<p>They must be adding some sugar, because that looks like about double the calories of plain grapefruit.</p>
<p>I figure fresh fruit is so much better nutritionally than just about any other imaginable snack, so I don’t even really worry about the calories from a bowl of plain fruit. That’s where the lo-carb diets fall off the rails IMO. Atkins would have you fretting about the carbs in fruit. In the real world, though, if I can substitute some melon, grapefruit, apple, and pineapple for red twizzlers, pringles, or ice cream, I’m way ahead of the game and it’s even plausibly sustainable.</p>
<p>H loves those grapefruit cups and so did I until I realized they were 2 servings and more calories than I felt it was worth. H still buys them in bulk from Costco or Sam’s.</p>
<p>Completely have to agree. Even having worked with a trainer now for two months, he still corrects my form every now and then. Usually it’s when we’re busy talking as I’m doing reps and I’m not focusing as much (which wouldn’t be an issue if he weren’t there and I were doing them along!). </p>
<p>Had a session with him yesterday, then made the HUGE mistake of stopping off at the nursery on the way home to pick up a ‘few’ last minute items for my beds/containers. A few items turned into a lot, and I spent another four hours out in the yard, planting, mulching, etc. Not feeling the best today, with a horrible headache that I think is from tension of holding my head up while on my hands and knees planting, moving mulch around. </p>
<p>Does anyone here have a foam roller that they use for stretching? If so, which muscles do you use it for and what exercises do you do with it? When I started to get stiff last night, very late, I went online to see what exercises I could do with my foam roller and discovered that there are soooooo many ways to use it that I wasn’t aware of. I bought it over a year ago for an adductor injury, but never tried it for anything else.</p>
<p>Meant to add, I found a new indulgence that can be relatively low in calories as long as you have willpower.</p>
<p>BelGioioso makes a tiramisu mascarpone cheese that’s only 16 calories a tablespoon. I bought some low-fat nilla wafers and put a dollop of the mascarpone on a wafer. A few of those really satisfies my sweet tooth!</p>
<p>Even if you do a 1/4 c. of the dip (which is 4 tablespoons), that’s only 64 calories. Then add in the calories from the low-fat nilla wafers (how many depends on how much you spread on each one), and it’s not that bad. I was surprised how long the small container lasted me.</p>
<p>One of my worst eating offenses…and when I get this craving it tells me I am depleted in either dairy or something…is eating Eagle Brand condensed milk right from the can. I crave that stuff and it is REALLY not a good thing to eat. There is now a low-fat version, but still…</p>
I’m a reformed carb junkie. My wife brought home a zip lock bag full of cookies and what appears to be a homemade apple danish type thing from a work party. I haven’t touched 'em. Not one. I woulda plowed through the whole bag in a sitting before. I even turned down the offer of ginger ale from the grocery store, figuring who needs the calories.
I will probably break down and have one of these lemon lime italian ices. 100 calories worth of delicious treat.
<p>The most amazing serving size I’ve seen is the pack of four Cinnabons that were supposedly seven servings. Why not eight?</p>
<p>I can’t imagine eating condensed milk - the only reason I ever have it in the house is to make key lime pie. Since my kids don’t like it, I don’t make it often.</p>
<p>Suggest reading David Kessler’s book, The End of Overeating. It’s a 50-75 page thing blown up to full size, so you can skip over the redundancies. You will understand the meaning of “sugar, fat and salt.” Also, a very, very, very good book is Mindless Eating by Brian Wansink - see website of same name. It describes in plain words the many experiments done, many by his lab, that reveal how we eat in specific contexts and thus how to understand the food eating choices we make and to a certain extent learn how to control them. BTW, I gather his work basically led to the 100 calorie pack.</p>
<p>I’m a reformed carb junkie as well I have not touched the bag of frozen naan that I bought at TJ’s last week. I no longer put sugar into my coffee and tea. I have fruit for dessert. And so on…</p>
<p>(MOfWC, I fess up - I used to eat sweetened condensed milk straight out of the can, too! I will still do, if I had the chance. I remember my mom getting really angry with me because I ate the condensed milk which she bought for holiday baking Eagle Brand - mmmmm…)</p>
<p>NMinn, I love those grapefruit cups. I buy them in boxes of 8 at BJs (the East Coast chain of a big-box store.) I don’t really think the added sugar is a biggie – I certainly couldn’t eat grapefruit (even fresh) without sugar. </p>
<p>I do love my sweet things. When I was a child, I used to eat Jello powder right out of the box.</p>
<p>My favorite treat is chocolate tipped strawberries…especially now that the fruit is in season. I just mike a square of choc, dip a few strawberries in deposit them on some wax paper. </p>
<p>I have also been eating lo carb…but it’s not drastic. The last time I lost 30lbs (when I was 40) I did it by adjusting my diet to be lower carb. And it stayed off for five years. And then some of it creeped back on…slowly but surely. Now…well…it’s a bit harder but I’m getting there. Adding fiber along with lots of water (cereal, beans) has helped. It keeps you fuller for a longer time.</p>
<p>Re carbs: a potato is as bad for raising blood sugar as white table sugar. It does have actual nutrients, especially if you eat the skin, but if your goal is to maintain blood glucose levels without spikes, forget potatoes and get your nutrients elsewhere. Same thing with some fruits. There is a reason why some people have to concern themselves with the carbs in fruit.</p>
I have not touched the bag of frozen naan that I bought at TJ’s last week. I no longer put sugar into my coffee and tea. I have fruit for dessert. And so on…</p>