BANQUET DIET ??

RJ said:

I bought a few Banquet frozen dinners on a whim.
( they were on sale for a buck apiece )

Mashed potatoes, corn and a beef pattie w/gravy .
Smallish portions, but probably the portions we SHOULD eat.

I was surprised to see a calorie count of 340 for he whole meal.

It occurred to me that, you could eat a Banquet TV dinner
for each of three meals, and stay under 1200 calories a day !

Uh-huh, and you could develop a vitamin deficiency in record time, I'm
thinking! :-)

serene

RJ said:

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It occurred to me that, you could eat a Banquet TV dinner
for each of three meals, and stay under 1200 calories a day !

Maybe it's time for "The Banquet Diet"
( I could make millions off the book )

Can you imagine the self-discipline that would be needed to stay on
such a diet? :-) Anyone who could do that could instead stick to an
'eat less, exercise more' regime and actually improve his or her
health.... -aem

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Quoted message said:

I bought a few Banquet frozen dinners on a whim.
( they were on sale for a buck apiece )

Mashed potatoes, corn and a beef pattie w/gravy .
Smallish portions, but probably the portions we SHOULD eat.

I was surprised to see a calorie count of 340 for he whole meal.

It occurred to me that, you could eat a Banquet TV dinner
for each of three meals, and stay under 1200 calories a day !

Maybe it's time for "The Banquet Diet"
( I could make millions off the book )

<rj>

Maybe millions for the undertaker & the drug companies.

Dimitri

Banquet® Beef Patty & Vegetables
frozen entree

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 meal . 9.5 oz
Amount Per Serving

Calories 310Calories from Fat 180 % DV*

Total Fat 20g 31%

Saturated Fat 8g 40%

Cholesterol 40mg 13%

Sodium 1090mg 45%

Total Carbohydrate 22g 7%

Dietary Fiber 3g 12%

Protein 11g 17%

Percent of Calories from:
Fat-58.1% Carb-28.4% Protein-14.2%
(Total may exceed 100% due to rounding

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Quoted message said:

I bought a few Banquet frozen dinners on a whim.
( they were on sale for a buck apiece )

Mashed potatoes, corn and a beef pattie w/gravy .
Smallish portions, but probably the portions we SHOULD eat.

I was surprised to see a calorie count of 340 for he whole meal.

It occurred to me that, you could eat a Banquet TV dinner
for each of three meals, and stay under 1200 calories a day !

Maybe it's time for "The Banquet Diet"
( I could make millions off the book )

<rj>

Maybe millions for the undertaker & the drug companies.

Dimitri

Banquet® Beef Patty & Vegetables
frozen entree

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 meal . 9.5 oz
Amount Per Serving

Calories 310Calories from Fat 180 % DV*

Total Fat 20g 31%

Saturated Fat 8g 40%

Cholesterol 40mg 13%

Sodium 1090mg 45%

Total Carbohydrate 22g 7%

Dietary Fiber 3g 12%

Protein 11g 17%

Percent of Calories from:
Fat-58.1% Carb-28.4% Protein-14.2%
(Total may exceed 100% due to rounding

RJ said:

I bought a few Banquet frozen dinners on a whim.
( they were on sale for a buck apiece )

Mashed potatoes, corn and a beef pattie w/gravy .
Smallish portions, but probably the portions we SHOULD eat.

I was surprised to see a calorie count of 340 for he whole meal.

It occurred to me that, you could eat a Banquet TV dinner
for each of three meals, and stay under 1200 calories a day !

Maybe it's time for "The Banquet Diet"
( I could make millions off the book )

Better yet, video a team of doctors monitoring your decaying health and
make a movie! "Reducify Me!" Your heirs might do very well...

RJ said:

I bought a few Banquet frozen dinners on a whim.
( they were on sale for a buck apiece )

Mashed potatoes, corn and a beef pattie w/gravy .
Smallish portions, but probably the portions we SHOULD eat.

I was surprised to see a calorie count of 340 for he whole meal.

It occurred to me that, you could eat a Banquet TV dinner
for each of three meals, and stay under 1200 calories a day !

Maybe it's time for "The Banquet Diet"
( I could make millions off the book )

Better yet, video a team of doctors monitoring your decaying health and
make a movie! "Reducify Me!" Your heirs might do very well...

RJ said:

I bought a few Banquet frozen dinners on a whim.
( they were on sale for a buck apiece )

Mashed potatoes, corn and a beef pattie w/gravy .
Smallish portions, but probably the portions we SHOULD eat.

