Daily Weight Control Bacon
People are bombarded, daily, with TV ads about food products. You can walk down the street in any community and find an endless number of restaurants to go to. We acquire unwanted weight easily. We are fortunate in our country (United States) to have an abundance of food available. This is both a blessing and a curse.
We keep a weight control journal to track the amount of calories we eat each day. This weight control journal allows us to balance food abundance with weight control. We do not deny ourselves any foods to eat; we just attempt to control the amount. We are tracking this information as a research piece. It is meant to be an historical document.
We weigh ourselves every day; we do so because it works for us even though health experts may say not to. By weighing ourselves frequently, it gives us better control of our gain or loss of pounds; thus, allowing us to make adjustments in our menus.
The Tanita scale is what we use to weight ourselves every day. It is made by Tanita Corporation of Tokyo, Japan. You program the electronic scale with your height, age, and level of activity. You may see your weight in pounds or kilos. It also gives you the percentage of fat and how many calories you may eat to maintain your current weight. We like this scale because it gives you the reading to the nearest tenth of a pound. This particular model allows you to program four people. You may choose a model that will meet your household needs.
The "Good Cook" electronic scale is what we use to weigh our food. You can get the weight of the food in pounds. It will read it out in 1/8 ounce increments. In addition, the scale allows you to switch to get a reading of the food weight in grams (in 2 gram increments).
Today: Wednesday Date: July 23, Year: 2008
Last Month's Total Calories: 21,540
Last month's Start Weight
Female: 126.8 Male: 159.4
Weight for Today
Female: 126.0 Male: 158.2
Fat Percentage
Female: 36.2 Male: 29.6
Breakfast Total Calories: Subtotal: 325
1 Donut 290
1 Slice Bacon 35
Mid-Day Meal Total Calories: Subtotal: 325
1/2 Bagel 135
7 grams Butter 70
4 Almonds 20
24 grams Parmigiano
Reggiano Cheese 100
Evening Meal Total Calories: Subtotal: 440
2 ounces Pork Chop 110
83 grams Broccoli 20
1 serving Sweet
Potatoes 170
2 Small Chocolate
Covered Donuts 140
Daily Total Calories: 1,090 Total Meal Cost:$29.36*
Additional Information:
Bacon is not just a breakfast food. You will find it in fast food and exclusive restaurants. Many times it is used
used as a topping on other foods such as hamburgers, pizza, sandwiches, baked potatoes, salads, and soups. Bacon is a popular sandwich ingredient; because of this, it has caused bacon shortages and increase in its price. In southern homes, bacon grease is used as a flavor for gravy, cornbread, and salad dressing to name a few. There are low-sodium and lean varieties in the market place. Those of us watching our calories can still enjoy bacon within reason.
As stated above, we do not eliminate any foods from our menus; we simply adjust our portions and method of cooking to control the calories we eat daily. Instead of two slices of bacon as recommended on the package for a serving, we serve one slice.
We use hickory sweet pork thin sliced bacon. It has been cured with water, salt, sugar, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, and sodium nitrite according to the package.
This is cooked in the microwave oven, not pan fried. Use a plate safe for the microwave and place the bacon slices between paper towels. It is amazing how much of the bacon fat is absorbed by the paper towels; thus, this fat is not ingested into the body. The bacon comes out nice and crisp as we like it.
Nutrition Facts:
Serving Size is 2 pan fried slices (13g). This is 70 calories 50 of which is from fat. Total fat is 6 grams, saturated fat is 2.5 grams. Cholesterol is 15 mg; sodium is 260 mg; total carbohydrate is 0 grams; and protein is 4 grams.
For many recipes using bacon, you can check the following:
http://food.yahoo.com/search?tp=recipe&p=bacon
Research from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon
http://food.yahoo.com/search?tp=recipe&p=bacon
http://homecooking.about.com/od/foodhistory/a/baconhistory.htm
* We have determined that based on grocery buying habits one Calorie cost us .01347 cents. This is doubled for two people.
We have noticed that the cost of food has been consistently rising. The cost per item is an average of $4.00. If you count the number of items in your grocery basket and multiply by 4 you will be very close to the final bill you will pay.
Month to Date Total Calories: 22,090 Month to Date Total Cost : $596.43
DISCLAIMER:
This is a daily weight control system that we have used since 1999. This is not a diet system, but a weight control journal. We do take vitamins, but will not list them for they may not be appropriate for all individuals wishing to start their own weight control journal. To loose weight, the ideal calorie count is 850 calories per day for our weight and height as well as our activity level. This has been determined from previous years of experience. All calorie counts and weights are approximate.
It's important to drink enough water each day. We drink a minimum of eight, 8 ounce glasses of water per day to keep our body healthy. In addition, salt is not used in our cooking process, with the except of rice and pasta. This helps to keep our blood pressure down as well as reducing the retention of water in our body.
BEFORE STARTING A WEIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM, PLEASE TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR.
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