Fast Food Diet

I am a big fan of Doctor Oz lately. Here is what I think is one of the most real diets I have ever heard of. It's so doable.

This diet uses the same parameters as Dr. Oz’s Ultimate Diet, including 1500 calories daily, a maximum of 15 grams of saturated fat, and 5-6 servings of fruits and vegetables a day.
Here are the fast food options.

BREAKFAST

Eighty percent of people who lose weight and keep it off eat breakfast every day.

Starbucks
•Egg white, spinach and feta wrap
•Coffee
•An apple

Dunkin Donuts
•Egg white, turkey sausage or veggie flat bread
•Coffee
•A banana

McDonald’s
•Two Egg McMuffins – Remove the English muffins, and eat with knife and fork.
•Coffee
• A piece of fruit

Subway
•Egg white with veggies on wheat bread

LUNCH/DINNER

Make sure to opt for water instead of soda. Don’t let sugary drinks sabotage your diet.

Subway
•6-inch ham, turkey, chicken, or roast beef sandwich on wheat or 9 grain bread (Add lots of veggie toppings to up your vegetable intake.)

Manchu Wok
•Kung pao chicken and order of mixed veggies (Avoid white rice; ask for brown rice instead.)

McDonald’s
•Premium Grilled Chicken Classic sandwich with extra lettuce and tomato (Remove the bread and eat with knife and fork.)
•Two grilled honey mustard or chipotle chicken snack wraps (Again, ditch the wrap and eat with knife and fork.)
•Add side salad to any meal

Wendy’s
•Ultimate Chicken Grill with extra lettuce and tomato (Eat without the bun.)
•Side order of small chili

Taco Bell
•Two bean burritos, fresco style
•Two fresco chicken or steak hard tacos with a side of fresco pinto beans

Burger King
•Double Whopper Junior with extra lettuce and tomato (Take off bun and eat with knife and fork.)
•Side of apple fries

Papa John’s Pizza
•Two slices of Garden Fresh pizza on whole wheat thin crust
•One slice of garden fresh pizza on whole wheat crust with 1 whole wheat breadstick dipped in pizza sauce

KFC
•Grilled chicken breast with two of the below sides:
•Side salad with no croutons and fat free ranch dressing
•Green beans
•Corn on the cob

Chipotle
•Taco salad with chicken or steak, fresh tomato salsa, hot sauce (optional), guacamole, add black or pinto beans if desired (NOTE: Avoid the salad dressing because it has 260 calories and 700 mg sodium. The guacamole, juices from the meats, and salsa should give the salad enough “sauce.” Ask for extra salsa if you want more flavor.)

SNACKS
Starbucks
•Chicken on flatbread with hummus artisan snack plate
•Handful of roasted almonds
•Deluxe fruit blend salad

Subway
•10 oz cup of soup. Try any of the following: chicken tortilla, chipotle chicken corn chowder, fire roasted tomato orzo, minestrone, roasted chicken noodle, rosemary chicken and dumpling, Spanish style chicken and rice with pork, tomato garden veggie w/ rotini.

McDonald’s
•Fruit and walnut salad
•Apple dippers

KFC
•Sargento light string cheese

The original article is available here.

Secrets Your Spouse Keeps

I watched this video on the Dr. Oz website and thought I would share in summary the 5 secrets men keep from their women.

1. Think about other women during sex (45%).
2. Masturbate weekly in secret (47%).
3. Snooped through partner's emails or phone (41%).
4. Think they're smarter than their wife (56%).
5. Wish wife brought home a bigger pay cheque (27%).

Surprising? Not quite.

True Friends

A true friend scolds like a dad, cares like a mom, teases like a sister, irritates like a brother & finally loves u more than a lover.

For Coloured Girls

This came from a young lady in St. Lucia. It is long, but worth it.

When I first heard of the movie "For Colored Girls" I got so excited. I had the idea of getting as many women together that I could think of to go see this movie. I had visions of group discussions and moments shared with one another that would lead to healing and growth, I guess I kind of imagined a Women’s Empowerment Conference type of setting.

