Realization

So today made day four of the anti-bloat diet. After today I am able to eat "real" food...the only rules are that each meal can be no larger than 400 calories, I must eat every 4 hours and I must have a MUFA at each meal. Well my son and I are going out and I decided to go ahead and move to the 400 calorie phase tonight since I'm going to a restaurant.

I went to several websites to view the menus, the nutrition information and whether or not the restaurant had a "healthy" menu section. What I found was shocking!!! The one thing that I will forever have because of this experience is knowledge about what I am putting into my body.

I found that quesadillas....those oh so yummy quesadillas are over 1100 calories! At one restaurant, Chillis, they were 1500+ calories. Do you know how many calories those are? I can only have 1600 calories per day. One quesadilla would be equal to an entire day's meal! Hold up....it gets more shocking! In the past I've always been a person who has enjoyed a good burger. An A1 steak burger from Applebee's, a fried cheese cheddar burger from TGIFridays, a turkey burger from Ruby Tuesdays....well those burgers are 1600+ calories!!!! Even the beloved turkey burger is NO friend to anyone! And I mind you that those calories are without the oh so tasty fries and that cold drink that washes it down :0( The most shocking of the shocking came when I went to Ruby Tuesday. Now I knew I would not be able to order my favorite meal...the chicken parmesan pasta....because its fried and I cannot have fried foods...no biggie! But I decided to look it up anyhow just to see the calorie intake..............a whooping 1628 calores! Do you know how many times I've had that meal???? SEVERAL! I grabbed my chest...poor little heart! What have I done to you? That is bananas!

I did find out that I can have a steak...260 calories and white cheddar mashed potatoes... 130 calories and still be under 400 calories if I drink water(which I plan on doing) and go without steak sauce or the fried onions which I so love :0( But we shall see...maybe I'll see something "healthier" once I'm there.....either way this experience has definitely opened my eyes up. Its no wonder why heart disease is so high in America....look at what we're putting into our bodies. And it seems so harmless at the time...but those calories really add up!

Think before you eat

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KL