17-03-2018, 08:04 PM
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Yes I had the Weight Watchers Chow Mein and some fruit, but was shocked after I had eaten it and looked at the packaging.Low in Fat
Low in Salt
But 18.7g of sugar!! I was shocked especially when i'm a bad Diabetic, the most sugar I should consume is 1.0g.
17-03-2018, 11:30 PM
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Originally Posted by susiejaeger
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Yes I had the Weight Watchers Chow Mein and some fruit, but was shocked after I had eaten it and looked at the packaging.Low in Fat
Low in Salt
But 18.7g of sugar!! I was shocked especially when i'm a bad Diabetic, the most sugar I should consume is 1.0g.
Remove the fat, you remove the flavour, so salt and sugar are upped
I remember years ago at a slimming class, the dessert of choice was a meringue nest topped with fruit and creme freche. Full of sugar, but allowed and promoted as healthy as it was fat free
I now eat full fat everything, milk, butter, cheese, you name it - I eat it. What I do find is I don't eat so much because what I do eat fills me up
17-03-2018, 11:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Missy
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When processed foods are advertised low fat, thats when you have to check the salt and sugar contentRemove the fat, you remove the flavour, so salt and sugar are upped
I remember years ago at a slimming class, the dessert of choice was a meringue nest topped with fruit and creme freche. Full of sugar, but allowed and promoted as healthy as it was fat free
I now eat full fat everything, milk, butter, cheese, you name it - I eat it. What I do find is I don't eat so much because what I do eat fills me up
Fat also keeps you feeling fuller longer. That and protein. And I've done the same as you, I've stopped buying "fat-free" everything because there are too many extras in those foods to make up for the lack of fat. I'll still have the occasional 'diet meal', buying them to keep in the freezer for days I'm running out the door and need to grab something quick to take for lunch. But it's an occasional thing, whereas several years ago I practically lived on them, just to control my calorie intake.
18-03-2018, 09:14 AM
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Yes I know, you are both right, I won't be doing that again, it was done at short notice because I was out and couldn't be bothered to come back home and start cooking again.Today we are going out to the Indian Restaurant and I shall be having:
Chicken Tikka.
Some Rice.
Dry Veg. Curry.
18-03-2018, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by susiejaeger
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Yes I know, you are both right, I won't be doing that again, it was done at short notice because I was out and couldn't be bothered to come back home and start cooking again.Today we are going out to the Indian Restaurant and I shall be having:
Chicken Tikka.
Some Rice.
Dry Veg. Curry.
I love Indian and pretty fond of Chinese and both feature in my meal plans big time. We don’t have an Indian near us now so that’s always home made but when we did go a lot and I was watching what I ate, I went for The tandoori chicken , plain boiled rice and salad
If we went to a Chinese it was usually a noodle dish
If it was a chippy tea, I removed the batter from the fish. No hardship mostly as I don’t like chip shop batter , always too thick and often doughy
Taking the kids to McDs, a happy meal was enough ( still is as it happens )
As I say I now make my own Indian meals and Chinese @ home. No where near as fattening as restaurant meals because most only use a tablespoon of oil and instead of deep frying in batter I use a method called velveting which is basically simmering chicken coated it egg white and corn flour in water
All the taste, none of the fat
This week I made trice cooked belly of pork. A really fat filled meat. What you do though is boil it first till soft with ginger and spring onions to add flavour. Boiling removes a lot of the fat. Then cut into cubes and slowly dry fry till crisp, removes more fat yet adds more flavour, then lightly stir fry veg, chuck in the pork, add sauce of choice and lightly braise until veg is soft enough. Cheap as chips, tasty as anything yet pretty low fat considering it’s pork belly. Also the focus is the veg, very little meat
18-03-2018, 04:44 PM
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Yes Missy, I always have the Chicken Tikka, the Chef in the Restaurant knows what I will be ordering before I even get there, I have the same every time.I don't eat Curries in the Restaurant because I find them heavy on my stomach plus they tend to raise my sugar levels, but if I cook a Curry at home, then it is much lighter and I know what I have put in it.
18-03-2018, 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by susiejaeger
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Yes Missy, I always have the Chicken Tikka, the Chef in the Restaurant knows what I will be ordering before I even get there, I have the same every time.I don't eat Curries in the Restaurant because I find them heavy on my stomach plus they tend to raise my sugar levels, but if I cook a Curry at home, then it is much lighter and I know what I have put in it.
. Whilst I do make a pretty good curry, I miss going out for one big timeOne of my favourite Indians is actually a Nepalese resturaunt in Worcester park. Whenever I come over to England I will book in there for at least one gut busting meal. It's superb
I think my idea of heaven is prawn patia, garlic naan, Dahl , sag aloo and if they have it an aubergine curry.
Yum yum yum
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