Well after I shared my idea with a few women, reality set in and I realized that so many of us wouldn't be willing to participate for various reasons: You don't like me, you don't care for somebody I might invite, you only hang out with certain people, you don't understand the big deal about Tyler Perry making yet another movie about black people and our issues for all the world to see, you don't like crowds, so n so is too ghetto, such and such is too uppity etc... It has ALWAYS amazed me that we as black women are each other’s biggest critics. We are the quickest to bring each other down, find each other’s faults and nit pick at a sister until she has nothing left, nothing left to give and then we step over her and call her worthless. We take the prettiest women and tear them down for thinking "they are cute" but turn around and dog the average sista because "she know she should take better care of herself than that - can't believe she got a man!" We call strong women female dogs and accuse weaker women of riding somebody else's coat tails. We tell a big sista to put down her burger and turn around and criticize a skinny woman for not picking one up. We ride the loud mouth woman for "talking to darn much" and likewise torment the quiet woman for "Being too quiet and needing to take up for herself" Sad part is we don't discriminate, we talk about everybody!!!

I've watched women dog out everybody from Oprah for catering to white people and Halle Berry for not being able to keep a man to young Willow Smith for acting to darn grown in her recent video. All of these females are successful and there is something about each one of them to be proud of but a lot of us can't seem to see that. I have to wonder since we all share a common thread (whether we want to admit it or not) is there something about ourselves that we don't like, what has happened to us that we cannot seem to get along. Why is that we fight amongst ourselves, backstab & steal each other’s men(only to find out we should have left him where we found him). We cannot seem to be unified to support and stick up for one another. Everybody seems to be out for themselves while other groups unite against us but nobody else has to bring us down because we trample on the spirits of each other daily.

Even if you live in a mini mansion, drive a luxury car, have good credit, rich handsome husband etc, this does not mean that you should look down your nose at the woman with 4 kids, no husband, living in income based housing struggling to keep her lights on. We ALWAYS think the grass is greener on the other side, I had a woman who's child father is MIA tell me that I should never complain because I receive a decent amount of child support and I laughed and let her know that I would gladly give every dime back if he would come relieve some of this overwhelming pressure of feeling inadequate as a parent. If I could get just one full night of sleep or not always be on the verge of losing my job because I’m the one that has to call off or leave work for one reason or another to accommodate my child - yeah he could DEFINITELY have his money if I could have some peace! Money alone doesn't make you happy (not true happiness), good credit doesn't keep you satisfied, beauty doesn't make you any less insecure, fame doesn't make you less vulnerable or cause you to be a good judge of character and being stuck up and mean doesn't keep you warm at night or prevent you from being lonely.

You don't know how the sista sitting right next to you could have carefully put on her make up this morning to hide the beating from last night. The teacher you handed your child over to this morning could have sent her children off to school from a dark house with empty bellies. The teller you just got rude with at the bank could know that today is her last day on her job and have no idea how she is going to survive past next weekend. The sista at the office that appears so busy could be typing her goodbyes to all the people that she loves because she plans to blow her brains out tonight after she tucks her babies into bed. The woman you pass in the hallway could be on her way to have an abortion because she fears what others might think or how the woman that sent you this e-mail may drink an over abundance of alcohol every night to mask the nightmares of an abusive childhood.

Ladies we HAVE TO DO BETTER!!! I'm not suggesting that we all like each other and be phony, But I am asking that we all try to respect each other. You HAVE NO IDEA what the next woman is going through, you don't know what past or current hurt and pains have shaped her into who she is today. We spend so much time trying to be as strong and hard as we are expected to be that we end up cracking from the inside out piece by piece. If we would spend 1/3 of the time we spend tearing each other down to build someone up, encourage someone, show someone some love, we could truly make a difference and save someone's life. PLEASE don't be the straw that breaks another woman's back. Believe me when I tell you that there is a woman out there that needs your smile, your hug, your support, your prayer.

I hope that you read this and get something out of it other than a laugh and that you pass this on to as many women as you can to let someone know that you believe they are somebody special and that if need be, you are available to listen. Nothing bad is going to happen if you don't forward this e-mail but I'd like to think that something positive will happen if you choose to pass it along. May favor be extended to each and everyone of your lives, keep your head up and know that someone somewhere cares!!!