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.

Oh ya, I didn't answer your question. Yes, it mixes with skim milk.
You can't make Junket with skim milk, but instant pudding works well.
Cereal is actually low cal so you could eat a lot of it with skim milk
provided you eat things like the puffed whole wheat and whole rice
with nothing else added except a couple of Splenda. Like I said the
fiber 1 (1/2 cup) plus a cup of puffed wheat makes a nice snack. A
little under half a cup (30 cal. of skim milk is plenty, since the
cereal doesn't really soak up the milk) and that is only 150 calories.
Granted, puffed wheat is not the same as corn pops, but it has only 60
cal per cup too, and I like the taste. It is a compromise though, but
hey if we aren't willing to compromise somewhere, we would be back to
200+ lbs. I even taught myself to like tomatoes, so I can report from
personal experience that food preference is a learned behavior. When
you consider the fact some cultures eat raw seal eyeballs or blubber
or bugs...and really love the stuff, you realize this is true.

I only eat a few chips with Olestra and there are no ill effects.

I would never eat packaged cookies for the reason I said....not enough
food for the calories. 100 calorie packages are certainly a reasonable
way to go though if you plan to eat cookies. It is kind of a gimick
too since you could buy a larger bag a lot cheaper and figure 100
calories worth. I assume they are the same cookies, just delivered in
a "value-added" package. That would be value added to the company
though, certainly not to you, unless it allows you to somehow trick
yourself into thinking you're eating more with those itsy-bitsy
packages. dkw