i'm thinking about cutting rice and pasta from my current diet - what are your thoughts?

my dinner tonight consisted of chicken made on my forman grill (used pam) with mixed veggies with this garlic herb powder on it!

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hi,i love rice and pasta, so i still eat them. instead of white, i`ll now eat wholemeal/brown varietys and in much smaller quantities slim

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I love rice and pasta, and wouldn't dream of cutting them out of my diet, but like slim, I eat wholewheat/grain now instead of white. Losing weight isn't about cutting certain things out of your diet, it's about managing your total calories. And on that basis, nothing is banned.

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Pam is gross, as an Italian I have to advocate the use of a good olive oil, and you can brush that on your grill sparingly.

Some of those cooking sprays use propane as a propellant, thats kinda iffy to me.

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My doc told me to eliminate "white carbs", so I got rid of white rice and white pasta. I have grown to like brown rice and whole wheat pasta just as much.

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i don't mind pam at all... so it's easiest/healthiest for me to use!

after speaking with some people here and telling them about my meals - one made a comment that i'd be better off with losing weight if i cut the rice out of my diet also... that's why i was considering cutting it out!

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With you being an Italian, I would have expected you to know that grills get way to hot for olive oil. Olive oil has a very low burn point. It will smoke and turn cancerous easily. You're not supposed to fry with the stuff above 355 degrees. Hit 450 and it goes crazy. Just the air in the top of a grill can get well above 700 degrees while searing, with the grates being even hotter. Olive oil will smoke like crazy in a grill unless you always cook at very low temperatures, which, normally you wouldn't if you know what you're doing. A typical 3/4" steak normally has a recommended surface temperature of the grill of about 400 degrees. Even if you do cook at fairly low temperatures, you should warm your grill up, and often that's going to make the surface 450-550 or so.

There's a reason that carbs are at the bottom of the food pyramid - they provide the energy we need to run our bodies. But switching processed white flour products to whole wheat ones is what really makes the difference in losing weight. There's whole wheat options for just about everything and they keep you full longer. Whole grain brown rice is a good choice, just make sure to watch your portion sizes - they're often a lot smaller than we think!

She did mention the George Foreman grill, those things are notorious for not getting hot enough, only the newer ones seem to approach 400F, and that's why I suggested olive oil. But you bring up a valid point about not using that for normal range top or bbq style grilling, or any oil for that matter. Vegetable oils tend to smoke around 400-450F which is still low for conventional grilling.

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My brother turned me on to brown rice and whole wheat pasta. Also whole wheat tortillas. Not bad.

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Brown rice is the best substitute for white rice and pasta.Also it is more healthy than white rice.Steadily keep cutting down the quantity you take.