Daily Weight Control Lima Beans
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 It is meant to be an historical document.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: Tuesday Date: July 22, 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: 157.8
Fat Percentage
Female: 36.2 Male: 27.8
Breakfast Total Calories: Subtotal: 215
35 grams Winn Dixie
Home style Waffle 105
21 grams Armour Sizzle &
& Serve Original
Sausage Patty 85
.24 ounce Aunt Jemima
Original Syrup 35
Mid-Day Meal Total Calories: Subtotal: 430
168 grams Barber Foods
Stuffed Chicken Breast
Broccoli & Cheese 290
1/2 cup Winn Dixie Green
& White Lima Beans 140
Evening Meal Total Calories: Subtotal: 385
1/2 Lenders Onion Bagel 135
1.5 ounces Oven Roasted
Turkey Breast 60
7 grams Wellsley Farms
Sweet Cream Salted
Butter 50
4 Berkley & Jensen
Whole Almonds 20
10 grams Panetini 50
5/8 ounce Blue Cheese 70
Daily Total Calories: 1,030 Total Meal Cost:$27.75*
Additional Information:
Green lima beans, white limas, and butter beans got their name from European explores in Lima, Peru, where it was thought they originated. Then, they were thought to have their origins in Brazil. But, scientists have recently found a wild form of the lima bean in Guatemala so they think it originated there. It traveled up through Mexico to the United States Southwest, to Florida, and on to Virginia.
The United States limits the production of lima beans to those with very low levels of cyanogens. This compound produces cyanide poison. Lima beans have a potato-like taste and a buttery texture. The butter bean and the baby lima bean are the varieties of lima beans popular in the United States.
Green lima beans, it is believed, are good for the blood and for strengthening the nerves and bones. They reduce high blood pressure and improve insulin function. Lima beans are a good source of potassium, iron, folate, protein, and fiber.
It is what experts call "A Fiber All Star." Not only does it help lower cholesterol, but it prevents blood sugar levels from spiking after eating. It gives you energy while your body is stabilizing your blood sugar level. This is a good vegetable for people with diabetes or hyopglycemia. If you combine lima beans with whole grains like rice, you have basically a fat-free protein. Lima beans are a good way to replace red meat in your diet. Combining brown rice or whole wheat pasta with the bean will give you a power protein meal without saturated fat.
Lima beans help to create a healthy heart because of the amounts of folate and magnesium these beans contain. In addition, the iron in the lima beans can increase your energy; and manganese helps with energy and as an antioxidant.
Winn Dixie canned green and white lima beans is what we used on our menu today. A serving size is a 1/2 cup (125 grams).
Calories 140 per serving Calories from fat 0
Total fat 0 grams
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 340 mg
Total Carbohydrate 27 grams
Protein 8 grams
We have fond memories of my Mother making a delicious lima been soup. It was creamy and so delicious. She actually took the skin off the beans for the soup. Little did we know how healthy it was for us.
Research from:
http://www.iit.edu/~beans/lima.html
http://www.rawfoodinfo.com/real%20letters/ltr_greenbeans.html
http://www.mypyramid.gov/guidelines/index.html
* 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: 21,000 Month to Date Total Cost : $567.07
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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