How this Fast Diet Lifestyle works: Eat these meals tomorrow, for a calorie total of less than 600. On another day this week, eat the meals from a different post, another day of eating 600 calories or less. Eat sensibly the other days of the week. That’s it: a simple way to lose weight and be healthier. Join me in the Fasting Lifestyle. Welcome to asterisk1598 who is now Following.
Since the 1860s, Americans have embraced the story of the poor man who makes good through pluck and luck. Popular novels implied that the “American Dream” was attainable, and that fit into the ‘can-do’ zeitgeist in the Gilded Age. Few people exemplified that idea as well as Frank Winfield Woolworth, born April 13, 1852 in Rodman, New York State. His was a farming family, but young Frank had retail sales in mind. At age 15, he went to work at a store in the nearest large town. By night, Frank took courses in bookkeeping and commerce, and by day he performed rather poorly serving customers at the store. In those days, the shopper would give a list to the clerk, and the clerk would bring the purchases — no self-service. So Frank was put in charge of the stock room, and also of arranging items on the “Five Cent” table. He was good at those tasks, and he hatched the idea of a store that sold items at only one price: 5 cents. With a loan from his boss, Frank opened such a store, then saw it fail. He moved from upstate New York to the farm country of Eastern Pennsylvania where he opened his next store in June, 1879 — this time to great success. Frank brought his brother into the company, and expanded into more locations. Two years later, the addition of 10-cent items boosted sales even further. Two of Woolworth’s innovations were shelves of goods where customers could make their own choices and negotiating with suppliers to sell to him directly and in bulk. These were not customary practices. Instead of trying to crush the competition, Frank went into business with them: they would run their own stores, but sell his goods. By 1905, Woolworth had it made: Jennie Creighton was his wife, they had three daughters, and business was booming. A chain of stores was established in the UK [officially called 3+6, the monetary equivalent of 5+10, aka: Woollies], headed by Frank’s cousin and those succeeded too. The crowning moment came in 1912, when Woolworth decided to build a skyscraper in New York City. At 792 feet, it was the tallest building in the world. Companies clamored to rent office space in the elegant ‘The Cathedral of Commerce‘, and Woolworth quickly recouped the cost of the building — which he had paid for in cash. During WWI, Woolworth stores sold ‘savings stamps’ [Frank’s idea] to help fund the war effort. But his wife had dementia, and Frank’s health was declining. He died of blood poisoning in April of 1919, head of a chain of 1,200 stores internationally. Woolworth’s pluck was exhausted and his luck had run out. The last US store of the chain closed in the 1990s. All the ‘dollar stores’ are the descendants of the vision of F.W. Woolworth.
The Woolworth’s lunch counter was a reliable food source. Even if you were new in town and didn’t know the eateries, you could count on Woolworth’s. Eggs with sausage for a hearty breakfast, a BLT sandwich later in the day — these were typical fare at the Five ‘n’ Dime. It was at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina that black students staged an historic sit-in in 1960. There was policy in the South that Black people not be served at Whites Only restaurants, but the students sat down anyway. After a few months Woolworth’s gave in, insisting on the integration of its lunch counters.
Sausage ScrOmelette: 177 calories … 9 g fat… 2 g fiber… 14 g protein… 5 g carbs … 48 mg Calcium… NB: Food values shown are for the ScrOmelette and fruit only, and do not include the optional beverages. PB GF Sausage ‘n’ eggs are such a great combination. Enjoy often.
++ 1½ two-oz eggs HINT: If you are serving one person, crack three 2-oz eggs into a small bowl or glass measuring cup. Whip up those eggs and pour half of their volume into a jar with a lid and put it in the ‘fridge for next week. ++++ 2 links [37 calories/link] chicken breakfast sausage, diced ++++ 1½ tsp oregano and parsley, chopped ++++ 2 oz apple ++++ Optional: blackish coffee [53 calories] or blackish tea or mocha cafe au lait [65 calories] ++++ Optional: 5 oz fruit smoothie or berry-yogurt smoothie [88 calories] ++
Heat a well-seasoned cast iron or non-stick pan and spritz it with oil or cooking spray. Add the sausage and stir to warm briefly . Whisk the eggs with the seasonings and pour over the sausage in the pan. Scramble to your favorite degree of doneness. Plate the fruit, prepare optional beverages.
BLT: 291 calories… 10 g fat … 4 g fiber… 14.4 g protein… 34 g carbs… 231 mg Calcium… PB GF – if using GF bread Until I worked out the calories, I wouldn’t have believed that this would be fit for a Fast Day. But it is! Go ahead, enjoy.
++ 2 slices whole wheat bread at 60 calories/slice ++++ 2 slices uncured bacon ++++ 1 oz lettuce ++++ 2-oz sliced tomato ++++ 1/3 cup 3-bean salad ++++ ½ button original Baby-Bel cheese ++
Lightly toast the bread. Cook the bacon until crispy. Assemble the sandwich: bread, lettuce, bacon, tomato, lettuce, bread. Plate with the salad and cheese. A real treat.
Eating well, with creative recipes, to follow the Fasting Lifestyle according to Michael Mosley's "Fast Diet." 