Burn the Fat!

Daughter # 1, the doctor, is such a spoil sport. I told her to ask my neurologist if I could take some form of diet pills to hasten my "slimming" regimen. She said "What are you, nuts? You can't combine any form of diet pills with your current medications now." She said so with much emphasis her hairband flew off her head. Okay.I.Get.It. No need to fly off the handle. I have been doing some jogging every afternoon in the hope that my metabolism speeds up. I used to have a fast metabolism but as one grows older, metabolism slows down. Maybe what I need is a fat burner supplement. I'll read up about it first though for safe measures.

Fat - Burning Food: Chicken a la King

Here's a wonderful mouth-watering fat-burning main dish. If you're wondering what the heck is a fat-burning meal or food, scroll down or click here and here.

Chicken a la King

1/3 cup water
1 cup frozen green peas
1/4 cup chopped green peppers
2 T finely chopped onions
2/3 cup APF
1 cup cold skim milk
2 cups chicken broth
2 t salt
pepper to taste
2 cups diced cooked chicken or turkey
a can (4 oz) mushroom stems and pieces, drained and coarsely chopped
1 T chopped piminetos
toast, biscuits or cooked rice

In medium saucepan over medium heat, place water,peas, peppers and onions. Cover and cook 5 minutes, or until peas are tender. Drain, saving liquid.

In same saucepan. blend flour and milk until well blended: stir in reserved cooking liquid, broth or bouillon, salt, and pepper. Bring to boil stirring constantly. cook 1 minute. Add cooked vegetables, chicken ot turkey, mushrooms and pimientos. Heat through. Serve over rice, toast or biscuits. Makes 6 serving.

Nutritional values per serving: 178 calories, 17 g. protein, 3 g fat, 18% calories from fat, 39 mg cholesterol, 18 g carbohydrates, 1113 mg sodium, 2 g fiber.

Fat - Burning Foods 2

Fat-burning foods are food that burn more calories than the calorie content of the food itself. The book Fat-Burning Foods summarizes 10 basic Do's on how to lose weight by eating fat-burning foods. First, eat a much as you want of the 30 fat-burning foods. Eat complex carbohydrates like fruits, vegetables and grains fro these foods should provide 65% of your daily calories. You should eat from 30 to 40 grams fiber daily. Eat no more than 20% t 30% of your total daily calories as fat. If you can, avoid FAT! Up to 10% to 15% of your daily calories can be from animal protein, however, eat no more than 5 ounces of animal protein in a day. Too much red meat is not good for the body. To determine the percentage of calories from protein, multiply the grams of protein by 4, divide that number by the number of calories and multiply by 100. Here is a sample menu of fat-burning foods.

Breakfast:
1 cup orange juice
1 slice melon
1 ounce prepared cereal with 1/4 cup skim milk
1 oatmeal muffin

Lunch
1 pasta meal
1 sliced tomato
1 muffin

Dinner
curried chicken salad
brown bread
1 slice upside-down cake

Snack
1 cup air-popped popcorn

Quite yummy, actually. Now if only we could combine the eating man's diet and fat-burning foods diet, that would be pretty perfect.