On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 01:11:58 GMT, Blair P. Houghton > wrote:

>One more point: dieting is cheapening. A girl your height
>needs about 1500 calories a day. 4 meals a day with 3
>oz lean meat, an equal volume portion of starchy carbs,
>and about twice that in fibrous carbs (veggies).
>
>Note that the words "cheese" and "cream" don't appear
>in the above system. Sugary stuff is right out. Where
>necessary, a couple of drops of olive oil can be used on
>a sticky pan. Otherwise, even lean meat brings enough
>fat with it to cook.
>
>That kind of portion control will immediately lead to
>a lower food expense. You can get three meals out of
>a chicken breast, e.g.; and if you buy the ice-glazed
>frozen bagged ones, you can get them pretty cheap.
>
>Invest in a multivitamin and a calcium supplement.
>Overloading by a few dozen percent on your essential
>dailies by pill is far easier than trying to ride the
>numbers in your food choices, and works out to about
>20 cents per day.

Doing all this now....

I am eating cheese, but in lesser amounts. Good cheese, if I get
cheese.

Christine