I need comfort food
sheepysaccount
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When I am having an exceptionally bad day I need comfort food. Something I can take to bed with me, curl up with a book and suffer silently. Usually I'd turn to chocolate or ice cream. But I don't want to anymore.
What do you suggest?
What do you suggest?
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I used to be addicted to chips. But for now, air popped popcorn with olive oil and light salt is a much better alternative.0
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chocolate protein shake w/frozen yogurt?? that's probably as much of a cheat as you shoudl go.0
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Find a healthy way to prepare your "comfort" food. If you want chocolate...have a small piece of dark chocolate and let it melt in your mouth.0
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For my chocolate fix, I turn to Jello's fat free chocolate pudding cups. One cup seems to always be enought to satisfy my cravings. At 100 cals, it works for me0
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I was also going to say popcorn. Yu can have the pleasure of putting a lot of little bits in your mouth but not eating 1,000 calories.0
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freeze a banana, put it in the food processer or blender, add chocolate syrup - homemade banana ice cream. Tastes great too!0
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I go for left overs usually. Chili So Yummy and it always comforts me.!
Though If Im having a real bad day. I sometimes just clean out my angry or bake til I drop. Though then I have to try to avoid eating my baking. beet brownies and carrot cookies are just hard to avoid0 -
Get some fruit you like. Eat that instead.
If you still need the flavour of chocolate, melt a square or two of dark chocolate in the microwave and then dip your fruit in it!0 -
A great way to feed you chocolate craving. Cleaned up Reese's Peanut Butter Cups: Ingredients- 1 Scoop (chocolate) Protein Powder, 1 tbsp all-natural peanut butter, 1tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder, 1-2 packets stevia, 2 tbsp water. Instructions: 1. Mix all ingredients together. 2. divide into 2-4 portions in muffin tins. 3. Freeze for at least an hour. 4. Enjoy! About 200 calories for the whole thing depending on your protein powder.0
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Sugar-free dark chocolate Jello pudding - 60 calories per snack cup........0
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yes, i was going to suggest the ice cream things too. I freeze two bananas and just add a little (1tbls) of water, or until it's creamy. sooo yummy!0
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I like to turn to produce for occasions like this. Baked sweet potato fries are good if you want something sweet (or put them with ranch dressing for a saltier snack), so are baked apples with cinnamon and little brown sugar or poached pears.
If you make homemade hot chocolate (with your own milk, lots of unsweetened cocoa powder, and just enough sugar for it to be sweet enough for you) that can often solve chocolate cravings. Or, just get a 70% or more chocolate bar - usually just a couple of squares will fix a chocolate craving.
If I want comfort food and am not concerned about sodium that day then I'll make myself miso soup with some silken tofu and seaweed. Not very caloric or fatty, and with protein from the tofu, but definitely not low-sodium.0 -
THANK YOU!!!!
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I'll try those the next time I get a chocolate craving. ^-^
(I had a Reese's cup, the small ones. 44 cal and I am good.)0 -
No Pudge Fudge Brownies (it's a mix - all you add is 6oz of vanilla fat free yogurt).
There's even the "recipe" for making one serving at a time. The mint ones are REALLY good - they're fat free and about 120 calories per brownie. You can even add some froyo for a "brownie sundae."0 -
that sounds great- - the Reese Peanut Butter cups with the chocolate protein powder, I'll will have to give that a try.:flowerforyou:0
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Greek yogurt if you like it. I buy Fage, fat free, and plain. Cut up strawberries into it, let it sit over night. The strawberries juice naturally and make it yumtastic.0
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Oo Greek Yogurt with Cocoa Powder, Honey and almonds tastes amazing. Some may think it sounds werid but its really Yummy0
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I'll definitely try those. THANK YOU!0
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freeze a banana, put it in the food processer or blender, add chocolate syrup - homemade banana ice cream. Tastes great too!
This!! This is my new favourite ice cream! It's sooo good. Sometimes I add frozen berries or honey too.0 -
I always keep chocolate chips in the house. When I am having a chocolate craving I can put them in oatmeal, on a banana, or on a rice cake with a teaspoon of peanut butter and feel like I'm totally indulging.0
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I also do the Fage plain 0% fat greek yogurt I usually do half a cup and either mix in fruit, tbsp honey, stevia, 1 tsp strawberry syrup, 1 tsp choc syrup or 1 Tbsp ED Smith jam (use that brand cause its only 25 cals per tablespoon as opposed to most other brands 50-80 cals per tbsp) the half cup of Fage is only 70 cals and the other stuff it depends on what and how much you mix in.0
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When I am having an exceptionally bad day I need comfort food. Something I can take to bed with me, curl up with a book and suffer silently. Usually I'd turn to chocolate or ice cream. But I don't want to anymore.
What do you suggest?
A couple of items "exceptionally bad day" and "I need".
"exceptionally bad day" - I rarely have those because I've had quite a few "life lessons". Very few things, including arterial bleeding and exposed bones, are really "exceptionally bad". It has really helped me to keep things in the perspective that, unless it still impacts me in two to five years, it's of little consequence.
The other issue is confusing wants and needs. We don't need much but, especially here in the US, we want lots of stuff! And that's fine as long as we don't confuse the two.
The other issue is that you find comfort in food and that can be really bad news. Food is fuel for the body. It tastes good, it tastes great, it's sexy, yummy, nutritious, and all of that but, once we lose sight of the fact that food is fuel for the body, we, the fat and formerly-fat, start to run into problems. That's why I made the comment about changing your relationship with food.0
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