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Helpful food items!

mandy2128
mandy2128 Posts: 77 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I have found a few products that have really helped me with weight loss... thought i would share:

Vita tops.... for a quick and healthy breakfast or snack! Only 100 calories and lots of nutritional ingredients. "better for you than an apple." I love these!! Especially the chocolate/mint vita top!

PB2- Powdered peanut butter 85% less calories than actual peanut butter. I LOVE pb2!!! I put it on toast and in shakeology! I LOVE peanut butter, so this is a life saver!

Shakeology- I am not a beachbody coach. I am just an honest costumer! Chocolate shakeology tastes just like a chocolate milk shake. I use it as a meal and a snack. When i use it as a meal, i put milk, banana, and PB2 in it to up the calories. I drink it just how it is when i use it as a snack! At only 140 calories... this is a great product! I always feel great after drinking it. :)

What products have you found that have helped you?

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  • allief
    allief Posts: 16
    Where do you buy your Vita tops? I can only find one type at my grocery store.
  • lmvince
    lmvince Posts: 54 Member
    Kim's Magic Pop. It's Fat Free and low in calories (even lower than rice cakes) It's also made from Wheat, brown rice and corn. I use it instead of crackers. I goes great with hummus.

    www.kimsmagicpop.com
  • nurseandi
    nurseandi Posts: 80
    i can't get into the shake thing. i need to chew for something to be considered at meal. why am i obsessed with food :(
  • mandy2128
    mandy2128 Posts: 77 Member
    I order vita tops online.

    Shakes can be hard to do as a meal. But if you do it as a snack- it is so filling youll probably eat a lot less for your meal.
  • Lyadeia
    Lyadeia Posts: 4,603 Member
    I also use Shakeology and love it. I have noticed that it keeps me more full as a meal than other shakes because of all that it has in it. If you go to the website and take a look at the looooooong list of ingredients, you'll see what I mean! Plus, and it may sound gross at first, but this stuff actually regulates my digestive system much better than any yogurt ever could. That means I am less bloated and more "regular."

    I also like to use almond milk instead of skim milk. I do this because even though skim milk is fat free, there are tons of sugar grams per cup and I didn't realize that!!! Almond milk (which is about the same price for half a gallon anyway) is only 60 calories per cup with low fat and low sugar. That means it is more balanced, and I love love LOVE the taste. It's like milk with just a hint of almond flavor.

    Cinnamon is something that I love as well. I have heard research about it being able to minimize insulin spikes, and whether or not it is true, after I dumped it on top of my oatmeal, I won't go back! It tastes really good. Plain oatmeal is boring, but add some berries and cinnamon and it is fantastic.
  • orangegalt
    orangegalt Posts: 47
    Kim's Magic Pop. It's Fat Free and low in calories (even lower than rice cakes) It's also made from Wheat, brown rice and corn. I use it instead of crackers. I goes great with hummus.

    www.kimsmagicpop.com


    this looks like the same thing as cocopops, which i buy at wegman's. so if you can't find kim's, check them out.

    also:
    fage 0% greek yogurt (60 cals/.5 cup), often with hershey's sugar free chocolate syrup (15 cals/2 tbsp)
    unsweetened vanilla almond milk (40 cal/cup)
    arctic zero ice cream replacement (less than 150 cal/PINT!) @ www.myarcticzero.com
    PB2 and better'n'peanut butter
    small cans of tuna in water (70 cals) or trader joe's buffalo and turkey jerkys (60 cals) for high-protein, low-cal items
    yacon slices--check at whole foods, 16 cal/fairly large serving of dried fruit
  • mandy2128
    mandy2128 Posts: 77 Member
    thanks! Im not a fan of the greek yogurt.. i wish i was!
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