Allen Dean Davis Blog News

Yipee Lost Six Pounds This Year

Got good news.  I lost about six pounds in the month of January.  I can't give myself too much credit because I did not really change my diet much and hardly did any exercise (except normal chores).  I can contribute most of this change by what I would call "No Holiday Food".  First there was Thanksgiving which we all know can pack on the pounds from eating too much.  Next there was Christmas which involves lots of goodies to eat.  I guess January is not a month that really has any holidays that are associated with food.  I will have to be careful with February since people tend to bring in their heart shaped boxes and offer you chocolates.

Very Low Fat And Low Cholesterol Omelet With Hash Browns

I made a low fat and low cholesterol omelet.  It is one of  healthy recipes that I cook (or at least "more healthy").  Although I don't really have an amount of each ingredient to use for this recipe, I can tell you to use the following items for these results:

1) Fat Free Shredded Cheddar Cheese
2) Cubed Ham or Turkey
3) Egg Beaters or Break Free brands (Egg Substitute)
4) Fat Free Hash browns
5) Dice a whole tomatoe

Spray your pan with some non-fat, no cholesterol spray.  You may want to start the hash browns first because they will take longer.  I did not add mushrooms, but it might be an item you might want to add.  Presto...you have a healthy recipe low in fat and low in cholesterol.

Low Fat And Low Calories Nachos

I am not too sure my attempt at making a low fat and low calorie nacho snack (or meal) worked.  Me and a friend ate each a half a tray of the nachos.  Instead of using canned diced tomatoes, I suggest just cutting up a regular tomatoe.  You may also want to cut out putting so much ground turkey and put more fat free refried beans.  By using a regular tomatoe you will be cutting out a lot of salt.

Next time I fix this snack (or meal), I will tweak it so that it is not so high in the following: Calories, fat, sodium, and cholesterol.

Before any changes, my meal came to:

838 Calories, 27 grams of fat, 3 grams of saturated fat, 160 mg of Cholesterol, 2434 mg of Sodium (EEEeek...got to fix this!), 84 grams of protein and 63 carbs.

Now for the embarrassing part.  If I would of gotten a Taco Bell Nachoes Bell Grande, I would of had the following:

770 Calories, 44 grams of fat, 8 grams of saturated fat, 30 mg of Cholesterol, 1270 mg of Sodium, 19 grams of protein, and 77 carbs (Please refer to Taco Bell's website to confirm this information in case I copied it incorrectly).

As you can see, I need to work on a few things.  I was rather surprised to find out that the sodium content of the fat free cheese was so high.  Can anyone suggest ways to make this a more "fat free", but healthier snack.  And I think the best thing is to eat right, but eating Nachos can be a big treat once in awhile.

 I used the following:

 1 container of All Natural "Honeysuckle" white 93/7 Ground Turkey
 49 Baked Tosititos Tortilla "Scoops" Chips (Counted them out)
 2 Tablespoons of olives
 1 can of Mild Diced Tomatoes with Green Chiles
 2 Tablespoons of Ortega Guacamole Style Dip
 4 Tablespoons of Lank O Lakes Fat Free Sour Cream
 1 Package (7 ounces) of Natural Shredded Fat Free Cheddar Cheese

	First you cook the ground turkey 93/7 lean.  Break it into fine little pieces.
	Put the "Scoops" baked Tostitos brand chips on a tray.
	After the turkey is cooked, you sprinkle it over the chips.  Then add fat free cheese on top.
	Put in the oven to allow the cheese to melt slightly.
	Spoon on the Diced Tomatoes (with Green Chiles)
	Put guacamole and fat free sour cream on it.

Healthy Lunch

Today I started on the healthy route. I bought some low fat pita pockets, shredded lettuce, slice mushrooms, fat free shredded cheese, tomato and low fat turkey (lunchmeat style from deli). I put the pita in the microwave for a few seconds and dabbed the with some low fat ranch dressing. Then I put the ingredigents into the pita pocket. Not a bad healthy meal.

Hello Customer Service...where is my old product?

Only one other time did I call a customer service hotline to complain about a product.  Yesterday was the day!  I had been eating the oatmeal Slim-Fast bars for breakfast for some time.  In fact, I liked them too much!  Then...POW...they changed something about their product.  Let's just say that that I never had too much of a problem in the past.  But, you should always read the sides of labels.  Especially the ones that read "Excess consumption may have a laxative effect" (may I add, that it can make you bloated or "gassy").  Again...I warn you to ALWAYS read labels. I read the label on an older box and noticed that this same warning was on that box also.  However; the sugar alcohol was up by 1 gram on the new box.  Now, I can't say that is what causes this.  Maybe it is just me.  But, either way, I did not have good effects from the new product version.  Although they still taste pretty good, I also complained that the taste is not as good as before.  I still recommend the product to others, as long as you have a strong adaptibility to it.  I am going to see how some of the other slim-fast bars agree with me.  Hopefully they will bring back the old style of the product. By the way, it was an excellent customer service call and the representative will be sending me some coupons to try some of the other products.

Went to gym tonight - 3 miles

I went with a friend to the gym tonight.  She wanted to know where her little girl tracker was on the blog, so I had to go ahead and post her information here too.  I did a distance of 3 miles and she did a distance of about 2 miles.  Here is the chart:

Allen's Chart of Progress:

Cherity's Chart of Progress:

Run - Walk 350 miles in 2008

I guess I decided I needed a little push for the exercise and diet. So I added this little goal tracker below. I will update it from time to time. I really don't know for sure if I realistically set a goal of 350 miles in 2008, but I am going to try it.  This goal tracker show how far I can run or walk.  I want to add one more comment before I go....I don't look anything like the little guy in the chart below!!!