Best Diet Food Ever

3841maggie
3841maggie Posts: 2 Member
edited November 18 in Health and Weight Loss
You could spend a fortune on diet aids that make you feel fuller for longer or you could discover sugar free jelly. At about .75p for two sachets that make up to two pints and only 9 calories per quarter pint helping, you'll find it a real fridge friend. It's great after a meal as a quick desert but even better when you have sweet cravings and go on the hunt for that 'something' to hit the spot. Popular brands come in several flavours so there is good variety. Try it, you won't regret it.

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  • GreenIceFloes
    GreenIceFloes Posts: 1,491 Member
    I love jelly! Thanks for the tip :smiley:
  • missiontofitness
    missiontofitness Posts: 4,059 Member
    But jelly with sugar in it is so delicious.
  • PopeyeCT
    PopeyeCT Posts: 249 Member
    I keep sugar free jelly in the fridge and put a spoonful in my oatmeal as flavoring sometimes.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    I used to eat sugar free everything all the time because it was all less calories, then I figured out some of it is not sugar free after all because it's sweetened with fruit sugar. Now. I only buy sugar free anything if I find it tasty. I'm glad you found something you like, which is what helps us stick to a calorie deficit. :)
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    I haven't eaten jelly in forever but I remember for a change I used to make it with a tiny little bit of boiling water, enough to make sure it dissolves properly then quark cheese ...makes a delicious low cal blancmange which has a slightly more satisfying feel to it
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    At the moment my go tos are.
    Fab ice lollies 90 cals
    Mars icecream bars for. 140
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    I haven't eaten jelly in forever but I remember for a change I used to make it with a tiny little bit of boiling water, enough to make sure it dissolves properly then quark cheese ...makes a delicious low cal blancmange which has a slightly more satisfying feel to it

    I'm sensing that Jelly in the UK is different than the US. Here we put it on toast, muffins, pancakes, etc. In the UK it is a desert?
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,026 Member
    I keep a bottle of Smuckers Boysenberry sugar free in the fridge. I don't eat a lot of bread, but when I feel like it, I like this jelly.

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  • PeachyCarol
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
    edited May 2015
    I think UK jelly is US jello. US jelly might be UK jam.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Jelly is US jello ;)
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Oh, I LOVE So Delicious Coconut Milk vanilla ice cream bars-150 calories for one. I also like most kinds of ice cream/frozen deserts that are lactose free (since I can't do lactose), except for Artic Ice. I hate that stuff.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Jelly is US jello ;)

    Ohhhhh! Got it!
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Your jelly is our jam

    You wouldn't make jam up to a pint so I figure OP is a Brit :)
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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    3841maggie wrote: »
    You could spend a fortune on diet aids that make you feel fuller for longer or you could discover sugar free jelly. At about .75p for two sachets that make up to two pints and only 9 calories per quarter pint helping, you'll find it a real fridge friend. It's great after a meal as a quick desert but even better when you have sweet cravings and go on the hunt for that 'something' to hit the spot. Popular brands come in several flavours so there is good variety. Try it, you won't regret it.

    I don't like jelly.... I would regret it...
  • PeachyCarol
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
    MrM27 wrote: »
    mamapeach910 wrote: »
    I think UK jelly is US jello. US jelly might be UK jam.

    I read the OP and thought she was talking about Jell-O which I love then it said jelly which I don't like. But it's really Jell-O? I'm confused.

    Yeah, it's Jell-O.

  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Now I've got this craving for jello--the kind mom used to make when I was a kid.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    At the moment my go tos are.
    Fab ice lollies 90 cals
    Mars icecream bars for. 140

    Mini milk lollies are tasty, 34 cals each.
  • PeachyCarol
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
    My mother used to pour milk over top of black cherry jello-o. I... never understood that.
  • missiontofitness
    missiontofitness Posts: 4,059 Member
    British terminology is very cute.
  • missiontofitness
    missiontofitness Posts: 4,059 Member
    mamapeach910 wrote: »
    My mother used to pour milk over top of black cherry jello-o. I... never understood that.

    The thought of that puts a knot in my stomach!
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  • 3841maggie
    3841maggie Posts: 2 Member
    Two peoples separated by a common language! Yes, I think British jelly is US Jell-o, and US jelly is Britsh jam. Sorry to spark the confusion.
    When I was a child in the 60s a company called Robertson's made a range of jellies and jams. The company mascot was a 'Golly' ; with each jar sold you could get a Golly sticker which you could convert to statues or badges if you collected enough. I think the sets are now worth a fortune but mine are long gone. It's quite ironic that I am now praising the products from a company that gave me a sweet tooth in the first place as a diet aid. Thank god for sugar free. For those that remember block jelly that had to be dissolved in hot water, were you guilty of stealing the concentrated squares before your mom could make the pudding? My mother would often find a packet that looked perfectly normal until she picked it up and discovered that my brother and I had been raiding her stores. Happy days.
  • missiontofitness
    missiontofitness Posts: 4,059 Member
    3841maggie wrote: »
    Two peoples separated by a common language! Yes, I think British jelly is US Jell-o, and US jelly is Britsh jam. Sorry to spark the confusion.

    Even more confusion! Jam usually uses the whole fruit while jelly uses juice/contentrates...is there a difference between the two there as well?
  • countrycutie408
    countrycutie408 Posts: 12 Member
    So... sugar free jello? Lol I'm from Canada Ontario
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Hmmm, we have a box of peach sugar free Jello (living with a diabetic there's a lot of sugar-free here...just not gummy bears!) and I'm now kind of tempted to make it
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