal 12grams of fiber in 1 cup. Kashi Good Friends. No artificial sweetners. It lists flakes, twigs and granola. TWIGS??? A little soy in there but it's listed towards the bottom, so probably not too much.

I already feel like I've been grazing and not eating. It's worth it. I'll stop myself when I see that I'm ready to fight a horse for his feed bag. Gimme that! I don't think they put aspertame in horse oats.

A hurricane may be heading my way. I'm not sitting through it. But I'm lost as to where to go. It looks like it wants to go through the entire state of Texas.

I hope you don't all get blown away. Then you really will be eatting twigs and grass.

There was really no way out of here. The airlines are scalping with the excuse that the res wasn't done before a week. Motels rooms all gone. But luckily a family member has a home 100 miles more inland then us, so that is working out for us. I was beginning to get worried. I really didn't want to get into the airline crush, it was a last resort. Any thing is better than sitting through a cat. 4 storm.

I hope your brother fairs well cowgirl.

Theresa,

The good fat is mono fat. You should do 20% of that and 10% polyunsaturated. The bad fat is from meats. I really limit my meat and chicken skin. You won't get away from bad fats unless you become a vegetarian.

Good fats: nuts, avacados, olive oil & nut oils canola and fatty fish. We should be trying to get these in on a daily basis. I hope that helps.

This is what I know about fat recs:

FATS:
Saturated fats should be less than 10 percent of total daily calorie intake; polyunsaturated fats should be up to 10 percent of total calorie intake and monounsaturated fats up to 20 percent of total calories.

Overall, trans fats should be eliminated or reduced to the lowest possible level in one’s diet. If you have heart disease or are at high risk for developing it, then saturated fat should be further limited to less than 7 percent of total calories.

Meat has saturated fats so eating lean meat will be the way to go. All your trying to do is limit the saturated fats if you can. For myself, I can pass up meat easily now but it took some time to get here. I wasn't trying either. It just doesn't have the same pull it use to have. But I am very particular about my oats suddenly.

Theresa,

We're in Houston, and it may have taken a slight turn for the better for us, but it's too soon to know for sure.

Total gridlock here. The inbound freeways were not converted to be outbound yet and it's a total mess. Cars are running out of gas on the stalled freeways. People have been caught up in this gridlock since yesterday with no relief for them insight. We see pictures of empty lanes coming in to town, and parked cars going out. I hear the mayor telling us all is well, blah blah blah, tell that to those who are sitting in sweltering cars with open lanes next to them.

So we are stuck in our homes and I'm sure this turn the storm took, will be better for us, who have to stay. I never rode out a hurricane before, so I admit to being alot nervous. I'll write to let you know all is well after this is over. But it will be awhile, I expect the cable and phones to be out for awhile.

If it's this bad for those getting out, I feel really sorry for them all trying to get back home.

Thanks all for the well wishes.

Cowgirl, I'm glad your brother is evacuating. They still don't know where this monster will land. I'm happy to hear he's leaving Rockport.

What Houston needs is a Gen. George Patton directing traffic. He'd have the countraflow lanes open at 7AM this morning. We'll do fine.