Daily Weight Control Cereal
Daily, people are bombarded with TV ads about food products. You can walk down the street in any community and find an endless number of restaurants to go. We acquire unwanted weight easily. We are fortunate in our country to have an abundance of food available. This is both a blessing and a curse. This weight control journal allows us to balance food abundance with weight control. We keep a weight control journal to track the amount of calories we eat each day. 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 It is meant to be an historical document.
Health experts may tell you not to weigh yourself every day, but we do so because it works for us. We use the Tanita scale 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 kilograms. 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 fulfill 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: Thursday Date: July 17, Year: 2008
Last Month's Total Calories: 21,540
Last month's Start Weight
Female: 126.8 Male: 159.4
Weight for Today
Female: 127.0 Male: 158.6
Fat Percentage
Female: 36.5 Male: 29.6
Breakfast Total Calories: Subtotal: 190
1/4 cup Kellogg's All Bran
Original 40
1/2 cup General Mills
Cheerios 50
13 grams Publix Dried
Plums
(pitted prunes) 35
1/2 cup Parmalat 2 percent
reduced fat Milk 65
Mid-Day Meal Total Calories: Subtotal: 730
168 grams Barber Foods
Stuffed Chicken Breast
Cordon Bleu 320
76 grams Stove Top
Stuffing 160
1/2 cup Winn Dixie canned
Sweet Peas 70
4 Berkley & Jensen
Whole Almonds 20
2 Keebler Sandies Simply
Shortbread Cookies 160
Evening Snack Total Calories: Subtotal: 160
121 grams Baked Potato 90
15 grams Daisy Light
Sour Cream 20
7 grams Wellsley Farms
Sweet Cream Salted
Butter 50
Daily Total Calories: 1,080 Total Meal Cost:$29.10*
Additional Information:
The word 'cereal' comes from 'Ceres', the Roman goddess of harvest and agriculture. In the 1860's, the modern breakfast cereal was created. It was the American Seventh-day Adventists that were responsible for its creation at what was called the Western Reform Institute. The Institute was renamed the Battle Creek Sanitarium because it was located Battle Creek, Michigan. They manufactured, promoted, and sold cereals. Kellogg invented corn flakes by accident when trying to find a food the would help people with their digestion.
The Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company was found by Kellogg in 1906.
"The year was 1941 and America's first ready-to-eat oat cereal with crisp doughnut-like rings was arriving on store shelves. The introduction of the seven-ounce box of Cheerioats was a major event for General Mills."
It is a member of the grass plant family. Wheat, rye, oats, rice, corn, sorghum, and barley are the usual ingredients of cereals. Cereal grains contain starch which give the body energy. Whole grain cereals can be a source of protein, dietary fiber, fatty acids, and other nutrients. We generally think of a breakfast cereal as a food in a package to be eaten cold at our morning meal with milk; however, there are many versions of it worldwide. Cereals are considered a staple crop because they are grown in large amounts around the world; they provide an excellent source of energy for the body through carbohydrates.
We eat cereal at least once a week for it fiber and other healthy ingredients. It is definitely needed by the body. Kellogg's All Bran Original cereal and Cheerios are the ones
we like the best. Some cereals have to much sugar to suit us. We have tried the cereal with yogurt bites and were disappointed.
All Bran Ingredients:
WHEAT BRAN, SUGAR, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, MALT FLAVORING, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, CALCIUM CARBONATE, SALT, SODIUM ASCORBATE AND ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), REDUCED IRON, NIACINAMIDE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), RIBOFLAVIN, (VITAMIN B2), FOLIC ACID, THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B1), VITAMIN A PALMITATE, VITAMIN B12 AND VITAMIN D.
Allergen Information
CONTAINS WHEAT INGREDIENTS.
Dietary Exchange Per Serving
1 Carbohydrate
Bread Exchange Per Serving
1 Grains/Breads
Research from:
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blcereal.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cereal#Food_value
http://www.cheerios.com/
http://www2.kelloggs.com/product/product.aspx
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Cereal
* 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: 15,595 Month to Date Total Cost : $421.45
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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