10/18/2007

How Many Calories Does A Fork Have?

By Laura Moncur @ 5:00 am — Filed under:

John Is Fit is an avid runner on the Runner+ Challenges. I clicked over to his site to read what he was talking about there. He wrote this entry about bread:

One of his readers, Jan B, said this about bread:

I cut out bread a couple of months ago when I started realizing that I was using it more as a handle for food than anything else. Now I use a fork. How many calories does a fork have??

Now, I don’t believe that bread is all that bad, but the idea of bread as a “handle for food” surprised me. Jan’s right. A sandwich uses bread as a convenient way to hold meat and cheese and lettuce. Are there other foods that are merely a handle? How many calories am I eating when I should just use a fork instead?

Eating is about sustenance and pleasure. If you eat only for sustenance, you won’t be able to maintain your weight loss. You have to be able to eat the foods that you love.

If you love bread, DO NOT cut it out of your diet. Choose freshly baked bread that is delicious instead of the foam rubber that passes for “diet” bread. Find ways to work it into your diet and cut out things that you don’t like.

If you don’t like bread, STOP using it as a handle for food.

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4 Responses to “How Many Calories Does A Fork Have?”

  1. ggirl Says:

    I love bread. I’m the queen of carbohydrates (unfortunately). I think you’re right. When you deny yourself too much, it’s impossible to maintain healthy eating habits.

  2. Mark Says:

    I can just eat the baguettes at my local bakery plain. Yum!

  3. ginger Says:

    A bread machine is a good appliance to have. Make your own bread with whole grains and nuts or seeds. Or dried fruits. Yum.

  4. iportion Says:

    I can use bread as shovel instead of a fork if I am not watching it. I do buy bread but I MAKE A lot of things in my bread machine and need to grand wheat.

    Val

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