High Protein food + Food diary

June 8, 2003

I wanted to share that I found a new microwave dinner at Wal Mart's

Supercenter called Chef's Choice. This is a microwave dinner sort of

like a Lean Cuisine in the frozen food section. There are several

different flavors of the brand, chicken cacciatore, beef w/broccoli,

etc. There is a Chef's choice made by the same company and they are

big bags you buy and then stir fry but these are different from those

although they are made by the same company. I don't know why they

named them the same thing because it is confusing. However, the ones

I bought came in the frozen foods section next to Stouffers and are

microwavable. All of them have 30 or 40 grams of protein and hardly

any carbs. They are advertising them on the box as low carb so that

is their intended market. The Chicken cacciatore box has 12 carbs,

40 grams protein, 5 of sugar and 310 calories. They taste pretty

decent and all the ones I have tried are similar in calories and

protein. The only place I have found them was Wal Mart Super

center. If anyone else has seen them in another chain store, let me

know.

Also, I have started keeping a food diary daily of everything that

goes in my mouth. The dietician I saw recently suggested this and it

really has made a difference in how much I am eating and I am down a

couple of pounds in a week. I told her I did not want to get into

this obsessive habit of weighing, measuring, fretting and going crazy

over everything I ate because that was how I ended up so overweight

to begin with. She said don't even worry about it, just write all of

it down. She said she would look at it for me and tell me what I

could work on. She said even the act of writing all of it down might

change some of my habits and it really has. Quite honestly, if I

want to eat something, I do. But I do think twice about writing it

down and sometimes skip something I am thinking about eating. It has

made me more cognizant of drinking all my water and taking my

vitamins too. Thought this might help someone else so I thought I

would pass the tip on.

R in Nashville

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