'Diet' foods

[Mrs Miggins]

I found that when I switched to lower fat ones, I would end up eating more than one bag.

I reckon loads of people do that so they get fatter than they would just eating regular food.

Eat food
Not too much
Mostly plants

That's what I'm trying to live by at the moment...

 

[Hellsbells]

two grams of fat in EACH oatcake. eat six of them and you might as well have a packet of crisps.

Didn't realise that. Can't say i'd personally ever feel the desire to eat 6 in one go anyway though. I normally have 2. Anyway, they're only 45 calories and most of whats in them is good for you - they're about 88% wholegrain oats.

 

[AnnaKarpik]

I reckon loads of people do that so they get fatter than they would just eating regular food.

Eat food
Not too much
Mostly plants

That's what I'm trying to live by at the moment...

Me too.Now that I've admitted that cider is not a vegetable, I'm losing weight too!

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Me too.Now that I've admitted that cider is not a vegetable, I'm losing weight too!

My husband was trying to get me to accept that pear cider constituted one of his 5-a-day

I'm losing weight too!! Without feeling like i'm dieting.

 

[moonsi til]

I'm going to add weight watchers cheesey puff things to my list. Plenty in the bag and 79 cals...and they taste fine which surprised me...though the tortilla chips were really rather gross.

 

[trashpony]

I can't believe that no one's mentioned snack-a-jacks yet. The caramel ones are quite nice. And special k bars are also tasty. And activia 0% fat yoghurt.

But tbh I have lost a stone by cutting out bread/pasta/rice entirely and it is the easiest diet I've ever been on.

 

[Geri]

But tbh I have lost a stone by cutting out bread/pasta/rice entirely and it is the easiest diet I've ever been on.

But why would you want to cut out those things?

 

[trashpony]

But why would you want to cut out those things?

To lose a stone without feeling hungry or as if I'm on a diet. To me, it's easier to cut out 3 things than live in low-cal hell. This way I can have fat.

 

[Geri]

My life wouldn't be worth living without those things. Especially bread!

 

[Sugarmouse]

when I am trying to lose weight (which is alot of the time tbh!) I have a few tricks I use.

• I make huge pots of vegetable soups using stock,vegetables,vegetable juices and herbs/spices..sometimes I throw in a handfulof rice noodles...as long as no starchy vegetables (like potatoes!) are used then I can eat cups of this soup whenever I want soemthing, and I never gain weight from it.

• If you like pasta/noodles use a potato peeler to make threads of carrots-substitute these for half of the usual pasta portion yuo wuold have.

• If you like boiled sweets,freeze grapes and use instead.

• I know there is a lot of controversy about whether 'negative calorie foods' exist, they work for me.making a huge salad made of these and adding it to your plate as a substitute for chips/rice works for calorie cutting.

• if you dont like rice cakes,/crispbreads try buying uncooked popadums (for microwave cooking) and eating those-i thik theyre much nicer

Artificial sweeteners are in some manufactured 'diet' foods, and are proven to be irritating to the gut lining and generally not so good for you. There is also speculation that they increase the appetite, perhaps a side effect of their arguments with the stomaach lining. Nimble bread I agree just seems to have more holes init than usual bread!IT is a good idea though I guess.
I just look at a loaf of bread and get fat!

 

[mrs quoad]

http://mrtea.all.fivegeeks.net/old/chocolate_fudge.html

Original version:

225ml / 1/2 pint double cream
225ml / 1/2 pint milk
250g / 8 oz butter
1kg / 2lb unrefined granulated sugar

200g / 7 oz plain chocolate

Place all ingredients except the chocolate in a large pan. Heat gently, stirring, until the sugar has dissolved. Bring to a rolling boil, stirring, until the soft ball stage (Place a teaspoonful of the mixture in a bowl of cold water. It should form a soft ball.) Remove from the heat. When the mixture stops bubbling, break the chocolate into the mixture and beat until the chocolate has melted into the mixture completely and it has started to thicken. Pour into a greased tin and leave to cool. Place tin into fridge and leave until completely set (overnight is a good length of time for this). Cut into squares. Never, ever eat it

Diet version:

225ml / 1/2 pint skimmed milk
225ml / 1/2 pint water
2.5g / 0.08 oz butter
1kg / 2lb unrefined granulated sweetex / aspartame
200g / 7 oz plain crumbled ricecakes

Place all ingredients except the plain crumbled ricecakes in a large pan. Heat gently, stirring, until the sweetex has dissolved. Bring to a rolling boil, stirring, until the soft ball stage (Place a teaspoonful of the mixture in a bowl of cold water. It should form a soft ball.) Remove from the heat. When the mixture stops bubbling, break the plain crumbled ricecakes into the mixture and beat until the plain crumbled ricecakes has crumbled into the mixture completely and it has started to thicken. Pour into a ungreased tin and leave to cool. Place tin into fridge and leave until completely set (overnight is a good length of time for this). Cut into squares. Never, ever eat it

 

[han]

To lose a stone without feeling hungry or as if I'm on a diet. To me, it's easier to cut out 3 things than live in low-cal hell. This way I can have fat.

Totally agree with that - you can lose weight and still eat nice things - cutting out bread/pasta/potatoes (or only eating v tiny amounts of them) means you can eat pretty much anything else and still lose weight....

Cos what else is there? Protein and veggies, that's what!

I've lost a stone too by doing what Trashy's done (and just having a little drink at the weekends), and it's been really painless.

'Diet' food is horrid imo. Mother nature's healthy stuff is much better - fruit, for example.

 

[*Miss*Sparkle*]

Jelly - sugar free jelly is good for a sweet snack
Those packets of flavoured couscous are a good thing to keep in your desk at work if you fancy something savoury and low fat
My eating plan (I hate the word diet!) means that I have to weigh some of the foods I eat, such as cereals. I stole some of those plastic cups from the water cooler at work and used them to make scoops for my cereal. I weighed out my 2oz of All Bran, put it into a plastic cup and then cut the top off so I have a scoop for exactly 2oz of cereal. Saves getting the scales out all the time.