Some SUPER Snack Ideas

cowgirrlup · 07-13-2008, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by tiffridesaharley

My favorite snack that helps with the sweet tooth is Fiber One bars. I don't have a box in front of me but they are loaded with fiber and even have a little protein. I know that as far a Weight Watchers points go, they are a 1 point snack and they taste like a candy bar. I love them. Don't eat more than one per day though because all that fiber can have you running to the bathroom. Not a snack to overdose on.

I was wondering if those were good, thank you! I got a free little box of Fiber One cereal in the mail and it was really good...some kind of new flavor. I will definitely try the bars now. Snacks like that are so handy to pack in a purse, too!

LOL..I will make sure I don't eat more than one though..thanks for the warning!

tiffridesaharley · 07-13-2008, 05:35 PM

The Chocolate are the best. They have peanut butter too and they just came out with caramel. I haven't tried the caramel yet. I try to keep a couple in the glove box of the truck so I can have a good snack, or fit in a mini meal, when I am on the go. There is usually one in my purse and I keep some at work. I usually eat about 5 per week. I love them, one of my little pleasures. I haven't tried the cereal, I was worried that it would taste like cardboard. So it is good huh? I better run out and get some!!

cowgirrlup · 07-13-2008, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by tiffridesaharley

The Chocolate are the best. They have peanut butter too and they just came out with caramel. I haven't tried the caramel yet. I try to keep a couple in the glove box of the truck so I can have a good snack, or fit in a mini meal, when I am on the go. There is usually one in my purse and I keep some at work. I usually eat about 5 per week. I love them, one of my little pleasures. I haven't tried the cereal, I was worried that it would taste like cardboard. So it is good huh? I better run out and get some!!

The cereal I had was the caramel cereal..it was really really good! The regular cereal is kind of blah, but its great mixed in with other cereals as it adds some bulk and fiber.

I think I will need to try the chocolate bars! Yum!

tiffridesaharley · 07-13-2008, 05:50 PM

I am trying to "diet" while still eating things that I enjoy. I know that once I reach goal I don't want to live the rest of my life eating like a rabbit. I eat real food, fat free means nothing to me. I think that the fat in the food isn't the problem, it is the amount of the food you eat. My body feels healthier when I eat a real food as opposed to processed to the hilt food that they have removed everything from. Sure I have to eat less of it, but what I am eating is more wholesome in my opinion. In my experience, I have lost more weight on a calorie controlled diet, where I still eat everything I love. If I have a piece of cake, that counts toward those calories and I still don't go over. I am not going to live the rest of my life worrying about every gram of this or that. Doing it this way, I can still eat the food I want, but I am learning portion control. I know what 200 calories of spaghetti looks like now. I know what a 150 calorie sandwich is. This is the most effective way to make a life change for me. If I eat a ton of low calories foods, my body will be used to eating a lot. If I eat a smaller portion of what I consider real food, my body will be used eating the smaller portions and I won't get hungry as easily. Ok, I was rambling again. Sorry.

**susanpesek** · 07-13-2008, 06:05 PM

You Kids have REALLY got some STRONG, WISE legs to stand on! And you have been studying. You make great points and I learn SO much from you.

Thank you for continually sharing and never being intimidated~RAMBLING? What's ramblimg?

tiffridesaharley · 07-13-2008, 06:07 PM

That is one thing I am not, shy or easily intimidated. Sometimes bordering on obnoxious. lol

cowgirrlup · 07-13-2008, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by tiffridesaharley

I am trying to "diet" while still eating things that I enjoy. I know that once I reach goal I don't want to live the rest of my life eating like a rabbit. I eat real food, fat free means nothing to me. I think that the fat in the food isn't the problem, it is the amount of the food you eat. My body feels healthier when I eat a real food as opposed to processed to the hilt food that they have removed everything from. Sure I have to eat less of it, but what I am eating is more wholesome in my opinion. In my experience, I have lost more weight on a calorie controlled diet, where I still eat everything I love. If I have a piece of cake, that counts toward those calories and I still don't go over. I am not going to live the rest of my life worrying about every gram of this or that. Doing it this way, I can still eat the food I want, but I am learning portion control. I know what 200 calories of spaghetti looks like now. I know what a 150 calorie sandwich is. This is the most effective way to make a life change for me. If I eat a ton of low calories foods, my body will be used to eating a lot. If I eat a smaller portion of what I consider real food, my body will be used eating the smaller portions and I won't get hungry as easily. Ok, I was rambling again. Sorry.

I agree one million percent! We have to learn to eat the right way again so we can make it our way of eating for life, not a diet!

I am also one of those persons who figures a treat into my eating.....I missed out on too many birthday and holiday celebrations beacuse of my "diets" and I cannot get those days back.

I got off track with my eating due to some very bad things in my life....but now I am back on track. I am eating healthy and wholesome, just like you are and I watching my portions. I dont buy "diet" food. heck I dont even eat meat!

I am surprised that I am using the phen-d, but I needed a bit of a push to get going again.

I think we are fabulous and we are doing fabulous and we will always be fabulous and we will eventually be healthy & fabulous!

P.S. no, you aren't rambling, you are just chatting with some new friends and we are all getting to know each other.

tiffridesaharley · 07-13-2008, 07:10 PM

Thanks for non rambling reassurance. lol

Yesterday was my nephews birthday and I HAD A PIECE OF CAKE! It didn't kill me, it fit in my calories. You can have what you want, you just have to work it in. If I know I am going somewhere I will save some calories to have what I want, No guilt. I have always felt that if you deny yourself it is asking for failure.