Best diet prepared foods

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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. dkw