Guest guest Posted June 22, 2002 Report Share Posted June 22, 2002 Kim - I'm not familiar with the protein pudding ... but you should be having carbs with every meal - doesn't have to be a starch tho - a fruit would be good. Are you checking your calories? You don't want to get too low ... Rita Eating Clean > > > I have seen a couple of you guys talking about " eating clean " > What does this mean? > Noelle > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2002 Report Share Posted June 22, 2002 That is the portion size that I use, 1/2 cup. I have spacial- relations problems, so I don't do palm/fist measurements; I go by grams. According to the bag one half cup of brown rice is a serving for me. It looked infinitesimaly small to me at first, but now that I've had time to adjust I've realized that it is plenty. My meals fill me up, and I am ready for the next one right on schedule. Alys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2002 Report Share Posted June 23, 2002 > OH! I did the water displacement thing last night to see exactly what size my portions should be and I got a 1/2 a cup. > I told my husband, I can't eat a 1/2 cup of anything. I can do a cup, but 1/2. GEE, that is hardly no food. > Noelle Tip: Use smaller plates for meals. My boyfriend gets the big dinner plate. I get a small salad plate. 1/2 cuppa rice, 3oz chicken, and the rest with veggies, and it looks like a mountain of food to me now. -- gnat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2002 Report Share Posted June 23, 2002 I did a stirfry tonight with chicken, mushrooms, zucchini and broccoli and threw in 1/4 brown rice. I could hardly finish it. I think I used to eat at LEAST 1 cup or more! lol (By the way - is brown basmati rice ok? I notice its carb content is extremely high) Re: Eating Clean > OH! I did the water displacement thing last night to see exactly what size my portions should be and I got a 1/2 a cup. > I told my husband, I can't eat a 1/2 cup of anything. I can do a cup, but 1/2. GEE, that is hardly no food. > Noelle Tip: Use smaller plates for meals. My boyfriend gets the big dinner plate. I get a small salad plate. 1/2 cuppa rice, 3oz chicken, and the rest with veggies, and it looks like a mountain of food to me now. -- gnat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2002 Report Share Posted June 23, 2002 > (By the way - is brown basmati rice ok? I notice its carb content is > extremely high) Yup! Brown & basmati each have lower glycemic indexes than white rice. Brown basmati is yummy to boot! Of course, keep an eye on portion size and you'll be fine. -- gnat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2002 Report Share Posted June 23, 2002 1/4 cup is about 36 grams of carbs! And that's all I eat. Can't eat much less. lol Thanx. Rita Re: Eating Clean > (By the way - is brown basmati rice ok? I notice its carb content is > extremely high) Yup! Brown & basmati each have lower glycemic indexes than white rice. Brown basmati is yummy to boot! Of course, keep an eye on portion size and you'll be fine. -- gnat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2002 Report Share Posted June 23, 2002 > 1/4 cup is about 36 grams of carbs! And that's all I eat. Can't eat much less. lol Thanx. > Rita Rita, are you sure they don't mean 1/4 dry rice is 36 grams of carbs? If that's the case, then it would be roughly 3/4 cups prepared. Alys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2002 Report Share Posted June 23, 2002 Alys - all I know is what it says - that Serving Size is 1/4 cup - there are about 22 servings per package and the nutritional values are: Calories 170 Total Fat 1g Total carb 35 Dietary Fiber 2g Protein 4g Would it be so difficult for these people to just say uncooked or prepared next to their nutritional values? lol Re: Eating Clean > 1/4 cup is about 36 grams of carbs! And that's all I eat. Can't eat much less. lol Thanx. > Rita Rita, are you sure they don't mean 1/4 dry rice is 36 grams of carbs? If that's the case, then it would be roughly 3/4 cups prepared. Alys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2002 Report Share Posted June 23, 2002 Rita; According to my food facts book, 1/4 c serving equaling 35-36g. of carbs is in the dry state not cooked. So if you would to cook up say 1 c. of raw brown basmati rice you would have 4 servings each of about 3/4 c. cooked rice [rice expands usually 3 times it's volume when cooked]. Hope this helps~ Joann Re: Eating Clean > > > > > 1/4 cup is about 36 grams of carbs! And that's all I eat. Can't > eat much less. lol Thanx. > > Rita > > Rita, are you sure they don't mean 1/4 dry rice is 36 grams of > carbs? If that's the case, then it would be roughly 3/4 cups > prepared. > > > Alys > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2002 Report Share Posted June 23, 2002 YES it helps! lol I can eat more now. lol Thanx Joann. Rita Re: Eating Clean > > > > > 1/4 cup is about 36 grams of carbs! And that's all I eat. Can't > eat much less. lol Thanx. > > Rita > > Rita, are you sure they don't mean 1/4 dry rice is 36 grams of > carbs? If that's the case, then it would be roughly 3/4 cups > prepared. > > > Alys > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2002 Report Share Posted June 23, 2002 Pardon my stupidity, but are we talking cooked or uncooked rice? Kathleen > 1/4 cup is about 36 grams of carbs! And that's all I eat. Can't eat much less. lol Thanx. > Rita > Re: Eating Clean > > > > (By the way - is brown basmati rice ok? I notice its carb content is > > extremely high) > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2002 Report Share Posted June 23, 2002 Cooked. It expands quite a bit when cooked. That's why they don't throw rice at weddings any more. The birds got to eating it and it was harmful to them when it expanded. So, measure it all cooked. Stasia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2002 Report Share Posted June 23, 2002 Yeah, that is annoying. I've been known to measure out the whole bag to prove to myself which way it was intended. If the bag measures 5 1/2 cups, then they mean dry. If the bag has only about 1 3/4 cups, then they mean cooked (since rice tripples size in cooking.) It would be nice if they made it clear for you. Alys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2002 Report Share Posted June 23, 2002 Definitely! Re: Eating Clean Yeah, that is annoying. I've been known to measure out the whole bag to prove to myself which way it was intended. If the bag measures 5 1/2 cups, then they mean dry. If the bag has only about 1 3/4 cups, then they mean cooked (since rice tripples size in cooking.) It would be nice if they made it clear for you. Alys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 24, 2002 Report Share Posted June 24, 2002 I never knew this about rice and birds! What great trivia. Learn something new every day.... > Cooked. It expands quite a bit when cooked. That's why they don't > throw rice at weddings any more. The birds got to eating it and it > was harmful to them when it expanded. So, measure it all cooked. > > Stasia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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