debrafrederick's Journal, 03 June 2016

Whew, I had to stop to rest for a minute....that's a lot of chewing, instead of buns of steel, I'm going to have jaws of steel. I've noticed that I seem to complain a lot about chewing, am I the only person here who hates chewing? I have actually tried to blend my salads into a drink to avoid the chewing thing....but NASTY! They taste great all jumbled up in a bowl mixed but distinctive flavors so tasty, then toss it all in a blender and whizzzz it around for a bit....gag! Just thought I would share that tidbit while I wait for the strength to start chewing again LOLOLOL  

:)))  

I burned 300 calories chewing that salad :) now I'm tired! 

no, that's not right, the closest thing I can get to chewing in the exercise diary is singing, one hour of singing burns 201 calories....good to know! 

Yeah, the salad chewing is tiresome. I had been eating 3 or 4 cups of lettuce, finally decided to cut back to 2 cups. I didn't think the extra chewing was worth it. I visit my sister every Thursday and she makes us salad for lunch. She has introduced me to some new foods that I never would have tried. Avocados, fennel, romaine. She cooks chicken differently for me each week. One of my biggest supporters. Love my sister. Great cook. 

I know you enjoyed yourself. :o)  

I toss whatever I have in the refrigerator in it, on top of two cups of lettuce, I mix those up, green leaf, red leaf, romaine, butter crisp, endive, iceberg. I stopped using the spring green mix in the bag from walmart because they get slimy so fast, makes me wonder WTH they ship from to get so nasty so fast after they hit the shelves. But one of my more annoying quirks is, I eat really really fast...salad slows me down and requires some finesse to keep it on a fork so I take smaller bites, chew it and actually savor my food...despite bitchin about chewing. :) 

In my tummy being chewed on some more!! LOL It was good and I am quite full and satisfied, my pooch is asleep in my lap and I am listening to some good tunes and hanging with you guys! My pooch seems to have no issues with me propping my keyboard on her and typing! 

LOL Suzy, Butter Crisp is a type of lettuce!!! I do not know why they call it butter crisp but I like it, I had some in my garden last year and fell in love, got hot too fast this year for my lettuces to thrive :( 

sounds like a wonderful salad... and Hooray for supportive family members. :) 

Love a big salad - especially when the weather's hot! 

Hmm, love salads Debra, you got my mouth watering!!..... bison taco salad, made from scratch Caesar salad, Greek salad (yes Suzy) are my favourites.  

How are your jaws? 

LMAO, they are starting to bulk up! I look like a bulldog :)  

I think it was the zucchini, I cut them a bit thick :)  

Debra I don't know if you ever saw this salad bar diet video, its from a long time ago, they let the average person build their salad say at like sweet tomatoes, and they were calculating the calories while they were adding on, it was amazing time they were done, the salad was over 1000 calories, not from the veggies, but the cheeses salad dressing and the misc items. 

That's how I get it up above 1,000 calories MC, I load the bowl up as much as I can with stuff, calculate the calories then add in the rest as toppings to increase the calories and balance out my macros, this particular salad was not calculated in advance. I just let my hunger go and logged the results, not too bad for my single meal of the day! 

Not bad at all Ms Debra!!! :)