Hoak: Idella sure does stuff eggs good!
Daisy: You stuff yourself good.
Deviled Eggs (Devil Eggs) are delicious. But they can be very bad for you, in terms of calorie count, unless you limit yourself to one or two at most.
A typical egg has about 90 calories, but about 70% of the recommended daily cholesterol limit. Eating an egg isn't bad for you. Eating a dozen of them is. As part of a breakfast or other meal or food item, eggs, in moderation, are a good source of protein and calories.
Deviled eggs, which usually take the yoke from a boiled egg, mix it with mayonaise and other ingredients, and then re-stuff the yoke into halved boiled whites, add some calories to the mix. How many calories? It depends on how you do your "stuffing" I guess. Some sites claim that a half deviled egg can have as many as 145 calorie, while others claim counts as low as 90 (again, for a half-egg, not the whole deal). Even using real mayonnaise (as opposed to the light variety) this seems like a fairly reasonable number. To get to 145, you'd have to stuff it with bread or something.
As a snack, again, these are not bad for you, but they tend to be addictive to eat, and as a result, you may over-eat them. Portion control is essential, and unfortunately, these tend to get served in platters, such as shown above, in quantities far above that which would be healthy.
So you eat one, thinking it is an OK snack, but then go back for another. Hey, it's just one egg, right? Maybe 100 calories or so? (maybe?). Then you eat another, and another, and before you know it, you've scarfed down 400-600 calories in eggs.
Your cholesterol will be off the charts after that, and you will feel bloated as all get out. And it will cause you to gain weight.
Portion control is the key, and you have to limit yourself to one or two of these halves. Serving at a party, unfortunately, leads to grazing behavior (no doubt assisted by alcohol consumption) and weight gain results.
And of course, if you only eat one egg, the host will say, "What's the matter? Don't you like my eggs?" So you can't win this one!
Portion control also means limiting the number of social functions you attend. In the olden days, when most people were skinnier, parties and events were not weekly or daily occurrences, but rather once-a-month special occasions, if that.
Today we feel the need to "party" more and over-eat and over-drink on a regular basis. It is not simply possible to spend time with people in a normal manner, it seems, but rather "having company" means consuming food and beverages in an excessive manner.
Portion controlling your social events is a good way to portion control your food. Try to schedule social events which do not involve elaborate consumption and displays of food. For example, hiking with friends with a simple picnic lunch of a sandwich and an apple, instead of a huge feast.
It is hard to do, in our era of excess. But it is worth the effort.
November 25, 2010, 228 lbs.
Breakfast
Egg 70
Sausage 100
Hamburger Bun 120
Hash Browns 110
Total: 400
Lunch at Beach
Crudite 100
Dip 100
Toast points 100
Gin & Tonic 200
Total: 500
Dinner
Rice 200
Shrimp 100
Chicken 100
Scallops 100
Total: 500
Total for day: 1400
Pedometer 5349 Exercise: Moving Furniture
A typical egg has about 90 calories, but about 70% of the recommended daily cholesterol limit. Eating an egg isn't bad for you. Eating a dozen of them is. As part of a breakfast or other meal or food item, eggs, in moderation, are a good source of protein and calories.
Deviled eggs, which usually take the yoke from a boiled egg, mix it with mayonaise and other ingredients, and then re-stuff the yoke into halved boiled whites, add some calories to the mix. How many calories? It depends on how you do your "stuffing" I guess. Some sites claim that a half deviled egg can have as many as 145 calorie, while others claim counts as low as 90 (again, for a half-egg, not the whole deal). Even using real mayonnaise (as opposed to the light variety) this seems like a fairly reasonable number. To get to 145, you'd have to stuff it with bread or something.
As a snack, again, these are not bad for you, but they tend to be addictive to eat, and as a result, you may over-eat them. Portion control is essential, and unfortunately, these tend to get served in platters, such as shown above, in quantities far above that which would be healthy.
So you eat one, thinking it is an OK snack, but then go back for another. Hey, it's just one egg, right? Maybe 100 calories or so? (maybe?). Then you eat another, and another, and before you know it, you've scarfed down 400-600 calories in eggs.
Your cholesterol will be off the charts after that, and you will feel bloated as all get out. And it will cause you to gain weight.
Portion control is the key, and you have to limit yourself to one or two of these halves. Serving at a party, unfortunately, leads to grazing behavior (no doubt assisted by alcohol consumption) and weight gain results.
And of course, if you only eat one egg, the host will say, "What's the matter? Don't you like my eggs?" So you can't win this one!
Portion control also means limiting the number of social functions you attend. In the olden days, when most people were skinnier, parties and events were not weekly or daily occurrences, but rather once-a-month special occasions, if that.
Today we feel the need to "party" more and over-eat and over-drink on a regular basis. It is not simply possible to spend time with people in a normal manner, it seems, but rather "having company" means consuming food and beverages in an excessive manner.
Portion controlling your social events is a good way to portion control your food. Try to schedule social events which do not involve elaborate consumption and displays of food. For example, hiking with friends with a simple picnic lunch of a sandwich and an apple, instead of a huge feast.
It is hard to do, in our era of excess. But it is worth the effort.
November 25, 2010, 228 lbs.
Breakfast
Egg 70
Sausage 100
Hamburger Bun 120
Hash Browns 110
Total: 400
Lunch at Beach
Crudite 100
Dip 100
Toast points 100
Gin & Tonic 200
Total: 500
Dinner
Rice 200
Shrimp 100
Chicken 100
Scallops 100
Total: 500
Total for day: 1400
Pedometer 5349 Exercise: Moving Furniture
