Need to be good! (It's so hard!)

  • It's 6pm, and while I thought I was being good at dinner, much better than I have been any other night this week... and my daily calories were pretty low... I'm only about 200 calories from hitting my max for the day! *eek*

    I want so badly to stay under today, since I have gone over by about 100-200 all week!

    I'm just not sure how I can make it the rest of the night with only 200 calories! I could really use some snacky ideas!
  • Reach for the water and get distracted. Go for a walk or something! You'll forget about eating
  • I love cut up apple with a tbsp of natural peanut butter. Frozen grapes are a good snack or just regular grapes for that matter. I've never tried it but a lot of folks on the site swear by those 100 calorie snacks things. Or find some low fat/fat free, sugar free yogurt.
  • I have really embraced popcorn. A snack size bag of microwave butter flavor is only 100 calories. When I want something sweet I go for a Skinny Cow ice cream sandwhich - only 140 cals - it tastes soooo good!
  • Thanks Ladies I'll keep all of those ideas in mind!
  • A full cup of most cereals with a full cup of skim milk is usually under 200 calories.

    This has become one of my "nearly everyday" meals.
  • I found a delicious treat tonight! (I went to the store to buy some apples, and came home with a trunk full of groceries )

    I got sugar free, fat free pudding, and some cool whip! For 100 calories this stuff is AMAZING!! And filling, because a full serving actually seems substantial!
  • Your treat sounds great! Just be careful - cool whip contains transfats, which are very unhealthy. Small amounts are probably fine, but just something to think about, especially if you eat other foods with transfats on a regular basis (such as margarine and peanut butter).
  • Don't think about food so much. Find something fun to at night that doesn't not involve food, and you'll realize how easy it is.
  • Im really in love with the 100 calorie packs. Im eating the Peanut butter cookie crisps right now! The taste just like Nutter butters without the filling of course. Thats what I eat when I just want a little something.

    Good luck!!