Geez, just ate a "Veggie Veggie" wrap with added chicken and looked up the nutritioal info: 615 calories, 26 fat grams, 72 carb, 24 protein. I asked for the low carb wrap, somehow I doubt it made much difference. I thought I was making a good choice as it has corn, black beans, asparagus, onions, tomotoe, lettuce, but it also has swiss cheese and dressing on it. But BOY was it gooooood! So much for today's goal of lowering fat...unless I eat pure tuna for dinner.
Cheers!
Tropical Smoothie "healthy" wraps....?
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Re: Tropical Smoothie "healthy" wraps....?
"Veggie" items are not necessarily low fat. As far as low carb, black beans, asparagus, onion, tomato, and lettuce are predominately carbohydrate, so I don't know how the wrap is considered low carb unless they are referring to the bread itself. The swisscheese and dressing contribute most of the fat.rlwilkey wrote:Geez, just ate a "Veggie Veggie" wrap with added chicken and looked up the nutritioal info: 615 calories, 26 fat grams, 72 carb, 24 protein. I asked for the low carb wrap, somehow I doubt it made much difference. I thought I was making a good choice as it has corn, black beans, asparagus, onions, tomotoe, lettuce, but it also has swiss cheese and dressing on it. But BOY was it gooooood! So much for today's goal of lowering fat...unless I eat pure tuna for dinner.
Cheers!
as long as you don't process (juice, puree, fry, inject, smoke, sniff you get the idea 
tomatoes, onions, lettuce and aspargus are definitely low carb, hell you just spend near as much calories to digest the fibrious content in them so by eating them you might just burn calories...
now pita bread, cheese, corn, beans and dressing are heavy in either fats or carbs, pita might be both.
chicken if not white is full of fat, even chicken breast has fat and cholesterol in it
instead of eating your burrito, you could have gone with a bigger salad and more chicken breast and some beans in it, if you need bread get used to wholegrain flourless breads or crackers as for dressing you can go with olive oil / lemon / vinegar / herb and any combination thereof and cheese eat with moderation but please don't call those processed pasteurized chimical kraft slices swiss chesse, cheese is real cheese made only with milk
anyway good luck
tomatoes, onions, lettuce and aspargus are definitely low carb, hell you just spend near as much calories to digest the fibrious content in them so by eating them you might just burn calories... now pita bread, cheese, corn, beans and dressing are heavy in either fats or carbs, pita might be both.
chicken if not white is full of fat, even chicken breast has fat and cholesterol in it
instead of eating your burrito, you could have gone with a bigger salad and more chicken breast and some beans in it, if you need bread get used to wholegrain flourless breads or crackers as for dressing you can go with olive oil / lemon / vinegar / herb and any combination thereof and cheese eat with moderation but please don't call those processed pasteurized chimical kraft slices swiss chesse, cheese is real cheese made only with milk
anyway good luck
As I said, low carb does not necessarily mean low calorie. True...lettuce, tomato, onion, etc are low in carbohydrate, nevertheless, they are carbs. Beans are high in carbohydrate as well as protein. What FireMyst is referring to is "net carbs" meaning subtracting the grams of fiber in a product because they are not digested.
No need to skip the bread. It contains carbohydrate which is the body's preferred source of fuel. If trying to limit calories, limit the amount that you eat. Fat has twice as many calories as carbohydrate. You would be better off with the fat free dressing rather than eliminating the bread. Side note: Low carb diets are generally low calorie diets, which is why people tend to lose weight. Basically the weight loss comes from limiting total calories which happens to be in the form of carbs.rlwilkey wrote:Yeah, I think next time I'll get the salad and skip the cheese and bread. Regarding the olive oil/lemon dressing...I'm seeing that one tablespoon of olive oil has 119 cals and 14 fat grams. Is this healthy if you keep it to one tablespoon? Or is a fat free balsamic dressing a better choice? Thanks!