So I love cooking, and I love watching cooking shows. I dvr a few shows on the food network and usually have them on as background when I am cooking/cleaning/ doing laundry. I love gleaning new ideas, and watching foods being prepared is more inspirational for me and my cooking than say reading through cookbooks.
Well I have been attempting to calorie count since the beginning of April and since doing so I have really noticed a few things that I cant help but wonder about.
My favorite hosts on the food network are Ina Garten, Giada Delaurentis and Ree Drummond. I eat mostly vegetarian (also fish), so some of the shows I watch more because I like the flow of the show and find it entertaining than that I actually plan to cook the foods. So if you know these hosts you would know that Ina Garten (barefoot contessa) is overweight, Giada (giada at home) is very thin, and Ree Drummond (pioneer woman) looks to be a totally healthy weight. Not heavy or thin. Ree and Ina seem to cook the most fatty dishes, but even though Giada is cooking things that usually seem healthier i am still astounded by how she is so thin. Just from figuring out the calorie counts in my cooking I am perplexed how someone can make desserts, add lots of cheese to things and stay so very slender. I know she may simply have a fast metabolism. She probably only eats a few bites of the food she makes etc. But in my past I wasn't able to lose weight unless I eat lots of vegetables and fruits and lean protien and almost no cheese or sugar or processed carbs.
I'm sure its completely silly of me to compare what I have to do to lose weight and keep it off with that of a TV cooking celebrity. But I have come to terms with the fact that I cant eat the kind of dishes I see cooked on these shows very often if I am going to lose weight and keep it off.
I do find myself envying the life in which I could make desserts and maybe only have a few bites, or have cheesy pasta dishes every so often and still maintain a thinner frame. Perhaps it is possible even for me? But judging from my past I kind of doubt this....