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"Scruples" > wrote in message
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> "Anon" > wrote in message
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>> Since my granddaughter went to visit her sister, I have been alone. I
>> usually don't have the ambition to cook a real meal just for me so I have
>> been eating a lot of TV dinners. Sometimes I add a salad to the meal. I
>> especially like the label that tells me how many carbs are in the meal.
>>
>> I like the Stouffer's, Healthy Choice and Smart Ones brands because they
>> have lower carb meals.
>>
>> Anon

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> Just choose well. The Healthy Choice Tukey Dinner has 22 grams of carb,
> 200 calories and 0 sugar, good choice. Unfortunately the pepperoni French
> bread pizza is 49 carb grams, 5 grams sugar and weighs in at 350 calories.
> The trick to any of this is to plan ahead about what you are buting,
> research and READ the ingredients. You can still have your TV dinners and
> eat them too
>
> A good rule of thumb is to not use the dinners with a bread or rice base
> or sweet sauces. I suppose for the zero carbers this won't work but as for
> me I am a well controlled diabetic for 15 years (no damage) and use
> approcimatly 60-75 grams of carb per day. I do eat fruit, whole grain
> bread, Dreamfield's pasta (all in moderation!) and I eat cake on my
> birthday.
>
> You can check out the ingredients and nutrition on
> http://www.healthychoice.com/product...s/simple_s.jsp for Healthy
> Choice Meals.


I always read the label before buying. If it is very high carb, I don't get
it. Since I alternately use premeal insulin or Starlix, I can handle the
carbs.

My granddaughter will be back Friday, I haven't been doing so well since she
left.

Anon
T2