Guest guest Posted February 16, 2004 Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 I've always gone by the nutrition info on the carton of egg beaters and I count 1/2 cup as 1 point. That is what has always worked for me. As for the protein in boca products and such....It is made from soy. A warning about soy protein though..If either of you have thyroid trouble, check with your doctor about eating it. It interferes with the thyroid hormones. Luanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2004 Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 Running26point2@... wrote: > I've always gone by the nutrition info on the carton of egg beaters and I > count 1/2 cup as 1 point. That is what has always worked for me. > > As for the protein in boca products and such....It is made from soy. A > warning about soy protein though..If either of you have thyroid trouble, check with > your doctor about eating it. It interferes with the thyroid hormones. Thanks, Luann, I appreciate it. Fortunately, neither of us has any thyroid problems. -- Slainte, S. Crawford AIM: Buffalo2K / Y!: rscrawford / ICQ: 11640404 Dean for America: http://www.deanforamerica.com http://www.mossroot.com http://www.stonegoose.com " It is only with our heart that we can see clearly. What is essential is invisible to the eye. " --Antoine de Saint Exupery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2004 Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 Egg Beaters are whites and so no yolks means lower points. You can eat three egg whites for 1 point vs.. 1 whole egg for 2 points. Veggie products do have protein but chicken and beef have more per ounce. A chicken breast has about 32 grams of protein, a hamburger or turkey burger (patty only) has about 20. Boca " chicken " patties have around 13 grams. Still it's quiet a bit of protein and I personally prefer the veggie products over the real meat. At least when we are talking things like sausage links, burgers, and breaded chicken burgers. Points wise you can't beat those fake breaded chicken patties ;o) You eat just like I do. I have a very similar breakfast menu. I use egg whites instead of egg beaters and I get another veggie in by adding 0 point veggies like mushrooms and bell peppers to my eggs, very filling. Kris _____ From: Crawford My wife and I started the Quick Start program this morning. This may be really dull, and you can delete this if you wish, but for the sake of full disclosure, this is what we had for breakfast: 1. 1/2 cup egg beaters (1 point) 2. 1 Morning Star vegetarian sausage pattie (1 point) 3. 2 pieces of " Orowheat Lite " toast (1/2 pt. each, so 1 point) 4. Fruit (I had a banana, had a grapefruit) (2 points) For a total of five points. It was a surprising amount of food. could barely finish what she ate, and decided to put off the grapefruit until later. The only item I'm not sure about is the Egg Beaters. Is 1/2 cup really 1 point? On the box it says that 1/4 cup is equal to 1 egg, which is 2 points... but the nutrition info says differently. If anyone knows any better, please let me know. We're doing the " high protein " track, because I feel like I have more energy when I have more protein, and feels like she's fuller when she eats more protein and thus eats less. We're not vegetarians, but we don't eat a lot of meat in our household; instead, we tend to buy a lot of " meat substitute " items, like Boca Burgers and MorningStar sausage patties, and Quorn products. It looks like these let you eat more food for the same number of points with plenty of protein. Does anyone know if there is any sort of difference between the protein you get with these foods and the protein you get from animal products? -- Slainte, S. Crawford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2004 Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 Jay & Kris Swofford wrote: > Egg Beaters are whites and so no yolks means lower points. You can eat three > egg whites for 1 point vs.. 1 whole egg for 2 points. > > Veggie products do have protein but chicken and beef have more per ounce. A > chicken breast has about 32 grams of protein, a hamburger or turkey burger > (patty only) has about 20. Boca " chicken " patties have around 13 grams. > Still it's quiet a bit of protein and I personally prefer the veggie > products over the real meat. At least when we are talking things like > sausage links, burgers, and breaded chicken burgers. Points wise you can't > beat those fake breaded chicken patties ;o) > > You eat just like I do. I have a very similar breakfast menu. I use egg > whites instead of egg beaters and I get another veggie in by adding 0 point > veggies like mushrooms and bell peppers to my eggs, very filling. The QS booklet seemed pretty insistent on when vegetables were to be eaten, so we weren't sure if we could fill out our eggs with veggies. I personally wanted to add salsa, but we didn't know if we could based on the description in the QS. -- Slainte, S. Crawford AIM: Buffalo2K / Y!: rscrawford / ICQ: 11640404 Dean for America: http://www.deanforamerica.com http://www.mossroot.com http://www.stonegoose.com " It is only with our heart that we can see clearly. What is essential is invisible to the eye. " --Antoine de Saint Exupery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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