100 Calorie Packs - article

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  • lyla29
    lyla29 Posts: 3,549 Member
    I like to get the 100 calorie packs of the tiny cookies (mint fudge shoppe), because when I have a chocolate craving, I eat maybe 1/2 the bag, and it's only 50 calories, and I am satisfied. I like to eat the small cookies because sometimes it seems like more to me than eating a regular size cookie. .:ohwell:
  • MissVitaVonCherry
    MissVitaVonCherry Posts: 709 Member
    :flowerforyou: Thanks for sharing this!
    I like the 100 cal packs, they are quick and on the go for me which is exactly what i used them for, i don't use them to sit and watch tv with! But I could see where other may do that... personally I think if you sit down with a bag of chips you are in for more danger then with a 100 cal pack, after you finish the pack you would have to get up to get another if you ran out!:happy: :laugh: :laugh:


    LONG LIVE the 100 cal packs I say!
  • Cindysunshine
    Cindysunshine Posts: 1,188 Member
    I wonder if the people in the study were even people who wanted to lose weight or for that matter even cared waht they stuffed in their face? I don't buy the 100 calorie packs. I like the single serve bags of baked chips every so often and I can count out 1 oz of regular chips and just eat them and no more. I do think the 100 calorie packs are great for some people and especialy for kids portion control. I would keep buying them if you love them and thats that. :smile: Cindy :heart:
  • slieber
    slieber Posts: 765 Member
    Read the article but not the replies so please forgive if I'm repeating. My eating personality is such that I would not be satisfied with a 100 calorie pack. I would eat a whole box of them, so the portion control doesn't work.

    PLUS, those are easily addictive foods. What's to stop me from eating 100 cals of that instead of something more healthy? The old commercial of "you can't eat just one" is so true for some of us!
  • MaryinBflo
    MaryinBflo Posts: 437 Member
    I wonder if the people in the study were even people who wanted to lose weight or for that matter even cared waht they stuffed in their face? I don't buy the 100 calorie packs. I like the single serve bags of baked chips every so often and I can count out 1 oz of regular chips and just eat them and no more. I do think the 100 calorie packs are great for some people and especialy for kids portion control. I would keep buying them if you love them and thats that. :smile: Cindy :heart:

    Exactly because if you are logging all your calories you know EXACTLY what you are eating!! I use the 100 cal packs for work so there is no way to go back for more since I can only eat what i bring plus they are too expensive to eat at home anyways!
  • slieber
    slieber Posts: 765 Member
    That's a good point. A good friend of mine had a stomach operation to help her lose weight. She's looking great, but still eats those 100 cal packs. Before she had the operation, she would say she was watching what she ate, but ate those packs, which are really almost empty calories.

    It's not even the calories, though, but the quality of what you eat. I could eat 100 cals of cheezits or whatever they are, or I could stuff my face with a 100 cals of fruits and veggies and not feel exhausted and hungry in an hour.
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