Daily Weight Control Pine Nuts
We are fortunate in our country to have an abundance of food available. This is both a blessing and a curse. TV ads bombarded people daily 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. 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 It is meant to be an historical document.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 electronic scale the "Good Cook" 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 2 gram increments.
Today: Wednesday Date: July 16, Year: 2008
Last Month's Total Calories: 21,540
Last month's Start Weight
Female: 126.8 Male: 159.4
Weight for Today
Female: 126.6 Male: 158.6
Fat Percentage
Female: 37.2 Male: 28.1
Breakfast Total Calories: Subtotal: 315
1 Buttermilk Biscuit 180
1/4 cup Campbell's
Country Style
Sausage Gravy 70
3.5 grams Wesley Farms
Sweet Cream
Salted Butter 25
17 grams Winn Dixie
Clover Honey 40
Mid-Day Meal Total Calories: Subtotal: 535
2.5 ounces Chicken 140
1 ounce Rozzano
Cavatappi Pasta 100
1/4 cup Winn Dixie
canned Sweet Peas 30
1/2 cup Pennsylvania
Dutchman Stems &
Pieces Mushroom 20
1/4 cup Classico
Tomato & Basil
Sauce 30
1/4 ounce Rozzano
Parmigiana Reggiano
Fresh Grated Cheese 40
1 tea. Berkley & Jensen
Pine Nuts 15
2 Sandies Cookies 160
Evening Snack Total Calories: Subtotal: 55
37 grams unpopped
Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet
Smart Pop Popping Corn
Butter 55
Daily Total Calories: 905 Total Meal Cost:$24.38*
Additional Information:
Pine nuts are the edible seeds of pine trees. They can be added to meat, fish, and vegetable dishes. Pine nuts contain thiamine, vitamin B1 and protein. They have been proven to relieve hunger so people use them as a snack right out of the bag particularly when dieting.
The cones of the tree are shaken to remove the kernel during harvesting. They are then dried and removed from the hard outer shell. Shifting is used to separate the kernel from the hard shell. Kernels are then graded and exported.
They have been eaten in Europe and Asia for 6,000 years. Pine Nuts are an important ingredient to a pesto sauce. They are used in an Italian cookie that is popular called pignoli cookie. It is an almond cookie topped with the pine nuts. They are used in chocolates and desserts like baklava. Salade landaise of southwestern France includes pine nuts. In the southwest part of the United States, they use a pine nut coffee. It is usually a dark roast coffee and as you would expect it has a nutty flavor. In the same area of the country, you find salted roasted pine nuts sold at roadside stands.
Pine nuts have a high concentration of monounsaturated fat. This means a healthier cardiovascular system. The vitamin D it contains helps with stronger bones and teeth, because it helps the body absorb calcium, and vitamins A and C may help vision and the immune system.
Pine nuts should be kept in a container in the refrigerator for up to 1 month or in the freezer up to 3 months.
We use pine nuts in pasta, as a snack, in salads, and in our baking. The pine nuts we currently have are from Northeast China.
Nutrition Facts:
Serving Size 28g (~1 oz.)
(Approx. 16.2 Servings/Pound)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 188 Calories From Fat 160
Total Fat 19g
Saturated Fat 1g
Sodium 1mg
Total Carbohydrate 4g
Dietary Fiber 1g
Sugars 1g
Protein 4g
Research from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_nut
http://www.nutsonline.com/nuts/pinenuts/pine.html
http://homecooking.about.com/od/nuts/a/pinenutstips.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: 14,515 Month to Date Total Cost : $392.36
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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