Substitutes

Taneishajohnson6464

Hi I'm looking for a substitute to eat instead of chips when I want to Crave chips for a snack also I'm looking for a substitutes for when I want something sweet any suggestions?

LivingtheLeanDream

There's nothing wrong with crisps/chips, unless you can't stop at one bag ? (the ones I buy are 25g) I eat 'em but I make them fit into my calories.

Substitutes: fresh fruit / greek yogurt / nuts /seeds / roasted chickpeas with chilli for flavour / pop corn / peanut butter with sliced apple etc. Anything can be a snack, some choices are more calorie dense than others. Set aside some calories from your daily budget for your snacking.

My snacks usually add up to 400 calories.

dklibert

Kale chips are light and crispy. It take trail and error to get the just perfect and they don't keep well. But are light and crisp like Lay's chips. Their are tons of recipes out there and you can even buy them premade in some stores. I find the most variety at health food stores.

My Mom wanted to do the Zero Sugar plan. They suggest 1/2 cup Nature's Path flake cereal + 32 60% Cacao dark chocolate chips for sweet snacks. And 1/2 cup Nature's Path flake cereal + 2 Tbsp. peanuts + chili powder for savory snacks. I tried them both and it is really good. The sweet one sorta reminds me of a chocolate chip cookie if you use your imagination. I add garlic powder and cayenne to the peanut one; it's a nice spicy and savory snack. They suggest only one of these snacks a day.

HeidiCooksSupper

If you are really craving salt, a few olives do the trick.

Sp1tfire

If you're okay with the sodium dill pickle slices are excellent

CaloricCountess

HeidiCooksSupper wrote: »

If you are really craving salt, a few olives do the trick.

100% This!

Miss_Snow_White

I bake my own zucchini chips sometimes.

lynn_glenmont

roasted seaweed - crispy and salty.

sarakenna12

Sometimes when I need chips and salsa or I'll die, I'll use mini popcorn or rice cakes to scoop up salsa. It works. As for sweets, I'll eat a small piece of dark chocolate, chelate Silk, or if I'm really hard up, spray a small sauté pan with a shot of cooking spray and brown a banana in it, then sprinkle with cinnamon.

acpgee

Poppadoms sold for frying at home crisp up in the microwave. I do a single poppadom for 1 minute on high. Pictured here served as crackers for scooping up tuna tartare. A nice dip is no fat yoghurt with a spoonful of chutney stirred in.

KarinSanden

Taneishajohnson6464 wrote: »

Hi I'm looking for a substitute to eat instead of chips when I want to Crave chips for a snack also I'm looking for a substitutes for when I want something sweet any suggestions?

- Buy a small bag of chips and eat the real thing.

- Substitute for sweets cravings - there are none that helps with the Sugar Dragon. I have found that the best thing is to take a fruit with you and go for a walk. After 30 min the Dragon is quiet again. If you do that for 2 weeks he will be under your control and you will not need sugar so desperately.

amischenko30

I like crunch master crackers. Made with whole grains. Also whole wheat pita chips. Sometimes I make my own tortilla chips by cutting a carb balance tortilla into wedges and baking in air fryer then season

DaynaGushiken

Why can’t you eat that and still lose weight? Do you have a binging problem?

Try not eating it after sunset. And only eat it BEFORE or within 30 minutes AFTER cardio.

Next, you should be able to diet without cravings. Cravings signify what your body is lacking. Try supplementing MSM and konjac root.

Next when you do eat the chips, never eat it naked. ALWAYS dress it up with a meal. Replace your fats or carbs with it, eat it with protein, eat it with veggies and eat it sitting down no distractions. Small bites. You can never solve cravings only delay. So please find out if you’re not drinking enough water and supplement with electrolytes daily. Maybe you need magnesium, zinc or simply have sodium deficiency. Maybe you only crave it at a certain time of day. Maybe you’re stressed out. I used to only crave sweets before bed because I was afraid to go to bed after I was assaulted while sleeping. And when I resolved that trauma. I no longer get stressed out at that time of day. Cravings are an art. Work on it.

paperpudding

Dayna some people have issues with cravings, some don't - that's all.

It really isnt related to water or electrolyte imbalance.

When you eat chips (or anything) does not matter - there is no logic in not eating chips after sunset or within any timing of cardio.

Those things might work for you, for your own personal reasons - but really have no relevance to OP or universal application.

Alatariel75

I hope in the last 7 years OP found something that worked for them.

paperpudding

oops didnt realise it was a zombie thread

DaynaGushiken

paperpudding wrote: »

Dayna some people have issues with cravings, some don't - that's all.

It really isnt related to water or electrolyte imbalance.

When you eat chips (or anything) does not matter - there is no logic in not eating chips after sunset or within any timing of cardio.

Those things might work for you, for your own personal reasons - but really have no relevance to OP or universal application.

Paper pudding—-
Please reference any articles or education you’ve used to arrive at your conclusion. I would love to learn more about why there isn’t any logic with timing of meals to prevent cravings and why cravings have no relevance to water given 99% of the human body is composed of water. I have a degree in chemistry. A graduate degree in food science. I’ve been certified in nutrition counseling, personal training, disordered eating, reverse dieting, and body building, for the last 12 years and I continue to renew my certifications and improve my education. I have a book in vegan dieting I’m publishing in the next year. I take fitness serious and That being said I would love to read any articles or books you want to mention. Kindly.

paperpudding

99% ??? - interesting statement from a person with a chemistry degree. Doesn't match up with any other information out there

Anyway you would think with so many impressive qualifications you would know people are different and what works for them is subjective and individual.

and since it has now been pointed out this is a zombie thread (not sure how it got revived) - clearly OP is no longer looking for answers anyway.

Alatariel75

DaynaGushiken wrote: »

Try not eating it after sunset.

Winter or summer? Does this mean my snacking window is 4 hours longer in December than it is in July? Coz having to stop eating at 5:00pm in late June, when I can keep eating til 8:45pm in Late December seems not particularly logical?