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lauriekallis wrote: »Hm. Could you link the collagen brand here? I bought one that tasted like pig, and it also had lemon flavor, so it was really yuck.
Here you go. It is really good.
https://sportsresearch.com/products/collagen-peptides-naturally-flavored/?variant=29842585419885
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Light cream cheese has been my go to for a few recipes such as lasagne and gratins, in place of creamy cheese sauces, I've halved the calorie count on a couple of my usual recipes without sacrificing on taste too much.
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I found a huge swap. At least huge for me. I gave up soda almost 2 years ago. It was the start or my weight loss journey. I love Mt. Dew. Like love it. I could drink a whole case a week. I would drink it before bed and when I got up. I tried diet soda but whatever they sweeten it with makes me sick to my stomach. So alas no soda at all. Fast forward to last month. Walmart had Pepsi products on sale for 3.50 a 12 pack with a buy 2 get 2$ off. I saw a Mt. Dew zero sugar. Not diet but zero sugar. So what the hell it’s cheap I’ll try it out. It tasted just like regular. So so good and 0 calories!! Best yet it doesn’t make my stomach sick! I have stocked up and while I drink mostly water a soda every now and then is amazing.
Side note I got a zero sugar cherry coke at the airport and it tasted just like regular too. I don’t know what the difference in diet and zero calorie but I’m sold!4 -
I'm like that too, @gewel321 - a lot of the diet pops upset my stomach but the zero sugar versions don't. Especially diet coke versus Coke Zero. Coke Zero doesn't bother me; just a little bit of diet coke will make me nauseous.
Though Diet Dr. Pepper doesn't bother me thank goodness!
Though I just found out that back in the day, Diet Coke was sweetened partially with Saccharin, but has switched in the bottled product to 100% aspartame like Dr. Pepper and most other diet pops these days, so perhaps it won't bother me much anymore? Saccharin is the sweet n low, and I know that bothers my stomach. Could be that my problem now is psychosomatic being the taste makes me remember my stomach being upset, so my stomach gets upset even if the sweetener has changed?
IN any case, I liked the Coke Zero better anyway lol
But I'm happy you found your favorite drink that helps! I too prefer not to get my calories from my drinks, but it took a lot of shopping around to find sweeteners I could stand in liquids. I can tolerate splenda, but right now the best I've found for me is Pyure stevia blend with erithrytol, though what's funny is I don't like pure stevia or pure erythritol. Xlitol is available but so expesnive, though so is my Pyure sweetener. I've been mixing it with store brand splenda to make it last longer.1 -
I have Diet Pepsi flowing thru my veins.....I drink about 3 to 4 cans every day and I know that is too many....living in the Deep South I always have something to drink in my hand or close by....we southern people just drink more!...I also drink a cup of coffee or two daily, about 16 oz. of 0 Gatorade if I swim and about 4 or 5 bottles of water every day!....in the summer, add in a few glasses of ice tea!0
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So I think this was a swap fail I tried this today instead of my regular cottage cheese this was just flavorless to me ...2
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Swap of how you think / do, if you have larger container that you are scooping out of, put entire container on scale tare it to zero then portion out, negative value is your portion. I do this for mayo, sour cream or peanut butter.3
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In my quest to increase my protein, I bought a box of red lentil pasta. It has 180 calories and 13g of protein, vs 200 cals and 7g protein in the pasta I normally buy. Used it to make mac and cheese today and it was delicious! I didn't notice any change in flavor and I actually liked the texture better than regular pasta! This is definitely a swap I'll continue in the future.2
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I swapped my Vanilla no sugar added pudding (with 7 carbs) with pure unadulterated organic Coconut fat in my Coffee. Just with that one small change My blood ketones, and Glucose made a very significant improvement and it's been going strong for about a week.
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I never thought of putting pudding in my coffee....is it good?....I use the low sugar Cremora ....I love the different flavors....1
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conniewilkins56 wrote: »I never thought of putting pudding in my coffee....is it good?....I use the low sugar Cremora ....I love the different flavors....
Ahah... You are pulling my leg slightly i presume? (The pudding was never in my coffee.. ) hehe0 -
Poobah1972 wrote: »conniewilkins56 wrote: »I never thought of putting pudding in my coffee....is it good?....I use the low sugar Cremora ....I love the different flavors....
Ahah... You are pulling my leg slightly i presume? (The pudding was never in my coffee.. ) hehe
Nope, I was thinking of trying it!0 -
Poobah1972 wrote: »conniewilkins56 wrote: »I never thought of putting pudding in my coffee....is it good?....I use the low sugar Cremora ....I love the different flavors....
Ahah... You are pulling my leg slightly i presume? (The pudding was never in my coffee.. ) hehe
I also thought you meant you used to put pudding in your coffee 😂 🤦🏻♀️1 -
lol just looking for an emoji, with my hand to my forehead.... Then realized you did it already. hehe
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conniewilkins56 wrote: »Poobah1972 wrote: »conniewilkins56 wrote: »I never thought of putting pudding in my coffee....is it good?....I use the low sugar Cremora ....I love the different flavors....
Ahah... You are pulling my leg slightly i presume? (The pudding was never in my coffee.. ) hehe
Nope, I was thinking of trying it!
I thought it was in your coffee too @Poobah1972 ...
