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What food has surprised you since using MFP?

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  • michedarnd
    michedarnd Posts: 207 Member
    How MUCH better it is to pack in my morning protein calories using cottage-cheese, and how QUICKLY those bowls of grapes add sugar without much else that's good.
  • Pollywog39
    Pollywog39 Posts: 1,730 Member
    I was surprised at the calories in some of my "healthier" food choices - I love whole-grain crackers to snack on, but you can only have like 6 Triscuits for 120 calories! I still need crunchies once in a while, so look for low-cal options that will satisy my crunch-addiction :)

    As for the fruit/sugar conversations........I'm thinkin' it's a WHOLE lot better for you to eat a banana (lots of potassium, ya know) than to munch a donut. I think the sugars metabolize differently in your system in fruit versus white and/or corn sugar. I do not have a sugar issue (not diabetic or pre-diabetic), so am glad about that :) And I refuse to use sugar substitutes. Who needs the chemicals???
  • kyle4jem
    kyle4jem Posts: 1,400 Member
    For me, it wasn't the food that was surprising, it was my perception of an appropriate serving size.

    I agree! I never really looked at food labels before and was so surprised at how much or how little I was allowed to have of it.
    I've always looked at lables but I never really had Calories in my head like I do now. So I never thought of what constitued a portion.

    Now, I'm vert portion focussed and find that I can't eat the volumes I used to :bigsmile:
  • barbarajean3
    barbarajean3 Posts: 132 Member
    I would have never guessed 1 poptart was a serving and how bad 2 plain brown sugar pop tarts were. I really miss my poptarts but I look at them now and think of all the other stuff i could eat.:cry:
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