What food has surprised you since using MFP?

michedarnd

How MUCH better it is to pack in my morning protein calories using cottage-cheese, and how QUICKLY those bowls of grapes add sugar without much else that's good.

Pollywog39

I was surprised at the calories in some of my "healthier" food choices - I love whole-grain crackers to snack on, but you can only have like 6 Triscuits for 120 calories! I still need crunchies once in a while, so look for low-cal options that will satisy my crunch-addiction

As for the fruit/sugar conversations........I'm thinkin' it's a WHOLE lot better for you to eat a banana (lots of potassium, ya know) than to munch a donut. I think the sugars metabolize differently in your system in fruit versus white and/or corn sugar. I do not have a sugar issue (not diabetic or pre-diabetic), so am glad about that And I refuse to use sugar substitutes. Who needs the chemicals???

kyle4jem

For me, it wasn't the food that was surprising, it was my perception of an appropriate serving size.

I agree! I never really looked at food labels before and was so surprised at how much or how little I was allowed to have of it.

I've always looked at lables but I never really had Calories in my head like I do now. So I never thought of what constitued a portion.

Now, I'm vert portion focussed and find that I can't eat the volumes I used to :bigsmile:

barbarajean3

I would have never guessed 1 poptart was a serving and how bad 2 plain brown sugar pop tarts were. I really miss my poptarts but I look at them now and think of all the other stuff i could eat.