I was surprised to see a calorie count of 340 for he whole meal.

It occurred to me that, you could eat a Banquet TV dinner
for each of three meals, and stay under 1200 calories a day !

Maybe it's time for "The Banquet Diet"
( I could make millions off the book )

<rj>

I did that for a while. Bought Lean Cuisine dinners and ate my
regular breakfast and lunch. I got in the habit of eating less.
Sometimes I added a veggie to the meal. I lost 15 pounds in 5 months.

--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral, 48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

salgud said:

<RJ> wrote:
for each of three meals, and stay under 1200 calories a day !

Quoted message said:

Maybe it's time for "The Banquet Diet"
( I could make millions off the book )

Better yet, video a team of doctors monitoring your decaying health and
make a movie! "Reducify Me!" Your heirs might do very well...

Oh... I don't know about that.
When you need "greens", get the Banquet dinner with the frozen peas.

Besides, many Americans get through heir teen-age years
on a diet of Fritos, french fries,, Big Macs, and Pepsi....

<rj>

RJ said:

salgud said:

<RJ> wrote:
for each of three meals, and stay under 1200 calories a day !

Quoted message said:

Maybe it's time for "The Banquet Diet"
( I could make millions off the book )

Better yet, video a team of doctors monitoring your decaying health and
make a movie! "Reducify Me!" Your heirs might do very well...

Oh... I don't know about that.
When you need "greens", get the Banquet dinner with the frozen peas.

Besides, many Americans get through heir teen-age years
on a diet of Fritos, french fries,, Big Macs, and Pepsi....

<rj>

I don't know about you, RJ, but I'm well past my teens. And there are
many things I survived back then I wouldn't even attempt these days....

RJ said:

salgud said:

<RJ> wrote:
for each of three meals, and stay under 1200 calories a day !

Quoted message said:

Maybe it's time for "The Banquet Diet"
( I could make millions off the book )

Better yet, video a team of doctors monitoring your decaying health and
make a movie! "Reducify Me!" Your heirs might do very well...

Oh... I don't know about that.
When you need "greens", get the Banquet dinner with the frozen peas.

Besides, many Americans get through heir teen-age years
on a diet of Fritos, french fries,, Big Macs, and Pepsi....

<rj>

I don't know about you, RJ, but I'm well past my teens. And there are
many things I survived back then I wouldn't even attempt these days....

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It occurred to me that, you could eat a Banquet TV dinner
for each of three meals, and stay under 1200 calories a day !

Uh-huh, and you could develop a vitamin deficiency in record time, I'm
thinking! :-)

The fiber deficiency would catch up with you before the vitamin
deficiency became a problem. :-|

But if you really wanted to do it, you could add some veggies and fruits
and it wouldn't alter your calorie count too much. Sodium could be a
problem, though. Not to mention boredom. Probably wouldn't make sense
for most people, but for those who really have a problem w/ portion
control, it might help a bit.

Mi e' parso che salgud abbia scritto:

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I don't know about you, RJ, but I'm well past my teens.
And there are many things I survived back then I wouldn't
even attempt these days....

I agree.
Once I ran out of cigarette papers, took a bit of a newspaper and
rolled in it. No more going that way.
--
Vilco
Think Pink , Drink Rose'

RJ said:

I bought a few Banquet frozen dinners on a whim.
( they were on sale for a buck apiece )

Mashed potatoes, corn and a beef pattie w/gravy .
Smallish portions, but probably the portions we SHOULD eat.

I was surprised to see a calorie count of 340 for he whole meal.

It occurred to me that, you could eat a Banquet TV dinner
for each of three meals, and stay under 1200 calories a day !

Yeah, you *could* but would you want to? There's a reason they can put them
on sale so cheaply. What's in that "beef patty"? Do you really like the
taste of instant potato flakes? Inquiring minds want to know 🙂 Then
there's the sodium content...

Jill

jmcquown said:

RJ said:

It occurred to me that, you could eat a Banquet TV dinner
for each of three meals, and stay under 1200 calories a day !

Yeah, you *could* but would you want to? There's a reason they can put them
on sale so cheaply. What's in that "beef patty"? Do you really like the
taste of instant potato flakes? Inquiring minds want to know 🙂 Then
there's the sodium content...

Jill

I've been on worse diets. ;o)

Slice of dry toast ( no butter )
Hard-boiled egg ( no salt )
Black coffee ( decaf )

Ever try to gag down a portion of dry tuna ?

In fact, I think of most lo-cal diets as "abuse" !

<rj>