Alternatives to the carrot stick

You're trimming fat and calories, but you yearn for
something crunchy or chewy. Who says the carrot stick is
the only way to snack? Here are 12 satisfying substitutes for
carrot sticks. Each contains about 50 calories — the same
as a large carrot.

6 mini brown rice cakes
8 low-fat whole-grain crackers
2 regular breadsticks
6 tortilla chips baked from a 12-inch corn or flour
tortilla with 2 to 3 tablespoons of salsa
1 3/4-ounce stick of part-skim mozzarella string
cheese
12 shoestring sticks of peeled jicama (HEE-kuh-muh)
— a Mexican potato that looks like a turnip and
tastes like a water chestnut, only sweeter
50 small pretzel sticks
2 slices whole-grain crisp bread (wafer-thin crackers)
1 cup of oil-popped popcorn or 2 cups air-popped
popcorn
14 grapes
1 cup raw broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus or zucchini
(only 20 to 30 calories per cup)
1/2 cup toasted oat cereal (Cheerios, others)

HI
 

Meme-call the doctor!!!I suppose it's a virus cuz other kids sick but I'd call anyways!!!Then when you are better take echinacia for your immune system and vitamin c. I hadly ever get sick but I'm not near littl ones either. Going to a cookout today with people from scoring work. Hubby is giving his notice for his part time job and only working at his own business which he makes much more money from. Bye for now. Hope everyone gets better-Hey, I'll be at the gyno tomorrow too. Coast to inland appts. for us Mima

Yeah...I thought about that...West Nile Virus. I even had a rash on Thurs. night when I started getting sick. It's gone now. But...I got my gold shot on Thursday and I sometimes get a rash after I get that. I have explained away every symptom of West Nile...I have had them all. Only problem is...I haven't been bitten! I would know...I'm allergic to misquitos BIG TIME. A mosquito does me like a bee does most other people (I'm allergic to bees, too, and Paula has to go get a shot IMMEDIATELY when she gets stung!) I have a Dr. appointment at 3 today. My throat is getting really sore and my temp was still 99 when I got up this morning.

Hey There
 

Candice- The tape is -Richard Simmons, Sitting Tight. Mostly upper body exercise and some kicking. I haven't got the arms and legs in order yet.:lol:
Mima- Looks like it is gyno time for all of us. I go for the press with pain in Sept.:lol: My son said oh that is nothing. I told him go put your thingy in there and then tell me that.
Meme- I hope you feel better soon. The Dr. is where you need to go.
Hey Happy.Serenty. Anagram..What are you up to?
Hey Ally..Looks like you took the BF home after pizza..:lol:
Bye all...Are any of you gettin e-mail notification when there is a message at FC?I haven't gotten it since they changed over to new system.. Joanne

Hi fibrogals
 

We are back in the heat, although today it was cooler, but working up again into the 90's. For this time of year, that is really rather warm. Soon it will be fall, and all I have to say is that this has been the most hellish summer of my life. Way to hot.

Daughter and family were here this weekend and will stop back on Wednesday on their way home. They just went away for a few days.

Not much is new. I do hope that everyone is feeling ok. Seems like next week is Dr. week.

Meme - I hope that you got to the Dr. and got an antibiotic. Must be something more than a cold - a flu of a type perhaps.

I am getting phyched up to start aqua areobics again in Sept. I am way to stiff in the morning to go to the 9:00 a.m. class, so will go to the 1:00 p.m. class on Tue and Thr. Doesn't feel like exercise, because I love the water. It is just fun.

If you want to go and have a look at the following site, it is so worth it. It is really beautiful.

http://www.dailymotivator.com/memberflash/rightnow.html

Must be gyno time for us all! At least mine is a female..I hate male doctors...they seem to think they know it all!

Got some indegestion going on...really bad too....maybe all the junk I ate..hummmmmmmm, just had a little choc. treasure too! Everything else has been healthy so far.......I think I may need to get my prescription filled for the protonix..but I hate too cuase it plugs me up! Need to get the other pain figured out first before I add something that will make it worse!

Gotta get on the tredmill quick before DH gets home!

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