Re: / About Points and Food Choices

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In a message dated 12/15/2003 10:42:19 AM Pacific Standard Time,

ces1948@... writes:

I'm not familar with the restaurant Claim Jumper but I wonder what makes

their Country Fried steak, mashed potatoes and biscuit meal so high in

points. By comparison Cracker Barrell which doesn't serve small meals by any

means would be about 20 points for that meal.

>>>Hi Charlie -- I can't answer your question with any accuracy, but my guess

would be ....grease. It's laden with trans-fat grease. The points were

obtained from Dottie's (DWLZ.com).

Bette

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Hi ,

I shared with this group about that lunch with my friend (on Saturday). If

you want, you can go to the website and check out the posts. It turned out

well....except for the lunch she ordered (HIGH points!!)

Bette

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Yep... I didn't take your post as being too critical.... I read it more as

this is how someone who doesn't KNOW (or isn't aware) of how many calories

(points) they are consuming in one sitting.

Even mentioned yesterday after reading a package of sugar-free

turtles... how even if a person ate 4 of them, in comparison, a person could

go to Subway and have a turkey sub for the same number of calories... and

which would be more satisfying?? I've found that ordering pretty much what

he does seems to work just fine when we eat out. (And that way neither of

us should have any sort of bad breath that the other would notice... LOL)

> / About Points and Food

> Choices

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> In a message dated 12/15/2003 7:28:56 AM Pacific Standard Time,

> kimberlyww@... writes:

> Whoa! Your friend ate a huge cobb salad as an appetizer and then had the

> dinner??

> >>>>LOL!!!!!!! She didn't eat ALL of it, although I'll admit to being

> worried for a moment or two! She ate about half of the salad (it

> was big and SO

> full of good things!) and then about 2/3 of the Chicken-fried

> Steak dinner, and

> took the rest home in a box. I'd say she ate about 65 of the

> 85-point steak

> dinner and I have no idea about that salad -- a rough guess would

> be a total of

> maybe 18-20 points (tons of dressing), so I guess she ate a total

> of 80 or so.

> Man, I hope I don't come across as critical. What I mean to

> sound like is

> astonished....because I used to eat that way too--and we all know

> how easy it

> would be to fall back into that kind of eating. I want better

> things for my

> friend.

> Bette

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Bette,

How was your lunch with the friend you hadn't seen for awhile??

Was it over the weekend or is it still coming up??

/ About Points and Food

Choices

In a message dated 12/15/2003 7:28:56 AM Pacific Standard Time,

kimberlyww@... writes:

Whoa! Your friend ate a huge cobb salad as an appetizer and then had the

dinner??

>>>>LOL!!!!!!! She didn't eat ALL of it, although I'll admit to being

worried for a moment or two! She ate about half of the salad (it was big

and SO

full of good things!) and then about 2/3 of the Chicken-fried Steak dinner,

and

took the rest home in a box. I'd say she ate about 65 of the 85-point steak

dinner and I have no idea about that salad -- a rough guess would be a total

of

maybe 18-20 points (tons of dressing), so I guess she ate a total of 80 or

so.

Man, I hope I don't come across as critical. What I mean to sound like

is

astonished....because I used to eat that way too--and we all know how easy

it

would be to fall back into that kind of eating. I want better things for my

friend.

Bette

[Guest guest]

I'm not familar with the restaurant Claim Jumper but I wonder what makes

their Country Fried steak, mashed potatoes and biscuit meal so high in

points. By comparison Cracker Barrell which doesn't serve small meals by any

means would be about 20 points for that meal.

Charlie

/ About Points and Food

Choices

In a message dated 12/15/2003 7:28:56 AM Pacific Standard Time,

kimberlyww@... writes:

Whoa! Your friend ate a huge cobb salad as an appetizer and then had the

dinner??

>>>>LOL!!!!!!! She didn't eat ALL of it, although I'll admit to being

worried for a moment or two! She ate about half of the salad (it was big

and SO

full of good things!) and then about 2/3 of the Chicken-fried Steak dinner,

and

took the rest home in a box. I'd say she ate about 65 of the 85-point steak

dinner and I have no idea about that salad -- a rough guess would be a total

of

maybe 18-20 points (tons of dressing), so I guess she ate a total of 80 or

so.

Man, I hope I don't come across as critical. What I mean to sound like

is

astonished....because I used to eat that way too--and we all know how easy

it

would be to fall back into that kind of eating. I want better things for my

friend.

Bette

[Guest guest]

Hi again,

I'm sorry, I guess I didn't see that one--was just wondering if she made

good comments to you.

I'll go try to find it again, sometimes this server has problems and I don't

get everything. We're looking into a new computer system lately.

Re: / About Points and Food

Choices

Hi ,

I shared with this group about that lunch with my friend (on Saturday). If

you want, you can go to the website and check out the posts. It turned out

well....except for the lunch she ordered (HIGH points!!)

Bette

[Guest guest]

> In a message dated 12/15/2003 7:28:56 AM Pacific Standard Time,

> kimberlyww@t... writes:

> Whoa! Your friend ate a huge cobb salad as an appetizer and then

had the

> dinner??

> >>>>LOL!!!!!!! She didn't eat ALL of it, although I'll admit to

being

> worried for a moment or two! She ate about half of the salad (it

was big and SO

> full of good things!) and then about 2/3 of the Chicken-fried

Steak dinner, and

> took the rest home in a box. I'd say she ate about 65 of the 85-

point steak

> dinner and I have no idea about that salad -- a rough guess would

be a total of

> maybe 18-20 points (tons of dressing), so I guess she ate a total

of 80 or so.

> Man, I hope I don't come across as critical. What I mean to

sound like is

> astonished....because I used to eat that way too--and we all know

how easy it

> would be to fall back into that kind of eating. I want better

things for my

> friend.

> Bette

Bette,

I am curious. You never told us what your friend said about your

successful weight loss thus far. You've done so well, I hope she

was/is proud of you.

Terri in WI

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