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[technoir]

I ate out way more than goal in February so I am going to go back to eating out no more than 4 times a month. I want to keep to that.

Item		Grams	Calories
Thu, Mar 01 2007
	A Tangerines, (Mandarin Oranges)	84	37
	B+ Vanilla Fat Free Yogurt - Fat Free Yogurt	227	90
	B+ Vanilla Fat Free Yogurt - Fat Free Yogurt	227	90
	C+ Chicken Teriyaki Stir Fry - one dish favorites	280	300
	A Carrots, Baby - Raw	30	11
	A Carrots, Baby - Raw	30	11
	B+ Vanilla Fat Free Yogurt - Fat Free Yogurt	227	90
	A Tangerines, (Mandarin Oranges)	84	37
	A Tangerines, (Mandarin Oranges)	84	37
	B Pork, Fresh, Loin, Whole - Separable Lean Only, Cooked, Roasted	142	297
	A Potatoes, Red, Flesh And Skin, Baked	138	123
	A Asparagus - Cooked, Boiled, Drained, With Salt	90	20
	A Corn, Sweet, Yellow - Canned, Whole Kernel, Drained Solids	164	133
	Crescent Rolls Original	140	550
	B+ Vanilla Fat Free Yogurt - Fat Free Yogurt	227	90
	Total Calories Consumed		1,914

Comments

[outlawcoon.livejournal.com]

It's easier for calories and budget too. Do you like to cook?

[technoir.livejournal.com]

to be honest I dont like the time it takes to cook. I like having my food when I am hungry, not working towards getting my food. I do like making chili and spaghetti sauce. I guess essentially I am lazy. Which is a bad excuse.

[outlawcoon.livejournal.com]

Well, it just may not be your thing. Honestly, cooking with fresh vegetables and fruits and meats often isn't cheaper than buying preprocessed stuff (though it is cheaper than eating out) but it's easier to eat tasty food for less calories if you control what goes in the meal.

There are things you can do to make the time to cook less onerous, depending on how your kitchen is set up. Before Marie, I used to watch TV while I chopped vegetables. You can certainly listen to music or talk on the phone while doing a lot of kitchen tasks.

Crock-pot meals (like soup) are not too hard to make for reasonable calories and they take little tending. Casseroles and other baking things also take little tending, though they're more challenging to make low-calorie. (Many of them depend on creams or cheeses.)

Anyway, just a thought. :)