Prince Puddin Pants, Formally Known as Prince Porkchops Pants, Article by Diet Bites

Diet & Weight Loss Pudding Tips

Once Upon a time there lived a handsome prince named Prince Puddin Pants (Formally Known as Prince Porkchops Pants).  As you may have already guessed, Prince has a passion for pudding in his diet......might we add, 'his Daily Diet'.

Prince loved creamy instant pudding so much that he feasted on it at breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack times and bedtime.  Although Prince loved instant pudding, it didn't love him.  His cummerbund was suddenly strained and he had no need of balloon-type pantaloons for his thighs were ample filling in themselves!

As Prince gazed into his royal looking glass, he pondered his ponderous situation.  What, oh what, could he do to banish these wide hips and thighs?  He was so frustrated that he called in the Royal Court Jester to perform ridiculous things that would produce gut-wrenching laughs from the Prince.  But Prince could not laugh.

When the Jester saw how distressed Prince was, he suggested, "Why not call in the Royal Dietitian?  She will know how to rid those bulges - I am sure of it!"

Prince heeded his Jester's advice and soon the Royal Dietitian was there.  It was no secret within the castle walls that Prince loved pudding.  With that Diet Knowledge in mind, she pulled two boxes from her bosom and showed them to Prince - the boxes, that is.

One was a box of instant pudding prepared with sugar.  The Royal Dietitian showed the Prince that each 1/2 cup serving contained about 180 calories when prepared with whole milk.  Prince had been enjoying the pudding by the box-load, prepared with whole milk.  Sometimes, he would even use chocolate milk in his instant chocolate pudding mix for a richer batch.  Prince liked rich.

The Royal Dietitian then showed Prince a box of instant, sugar free, fat free pudding.  When prepared with skimmed milk, a 1/2 cup serving contained a mere 70 calories.  The Royal Dietitian then produced two ready-made puddings from her bosom and challenged the Prince to do a taste-test.  To his astonishment, Prince could not tell the difference in the puddings!  So he thought, 'Why eat the full-blown pudding when I can enjoy the light pudding for the same taste-bang?'  And that is just what he did.

Except.....he cut back on the amount of pudding that he was enjoying each day and substituted healthy salads sprinkled with low fat ranch dressing.  His pantaloons slowly deflated and Prince resumed his trim shape that he had in his pre-pudding days.  

Prince also discovered that the less pudding he ate, the less pudding that he wanted.  He also found a new craving amid his Puddin Adventure.  He began to not only eat healthy salads, but he incorporated nuts, veggies and fish into his diet.  In fact, Prince begin to eat so much healthy fish that he acquired a new nickname, that being, 'The Prince of Whales'.

Moral of the Diet Story: Gaining weight is about more than what you eat.  It's also about how much you eat and when you eat.  Indeed, we are what we eat.