38 Foods and/or products that have helped me stay on track? What's yours?

38 Foods and/or products that have helped me stay on track? What's yours?		brighteyes777
		Jul 26 2007 14:26
My Quick List: Foods that are helping me get back on track. Some may be new finds for you, others are really quite popular. (I invite you to suggest your own) (1.)Fit and Active Yogurt about 60 Calories (Made with Splenda) (2.)Laughing Cow light Cheese about 35 Calories a triangle (3.)Cool-Aid (Yes you heard me right) Just make with two Splenda cool-aid Packets (Makes lovely Tea as well---just use the flavor YOUR choice) (4.)Sugar Free Jell-o about 10 Calories (5.)Sugar Free Pudding Cups about 60 Calories (6.)Fudge Pops about 40 Calories (7.) Lean Pockets (Whole Grain) Supreme Pizza About 210 Calories (8.)1 Cup Of Strawberries, tossed with Splenda and topped with two Tablespoons of fat free Cool whip About 60 Calories (9.)Progressive Soups Between 200-300 Calories a can (10.)Skinny Cow Ice Cream Sandwiches (???) I think 140 correct me if I'm wrong PLEASE! (11.)Fiber One Bar (Peanut butter or chocolate) about a 140 calories (35% of your daily fiber) and the chocolate one tastes like a candy bar to me. (12.)100 Calorie Packs make your choice---Hostess, Oreo, Nutty Buddy, The list goes on (13.)Turkey Bacon about 35 Calories a slice (14.) Blue Bonnet Light Margarine About 40 Calories a tablespoon (15.) Kozy Shack Rice Pudding (No Sugar Added) about 90 Calories per serving (Made with Splenda) (16.) Light Flat Out Wraps: whole grain, 90 calories, 16 Carbs, 6-net carbs, and they work for wraps, tacos or as the base for a veggie pizza. www.flatoutbread.com (17.)Light Bread, several brands including Hot Dogs and hamburger buns Calories vary but the bread is about 40 Calories per slice. (18.)Kroger's Sugar Free banana Popsicles about 15 calories (19.)Creamsicle About 20 Calories for a single pop (20.)Garden Burger About a 100 calories per burger (21.)Mrs. Dash& Accent Both used for seasoning 0 Calories (22.) Cooking Spray (23.) Light Miracle Whip (24.)Smith's Low Fat Cottage Cheese about 80 calories per ½ cup (25.)1% Milk about 100 Calories for an 8oz glass (26.)Ball Park "Light" Hotdogs 40 Calories a piece (27.) 2% Kraft Shredded cheese about 80 calories per ¼ cup (28.) Tuna Canned (in water) about 150 Calories a can (29.)Hunts Spaghetti Sauce 60 Calories per ½ cup (30.)Chef Boyardee Pizza Sauce 35 calories for ¼ cup (31.)Chef Boyardee Pizza Mix (You control the thickness of the crust, the quality of toppings you add and the type---I've made this for as little as 120 Calories per slice. (32.)Tilapia frozen Fish about 100 Calories per piece (33.)Rice Cakes 60 Calories for seven ( Chocolate is my fav) but they have savory flavors as well. (34) Honey Nut Cherrio's 3/4 Cup 110 Calories (35) 2% Borden Cheese Singels 50 Calories (36) Fresh Fruits& Veggies (All kinds) (37) Baked Corn Chips By Tostitos "Scoops" 120 Calories for 15 chips (38) South Beach Diet chicken pizza About 330 cals Now I know that some of these aren't the lowest calorie options available, but I'm making changes that I can live with. I'm looking for more suggestions to widen my choices, so if you have any. Please add onto the list below.
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#21	_cupcakes_	Oct 20 2007 14:35
Oatmeal! Splenda Coke zero Strawberries Brown rice Soy sauce Cruskets Low fat sliced meats - turkey and ham and peppermint tea!