Now we are all going to be drinking our coffee with vanilla pudding and it is on your shoulders!
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This group is the best!
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At this moment I’d put pudding in my coffee ... craving something sweet! Instead drinking plain ole tap water! 😬🙄4
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See, that is what I love about this group!...we are always thinking how to get that sugar fix lol....actually I read an article how a couple of cups of coffee helps speed up your metabolism and at my age I need any extra speed I can find!...I have recently upped my coffee from one cup a morning to three cups a day....don’t know if it is speeding anything up but I am loving all the new flavored sugar free creamers...I am really enjoying a cup after dinner with my sweet treat of the day!...if anyone tries the pudding in their Java, let me know!1
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I should be trying pudding in my coffee, but I used to hit the puddings (jello refrigerated 50-60 Cal) at night! So maybe decaf??!?!?!?
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I also thought you meant pudding in your coffee, and not gonna lie, I was like "huh, I bet chocolate pudding in coffee would be delicious!" :P3
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rieraclaelin wrote: »I also thought you meant pudding in your coffee, and not gonna lie, I was like "huh, I bet chocolate pudding in coffee would be delicious!" :P
Lol...I thought the exact same thing!....aren’t we funny?2 -
I think the texture might be a problem... You know when you carrying on drinking your tea, but you’ve misjudged the Rich Tea dunking and half has fallen in your tea 😬2
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After being previously disappointed by low carb ice cream, Halo top & traditional ice cream adds little to daily macros, been on the hunt for something protein & relatively sweet...I present
Frozen berries with lakanto + cottage cheese, let them hang out a few minutes to start to meld. Thinking it would be good food processed or blended together for refreshing summer treat.
Could also add chocolate or pb drizzle if you have calories budget.
FYI, Costco has frozen raspberries+blueberries+ blackberries 4lbs $10.3 -
After being previously disappointed by low carb ice cream, Halo top & traditional ice cream adds little to daily macros, been on the hunt for something protein & relatively sweet...I present
Frozen berries with lakanto + cottage cheese, let them hang out a few minutes to start to meld. Thinking it would be good food processed or blended together for refreshing summer treat.
Could also add chocolate or pb drizzle if you have calories budget.
FYI, Costco has frozen raspberries+blueberries+ blackberries 4lbs $10.
berries or other frozen, something like unsweetened vanilla cashew milk, and a half or full previously sliced and frozen banana (has the most calories; but, is the item that adds the (I suppose probably) starch and sugar magic that turns everything into a bit of an ice cream). I used to do this quite often and it was actually quite good and could be more towards ice cream or more towards a shake or smoothie depending on the amount of unsweetened vanilla cashew milk I suppose I would have thrown in a bit of liquid sucralose (or the mini tablets) if I wanted it sweeter...
Will have to try it with cottage cheese. Cottage cheese is one of the few foods that I've never really warmed up to in life... which is a bit of a mystery to me as I am, let us just say, "accommodating" 2 -
Yes you can do a decent Wendys frosty or shake with ice, frozen banana, protein powder in powerful blender. Can even mask some spinach in there as well.
Cottage cheese brings both creamy & protein.2 -
Yes you can do a decent Wendys frosty or shake with ice, frozen banana, protein powder in powerful blender. Can even mask some spinach in there as well.
Cottage cheese brings both creamy & protein.
What kind of cottage cheese? I believe they have full fat, 2% or 1% around here? Something like that... never really paid much attention other than once a few years back when I believe I tried some dry cottage cheese which was like about 0.5% or 1%, and which lasted just about one third of the one pail I bought before being.... rejected
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USA doesn't really have dry cottage cheese that I have found.
I prefer 4% small curd. 2% may be ok in pinch, but I struggle with less than that fat content as it changes the taste. Also different brands taste different too, I like Walmart Great Value & Kroger house brands over name brands.
I occasionally go savory with cottage cheese for salad, add diced cucumbers & tomatoes in the summer produce, quick meal or side.
Can also add it to SF jello too as I mentioned in previous post.
My understanding is cottage cheese whey is base for whey protein powder.2 -
USA doesn't really have dry cottage cheese that I have found.
I prefer 4% small curd. 2% may be ok in pinch, but I struggle with less than that fat content as it changes the taste. Also different brands taste different too, I like Walmart Great Value & Kroger house brands over name brands.
I occasionally go savory with cottage cheese for salad, add diced cucumbers & tomatoes in the summer produce, quick meal or side.
Can also add it to SF jello too as I mentioned in previous post.
My understanding is cottage cheese whey is base for whey protein powder.
Ha! cottage cheese for salad interesting... I confess that I've often made "dressing" by piling some 0% greek plain (the less sweet tasting varieties). Especially if I've sneaked a couple of boiled potatoes or a hard egg in a salad... or as coleslaw dressing substitute
You're making me consider giving cottage cheese a try again. I am fairly sure my dry was Great Value from WallyMart in Canada... no way we would have product you guys don't have in the states?!?!?!?!?1 -
I also add cottage cheese to scrambled eggs while cooking in lieu other cheese or bolognese with zucchini peeled like pappredelle for faux lasagna (I just throw in bowl don't layer & bake) to make them creamy.1
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I love cottage cheese - and have strayed a bit from it lately. You all have steered me right back to that wonderfood!
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