[quiltmama]

I love applebees too but we don't go there anymore, know some folks there that are too rude. But I try and cook more now that I'm dieting but am eating out tonight, I think the cracker barrel as a grilled chicken salad and I will eat that with a low fat dressing.

Is anyone in to the book Calorie Queens? I just got it and I'm loviing it, makes so much sense!

[quiltmama]

How has everyone been doing?

[punkrockgrryl]

wyllenn-
fit day has a listing for 'pho'-- i was surprised when i found it:

Beef and rice noodle soup, Oriental style (Vietnamese Pho Bo)


Nutrition Facts

Amount Per 1 cup
Calories 174.13
Calories from Fat 35.13

% Daily Value *

Total Fat 3.9g 6%
Saturated Fat 1.38g 7%
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.267g
Monounsaturated Fat 1.45g
Cholesterol 42.32mg 14%

Sodium 666.43mg 28%
Potassium 333.6mg 10%
Total Carbohydrate 16.72g 6%
Dietary Fiber 0.973g 4%
Protein 16.87g 34%
Alcohol 0g


Vitamin A 4 % Vitamin C 7 %

Calcium 2 % Iron 12 %

Vitamin D 0 % Vitamin E 0 %

Thiamin 4 % Riboflavin 9 %

Niacin 15 % Folate 4 %

Vitamin B-6 14 % Vitamin B-12 31 %

Phosphorus 17 % Magnesium 10 %

Zinc 25 % Copper 7 %

i just typed 'pho' into the search engine. i know that the amounts will vary depending on what type of pho you get and at least for me a serving of pho is more like 3 or 4 cups... pho is one of my favorite rainy-day lunches! hope this helps

[Heather]

punkrockgyrll -- Wow! Thanks! I know nutridiary doesn't have pho, but I will check out fitday for some of these other foods. That is really cool! I thought fitday and nutridiary used the same database, but I guess not. Learn something new every day!

The good news is the info in fitday matches the research I did online fairly well.

[quiltmama]

Can someone tell me exactly what fitday is and where to find it?

[littlegg]

go to fitday.com, its free register, it hlps you tally up calories and other things like proteins fats etc. If you go to the calculator on this site that tells how many calories it takes you to maintain your diet and subtract 500. that will be what you should be taking in in calories per day. Ive lost 5 # in 10 days with it. At first its a little strange to use but the more you use it the more you will like it.!

[quiltmama]

thanks, I'm going to go check it out. I was just asking someone else what were the daily totals we should be eating.

[littlegg]

I am losing weight despite the consdturive criticism form other fc.

[quiltmama]

well I'll be eating out, but eating in too. I'll be staying days and nights with my father in the hospital. I'm glad I have some Nutrisystem meals to take with me, and tonight I'll pick up some fruite to take over there. I'm going over Wed for a couple of days and maybe longer but not sure.

Littleegg, we are close in our weight loss stats, but I need to lose to 140 pounds. I have 26 pounds to go and I'm eager to get them off but more eager to keep them off, and still trying to figure out how to get my brain and food attitude to help me.

I'm hoping that I can get a life time program situated in my head to help me get off the merry go round.