#22	phoenix121	Oct 20 2007 16:25
Kashi GoLean La Tortilla Factory Low Carb/Fat Tortillas (Green Onion flavor!) Turkey Deli Meat Apples Dannon Light N Fit Yogurt (strawberry banana) Blue Bunny Health Smart Fudge Bars (35 cals each; 3?4? grams fiber!) Diet Pepsi Trident Sugarfree Cinnamon Gum Flavored Water Strawberries Mushrooms Cucumbers Genisoy Soy Crisps, especially Roasted Garlic and Onion flavor (great snack with surprising protein!) Soup (chicken/veggie broth; Progresso's, etc) Peppermint tea Water 99% Fat Free Kettle Korn minibags
#23	brighteyes777	Dec 11 2007 12:58
~Bump~ I thought maybe someone else could add to this. Here is some of my new finds. Progressive *Weight watches” Soups 120 Calories a can Baked apples with spices and SPLENDA Brown Sugar Canned pumpkin Frozen berries with splenda (75 calories a serving)
#24	udokier	Dec 11 2007 13:16
At the risk of coming off a little critical - can I say, all of the things in your list are "products". I dunno, what has worked for me is focusing more on getting foods rather than prepared food products. But hey, if it works for you, great. My number one is carrots - when I first started and was getting lots of cravings, I kept a tupperware full of raw carrot slices that I could dip into salsa for a super-low-cal snack that I could eat as much as I wanted to fill up. 2. Chicken breasts. I gave up the salty, chemical-filled lunch meats and started baking up a batch of skinless chicken breasts in the oven, which I keep sliced in the fridge for making my sandwiches all week. Turkey would work just as well. Yummy, tons of protein & almost no fat. 3. Baguette/french bread - for the sandwiches - it's more filling and has fewer calories than sliced white. I try to get whole wheat when I can, but it's very expensive and rare in Japan. 4. All-bran - love the simple taste and it has half your daily fiber in a one cup serving. One serving with a banana each morning keeps me full til lunch, also keeps me regular. 5. Plain yogurt and apples. This is one of my staple treats, chop up an apple in a half cup of plain yogurt, and I feel like I'm having the most luxurious treat. 6. squares of Meiji chocolate. Also feels like being sinful, but they're only 26 calories each, and if youjust let them melt inyour mouth rather than chewing, they're delicious and last a little while. 7. Green salads. I have a big one before lunch and dinner, and it helps fill me up and provides extra fiber. My typical salad is lettuce and sometimes spinach, sliced cukes, shredded carrots, a thin-chopped green pepper and maybe a couple of cherry totmatoes. 8. Ponzu/Aji-pon - this japanese sauce is a great, non-caloric, but non-chemical salad dressing. Love it! Making things homemade, using very little salt or fat, and having my plate consist of 50% veg, 25% protein and 25% carb are other things that helped. Making the veggies the center of the meal rather than the meat. Cutting out all sodas including diet sodas, also artificial sweeteners. So far, I've lost almost 80 lbs and feel fantastic, so I'm a believer!
#25	nickiebabie	Apr 11 2008 07:32
-Grilled Chicken -Kraft Toasted Asian sesame ginger dressing LIGHT! (light actually tastes better than original in my opinion) -cucumbers -fiber1 granola bars (chocolate is the BEST!!) -mostly anything from trader joes! like their muffins! (eat them quick they spoil fast!) -laughing cow wedgies light -soy chocolate milk -cold cooked shrimp with cocktail sauce (although high in cholesterol) -roasted red pepper hummus -lots of water (duh) -portioning snacks myself! -all bran crackers (theyre delish and have soo much fiber!) -kix cereal with skim milk -glennys soy crisps -green tea with stevia packets :) -cooked brocolli with a TINY bit of olive oil and lemon -grapefruits...(slice in half and cut the inside up like a desert and eat out of the "bowl" i swear it tastes better this way! lol -fresh tomatoes (i like to cut them into thick slices and then if i make some low cal tuna and dont feel like having bread i put some tuna on top of the thick slice of tomatoe its DELISH -1 whole egg and tiny bit of egg beaters (feel like ur eating real eggs with out the yuckie taste/texture of egg beaters!) and mix in some cayanne pepper ....i think thats enuff for now ill add more if they come to me lol
#26	phalange1188	Apr 12 2008 04:37
As a college student, I'm always looking for easy but healthy food solutions. These lists are great! Here's my own list (excuse the repeats!): - Kashi GoLean cereal. It definitely merits another mentioning! I honestly live off of this stuff...a cup of this mixed with some Special K for lunch every day! -Apple Cinnamon Rice Cakes. Delish and only 50 cals! They're great for satifying my cravings for anything carb-y or sweet. -Peanut Butter. I've tried to give it up, but I love it oh so much. I do my best to control myself by eating 2 tablespoons on a rice cake as my afternoon snack. -Chai Tea. It's nice and sweet, so it really makes me feel like I'm having dessert. -Coffee. Can't live without it. -Cottage Cheese. Breakfast every morning! Mix it with strawberries/peaches/or any other fruit that's available at the cafeteria and I'm good to go.
