Hummus. So good for you, but so high cal.

Artisan whole wheat rolls, I have delish recipes
extra virgin local olive oil
wine
beer (hand crafted)
pasta whole wheat
brown rice
corn bread from local stone ground corn
corn
butter
kefir, home made from grains, using whole milk
Indian food
oatmeal and the dried fruit I would put on it. With organic brown sugar and some butter and a splash of whole milk. Geeze. I do not even want to know how much this would add up to. I had this twice a week
Italian food


Notice a pattern. It wasn't the obvious stuff (cookies, icecream, etc...) that caused my slow weight gain and then kept it on. It was the supposed healthy stuff that I could not eat without gaining. Grains, regardless of their origin, coupled with "good" fats put my weight on. Plus the isle of denial- no weighing, relying on clothes fit, no measuring. Just going by 1 plate rule and food being pure.

Never again will I be ignorant. I will always weigh daily and record my food intake.

almond and peanut butter, whole wheat pasta, olive and sesame oil, sunflower seeds, dried cranberries.... When you see a serving you realize how important having a food scale and measuring spoons and cups is!

I was just thinking this today about bananas. I can eat 2 light string cheeses or a greek yogurt or a cup of soup for about the calories in a large banana. And of course, which is going to keep me full longer? Certainly not the banana.

I find I've pretty much stopped eating them...but I do love them. :(

Originally Posted by :
Cheese. Oh, how I miss cheese. Good cheese. It's just not worth it to work it into my day most of the time.

See, for me, I'd rather have cheese than whole wheat pasta. Same with hummus. I find hummus is a good spread for sandwiches, i just have to really control portions. For some reason i can control that stuff but when i cook for myself i always make WAY more pasta than necessary. I can even do half a sweet potato and a TINY BIT of earth balance.

It's all about choices, once again! Love reading everyone's contributions.

[QUOTE=ebenz315;3507867]From the hungry girl website:

Oatmeal is great, but I totally hear you about the serving size. That's why I am ALWAYS looking for ways to bulk it up.QUOTE]


Another thing too is to make it overly watery (with water of course) and then thicken it back with a little bit of cornstarch. You still get the sumptuous thick gooey thing going --and LOTS OF IT-- for nottah lottah calories! :)

Originally Posted by :
Grains, regardless of their origin

Me too Karen. I can't do grains - whole, wheat, brown, beige, what have you - if it's a grain - it's off of my list - it doesn't do this body good.

Because no matter how healthy something is, if it's making a person overweight, it's of no healthful benefit to that person. Because the number one healthy thing a person can do is be a healthy weight.

Originally Posted by rockinrobin:
Because no matter how healthy something is, if it's making a person overweight, it's of no healthful benefit to that person. Because the number one healthy thing a person can do is be a healthy weight.

I will have to copy this in my wise words to read many times. A healthy weight is essential to good health.

Originally Posted by rockinrobin:
Me too Karen. I can't do grains - whole, wheat, brown, beige, what have you - if it's a grain - it's off of my list - it doesn't do this body good.

Because no matter how healthy something is, if it's making a person overweight, it's of no healthful benefit to that person. Because the number one healthy thing a person can do is be a healthy weight.

you are always filled with wisdom.. I'll probably rethink adding the latest superfood into my diet if the calories are too high. sometimes I eat things that are supposed to be healthy but really don't fill me up. as a calorie counter it's probably more important to focus on filling foods

Why is sweet potatoes on the list? Just curious. I have lived in South Korea for the past three years now. Sweet potatoes is the biggest market for diets here. People here live off of chicken breast and sweet potatoes (fire roasted). My bf is on this kick right now. What's the bad part about them?

Nothing "wrong" with sweet potatoes. They're nutritious and delicious :) However, they're also high carb and higher calorie than other veggie side-dishes... For some people, that combination makes them dangerous :devil:

One thing that I've pretty much stopped buying is nuts. I really like several kinds of nuts, especially cashews, but the serving sizes are so small that they don't really satisfy me, and they're also hard to keep track of. If I buy a 9 ounce can of cashews, it's too much of a pain to try to divide it into 9 servings, so I usually divide into 2 or 3, but then it ends up being calories I wish I used on something else.

My local supermarket stopped carrying Jarlsberg cheese, but I used to like to buy that and snack on it. I'd divide it into 1-oz or 2-oz servings and found that the calories *were* worth it.

EVERYTHING I HAVE EATEN FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS.

Geez, when I think I could have just had a couple of HoHos and a Coke every day and come out the same .... it makes me want to drive down and strangle a couple of Healthy Florida Orange Juice and Kelloggs Nutritious Cereal corporate executives.

Originally Posted by spixiet:
Nothing "wrong" with sweet potatoes. They're nutritious and delicious :) However, they're also high carb and higher calorie than other veggie side-dishes... For some people, that combination makes them dangerous :devil:

I was the one who put sweet potatoes on the list. Thanks for responding, as this is exactly what I would have said.

It is one of those foods that I overeat; one small one does not satisfy me. It leaves me hankering for more. I have one only occasionally as a treat, usually when I'm in a restaurant.

Originally Posted by rockinrobin:
I was the one who put sweet potatoes on the list. Thanks for responding, as this is exactly what I would have said.

It is one of those foods that I overeat; one small one does not satisfy me. It leaves me hankering for more. I have one only occasionally as a treat, usually when I'm in a restaurant.

Yes, yes, yes!! And this is the exact reason that I typically just give up that food temporarily, or only have it out a restaurant (which in and of itself is a rare treat) -- foods that I know I just can't have "a little" of, or the "proper" portion, must be blacklisted till I am well on my way!

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