Alyssa,

Bacon and sausage are high in calories and saturated fat.  Hashbrowns can also be pretty high in calories and fat, depending how you are making them.  I would not advise you to eat a big breakfast like that everyday.  Instead, how about just having 2 eggs and a piece of toast with jam? Or 2 low-fat waffles with a container of low-fat yogurt?

As for the dinners, red meat can also be high in saturated fat.  I would recommend keeping your red meat intake to two times a week at most.  What about trying to add in some chicken or fish? Or even try making the hamburger helper with ground turkey, or very lean ground beef?

Finally, I would recommend that the men that you live with talk to their doctors regarding an appropriate diabetic diet for them.  A diet that high in saturated fat is generally not a good idea for anyone.

When it comes to kicking a caffeine addiction, you have two options.  First, you could slowly wean yourself off of caffeine.  Begin to cut down on the caffeine intake one glass at a time, and replace it with caffeine-free diet soda, seltzer, or water.  The second option is to quit caffeine cold turkey.  Totally eliminate all the caffeine.  You will likely have a caffeine withdrawal headache for a few days, but at the end, you will have kicked the habit.

Sincerely,

Ali Auerbach, MS, RD

Registered Dietitian

hi i have a few questions, one i live with one men and the food they like to eat are totally different than mine, and i always have to get their food and usually its like pork chops, steak and hamburger, we usually eat hamburger helpers alot for dinner, for breakfast we usually make eggs and homemade hashbrowns with bacon or sausage i would like to know if that is good for me to eat everyday and if i should eat something else for breakfast. the two men are also diabetics so i am not quite sure that is a good diet or bad.

and another question is how do i get rid of my caffine addiction with monsters and soda? its really hard to not drink them.