On Dec 6, 12:41 pm, sueb wrote:
On Dec 5, 5:54 pm, " wrote:

OK, here's another list. I call it my prepared food list. The foods
are all low cal.

I don't call any whole product like oats prepared, even though they
have been packaged.

1) Fiber one cereal- at only 60 cal for a half cup, it tastes good and
gives youu 65% of the daily fiber. I mix it with a cup of puffed whole
wheat and use just under a cup of skim milk for a total of 150 cal.
for a delicious breakfast. Actually I eat this at least a couple of
times a day.

If I ate cereal and milk more than once a day, I'd start gaining
weight. I keep Cheerios around as an out of hand snack. It's hard to
eat that way.

2) The Jello sugar-free, fat-free instant pudding. I use it with skim
milk for another low-cal treat.

You make it with skim milk? Does it actually mix up?

3) Dill pickles, banana peppers, jalapeno's, mustard, horseraddish,
hot sauces. These are all condiments/additions to veggie sandwiches
and all are very low. Just make sure they haven't had any sugar or
other sweetner added. Also, they are HIGH sodium, so I don't use too
many of them. I would avoid any mayonaise or other oil/fat based
condiments which add scads of calories to a sandwich. 2 dill slices
contain about 5 cal. Of course you could just slice a cucumber and
avoid the sodium altogether.

I am on a low sodium diet and so can't eat any of these. There are
low calorie and low cholesterol mayonaises that are just fine. Eating
an actual cucumber will give you more fiber.



4) 8th Continent Light Chocolate Soy Drink. It is a wonderful
chocolate milk like drink with only 90 cal per cup which is just 10
cal more than skim milk.

5) Promise fat-free margarine. 5 cal per tablespoon.

6) Natures Own LIGHT honey wheat bread. It isn't whole wheat, but they
have taken out the fat and added fiber to reduce the cal. Each slice
(which is full-sized) has only 40 cal. If you prefer whole wheat,
Sarah Lee makes a Whole Wheat Light bread as well with 45 cal per
slice, but the slices are slightly smaller.

Regular, actually whole wheat bread doesn't have a lot of calories
anyway. If you're trying to lose weight, you are probably not going
to be eating a lot of bread anyway.

7) Sugar-free, fat free yoghurt at 80 cal per 6-oz serving. I like
blueberrie and cherry best. Walmart sells a generic brand that is good
and cheap as well.

I only eat plain no-fat and low fat yogurt and add fruit to it
manually.

8) gum. I know it isn't food exactly, but it keeps your mouth busy. I
have tried every brand of sugarless and by far the best to me is Extra
Spearmint. It is softer and sweeter than any of the others.

9) If you have to eat potato chips, try the (Olestra) Light fat-free
Pringles. They are a little more expensive....about $1.40 a tube, but
they have half the cals of regular potato chips and taste pretty
good.There are 70 cals in 15 chips.

I have never met anyone who could digest Olestra. I certainly can't
and I get lots of exercise. It isn't worth it. I eat one white
cheddar flavored popcorn cake when I get the urge to crunch something
like that. 45 cal, relatively low sodium, portion controlled.

I buy the 100cal packs of Chips Ahoy because they're the lowest in
sodium.

I also get Kalvi (?) crispbread crackers. About 45 cals each, high
fiber, whole grain. Top with a little goat cheese and you get a lot
of flavor.

I eat the 15cal Popsicles. I got a box of Skinny Cow fudgesickles
that are 50cal each.

I'd rather eat real food anyday. So if I have a choice between a
little real food and a lot of pseudo-food, I go with the real food.
I've found that if they've taken out the fat and the sugar, then
they've added salt.

Susan B.

I will look for Skinny cow products, esp the nonfat cheese. I can't
eat much cause I am a little lactose intolerant and drink the Lactaid
fat free milk, but I can eat a little lactose and get away with it. I
understand your preference for real food. For me, I almost always seek
LOTS of food, which translates into low cal which translates always
into nonfat or very low fat and often high fiber. High water food
items work well too, like the skim milk, celery, prepared oatmeal,
etc. I keep asking myself would I like to eat a cookie at 200
cal.....one little cookie that would take me all of 20 seconds to
snarf down and still be starving, or would I like to eat a serving of
oatmeal with a cup of cranberries and blueberries mixed into it for
the same 200 calories. Not even a close call for me. I do admire
people who can eat a tiny bit of peanutbutter or a tiny piece of
chocolate and feel satisfied, but that simply does not work for me,
and never has. I want lots and lots of food. As long as a person
watches their calorie intake very carefully and stops when they reach
their allotment of calories, all diets work. One problem I see is that
people who eat high fat foods can very easily misjudge the calories
they are getting in the concentrated fatty foods. Hey, one celery
stick more or less won't have much effect, maybe 3 calories or so,
but a tablespoon or two of peanut butter more or mayonaise, or butter..
(it's never less, always more...been there/done that)...is 200-400
calories. dkw