Your diet can't do without foods
 

Hi guys & gals,

am looking for some thin-speration :) food wise as am getting a little bored with eating the same things. Can you please tell me the snacks and meals that are your diet "can't do withouts".

Mine are:
salad
diet coke
sugar free jelly (sometimes with added fruit, orange jelly with tinned orange segiments is delish!)
apples
almonds
raw carrots
cherry toms
very l/f cheese spead
cuppa soups & ww soups
tea
chewing gum
boiled egg and tinned toms on toast (weekend breakfast treat!)

all suggestions welcome!

pistachio nuts (almonds, too)
Greek yogurt
chicken breast
cayenne pepper & Old Bay seasoning
Cabot reduced fat cheese
frozen yogurt
strawberries (all fruit, actually)
raw spinach
shrimp
brown rice
herbal tea
FitDay (lol!)

That's what I can think of off the top of my head...

yes, chicken and prawns - great l/f protein. hmm will try the frozen yogurt/greek yogurt and mixing up my fruit/nuts. Cost is an issue though and apples and carrots are just so cheap!

thanks for your reply cassie

Hmm..

Greek Yogurt
Chicken breasts
Ground turkey
"Perfect Pinch" no-salt spice mixes
fruit, especially bananas, apples, strawberries
shrimp
fish (esp. tilapia and salmon)
beans
multi-vitamin
Laughing Cow cheese
Skinny Cow frozen treats (for when I must have ice cream)

That's off the top of my head - FitDay and nutritional calculators too!! Support and information, definitely two must-haves.

Good One..

Lemons
Stevia
Homemade Frozen Yogurts
Coca cola zero
Any fruit and Vegie
Whey Protein (I'm out for now)
Goats Milk
Dry roasted Chickpeas
seedless golden raisins
my instant coffee lol
lowfat/ no fat yogurt
Any type of fish or chicken
Vitamins

These are pretty much the things I eat on a daily basis to help me overcome the muchnies, nip the sweet cravings, flavor my water, or do a quick meal replacement smoothie. :D If I didn't have the things in this list I'd be totally hopeless here lol Also my electric Grill and hand mixer!

Lean Pockets!
 

For me, it's Lean Pockets. There are SO many yummy flavors and it's an easy way for me to keep my calories in check at lunch time. Since I work full time, it's easy to grab and eat at my desk with a serving of light pringles and a diet coke!

35 calorie whole wheat bread
flatout wraps, lite original 90 cal ea
tuna packed in water
fresh fruit (whatever is on sale)
deli slices (honey ham and turkey)
Kraft ff American cheese slices 25 cal ea
Laughing Cow cheese wedges 35 cal ea
Jell-O sugar-free pudding cups 60 cal ea
Fiber One 4oz yogurt cups 50 cal ea
Slimbuns 100 cal ea
Fresh Mushrooms
Hard boiled eggs - deviled eggs
ff Miracle Whip
Mustard
Pickle relish (for egg, tuna and chicken salad)
Unsweetened almond milk 35 cal/cup (for coffee creamer and smoothies)
Dannon Lite & Fit yogurt
Splenda with added fiber
Spray butter
Chicken
Greek yogurt, Dannon plain
ff cottage cheese
Special K crackers
Ak-mak crackers
Breton low fat crackers
reduced fat micro popcorn bags
frozen blueberries
spaghetti squash
green beans (in the freezer from last summer's garden)
salsa
ff sour cream
rf peanut butter
almonds
pistachios
Pure Protein bars
EAS Whey powder in chocolate and vanilla (bag of each)
Canned soup (any kind so long as the whole can is less than 350 calories)
Diet hot cocoa packets
tea bags
coffee

Fabulous, now I'm hungry.

This is something I figured out while trying to increase my protein. I never ate this my entire life but I eat the every week now. I have it as a snack or dessert.

1/2 cup canned pineapple chunks, liquids drained
1/4 cup fat free cottage cheese
add a sprinkle of Lawry's Seasoned Salt. (I know salt is bad, but it's what makes this so good)

The whole thing is about 95 calories.

It's also good on cantaloupe, too.

Other must have items:
Apples, Strawberries, Bananas, Grapes
Almonds
Chicken, Turkey, Fish - Tilapia and Salmon
Brown Rice
Sweet Potatoes
Legumes
Oatmeal
Eggs
Skim Milk
Water

fat-free cheese (cottage cheese, american cheese, mozzarella, cream cheese, and so on)

100-calorie bags of microwave popcorn

liquid egg whites (buy in a carton at the supermarket)

bran crackers

plain, unflavored whey (Bob's Red Mill is just one example) for making fruit smoothies

bags of pre-washed salad greens for a quick, easy salad

individually wrapped chicken breasts, already frozen, to keep in the freezer

chicken broth to make a non-cream soup with various vegetables

Low-fat Lay's potato chips (contain Olestra, which can cause some people to have a digestive reaction - don't know what that is, but I've never had it and these things are unbelievably tasty for a potato chip lover....!)

Pellegrino/lemon

almonds

rice cakes~~sour cream/onion and bbq

sugar free jello pudding with fat free cool whip ( but I stopped buying the cool whip cause I was getting carried away.) :D

carrots!!

Babybell lights

turkey tacos