I'm actually going to pass on a coupon for a free product

I make most of my own food but I do like a break occasionally! Just not such an unhealthy one--I may as well pay someone to give me poison. I'm seriously thinking of baking my own bread as well as doing most of my cooking from scratch. I looked at the ingredients on a loaf of bread recently and was surprised how long it was!

I have been very lazy recently, I used to bake all of my families bread, but then my husband went and got diabetes and had to cut down on his carbohydrates, and would complain if I made bread, as the smell of freshly made bread is so appetising and would always make his mouth water. I felt mean saying no, you can't have any. I do know what you mean about the long list of ingredients though, all that bread should have in it is flour, water, yeast and salt. You do not need all of those other things in your bread. There is nothing like being able to give your family a pot of home made soup and a loaf of freshly made bread and knowing that there are no added chemicals or preservatives in the food that you have served up. In fact I am going to start a loaf off tonight, so thank you dragon, you are saving us some money. If you are going to start making your own bread the one thing that I can tell you is to add a little more liquid than the recipe tells you. It is true that the wetter the bread dough, the better the loaf.

In the three years I've been here I've only seen 1 homeless person. I know there are others because we have community efforts in place to help but apparently those programs are doing their jobs. The churches and the Salvation Army operate a shelter and food kitchen together and apparently do a great job.

It's not to hard to find someone in need in Nashville. There's usually several around the shelters nearby that would welcome an extra meal.

I've been watching what I eat for about a year, cutting back on salt, too. When I eat something like that I feel icky. I've been seriously dieting for two weeks and guess what? I gained 2 pounds!! This dish would really do some damage!

I have been trying to watch what I eat since I came back from seeing my brother, I wear a pedometer and have been walking a lot more, mostly inside. I am gaining as well. Hubby reminded me this morning that I am building muscle and that muscle weighs more than fat. He is very kind, can you tell?

I'm eating less and less processed crap since I decided to live healthier. I was surprised at how good I began to feel when I cooked more and stopped relying on canned and frozen foods. It's a lot more trouble but it's worth it.

And it's cheaper. And it tastes better. No competition really! :-)

Yes, I can think of lots of better ways to spend those calories! Those sects can be very annoying but most of them have good hearts.

Well i can respect most people regardless of what they believe in, so i did listen to what they had to say, but in the end, i have my own beliefs, and i don't like it when people try to make me convert to who knows what ideas :)

Lucky you! I've been making a concerted effort to lose weight and I gained 2 pounds! The ones in the store are good but not nearly as good as those fresh off the grill. Likewise, the already frozen ones you can buy at WC don't taste as good. If you ever want a crave case to take home and freeze as I used to do when I lived in the Southwest with no WC, have them cook them fresh, don't let them give you a pre-made case. I know, I used to work at WC back in the Stone Age!

I think I'll stick with just grilling fresh burgers and adding the hottest green chili I can find. Now I know I couldn't live without green chili. Another reason to stay in the SW; number two reason, no snow... Good luck on your diet. The two pounds you gained and two more will be off in no time.

Once I decided to cut down on salt I was shocked at how much sodium is in most canned and frozen foods! I really watch it now and feel much better. That noodle bowl was so tempting but I left the coupon at home. I've just been out shopping in preparation for a huge winter storm. I thought about giving it to my skinny neighbor but why ruin someone else's health?

I indulged yesterday when my dad and stepmom took me out to dinner. What a sinful and delicious chimichanga that was! You're right, there's nothing wrong with something like that if it's rare but I was astounded at just how bad the nutrition info was. It sounded like a fairly healthy meal at first!

With numbers like that I won't be passing this one along--there's no one I dislike enough to give it to!

Sometimes it's not worth it, that's true. Like a buy one get one free product that I never buy because it's so expensive. This freebie is too expensive to my health and eventually my wallet so I decided to pass!

Sometimes it's hard to read labels for me when they put them in grams, which they often do here in the U.S. If they'd say ounces, I'd be able to visualize better. 100 calories in an ounce isn't as good as 100 calories in 3 ounces, I get more of what I want in the latter. I still wonder what that noodle bowl would have tasted like! But I made my own a few days ago for less than 400 calories and very little sodium or fat. It was delicious and good for me, too. I cook pretty well when I'm in the mood!

Hiya dragon, Willing to bet that they tasted just great. But the ones that you have made are much better for you than those others anytime of the Day. Less than 400 calories too. We have everything in grams here too and yes ounces is much easier it is confusing. Have you read the packets of Soups what they have in them you would be horrified like me I´ll bet. They don´t really tell you anything that is easy to work out but you can bet that there is a load of salt and sodium in those Soups too.

Ha! On the other side of the coupon was a free #1 sack meal--4 burgers, fries and pop. The burgers are so small that they are about 100 calories each and I got that. I made double burgers by throwing away two buns (the birds loved them!) and cut out about 160 calories that way. I also gave the birds half the fries--I had to have some of them! I did weaken and get Coke instead of water. I haven't had real Coke for years and it was a little bit of heaven! So all in all the meal was about 500 calories which was more than I wanted but oh, it tasted so GOOD!!! And my dogs loved the pickles!

We do have a right to choose but we should do so with our eyes wide open. Sometimes that takes some work or research. I've been looking at labels for years, it's a good habit of mine and I always investigate "free" things. Although I knew this was not a scam because of the way I received the coupon (from the restaurant itself for some bad service) I wanted to make sure I would have no regrets should I redeem it. I'm glad I checked! A lot of free things aren't worth it. You get what you pay for!

Wax?! OMG, that's disgusting. We have all kinds of fast food here. In the U.S. they are everywhere and it takes real effort not to use them as convenience--and they taste so good!! But I only eat out about once a month because I've experienced something of what you do--feeling badly because of all the crap in the food. I cook everything from scratch, usually, and I'm healthier and feel better because of it. I avoid all the fat and chemicals in fast foods and I think the country would be much healthier without them. But people are busy and in a hurry especially when both parents work. It's a shame, processed and fast foods are ruining our children's health as well as the adults'.

I didn't gain over the holidays but only because my adult sons live 1800 miles away. When they're around they have me baking all my old family cookie recipes and that's murder on my hips!

Heavens, no! I'm desperately trying to drop a few pounds. I'm just glad I looked it up before I went.