What is your secret diet food ?

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  • kazdav
    kazdav Posts: 62 Member
    You can dice it and when its cooked have it as a replacement for potato or its nice mashed up with carrot.

    I love swede, i particularly love creamed swede, not that I am eating that at the moment but I did make some shepherds pies and topped them with mashed swede.
  • Comerdinger
    Comerdinger Posts: 2 Member
    We have recently discovered kale chips which we LOVE. My husband has also taken to dipping celery into wing sauce with a little bit of blue cheese. It helps satisfy his wing craving.
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    I love Bonless skinless chix breast diced, add Franks wing sauce, chopped celery and a tiny bit of blue cheese crumbles. YUM
  • timbiden
    timbiden Posts: 21
    I SO have to try the shiritaki noodles, Beanitos and PB2. There are other things on my list to try but these 3 things are absolutely at the top. Peanut butter is a guilty pleasure. I LOVE it and would be thrilled to have a low-cal replacement. =)

    Thanks to everyone who has posted here!
  • Bijou86
    Bijou86 Posts: 5 Member
    Jack Link's original beef jerky! 120 calories for 1.5 oz, while it does have a lot of salt, it sure beats my staple 5-layer burrito at taco bell (550+ calories). Keeps me fuller longer than veggies/fruit/fiber one original cereal on those super hungry days.
  • InvidiaXII
    InvidiaXII Posts: 315 Member
    Can't believe no one here likes swede. I think its called rutabega in the US but not sure.

    Oh, I was wondering if it's the same vegetable, lol. I love rutabega! My family makes them every year for Thanksgiving. :D
  • DeadMarsha
    DeadMarsha Posts: 203
    Fresh report on my attempt at cooking with turnips since spotting this thread: I made vegetable soup yesterday (potatos, carrots, turnips) and with some milk, some butter, and a few seasonings I now have enough delicious food for a week for just over 100 calories a serving... So I am now a fan of turnip, haha. I wrote down the recipe if anyone is interested. =) New favorite soup for winter!

    i'm interested!

    I'll PM you the recipe! =)
  • eabaker
    eabaker Posts: 18 Member
    Oh snap! I don't know what I was thinking!

    My favorite diet food.... baked sweet potato, fresh out of the oven (I put them in without poking or wrapping in foil @ 375 for 45-50 minutes). 2nd... Nostimo Greek Non-fat Peach Yogurt (yum!)

    Nutritional value of the sweet potato (including fat burning properties) can be found at:

    http://www.fatburningfurnace.com/blog/sweet-potato-nutrition-facts-health-benefits-of-the-sweet-potato
  • jenillawafer
    jenillawafer Posts: 426 Member
    Those look disgusting. :(
  • lajuice24
    lajuice24 Posts: 409 Member
    Green tea, Greek yogurt, oatmeal!
  • Dezmodus
    Dezmodus Posts: 68 Member
    ice cream cones.

    seriously.

    if i have a bowl of ice cream, i'm likely to fill the bowl up, but trying to stuff more than one (actual 1/2 cup) serving into an ice cream cone doesn't really work, and the cones are about 20 calories each, so I have about 100-140 calories of ice cream and 20 of cone, and i don't have to swap things out or eat crazy health foods.

    My new slogan is "eat ice cream! lose weight!"
  • hastinbe
    hastinbe Posts: 130 Member
    Depending where you are from mine has a variety of names, usually called rice cereal or rice pudding. It is brown rice in heated milk with a tsp of sugar and 1 tsp of cinnamon.
  • moopity
    moopity Posts: 54 Member
    Julian's Bakery low-carb breads

    http://www.julianbakery.com/

    I love the gluten free version (smart carb #3) -- only 73 calories per slice. It's heavy and dense. Love it!

    Before I went gluten free, I used to love the smart carb #1, but now that's off limits. :/
  • Jonahyona
    Jonahyona Posts: 108 Member
    Mini Babybel Light Cheese.....only 50 calories!!!:)
  • Apriiilxx
    Apriiilxx Posts: 10 Member
    Skinny pop popcorn!!! Currently at least. Just got rid of a bag the other day
  • apriltrainer
    apriltrainer Posts: 732 Member
    Tisano chocolate teas! They are just the thing to have when a chocolate craving strikes. I have some with a packet of stevia. So good!
  • SkyPixie
    SkyPixie Posts: 224
    Can't believe no one here likes swede. I think its called rutabega in the US but not sure.