#27	white_sakura	Apr 12 2008 04:58
1) Luna Bars - keeps me away from chocolate because it satisfies me and makes me not want to eat chocolate after, since it doesn't honestly taste THAT great lol (~200 cals) 2) Turkey sandwiches - usually make them with a bunch of veggies (~150 cals) 3) Nuts/peanut butter - I usually flake out on fats, so I get some at least every day from these 4) Trident White 5) Silk soy milk - creamy without the cals =D 6) Fuji apples - kills my craving for anything, for only 80 cals and 5 grams of fiber! 7) Cherry tomatoe
#28	sportychicwithmuscle	Apr 12 2008 09:11
1.) cottage cheese! cottage cheese! and cottage cheese! (but it has to be with cinnamon and splenda) 2.) any kind of sugar free gum 3.) cashew nuts! ( i would normally eat it when i am "backed up" if ya know what i mean!) 4.) Light wasa crackers! (it taste like kix) 5.) GREEN TEA! I drink it every night! 6.) honey nut cheerios or kix cereal oh! or special k! love the combo!
#29	sun123	Apr 12 2008 15:08
What an important thread - such great ideas !!! I did mine by my grocery list, which is sorted by store department : ........... SHELVED.... 1 La Tortilla lowfat low carb 50cal tortillas 2 Sara Lee whole wheat D'Lightful bread 3 Triscuits 4 canned black beans 5 canned greenbeans 6 canned tuna 7 canned salmon 8 canned chicken 9 Progresso lite soup 10 Kashi GoLean 11 SF jellos 12 SF puddings (vanilla, choc, butterscotch) 13 Crystal Light (peach iced tea, apple, lemonade) 14 Pam ........... FRIDGE.... 15 skim milk 16 eggs 17 no fat cottage cheese (with pumpkin pie spice / splenda) 18 lowfat string cheese 19 John Soules precooked fajita chicken 20 Oscar Mayer shaved lowfat turkey 21 Oscar Mayer shaved lowfat roast beef 22 Oscar Mayer shaved lowfat ham 23 shrimp 24 salmon ...........FREEZER .... 25 South Beach TV dinners 26 Gardenburger black bean burgers 27 Froz brocolli 28 Froz cauliflower 29 SF fudgsicles ........... PRODUCE.... 30 onions 31 sliced mushrooms 32 cilantro 33 apples 34 pears 35 grapefruit 36 raw cauliflower (for popcorn cauliflower) 37 spaghetti squash 38 YIKES - that was the end of my grocery list
#30	giasbash6260	Apr 12 2008 19:24
Free range beef, bison, ostrich, elk & venison Fish galore (sashimi, yellowtail collars, eel, escolar, etc.) All the veggies I can eat (that I like) excluding: potatoes, beans, peas, corn, legumes Egg Whites & Rice Bran Coffee & Stevia Sweetener Nori & Seaweed Tapenades & Mustard Whole Foods Prepared Food Section (good for my diet because what I select is healthy, but not so good for my wallet, although when you think about it, my wallet is thinning too... HA HA) Canned Green Beans, Tomato Paste, Artichoke Hearts & Straw Mushrooms Olive Oil, Flaxseed Oil & Macadamia Nut Oil (And Olive Oil Spray)
#31	jessica419	Apr 14 2008 00:24
GREAT THREAD! nuts (walnuts, cashews) kidney beans atkins protein shakes amy's frozen dinners, particularly brown rice bowl
#32	heathmarpar	Apr 14 2008 23:34
Things that I don't let myself run out of: Bolthouse Farms all natural Yogurt salad dressing in either Ranch or Creamy Asiago (Similar nutritional info as Hidden Valley Light ranch, but tastes wayyy better) Blue diamond All natural Almond 100 cal pack Kashi Go Lean Crunch Bagged Veggie lover's Salad Blend Krakus deli ham peanut butter Fresh Spinach (we eat a LOT of spinach at my house) Thomas' 100 english muffins, and 100 cal bagels *EDIT I forgot two very important things!! Red bell peppers Hommus
