Hummn feeling quite hungry after reading all of that hehe
 After a heavy supper its easier to just go "slower" the next day and drink
more water.  It's no use worrying that about the points that have already
been consumed!

 >
 > "Doug Lerner" <doug@lerner.net> wrote in message
 > news:BCC4E821.3C472%doug@lerner.net...
 > > On 5/9/04 2:44 PM, in article
 > 1gdhohp.52sxab10698lcN%dhrravr@ohatzhapu.bet,
 > > "The Queen of Cans and Jars" <dhrravr@ohatzhapu.bet> wrote:
 > >
 > > >
 > > >> I ate at Red Lobster tonight.  It was a special end-of-semester
dinner
 > with
 > > >> a good friend but I tried to be "good".  I had the broiled seaman's
 > platter,
 > > >> (stuffed flounder, scallops and shrimp) with a small salad and a
 > pitifully
 > > >> small amout of squash, carrot and brocoli as the side dish.  The
only
 > source
 > > >> I could find on-line for how many calories in what I had to eat
only
 > listed
 > > >> weight watchers points.  It listed the broiled seaman's platter as
 > having 11
 > > >> points (I assume that's without any sides).  Roughly how many
calories
 > would
 > > >> be 11 points?  Anyone want to venture a guesstimate?
 > > >
 > > > i seem to recall one point being equal to roughly 60 calories.
 > > >
 > >
 > > The Weight Watchers point formula is explained here:
 > >
 > > http://www.thefactsaboutfitness.com/research/diet.htm
 > >
 > > doug
 >
 > Thanks.  You can figure weight watchers points if you have all the
 > nutritional information but you can't work backward and figure calories
from
 > just the point figure.  The broiled platter I had consisted of a
flounder
 > fillet with what I think was crab meat stuffing,  ~8 tiny bay scallops
and 6
 > medium shrimp.  Looking up the stuff in the usda data base, I figure
about
 > 150 calories for the flounder fillet, 95 calories for the crab stuffing
 > (based on a crab cake), 30 calories for the scallops, 25 calories for
the
 > shrimp and about 300 calories for the butter that it was all broiled in
for
 > a total of 592 calories.  Ouch.  Maybe next time I should go for a baked
 > fish fillet!
 >
 > Tonia