Healthy Food that satisfies my Craving?

Well, I'm a newbie. But, what about eating a Lean Cuisine pizza? And a Weight Watcher's pasta? I think I saw Lean Cuisine mini-burgers in the freezer at Wally-World. How about No Sugar Added Fudgsicles? Or a chocolate Skinny Cow ice cream sandwich? Maybe sugar-free chocolate Jello pudding with a squirt of Redi-Whip? Would that help? I haven't had the opportunity to try it on myself...yet. Best Wishes!

Try a carne asada soft taco with salsa or pico de gallo! The fresco chicken soft tacos at Taco Bell are great and feel like cheating.

You could always make your own pizza. I do that now just to save money and it's a lot healthier with better portion sizes.

Make a pita pizza...whole wheat pita toasted under the broiler then topped with 'no sugar added' pasta sauce, reduced fat cheese and lots of veggies.Put the whole thing back under the broiler to melt the cheese. It always satisfies my pizza craving. Hope this helps!

it depends on what type of eating you are doing. if you are cutting out the carbs, then get the taste you want without the bad stuff. you can do a juicy burger, just use 60% ground turkey and 40% ground beef, broil it and melt a slice of 2% cheese on top and eat with no bread. Even put some condiments on top if you like. You can have hot wings if you bake them, hot sauce has no calories, you just have to watch it if you have high blood pressure because of the sodium. Want pizza, get pepperoni, cheese and spaghetti sauce and make a pizza bowl with no crust. The beauty of eliminating most carbs is that you can play around with meat and cheese and still be ok. Just be careful on your portions. throw some pepperoni in your salads. get some tuna and stuff them in bell pepper and broil them. throw some turkey wings in a slow cooker with a package of hidden vally ranch dressing mix. I hve tons of ideas because this is how i live now without pasta, bread and sugar.

English Muffin Pizza

Ezekiel Sprouted Grain - English Muffin, 1 muffin- 160 cal
1-2 TBS Trader Joe's - Organic Tomato Basil Marinara Pasta Sauce, - 30
Trader Joe's - Roasted Red Pepper & Artichoke Tapenade, 2 Tbsp - 20
Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese - 80

Microwave the muffins to thaw and heat. Add toppings then toaster oven @ 350 till cheese melts and starts to brown. Comes in around 290 calories and satifies my pizza cravings. I'm adding anchovies to mine tonight.

Exekiel bread is in the freezer section. All health food stores and many of the large supermarket chains carry it. Can't remember if Trader Joes carries it.

Here's a couple of recipes...

I haven't tried this one, yet, but it would almost satisfy a pizza craving for me! http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/baked_parmesan_tomatoes.html

Also, a friend gave this one to me when I had a chocolate craving:
2 tbsp cocoa powder
2 tbsp peanut butter
1 packet instant oatmeal (or 1/2 cup of steel-cut if you have that instead)
2 tbsp brown sugar

Blend all ingredients together and add water until it all sticks together. Divide into 4 and roll each quarter into balls. Chill in the refrigerator. 2 balls = 1 serving with 210 calories, 26 g carbs, 10 g fat, 7 g protein, 3 g fiber, and 73 mg sodium. They are SO good and give me my chocolate fixes.

And then there's "root beer floats" if you want a little fake sugar splurge. Take a can of diet rootbeer + 2 tbsp whipping cream (not whipped cream) + 1/2 cup ice cubes. Put in blender and pulse until your cubes are mostly crushed. Total calories: 100, with 10 g of fat. (This is an old favorite recipe from my WW days.)

You can still have the crap - just make it yourself so you know what's in it. Make your own pizza - we do and the worst thing about it is the crust. Use lots of mushrooms and veggies to bulk it up and not so much meat and use a low-fat cheese (the fat free doesn't melt right). We also love hamburgers but make our own with the 96% lean ground beef or bison. Find a restaurant that offers bison if you want to go out. I can't tell the difference from beef.

If you spray the FF cheese with a spritz of Pam, it will melt. Same thing with soy or rice cheese.

For salty- 1 bag of 100 calorie popcorn- amazingly filling and pretty big portion size
For sweet- Fruit, or take that 100 calorie bag of popcorn and throw in some zero calorie sweetener like stevia
For chocolate- Fiber one brownie, Warm Delights 150 calories, or a square of fancy dark chocolate

...This is advice from a girl with the same problems right now! Gotta have my chocolate!!

Turkey Burgers and Onion Rings!

Turkey Burgers with Zucchini
Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes
Servings: 5 • Serving Size: 1 burger no bun • Old Points: 3 pts (bun extra) • Points+: 4 pts
Calories: 156 • Fat: 6.8 g • Protein: 18.6 g • Carb: 5.5 g • Fiber: 1.3 g

* 1.25 lbs 93% lean ground turkey
* 1 small zucchini, grated
* 1/4 cup seasoned whole wheat breadcrumbs
* 1 clove garlic, grated
* 1 tbsp red onion, grated
* A few dashes of Worcestershire sauce
* salt and fresh pepper
* oil spray

In a large bowl, combine ground turkey, zucchini, breadcrumbs, garlic, onion, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper. Make 5 equal patties.

Heat a large skillet on high heat. When hot, lightly spray oil. Add burgers to the pan and reduce the heat to low and cover. Cook on one side until browned, then flip. Flip over a few times to prevent burning and to make sure the burgers are cooked all the way through.


Low Fat Baked Onion Rings
Adapted from Life as a Lofthouse
Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes
Servings: 2 • Serving Size: 1/2 • Old Points: 1 pt • Points+: 2 pt
Calories: 74.7 • Fat: 0.6 g • Carb: 14.7 g • Fiber: 1.6 g • Sugar: 1.7 g • Protein: 2.9 g


* 1 medium onion, sliced into 1/4 inch rings
* 2 1/4 cups low fat buttermilk
* 1/2 cup panko bread crumbs
* 1/4 cup Italian seasoned whole wheat bread crumbs
* 1/4 cup crushed corn flake crumbs
* salt to taste
* olive oil baking spray (I used my Misto)


Place slices of onion in a shallow dish. Pour the buttermilk over the top and let them soak for about 1 - 2 hours, refrigerated.

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper or foil.

Combine panko, bread crumbs and corn flakes in a large dish, season with salt.

Dip each soaked onion ring into the crumb mixture; coat well. Place rings onto two cookie sheets. Lightly spray with oil. Bake about 12 minutes or until golden brown. Serve immediately.

sometimes you jst want something that you know you can't have
and tortilla pizzas you can have any old day

have some real pizza

Just do it. Count it out and do it up

sometimes you jst want something that you know you can't have
and tortilla pizzas you can have any old day

have some real pizza

Just do it. Count it out and do it up

This is what I would do. Just eat whatever you want, but make sure to log it, and still try to fit within your calorie goal.

Keep in mind that this should be a lifestyle change, not a diet. So, consider how you want to eat for the rest of your life. Are you really never going to eat pizza or buffalo wings again? I would just eat one slice of pizza and one or two buffalo wings and save the rest as leftovers. Just have what you want, and try not to go overboard.

i have a healthy toasted sandwhich
i get a wholemeal bread roll and cut it in half or two pieces of toast and put dijon mustard, cottage cheese, ham tomato and onion on it. and put it in the grill. tastes great and you feel likes your cheating but its all good! and i have lettuce cucumber and carrot on the side.