Cheez-It Junkie

VegasBaby
VegasBaby Posts: 49 Member
edited September 19 in Food and Nutrition
I just started MFPon June 30th. I am a Cheez-it junkie. I LOVE THEM. I really don't think I can give them up but I can definitely cut back and just eat a serving size once or twice a week. My question is first is there any others out there? And second what do you guys substitute cheez it cravings with? Weird thing is I DO NOT like cheese?!

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  • VegasBaby
    VegasBaby Posts: 49 Member
    I just started MFPon June 30th. I am a Cheez-it junkie. I LOVE THEM. I really don't think I can give them up but I can definitely cut back and just eat a serving size once or twice a week. My question is first is there any others out there? And second what do you guys substitute cheez it cravings with? Weird thing is I DO NOT like cheese?!
  • Fab140
    Fab140 Posts: 1,976 Member
    Darlin' I have no idea!! My husband would live off of Cheez-its if he could.....much to my dispair! I would love to throw the darn things out so I would stop munching them!!

    You could look into the 100 calorie packs that seem to be everywhere now-a-days....there maybe a "Cheezy" substitute!

    :flowerforyou:
  • Katy009
    Katy009 Posts: 579 Member
    What the heck is a cheez-it???
  • mjfer123
    mjfer123 Posts: 1,234 Member
    What the heck is a cheez-it???
    :noway: :noway: :noway:

    basically cheddar flavored crackers
    pretty delicious
    they look healthier than potato chips, but not so much
  • Katy009
    Katy009 Posts: 579 Member
    What the heck is a cheez-it???
    :noway: :noway: :noway:

    basically cheddar flavored crackers
    pretty delicious
    they look healthier than potato chips, but not so much

    Thx....never heard of 'em, but they sound good.
  • ali106
    ali106 Posts: 3,754 Member
    I won't buy them for that very reason...I also love the white cheddar ones.....I think the 100 cal packs are the best option if you need your fix! lol

    hugs and good luck!
    Ali :drinker:
  • PrincessDesiray
    PrincessDesiray Posts: 104 Member
    Well here is tid bit of news, cheez it is now in an 100 cal pack. I think a box of them is like 5 dollars and you can eat them slowly (it comes in preportioned little snack bags). Hopefully your local grocer has them for you.:smile:
  • kimber607
    kimber607 Posts: 7,128 Member
    Hi

    I buy the white cheddar for the kids...I'm more of a sweets/chocolate person
    BUT If having 1 serving (I think it's about 150cals) will help you not feel deprived and over-eat..then I say go for it
    Make it your special treat for sticking to your diet the rest of the day/week

    Kim
  • julie737
    julie737 Posts: 406 Member
    I love Cheez-its but the reduced calorie ones (these are in the 100 cal packs too) are nasty to me. I'd rather just eat the real ones and count the calories.

    You could just separate them into servings when you get them home from the grocery store and eat one a day or so. That would at least help you get your fix!
  • sindyb9
    sindyb9 Posts: 1,248 Member
    I love them too. I will have to try the 100 cal packs. Having an open box in the house is too tempting
  • aaubrey
    aaubrey Posts: 168 Member
    I feel the same about cheezits. I like the box that have the 2 flavors mixed. I can and have sit and eat almost a whole box. I just dont buy them. I try to avoid the whole cracker aisle. What I buy instead is the flavor blasted gold fish100 cal pack. I think they taste better than the reduced fate cheezits or their 100 cal pack.
  • Jes21sica
    Jes21sica Posts: 90 Member
    Kashi has cheddar crackers that are kind of similar to cheez-its. Honestly their not as good...they taste a little drier and less salty. But there worth a shot. There better for you and maybe they could satisfy your craving.
  • studentRN
    studentRN Posts: 440 Member
    flavor blasted gold

    Cheez-its are bad mkay?

    But these BLASTED (literally) Goldfish are SUCH a weakness!!!

    :grumble:

    That yummy, sticky, salty, cheesy, flavorful powder that they put on these things......... I could just buy a whole bag and .....