#33	brownsug	Apr 15 2008 20:34
fresh & packaged fruit Special K vanilla soy milk Quakers rice cakes, esp. chocolate, peanut butter, & cheddar cheese frozen broccoli turkey bacon South Beach Diet foods Lean Cuisine dinners, especially the pizza! sugar free frozen fruit bars sugar free drink mixes for bottled water
#34	livelaughlove51	Apr 16 2008 05:53
1. APPLES - addicted.. keep one with me at all times! I always have an extra in my car & I honestly no longer stop at convenience stores when I'm hungry and on-the-go! :) 2. Tea - green, honey-lemon, etc (the warmth tides over hunger!) 3. Mustard - one of the few condiments I use (don't even use salad dressing anymore!) 4. FiberOne cereal 5. Cinnamon - put it on SO much 6. Quick oats - (1/4 cup oats, 1/2 cup FB1, & cinnamon = 135cal & filling) 7. Egg Beaters - (1/2 cup EB & LOTS of veggies = under 100cal & filling) 8. Laughing Cow Light Cheese Wedges (35 cal/wedge - add to my omelettes, or dip carrots in!) 9. La Tortilla Factory, Low Carb, Whole Wheat Wraps (80 cal, great for pizza/wraps!) 10. Tuna - 150cal/can or 90cal/pouch 11. FISH - I LOVE salmon, tilapia, haddock, cod, etc. 12. Quinoa 13. Black Beans (90cal for a 1/2 cup & SOO good for you! plus filling! throw a handful in my omelettes a lot) 14. Quaker Puffed Wheat - not that I support 'binging', but sometimes you just need to munch on something! When I'm watching TV/bored and crave something.. I reach for this.. 1 and 1/4 cup = 50 calories!! The pieces are small so it takes a while to eat (dry, of course) and it helps! Also, I try to avoid milk&cereal because I can't limit myself, so if I DO have it, I use like 80% puffed wheat and 20% whatever cereal I'm craving.. it helps limit calorie intake! Same thing with trail mix ... I can never stop... so I use puffed wheat as a 'base' and put a LOT more of this than nuts, etc! 15. Tofurkey Roasted Turkey Deli Slices - 100cal for 5 slices. I usually just dip a slice in some hummus for a quick protein-filled snack! 16. Almond Breeze Unsweetend Original - LOVE LOVE LOVE. 40cal/8oz cup! 17. South Beach Diet Tide Me Over Drink Mix - 30cals, 3g fiber 5g protein 18. South Beach Diet or Balance Bars - 210cal/each .. only ones that'll fill me 19. Quorn Naked Cutlets - 80cal/cutlet & SO SO good :) 20. Boca Original Vegan Burgers - 70cal/burger - how can you beat it? 21. Frozen Broccoli - have with almost every meal! 2lb bag is only $2 and can be microwaved in under 2mins! :) 22. Enviga energy drinks - 10cal/can & give me the energy I sometimes need! 23. Libby's Canned Pumpkin - baking 24. Unsweetened Applesauce - baking 25. Light Bread (local grocery store brand) - 35/cal slice 26. Fresh Express bagged salads - can be pricey, but I work in an office and will just snack on a bag throughout the day! Whole bag = less than 60cal; sometimes I just need to 'munch' :) 27. Grapefruits - filling snack :) 28. Frozen Berries - strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, & blackberries. I try to get my 'different colored' produce in & this helps! I'll often add 'em to oatmeal :) 29. Soy Sauce - low sodium 30. Franks Red Hot Sauce - love love love! 31. Cayenne Pepper 32. Thomas' Light English Muffins - 100cal 33. Gardenburger Veggie Medley - not sure cal count off-hand. 34. Miso Soup - homemade :) 35. Dannon Light and Fit Yogurt - 60 cal 36. Flax Seeds - 1TBSP = 30 cal & mix in with either oatmeal or yogurt 37. Green Beans and Asparagus - great side-dish when just steamed!! 38. Michelob Ultra - a gal's gotta get her beer-fix sometimes .. :)
