So I was walking around the market yesterday trying to find some NEW healthy foods that I could use to vary up my eating plans (I'm sure some of you are like me who get in ruts and end up eating the same thing every day).
Here is what I found:
Thomas Light English Muffins - 100 calories, 1.5g fat, 8g fiber
100 calorie Jello Pudding - 100 calories, 0g fat (beat my ww ice cream cups)
If you have also uncovered a new, interesting, healthy food please share it on this thread. I know I personally need some more ideas.
Cookiemonster, I buy the sugar free Jello Puddings. They are delicious. AND ONLY 60 CALORIES. That's 40 whole calories less then the fat free ones. Give um a try. They're yummy. Sometimes I add a squirt of fat free whipped cream and some berries, still less then the 100 cals. in the other ones.
I use sugar free Jell-o instant pudding mix. If you make it with skim milk, then it is both fat- and sugar-free. As soon as I mix it up, I pour it into 4 little Gladware cups so I can toss 'em in the fridge and not eat it all at once...70-80 calories per servings depending on the flavor (and cheaper than buying the prepared cups).
I think I saw on most Thomas' products that they have HFCS, so I tend to steer clear. If anyone is looking for a good bread, though, I HIGHLY suggest Nature's Own whole grain breads. They have a whole-wheat bread and a whole-grain that is no sugar added (just a small amount of sugar alcohol--not enough to make me ill), and they are only 50 calories a slice, yet just as soft and yummy as "normal" breads. They are, by far, the best bread I have ever tried with 50 calories or less per slice (all too many low-cal breads are too airy and fall apart when you try to spread peanut butter on them, or they taste like cardboard ).
If you care for frozen meals at all (I use them sometimes for a lunch in a crunch--not every day, though), Healthy Choice now makes nice-sized meals that typically include a meat, a veggie, a pasta/rice/potato, and a fruit dessert. The highest-cal one I bought was, I think, 370 for the whole thing, which isn't bad for an entire meal.
1 avocado
1 tomato
1/2 cup black beans
juice from one lime
splash of tabasco
Jut cut is all up and mix together. It is very fill and very healthy!
mmm...I don't know that I've ever really made a salad that didn't involve lettuce (aside from a mayo-drenched pasta or potato salad) This sounds really good!
i've started using 1/4 to 1/2 a cup of non fat cottage cheese with some balsalmic vinager and pepper on my green salads instead of dressing. it's like creamy dressing without all the fat and calories. yummy.
I agree about Nature's Own whole wheat breads - definitely the best bread I've found for anywhere under 90 calories/slice, and they've only got 50. I prefer the whole wheat, but they also have white wheat, and 2x fiber slices that give you 10 g fiber for 2 slices.
Merita also makes very good light wheat hamburger and hot dog buns. Weis markets brand also made good light buns, as I recall from when I lived in Pennsylvania, but I have yet to see a Weis here in the South.
Hershey's makes a sugar free chocolate syrup. Walmart also has a generic sf chocolate syrup (please don't go off on the evils of Walmart now).
Less sugar Chewy granola bars are good too. I like the peanut butter and chocolate chunk best.
high fructose corn syrup--some studies show that HFCS may be a factor in weight gain. The studies go back and forth, and some are conducted in an unreliable manner, but it's quite a controversy, and I figure if it's that big a controversy, then there must be some merit to its unhealthfulness, so I steer clear when possible (which can be a challenge since it's in a LOT of foods nowadays).
If you can't stand low and no fat chunk cheeses because they have no flavor, go for the newew 2% milk cheese. My whole family was shocked that I switched from a full fat cheddar because I LOVE cheese, but it is just as good and actually grates and melts a little better, and doesn't leave that weird grease regular cheddar does.
That salad does sound good, but I'm alergic to avocado. But I bet a little cooked chicken breat would be great too, maybe just a couple oz. or something shredded up and olive oil to replace the good fat from the avocado. I might have to try that...
I saw the 60 calorie ones BUT they have I believe 1-2g of fat (vs. these have 0). Which are better for me???
I suppose it depends on what you eat during the rest of the day. I tend to be very low on fat at the end of the day (always below 30% of calories, and often even below 20%), so 1-2g in a pudding cup wouldn't make much difference. If you're typically high in fat, though, then maybe the sugar-free would be a better choice. In the end, though, it's a reduction in calories that makes you lose weight. So long as you're only having 1 pudding cup a day, I wouldn't worry about it either way for just a 1-2g fat and 40 calories difference for the whole day.
I love Melba Toast!
Right now I have Old London brand and for 3 of the long rectangular toasts it is only 50 calories and 0 grams of fat. With fat free cream cheese it makes a great snack!
I also love edamame. I get the frozen ones from Trader Joes and just pop them in the microwave. For half of a cup it is 120 calories and 5 grams of fat - but also has 10 grams of protein.
Oooh I agree silver_plum... I buy bags of frozen edamame (and also this really good frozen Garden Mix that has soybeans in it) and microwave them all the time. I love it with Kikkoman Teriyaki soy sauce. It's sweet and really delicious... sometimes I'll have a bowl of veggies alone for dinner, because it's that good!
As for great diet foods, I live for WW bagels and english muffins, but they're hard to find in the little supermarket down the street from me here at college. And when it comes to cereal, I looove Cinnamon Puffins. They're in the health food section and only available in certain supermarkets, but they're high fiber, wheat free, low fat, no artificial colors or preservatives... AND with a little Splenda and skim milk, they taste like Cinnamon Toast Crunch! (with 100 cals, 1 gram of fat and 6 grams of fiber in a 2/3 cup serving)
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