These Nuts!

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Laguapa
Laguapa Posts: 58
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I can't believe how fattening the pecans are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:sad:

If you eat a cup you have taken in over 600 calories and over 80 grams of fat!!! :mad: My aunt gave me a bunch from South Carolina and they became addicting. :ohwell: I think I just like cracking them open.

Never again.. . . Be careful with the nuts guys.
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  • Laguapa
    Laguapa Posts: 58
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    I can't believe how fattening the pecans are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:sad:

    If you eat a cup you have taken in over 600 calories and over 80 grams of fat!!! :mad: My aunt gave me a bunch from South Carolina and they became addicting. :ohwell: I think I just like cracking them open.

    Never again.. . . Be careful with the nuts guys.
  • heartshapdworld
    heartshapdworld Posts: 323 Member
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    :cry: I stopped buying nuts...I love them, and I just end up eating too many. Kinda like having chocolate or ice cream in the house for me. I feel your pain.
  • rachel82
    rachel82 Posts: 7
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    Amen, lol...you make me laugh!
  • prairiemom
    prairiemom Posts: 391 Member
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    I love pistachios especially the Jalapeno ones. 170 per 13 nuts. 13:noway: who can eat just 13.
    not me. Just don't buy them any more.:sad:
  • faithstephenson
    faithstephenson Posts: 280 Member
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    I buy about a pound of pecans and mix them with a couple pounds of sesame sticks to make my own kind of trail mix. Then I just measure out about a half cup of the mix for 1 snack a day. It's enough to give me that nut taste, but I'm only actually eating 4 or 5.
  • BEFORE
    BEFORE Posts: 1,291 Member
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    . Be careful with the nuts guys.

    It was just too easy.
  • jlwhelan1
    jlwhelan1 Posts: 664
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    I premeasure the serving size I want into snack size baggies and throw one in my lunch for the day - then when I'm ready for a snack I know exactly how many nuts (and calories) I'm eating.

    Nuts are wonderfully good for you in small amounts daily.
  • CrystalBella
    CrystalBella Posts: 848 Member
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    yeh, the amount of fat in nuts threw me off too. i only eat almonds unsalted and i don't eat them that often anymore. lol i miss me nuts! (no pun intended)
  • mjfer123
    mjfer123 Posts: 1,234 Member
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    Well the good news is the fat in nuts is the "good" fat.
    They are especially good to have if you work out a lot.
    Its also a good source of other nutrients.
    I love peanut butter and nuts and trail mix.
    So long as youre not just snacking away on nuts all the time, you should be good.
    I usually have a handful or two before going to the gym.
  • jojo52610
    jojo52610 Posts: 692 Member
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    No nuts for me -...........love them - too many calories - :grumble:
  • sculley
    sculley Posts: 2,012 Member
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    I grew up loving pecans we had a tree out back....

    It's crazy just how much fat and calories are in any nuts.... I only eat them on a day where I have worked out immensely:noway:

    My grandma sent me a whole 2 lbs for christmas...they just sat in the fridge and I was like uh noooo:noway: :grumble: lol...
  • al1x83
    al1x83 Posts: 3
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    I agree! I LOVE cashews, pecans, walnuts.......ok, you get the idea. Once I started reading the labels I stopped buying them. It's ridiculous how much fat and calories are packed inside such small portions. :grumble:
  • TamTastic
    TamTastic Posts: 19,224 Member
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    Yep, I love nuts but don't allow myself too many these days (Men, behave!!)

    When I go into Manhattan, it is SOOO hard not to get the honey roasted cashews they sell from the cart on the street! Oh man, are they good!!

    I could eat an entire canister of mixed nuts in one setting! :laugh:
  • BEFORE
    BEFORE Posts: 1,291 Member
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    Yep, I love nuts but don't allow myself too many these days (Men, behave!!)
    :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :devil:

    BTW cashews are brutal but man do they taste good.
  • TamTastic
    TamTastic Posts: 19,224 Member
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    Yep, I love nuts but don't allow myself too many these days (Men, behave!!)
    :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :devil:

    BTW cashews are brutal but man do they taste good.
    How did I know YOU would jump on that one!!!! :wink: :laugh:

    Yes, cashews DO taste good!! hahaha!
  • BEFORE
    BEFORE Posts: 1,291 Member
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    Yep, I love nuts but don't allow myself too many these days (Men, behave!!)
    :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :devil:

    BTW cashews are brutal but man do they taste good.
    How did I know YOU would jump on that one!!!! :wink: :laugh:

    Yes, cashews DO taste good!! hahaha!
    I just did not know you had a wild side in ya.
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
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    Almonds people, almonds are great. Less fat, (nut fat is the good kind anyway, so it's not as bad as it sounds), and more protein!
  • TamTastic
    TamTastic Posts: 19,224 Member
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    Yep, I love nuts but don't allow myself too many these days (Men, behave!!)
    :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :devil:

    BTW cashews are brutal but man do they taste good.
    How did I know YOU would jump on that one!!!! :wink: :laugh:

    Yes, cashews DO taste good!! hahaha!
    I just did not know you had a wild side in ya.
    :devil: :devil: If you only knew!
  • CrystalBella
    CrystalBella Posts: 848 Member
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    Almonds people, almonds are great. Less fat, (nut fat is the good kind anyway, so it's not as bad as it sounds), and more protein!

    Thanks to you, that's what I eat. Almonds unsalted!
  • BEFORE
    BEFORE Posts: 1,291 Member
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    Arent almonds a good pick me up snack?

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