#35	lilreenz	Apr 16 2008 16:15
a few from me... Laughing cow cheese wedges Ryvita - (with #1 is yummy) Lipton Diet Green Tea with Citrus Mushrooms Honey Mustard Subway Veggie Delite Morningstar Tomato Pizza Burger - so yummy! Pita Pockets Pita bread - for making pizza's Tofu Red/green Peppers and onions Broccoli All spices, cumin, chili powder, garlic Luna Bars
#36	enia28	Apr 23 2008 23:08
Just a fewww guilt free foods I love: 1. Raw Broccoli with Hummus 2. So Nice Pomerante Blueberry Juice (60 cals per 237ml) 3. Organic Gala Apples 4. Strawberries with Vanilla Activia Yogurt 5. Mocha Liberte Yogurt (130cals per 3/4 cup) 6. TLC honey sesame crackers 7. PC Organic Crunchy Corn cereal (120 cals per cup) 8. All Bran Strawberry Medley Cereal (180 cals per 1 1/4 cup and 10g of fiber per serving!!) 9. Anything Kashi :)! 10. Chapmans vanilla frozen yogurt 11. Source strawberry yogurt (50cals per 100g) 12. Canned Tuna in water (140cals per can) 13. Grapefruits 14. banana with peanut butter 15. Pumpkin Flax gronola 16. almonds 17. dried cranberries 18. starfruits 19. 1% or 2% Cottage Cheese (100cals per 125ml) 20. maple flakes (10cals per 1tbsp) 21. Rolled Oats 22. Steel cut Oats 23. smoothies 24. Luna Bars 25. peanut butter (skippy light) (80cals per 1tbsp and 6g of fat) 26. calorie reduced ranch dressing (35 cals per 2tbsp & 2g fat) 27. Spinach 28. steamed veggies with olive oil and balsamic vinegar 29. pc organic wheat squares 30. 70% dark chocolate 31. lipton singles (to make flavoured water)
#37	cookies_n_milk	Apr 29 2008 02:08
hi i love chapmans frozen yogurt, also diet root-beer..add a scoop of light vanilla ice cream and have a root beer float!
#38	brighteyes777	May 21 2008 17:27
Recently Discovered: Jell-o brand Sugar-free Rice Pudding 70 Calories La-tortilla Factory (Low Carb/High Fiber) 50 Calories 7grams of fiber Vita-Splash Raspberry Lemonade 30 calories (I THINK!) 5 grams of fiber Jimmy Dean fully Cooked Turkey sausage 2-patties 120 calories Aunt Millies’s Healthy Goodness (Fiber& Flavor) Potato Bread 2-slices 110 calories 3 grams of fiber honestly the best bread I’ve found!!!! Not like diet bread at all because it’s NOT! Banquet Brown and Serve Turkey sasuage 110 claories for 3 links Creamcicles Krogers brand 100 calories
#39	lswanson1002	May 21 2008 17:52
1% cottacge cheese with Hazelnut flavored Splenda Unsalted whole wheat melba toast Jarlsberg Lite Cheese (50 cals and 2.5 fat grams per slice)
#40	brighteyes777	May 29 2008 13:33
This weeks finds... Wasa Light Rye Crispbread 30 calories per slice and 1.5 grams of fiber each. Joseph's Oat Bran and Whole Wheat Flour Pita bread: one Pita 60 calories 5 grams of fiber Frozen peaches 140 grams 60 calories 2 grams of fiber Breyers French Chocolate fat free ice cream 1/2 cup (66 grams) 90 calories 4 grams of fiber
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