8.08.2006

Diet Foods are not Equal

Not all “diet food” is the same. Let me say right now –I L-O-V-E several Weight Watcher (Smart Ones) meals & many Lean Cuisine meals. However, there are some that aren’t worth the calories (and fat and sodium, etc.) For example, I had a Weight Watchers Double Fudge Cake, and I thought it was horrible!!!! (Maybe that’s b/c I just recently had Kim’s cake – see previous post.) But it has 220 calories & 6 grams of fat! It didn’t even taste GOOD! So, I’m not wasting my calories on that any more. On Weight Watchers behalf, their Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Sundae is worth it. It only has 3 g. of fat and 170 calories and 3 WW Points, oh, yes, and it tastes really good!

I’ve really enjoyed the South Beach Diet breakfast wraps. They have 15 g. of fiber in them which help me feel full longer. I wish Wal-mart carried more healthy “diet” breakfast items. I’ve only seen a couple choices. Anyone know of any other places around here that carry good breakfast foods that are healthy? I’m super picky. Maybe sometime I’ll post some things I like and don’t like for ya’ll so you can make suggestions.

Lean Cuisine has really done a good job w/ their paninis. They have 4 different ones. Check them out! http://www.leancuisine.com/Products/Search.aspx?Keywords=Panini

Thank you to everyone that has been so supportive of me in this journey.

3 comments:

Debbie Griffin said...

Here's what I found to be a better judge of progress than weight loss...measure your waist, hips, thighs and upper arms each week with a measuring tape (for me it's an extra long one!!!) Especially with exercising since muscle weighs more than fat. And really who cares what number the scale says...it's how you look and feel that's most important! Then you can say, I only lost 1/2 pound, but I lost a total of 2 inches! It's worth every bit of struggle! Hang in there! I'll be right there with come next February!

Gottahavecoffee said...

I haven't check myself, but did you look for diet meals at Super One, Econo or whatever Piggly Wiggly is called now?

Natalie said...

Jenn - I haven't looked anywhere else except Marcouiller's (Piggly Wiggly). But I definitely need to broaden my horizon's.

Debbie - Yes, I do need to start measuring (not just my food, but my body as well.) That's probably a good idea so I don't get super discouraged when the scale seems to be going UP! :)