    OMN NOM NOM NOM NOM....... :smokin:
  • chelsey787
    chelsey787 Posts: 261
    you ladies are speaking my language over here... not only am i chocaholic, but i am charged guilty with love for cheesy, salty, goodness... mmmmmm
  • aaubrey
    aaubrey Posts: 168 Member
    flavor blasted gold

    Cheez-its are bad mkay?

    But these BLASTED (literally) Goldfish are SUCH a weakness!!!

    :grumble:

    That yummy, sticky, salty, cheesy, flavorful powder that they put on these things......... I could just buy a whole bag and .....

    OMN NOM NOM NOM NOM....... :smokin:

    That is why thank you lord they made blasted 100 cal packs WOOOO!!!!
    I had to explain to my husband that
    A. You have to suck the cheese powder off each one before eating it
    B. It is not a cheese craving/addiction....It is a cheese flavor addiction...totally different...:laugh:
  • studentRN
    studentRN Posts: 440 Member
    You have to suck the cheese powder off each one before eating it

    This is true. :wink:
  • VegasBaby
    VegasBaby Posts: 49 Member
    Thanks guys!!! I didn't even think of the hundred cal packs but I really am a sucker for the duoz cheez its (two flavors-one box) maybe I will just separate them into "portion controlled" sizes after I buy them. I also may try the Kashi ones....thanks for your help/support!!! damn cheez-its!!!!

    PS I too am a sucker for the blasted goldfish, but for me those are more dangerous! they are smaller in size so I eat them by the handful!!!!!
  • MontanaGirl
    MontanaGirl Posts: 1,251 Member
    Thx guys - I have managed to keep from opening the super - large sized - mega box of Cheese Its we bought at Costco "for the kids" for 3 weeks now. D*mn. Now I want Cheese Its so bad I am drooling all over my keyboard. At work and everything!! LOL

    Oh, well. At least I'm at work - can't go bust open the box and pour down the hatch like I want to!! :laugh:
  • I LOVE Cheez-its! ohhhhhh why did you even post this topic? I am now craving them!

    cheez-its and an ice cold pepsi and I'm in heaven....

    NO NO...stay on track

    stay. on. track.
  • jlr1115
    jlr1115 Posts: 11
    I love Cheez Its too! A big weakness. I ended up buying the snack size reduced calorie packets. They are 150 calories. A little more than the 100 calorie packs...but I was just eating two packs of the 100 calorie ones plus these aren't quite as expensive. For some reason, when I open a big box I just eat the entire box within a couple of days. I should try dividing into serving sizes when I get them, but I guess I'm just too lazy.
  • hmmmm
    hmmmm Posts: 607 Member
    I was watching this health show and they were talking about crackers and they pointed out that the slogan for cheez its is "get your own box". But if you ate that box all by yourself you would consume over 2000 calories! Yikes! I have a weakness for snacks like that but so I don't buy them but if my fiance buys them I make sure he keeps them high in the cupboard so out of sight out of mind (usually!)
  • IAM125lbs
    IAM125lbs Posts: 235 Member
    Thanks guys!!! I didn't even think of the hundred cal packs but I really am a sucker for the duoz cheez its (two flavors-one box) maybe I will just separate them into "portion controlled" sizes after I buy them.



    Cheez its junkie here. I love the duoz and separate them into snack bag, makes me a little bit more conscious about woofing down the entire box.
  • uwhuskygirl
    uwhuskygirl Posts: 320
    What about the Annie's cheesy bunnies? They're like cheez-its. I see them at Whole Foods and Trader Joes all of the time.

    If not, then I second the 100 cal snack packs. Just make sure you only eat 1 snack pack though.
  • KrisKabob
    KrisKabob Posts: 1,250 Member
    LOVE Cheez-its!!!

    I consider myself lucky though... I prefer the reduced fat ones over the "real" ones so that is all I buy. And for some reason Cheez-its are the one food love that I actually CAN control. But I NEVER sit down with the box... I always make myself a serving to eat.

    Mmmmmm.... Cheez-its! :tongue:
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