How do I live without chips?

miconsumafuoco
Posts: 43 Member
I love crunchy stuff to eat with my meals, especially with sandwiches. Now that I'm counting calories, chips are just not worth eating. I've tried having baby carrots with my sandwiches and that helps, and air popped popcorn, but plain is not great and adding butter or coconut oil adds too many calories. Any ideas?
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Save some calories somewhere in your daily intake and have some with your sandwich11
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If you love crunchy stuff eat carrots and apples. If it's the salt on the chips you crave (more likely), just cut back and your taste buds will adjust quite quickly.3
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You don't have to give up chips. It's just a matter of figuring them into your calorie count. For this to work you have to enjoy it and by giving up things you like it won't be a sustainable as far as a long-term lifestyle change.
Personally if I had to give up stuff I enjoy like beer on the beach the occasional Wendy's hamburger or slice of pizza I couldn't have done what I'm doing currently.11 -
I buy a big bag of whatever chip I want. Bring the big bag home and weight an individual portion into ziplog bags. It's already pre-portioned and ready to go. And yes, I log it and I do stop at one bag....but it has satisfied my chip cravings.15
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STEVE142142 wrote: »You don't have to give up chips. It's just a matter of figuring them into your calorie count. For this to work you have to enjoy it and by giving up things you like it won't be a sustainable as far as a long-term lifestyle change.
Personally if I had to give up stuff I enjoy like beer on the beach the occasional Wendy's hamburger or slice of pizza I couldn't have done what I'm doing currently.
This. I'm 43lbs done and I've given up nothing.8 -
If you can handle the salt, pickles are low-cal, crunchy and go with many sandwiches. Maybe some other kind of side dish, like cottage cheese or a salad. I usually just eat the sandwich. It feels weird at first when there is no other thing to eat along with it, if you're used to always having something, but I got used to it.2
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Thank you. I like the idea of just letting myself have SOME and figuring it in somehow. Pre-measured baggies sound good. Are Kale chips high in calories? Are they any good? Lol1
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Once I tried to make homemade kale chips. They were not to my tasting but everyone likes something different.
One good thing is that I wasted about $3 giving it a whirl & about 15 minutes in the kitchen. I feel it was a fair experiment to find out that I DIDN'T like it.1 -
Have you tried baked chips?4
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Just eat less chips than you normally would. Or maybe don't eat them as often. Just moderate.0
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If you want to try lower calorie alternatives, you can actually make decent potato chips in the microwave.
I have the "chip-tastic " tray, and I can do about a medium potato in 5-6 minutes. 110 calories gets me a good size bowl of chips with the texture of kettle chips.
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If you can handle the salt, pickles are low-cal, crunchy and go with many sandwiches. Maybe some other kind of side dish, like cottage cheese or a salad. I usually just eat the sandwich. It feels weird at first when there is no other thing to eat along with it, if you're used to always having something, but I got used to it.
It DOES feel weird! Lol Maybe that's part of it too. I'm supposed to be changing my habits right? Is it a healthy habit to ALWAYS have chips with a sandwich or soup?? Lol2 -
I would figure them in if you miss them that much.0
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I know that letting chips go seam impossible. I love them too - but read about health issues related to them and think if you want to put that inside yourself. What I do now is once or twice a month i cut potatoes into tiny slices sprinkle LITTLE oil on it and get a lot of sweet paper on it and some tabasco - get it into oven and heat up for 20 minutes.0
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Jicama is sweet, crunchy, and low calorie. It is some work to get at, but mmm.4
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If it's something I feel isn't worth the calories then I won't eat it. If you love it enough, then it's worth it (then it's a matter of cutting calories elsewhere to fit it in).
If it's just the salt and crunch you're after then a small apple and salted cucumber with your soup or sandwich can fit the bill.1 -
Have you tried baked chips?
This is where I get wishy-washy. If a food, other than a vegetable, doesn't have significant protein, I feel like I'm wasting my calories on something that won't keep me fuller longer. (I also just lost 20 pounds on Atkins so I'm still kinda carb-phobic.) But then I considered baked bc then I figure, if I'm still able to stay in my calories, it's fine. Maybe I can experiment...0 -
I know that letting chips go seam impossible. I love them too - but read about health issues related to them and think if you want to put that inside yourself. What I do now is once or twice a month i cut potatoes into tiny slices sprinkle LITTLE oil on it and get a lot of sweet paper on it and some tabasco - get it into oven and heat up for 20 minutes.
Can you please link the study from a reputable source in which a scientific study has occurred pertaining to the health issues of eating chips?7 -
I have substituted Special K cracker chips ( different flavors) 25 chips=120 calories and also Good Thins (different flavors) 22-24 chips for 130 calories roughly3
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Also, my wife loves Cheetos. She practices the portion control of using a common sized bowl such as one eats too much cereal from, and she reaches into the bag and grabs some Cheetos and puts them in the bowl. Then she puts the clip on the bag and takes her bowl of Cheetos to the TV and resumes her favorite activity. I admire her portion control with Cheetos. She can make a big bag of Cheetos last a week. That bowl holds about 1 oz.3
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