What's your weakness?

es0torok · July 2011

I was looking though the diet diaries of some of my friends and noticed each person has their own weakness.
I was thinking perhaps I could start this thread so we can find alternatives to the things we are weakest for.

For example, I noticed one person likes bagels. She had the calories listed at 330. A great alternative would be the Thomas Bagel Thins at 110 calories. They are still bagels, but thinner.

I have a weakness for chocolate, but that subject has been explored in the forums over and over again. I have two things I use to fix my chocolate weakness, Vita-Tops Deep Chocolate (100 calories) and Nabisco Teddy Grahams Chocolaty Chip (24 cookies for 130 calories).

Another person I say likes beef. I gave up beef 15 years ago. I have found I can use ground turkey in the same dishes I used to use ground beef for. Plus, there are Turkey meatballs, bacon, sausage, spam, lunchmeat, etc. They turkey alternative is a significant reduction in calories.

Oh!! Mexican food is my biggest unresolved weakness now.

So, now I am asking you.. what is your weakness and have you found an alternative or are you still looking for ideas?

chevy88grl · July 2011

Reese's Peanut Butter cups - I eat Skinny Cow Heavenly crisps peanut butter now.

I do love bagels, but hate those wimpy thin ones - so I suck it up and eat the real thing.

right now I'm in love with almonds - chocolate, cinnamon and honey roasted. Yum.

The only beef I eat is steak and only once a month. Otherwise, it is fish, chicken and the occasional pork.

For awhile, I was eating the 100 calorie packs of cupcakes because I looove cupcakes! LOL

dreamtoned10 · July 2011

i love chocolate, but I just dont have it as otherwise ill prob go on a binge. I have a treat, but not a bar of chocolate as such. In Ireland, we dont have a lot of brands etc as substitues to reduce calories found in sweets. IE we have Reese Peanut butter cups, but none of the alternatives you mentioned.

annabellio · July 2011

wine. cheese. mexican food.

melsinct · July 2011

My weaknesses are pizza, wine, and cheese. Honestly, I just budget room for them in my calories. I have found replacements for things along the way to lighten up on calories (e.g. ground buffalo burger instead of beef), but there is no low cal version of pizza, wine, or cheese that compares with the real deal.*

*Note: Laughing Cow cheese is all well and good but does not compare to a Maytag Blue, Humboldt Fog, etc.

es0torok · July 2011

Reese's Peanut Butter cups - I eat Skinny Cow Heavenly crisps peanut butter now.

I just searched the Nestle web sight for a location near me that sells these... "Sorry, there are no stores near you..."

AdrienneinTO · July 2011

My weakness is my boyfriend. Lol. We both enjoy good food and wine. Sometimes it's too difficult to tell him "No, I won't have truffle-mushroom bruschetta and curried zucchini soup before the main course". I deal with it by either making those days my "zig-zag calories" days to inform my body that it is not starving, or trying really hard to have a long workout that day. On the plus side, the special meals are rarely very fatty or otherwise unhealthy, just relatively large.

2112540 · July 2011

peanut butter!!!! I'm so obsessed! I had cut it out of my diet until recently when I found pb2....It has way less calories (45/2Tbs) but I still find my self over indulging on it! urggh