I aim for the healthier version of a lot of things, so I'll just point some out that a lot of people may not have tried that I think you'd like if you tried it.. Skinny Cow ice cream--*specifically* the ones that are like Drumsticks (I get chocolate) Veggie Slices cheese...it's soy cheese, but I swear--in a sandwich--it tastes the same as Kraft type stuff. No, it doesn't taste like deli cheese...but it's good. I go for the pepper jack flavored one..provolone is good too. I'll add as I think of more..
You sound EXACTLY like my wife. Just got my cholesterol results last week. She's put me on fish oil pills, a multi-vitamin, turkey bacon and egg whites. I never drink sodas or fruit-flavored drinks with sugar; always no-calorie. Some people actually consume 25% of their calories through liquids. Folks, take look at the label on lowfat peanut butter. The calories are about the same because they increase the carbs. The type of fat in peanut butter is actually heart-healthy and good for you. The key is portion size. Just because a food is "lowfat" doesn't mean anything by itself.
Amazing that you posted this. I'm currently eating a peanut butter sandwich (I keep a big jar and bread here at my office).
If you want to lose weight than you should be concerned with sugar more than fat. Fat does not make you fat. Excess Calories do. Limit/Avoid "Processed Sugar" as much as possible since it tells your brain to "store fat" Take it from someone who just lost around 50 pounds of the past year. The important thing is to have a balanced diet of fats, carbs,and protein.
Diet sodas are not good for you either. Drink water only. I usually get reduced fat cheese and low fat milk. In my diet, I eat egg whites and turkey instead of meat. That is pretty much it. I just try not to eat fattening food. Usually, a reduced fat item has a higher sodium number and sugar.
When you talk about avoiding processed sugar.. if you're into wheat bread or multigrain bread thinking it's healthy, read the labels. Find one of them that doesn't have high fructose corn syrup. It's not easy, but there are a few out there that taste good and use a natural sweetener (often honey or brown sugar). There are also a couple that taste really bland. But you'll find some you like.
I eat my eggs whole. The yolks are actually pretty good for you. Just dont eat too much though. Too much of anything is bad for you except veggies.
extra CALORIES make you fat, not fat or carbs or protein. so if your reduced fat food has just as much calories..you're not really saving anything.. best place to cut calories is by avoiding sugar. nothing but empty calories.
Thats not true they mostly use hydrogenated fats which are pretty bad. the only ones that do not are the natural ones that cost twice as much and separate into oil when they sit for a while and need to be be stirred up.
uhmm. actually regular and low fat peanut butter both has hydrogenated fats. natural ones don't cost twice as much. in fact it's very similar in price. Regular Low fat natural's nutritional info is about the same also, just without the trans fat crap. skippy's require no stirring. http://www.peanutbutter.com/natural.aspx edit: one more thing, the fat reduced in peanut butter is replaced with maltodextrin (carb).
I never said anything about low fat. I said natural ones don;t have it. they are much more expensive for natural.
regular and "reduced fat" peanut butter is pretty much the same thing. one has a few grams lower in fat which gets replaced with few grams of carbs. it has nothing to do with trans fat. as for the trans fat crap, read this: "What this study tells us is that the amount of trans fat in their samples was very small ... not more than 0.01% or 0.0032 grams in a 32 gram serving. Assuming they haven't changed their recipe much since 2001, you could eat the whole 1 lb. jar (actually 510 grams) and still only take in at most 0.05 grams of trans fat. (The whole jar provides about 3040 calories and 272 grams total fat.)" natural peanut butter is probably just a marketing hype to get those trans fat scared people into eating a bunch of pb. go look at walmart and see the prices. a jar of natural is like 3 bucks..about the same as regular.
search my original post for the words "reduced fat" then tell me why YOU are talking about it. I buy laura scudders and it costs way more than I could buy Jif or an off-brand for. If you know of any other natural ones I do not know of then let me know.
now what he said is right. now that is wrong. there's 16 grams of fat in regular peanut butter..3g of which is saturated (obviously bad) and TINY TINY TINY TRACE of trans fat (hydrogenated oils). can you tell me how that's MOSTLY? heck, the trans fat amount is so tiny it's not even worth arguing over. so quit trying to tell people peanut butter is full of hydrogenated oils.
by mostly I did not mean the majority of the fat content was hydrogenated. I meant most of the brands use hydrogenated fat
Reduced fat Oreos Reduced fat Chips Ahoy Reduced Fat Cheez-its (keep a box in the office) Reduced Sugar Granola Bars (keep a box of these in the office as well)
Like other posters. Light sour cream is pretty much the only one I buy. I prefer whole milk. And find most "light" products I've tried to be gross compared to their delicious fatty and high calorie counterparts.
