<p>Diets have not work for me in a past in terms of permanent loss. Finally, I stick to food that I personally love. I do not eat what others do, even other family members. I eat until I am full, then I stop. I eat very crazy stuff by most peo</p>
<p>I tend to just prefer a “granola” over “bar” - w/milk, on top of yogurt,etc. But right now I just want to stay away a bit, cause I love it on my yogurt, but want more than a “sprinkle”. :)</p>
<p>Great point though.</p>
<p>I try to limit myself to about 80 carbs per day. That means almost no bread. When I need a slice or 2 I turn to Pepperidge Farm Very Thin Whole Wheat. About 7 grams per slice.</p>
<p>My mid-afternoon snack is usually raw celery with cottage cheese. Or, when I really want to whoop it up, peanut butter. ;)</p>
<p>I dunno. At 95 calories per tablespoon, I had to get the peanut butter out of the house to lose weight/fat. That’s pretty mucht the same as eating a tablespoon of butter. I will do that for haddock poached in a wine butter sauce, but I won’t generally just sit there and snack on a pat of butter on a cracker or celery stick and hope to lose much weight. It’s just too easy to dip into that jar for 200 or 300 calories, “just a taste” at a time. Same thing with cheese and crackers.</p>
<p>I think each individual has to figure out what foods they must stay away from. I can easily eat a spoon of peanut butter. It is probably only once a month. If I am running out the door and know I am already hungry it is enough that it fills me up and I am not tempted to stop and buy something unhealthy. I could not eat two or three crackers with salami or cheese. I can’t eat 2 or 3 crackers. It triggers a carb attack. Same with any sort of bread. So I save my bread for the weekend.</p>
<p>^^^ Me too! Bread is my trigger! I am definitely a breadaholic! Just can’t do it! I ashamed to say I have eaten almost whole loaves of bread that I have baked. I just can’t do it any more! I don’t eat any candy, cakes, ice cream, or stuff like that but OMG!!!..I LOVE bread!</p>
<p>I can put one teaspoon of peanut butter on a banana and be perfectly happy, but cookies are the thing I can’t stop eating. I also love bread, but don’t find store bought bread that tempting. My husband won’t eat bread at all anymore except a token slice if it’s fresh baked, so I don’t bake bread any more. I know granola bars are pretty sugary, but I also know exactly how many calories they are - I eat them accordingly.</p>
<p>Amen, mom60. I’ve slowly learned that you can eat just about anything you like and lose weight as long as you eat an amount that stays within your target calorie range for the day. What you can’t do is start in on binge eating. You’ve got to be able to eat that one tablespoon or that little bowl of granola and then walk away. If you can’t walk away, you can’t have that food around.</p>
<p>I shudder to think at the number of times I would make myself a midnight snack of six Sociable crackers with a good dollop of peanut butter on each one. That’s like a 500 calorie snack! And, I wondered why I was putting on weight. That’s close to a pound a week in midnight snacks. Or the same thing with extra sharp Cabot cheddar cheese on crackers. That’s the kind of grazing that will flat put on the pounds. Don’t even get me started on a bag of red twizzlers or sour gummy worms or dry roasted peanuts…</p>
<p>What about fiber? I am used to eating high-fiber (and high carb) cereal for fiber.</p>
<p>1st weapon of destruction:
Freshly baked bread at Costco - you touch the wrapper and the bread is still warm…yes, I too have a weakness for bread…</p>
<p>2nd weapon of destruction:
Watched Rachael Ray 30 minutes meals tonight - it was all good - salmon, with a mustard sauce and a fresh raw veggie medley for on top - until the next item - she made crispy fried mashed potato patties. Kill-me-now.</p>
<p>But I made it through watching and got over the craving to grab something bad! Baby steps…</p>
<p>I’d love to hear some fiber suggestions. I can’t stand the high fiber whole grain breads. And the high fiber cereals just aren’t good enough to warrant the calories when I could be chowing down on something good. I eat a ton of salads and crunchy brocolli and stuff, but LiveStrong says I’m still way low on fiber. I might have to start investigating the fiber supplements.</p>
<p>Any ideas?</p>
<p>Psyllium husk. We get it at TJ’s. You have to take it as a medicine, not as something you can enjoy. There is no way to enjoy that stuff, but it does the job; “soluble fiber” that can be added to cereal, etc. is a load of baloney, IMO.</p>
<p>interesteddad, do you like dark leafy greens (collards greens, turnip greens,kale,spinach)?</p>
<p>I eat high fiber cereal every day. Some of my favorites (that are really good) are:
Quaker Oat Squares (cinnamon flavor is the best but regular is pretty good too)
Kelloggs Fiber Plus Berry Yogurt Crunch
Kashi cereals
Fiber One yogurt is good too. </p>
<p>black beans, lentils, avacodos, blackberries and raspberries, dried fruit (esp. figs),baked potatoes w/skin, vegetable soup(Progresso makes a high fiber one) ,artichokes,apples,whole wheat pasta w/ fiber</p>
<p>For fiber I throw flax seeds into soups and scrambled eggs. I love the high fiber veggies. Or I take a Benefiber tab or stir some Fiber-sure into my morning coffee. Gotta keep things moving, you know. (TMI folks?)</p>
<p>DH eats the uber high fiber cereals (Kellogg’s All Bran, etc.) but that’s still too many net carbs for me.</p>
<p>Yes. I eat a lot of spinach, romaine lettuce, and so forth. When I eat bread, I eat whole grain rye or pumpernickle. So I’m getting a some dietary fiber.</p>
<p>Bunsen: Are those Pysllium husk things 500mg capsules? How many do you take? That looks like it could be a way to go for me. Frankly, I could care less… but, they say we need fiber.</p>
<p>I’m really hesitant about the high fiber cereals and stuff. They tend to be very high calorie and I’d rather invest my calories in stuff I really like. I despise whole grain pasta. I’d rather not have pasta, to be honest.</p>
<p>I do eat the skin with baked potatoes. Let’s see, the last baked potato I had was in January. In fact, that would have been the last time I had potato in any shape or form, except for the small bits that are in some flavors of Progresso soup. I have had a baked sweet potato a couple of times (with skin).</p>
<p>The other thing I make in the morning is a kind of pancake/omelet hybrid. two eggs, a half cup of oatmeal, cinnamon, half cup of blueberries, and a half cup of skim milk beaten together and put onto a hot skillet sprayed with pam. I spread it thin, and then when it starts to thicken up I flip it onto itself and it makes an omelet shape. sprinkle with some brown sugar or a little syrup… I’m a decent-sized guy, so you could probably cut the portions in half. Worth a shot, as it combines several healthy foods and takes about 10 minutes to prepare.</p>
<p>Wow ^^^ that sounds interesting!</p>
<p>That does sound interesting. What kind of oatmeal do you use?</p>
<p>You can throw ground up flax seeds into just about anything if you are worried about fiber. I’ve put it in oatmeal, in yogurt, in stews…</p>
<p>I-dad, this article explains how this stuff has to be taken:</p>
<p>[Benefits</a> Of Psyllium Husks Vs. Psyllium Powder | LIVESTRONG.COM](<a href=“http://www.livestrong.com/article/287337-benefits-of-psyllium-husks-vs-psyllium-powder/]Benefits”>http://www.livestrong.com/article/287337-benefits-of-psyllium-husks-vs-psyllium-powder/)</p>
<p>Someone said that TJ’s now sells a capsule version of it. I guess I will have to look for it at TJ’s tomorrow!</p>