These Nuts!

Laguapa
Laguapa Posts: 58
edited September 19 in Food and Nutrition
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
    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
    :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.
  • Amen, lol...you make me laugh!
  • prairiemom
    prairiemom Posts: 391 Member
    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
    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

    . Be careful with the nuts guys.

    It was just too easy.
  • jlwhelan1
    jlwhelan1 Posts: 664
    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
    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
    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
    No nuts for me -...........love them - too many calories - :grumble:
  • sculley
    sculley Posts: 2,012 Member
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    Arent almonds a good pick me up snack?
  • CrystalBella
    CrystalBella Posts: 848 Member
    Arent almonds a good pick me up snack?

    pick me up or "pick me up"? my guy says when I eat almonds that night I'm extra happy to see him. :laugh:
  • BEFORE
    BEFORE Posts: 1,291 Member
    Arent almonds a good pick me up snack?

    pick me up or "pick me up"? my guy says when I eat almonds that night I'm extra happy to see him. :laugh:
    [door bell rings] "package of almonds for Crystal from BF'
  • BEFORE
    BEFORE Posts: 1,291 Member
    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!
    Oh you :devil: .
  • CrystalBella
    CrystalBella Posts: 848 Member
    Arent almonds a good pick me up snack?

    pick me up or "pick me up"? my guy says when I eat almonds that night I'm extra happy to see him. :laugh:
    [door bell rings] "package of almonds for Crystal from BF'

    lol he'd love that! i texted him and told him i told everyone our secret, he said i'm addicted and need to back away from this site and work. which is true.
  • BEFORE
    BEFORE Posts: 1,291 Member
    Arent almonds a good pick me up snack?

    pick me up or "pick me up"? my guy says when I eat almonds that night I'm extra happy to see him. :laugh:
    [door bell rings] "package of almonds for Crystal from BF'

    lol he'd love that! i texted him and told him i told everyone our secret, he said i'm addicted and need to back away from this site and work. which is true.
    Tell him to be quiet or you wont eat "any" nuts tonight.
  • TamTastic
    TamTastic Posts: 19,224 Member
    Arent almonds a good pick me up snack?

    pick me up or "pick me up"? my guy says when I eat almonds that night I'm extra happy to see him. :laugh:
    [door bell rings] "package of almonds for Crystal from BF'

    lol he'd love that! i texted him and told him i told everyone our secret, he said i'm addicted and need to back away from this site and work. which is true.

    Yes, I think we are all addicted to this site!

    Well, at least almonds are a good nut to have as a regular addition in your diet! :) I didn't realize they had an aphrodisiac effect! hehe....my hubby just goes for the Golden Grahams with me!! :wink:
  • BEFORE
    BEFORE Posts: 1,291 Member
    Arent almonds a good pick me up snack?

    pick me up or "pick me up"? my guy says when I eat almonds that night I'm extra happy to see him. :laugh:
    [door bell rings] "package of almonds for Crystal from BF'

    lol he'd love that! i texted him and told him i told everyone our secret, he said i'm addicted and need to back away from this site and work. which is true.

    Yes, I think we are all addicted to this site!

    Well, at least almonds are a good nut to have as a regular addition in your diet! :) I didn't realize they had an aphrodisiac effect! hehe....my hubby just goes for the Golden Grahams with me!! :wink:
    I think air is my aphrodisiac (TMI?)
  • TamTastic
    TamTastic Posts: 19,224 Member
    Arent almonds a good pick me up snack?

    pick me up or "pick me up"? my guy says when I eat almonds that night I'm extra happy to see him. :laugh:
    [door bell rings] "package of almonds for Crystal from BF'

    lol he'd love that! i texted him and told him i told everyone our secret, he said i'm addicted and need to back away from this site and work. which is true.

    Yes, I think we are all addicted to this site!

    Well, at least almonds are a good nut to have as a regular addition in your diet! :) I didn't realize they had an aphrodisiac effect! hehe....my hubby just goes for the Golden Grahams with me!! :wink:
    I think air is my aphrodisiac (TMI?)

    I think it's that way with MOST men....mon ami!!! :wink:
  • alwaysenl
    alwaysenl Posts: 197 Member
    yeah I love almonds. I buy now the little single serving pouches of plain almonds, I think they are by Blue Diamond and they are great- the perfect serving size and it controls how much you eat.
  • CrystalBella
    CrystalBella Posts: 848 Member
    Arent almonds a good pick me up snack?

    pick me up or "pick me up"? my guy says when I eat almonds that night I'm extra happy to see him. :laugh:
    [door bell rings] "package of almonds for Crystal from BF'

    lol he'd love that! i texted him and told him i told everyone our secret, he said i'm addicted and need to back away from this site and work. which is true.

    Yes, I think we are all addicted to this site!

    Well, at least almonds are a good nut to have as a regular addition in your diet! :) I didn't realize they had an aphrodisiac effect! hehe....my hubby just goes for the Golden Grahams with me!! :wink:
    I think air is my aphrodisiac (TMI?)

    I think it's that way with MOST men....mon ami!!! :wink:

    So agreed! :laugh:
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