    I :heart: swede . .mashed with just a sprinkle of black pepper :happy:
  • virgocoley
    virgocoley Posts: 80 Member
    Can someone tell me what spaghetti squash is - i want to try it cos I love pasta but have no idea what it is.

    thank you
  • smiler_87
    smiler_87 Posts: 26
    Pickled onions haha love the crunch and flavour, stops me eating crisps and only 23 cals per 50g!
  • marycmeadows
    marycmeadows Posts: 1,691 Member
    Coconut Milk is great, and very low calorie. Makes your shakes much more satisfying than water, but at only about half the calories of milk.

    LOOOOOVE unsweetened coconut milk. also use canned pumpkin pretty much every day!! and Zucchini and/or yellow squash! YUMMM-O!
  • PinkyFran
    PinkyFran Posts: 54
    Mine is Swede, only 26 calories per 100g and I love it

    A great replacement for mash potato , a very cleansing face pack and in an emergency a draft excluder.

    Billy

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    love swede!!! keep forgetting about it so ty!!!! buying some today :)
  • HunniBunniLisy
    HunniBunniLisy Posts: 30 Member
    Have to agree on the shiritaki miracle noodles!! - so low in cals and sooooo filling!! Add some vegetables and protein (tuna, salmon, chicken, prawns are my faves!) and your favourite sauce! Love em! :-)
  • Iric1783
    Iric1783 Posts: 26 Member
    Mine is Swede, only 26 calories per 100g and I love it

    A great replacement for mash potato , a very cleansing face pack and in an emergency a draft excluder.

    Billy

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    I Love swede and Carrot mash..Much nice than mashed potato!!
  • misskatibear
    misskatibear Posts: 158 Member
    a very cleansing face pack and in an emergency a draft excluder.

    Lmao.
    Mmmm good idea to replace instead of mash - I love swede! I think you've convinced me to add it to my shopping list.

    I've stopped buying mature cheese altogether not only is it expensive, I love it so much I'd find it hard to restrict it if it's here. So instead i've replace it with 'Laughing Cow Extra light' cheese - I don't know if it's actually a HEALTHY alternative, but all the numbers are a lot lower than mature cheese :) And I have about 1 a day with meals.
  • LoseFatGainMuscle
    LoseFatGainMuscle Posts: 7
    raw nut mix of pecans, walnuts and sliced almonds
  • juicy_cat
    juicy_cat Posts: 145 Member
    You're not alone my friend - I LOVE swede....!!
  • misskatibear
    misskatibear Posts: 158 Member
    Have to agree on the shiritaki miracle noodles!! - so low in cals and sooooo filling!! Add some vegetables and protein (tuna, salmon, chicken, prawns are my faves!) and your favourite sauce! Love em! :-)

    I just looked up these 'shiritaki miracle noodles' you speak of... I checked out the ingredients 'glucomannan fibre (Amorphophailus konjac), pH and shape stabiliser (calcium hydroxide, E526)'

    That sounds weird to me - Is it all healthy or?
  • marie_cressman
    marie_cressman Posts: 980 Member
    BACON.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 28+ years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

    ^^ YES!
    I love bacon almost as much as I love my husband. It doesn't have to make you fat though. I make BLTs for lunch pretty often and I manage to still lose weight. Love me some bacon!

    AAAAAAND oatmeal is another "go to". I find myself fuller and more satisfied when I make a nice big bowl of old fashioned oats mixed with raisins, cinnamon and a tsp of brown sugar. :D
  • rosecando
    rosecando Posts: 33 Member
    Im from New-Zealand, we call the yellow ones swede and white turnips. I like yams too(, they look like a wee willy) dont know what theyre called in USA. Sweet Potatoes are called Kumara and yum roasted.
    I like Whey Protein Powder (vanilla), I put it in my breakfast bluberry smoothy,
  • janes21
    janes21 Posts: 2
    Cucumber Gazpacho with lots of fresh, raw vegetables and Fage (plain fat free Greek yogurt).
  • 2shoes123
    2shoes123 Posts: 204 Member
    I am loving Skinny Cow Chocolate Truffle ice cream bars. They are 100 calories and very satisfying.

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