Do you have a food or beverage that you know you should probably not eat/drink, but you have a hard time staying away from it? I'm not talking about junk food or candy, but something that is low-calorie or low-fat that maybe keeps you on the straight and narrow diet path, but is not necessarily the best thing for you to have?
For me, I'm having a tough time breaking the diet soda habit. I know I should only drink water, but I still tend to have a diet soda every day. I still occasionally eat Subway, which is relatively low-calorie but has no nutritional value in the bread. And the occasional snack-size bag of Baked Doritos.
I am (knock on wood) still doing quite well on the diet, but I can't help but think I would be doing even better if I could just stay away from some of these crutches that are absolutely devoid of nutritional value.
Wheat thins! Obviously they're a lot better than tossing back a bag of chips, but I have a hard time keeping them to single serving which makes them not so great.
I have lots of them: white bread from my favourite boutique bakery, sweet potato chips, popcorn, pretzels... but I don't consider them "bad" in any way. As long as I don't overeat or eat mainly unhealthy foods, I have no qualms about building a meal around one of the above-mentioned foods. Whatever helps me stay motivated and on plan is a good thing, in my books.
My crutch lately has been those vita muffins. I have one every day at 3:15. It keeps me on track. I hope to think that it is a good diet food since it does not have any preservatives, but I could be eating better. I also have 3 dark chocolate squares after dinner many nights a week. That is 200 throw away calories per day. How can I keep that up when I get lower in my daily budget?Not sure if I can swing it.
Ditto on the nuts.
I could munch on hundreds of calories in a single snacking if it's nuts that I don't measure out first.
I gotta stay away from the rice chips too..I'll eat the whole bag.
Low-sugar skinny mochas. I make them at home with skim milk, espresso, SF Hazelnut creamer and a tsp. of dark chocolate cocoa mix. They are only 150 cals, but I hate that the SF creamer is made with Splenda. But the regular stuff is too sweet, even in very small quantities.
I drink one EVERY morning. And often in the afternoon. SOmetimes it seems like a waste of 150-300 cals, but it's mostly skim milk and the caffeine is much needed!
Ughhh two things - when I cook it's portion sizes - I love LOVE pasta so I eat a lot of lean cuisines/smarts ones - but if I cook a pasta dish I generally eat 3 times what a smart ones serving would be. I know this and I know I should half the portion...but I never do.
Also, I always always need something sweet after lunch. This is really the only meal and maybe it's b/c I sit at my desk at work but who knows, so I generally have to have a piece of chocolate or two or three.
I have that same issue with pasta, so it only gets made once a month lol
Diet sodas, i know i should stop but they are sooo good
subway is my go-to fast food
100 calorie packs of things if im craving chips or cookies or whatever they are my go to, I can stop myself from eating more then one, but not more then one serving of non pre-portioned snacks.
Do you have a "crutch"?
ugh...potato chips
