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I Wish I Knew How to LOSE You--The Weight Loss Thread (check first post)
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on January 06, 2010, 02:38:01 pm ---I think those actual "energy bars," like they sell in health-food stores or the vitamin aisle, are high fat. So are granola bars. But fiber/nut/fruit-type bars -- the ones in the cereal or cookie aisle -- vary widely, and some are pretty low fat and/or high fiber.
As I mentioned somewhere else around here, I brought home some boxes of WW snack bars over the holidays, and they're delicious. Only one point apiece. Then again, I could eat four of them. But I credit them for minimizing my consumption of Halloween candy, Christmas cookies, etc., since October. My son likes the red velvet ones; I'm partial to the chocolate caramel.
But I'm quitting them in the new year. Same as I eventually had to quit getting low-fat and/or low-sugar ice-cream bars in the summer, and low-fat chocolate pudding, and ... For me, it's better to avoid sweets entirely, except fruit. (I feel the same way about pasta and bread, BTW, though I consume whole-grain versions of those, I do best if I limit even whole grains to one or two servings a day.)
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I'll have to look around for those WW bars just to check them out, although I have to say I think anybody is better off not snacking at all between meals.
I seem to have "inherited" my mother's weakness for "baked goods," specifically bread and cookies, cake somewhat less. I've never been much of a pie eater. I didn't like the taste of pie crust when I was a kid. But in general over the last year I have made an effort to reduce my carb intake, not so much in an effort to lose weight as to control what I'm beginning to see as an inexorable gain as I age.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on January 06, 2010, 03:28:52 pm ---I'll have to look around for those WW bars just to check them out, although I have to say I think anybody is better off not snacking at all between meals.
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Some WW products, possibly including the bars, are only available at WW locations. That's where I buy mine. But of course the supermarket carries lots of WW frozen desserts, muffins and other items.
As for snacking, that's back to the old "three squares" versus "more, smaller meals" dilemma. Some experts recommend five or six meals, but each somewhere in size between a regular snack and a regular meal. To me, that requires too much work and planning. Three times a day is enough for me. In between, I might eat fruit -- bananas and prunes make particularly good snacks -- or whatever.
This time of year, I tend to really crave carbs. I'm best off avoiding them as much as possible.
Jeff Wrangler:
Seriously, I think it's natural to crave carbs this time of year. Once upon a time our ancestors needed them to survive the winter.
Front-Ranger:
Oh, I thought it was fat. At least, that's what my chickens crave. Although come to think of it, maybe fat IS carbs.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on January 06, 2010, 04:23:31 pm ---Seriously, I think it's natural to crave carbs this time of year. Once upon a time our ancestors needed them to survive the winter.
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I often think, around this time of year, when some days the temperature here doesn't climb above zero, what an intimidating prospect winter must have been for my cold-climate ancestors. Running short of food and not surviving until spring was a reasonable possibility.
That's where wheat berries would come in handy, to take the conversation full circle!
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