Who can eat 1 oz. of chips?

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  • BlissQuest
    BlissQuest Posts: 15
    Exactly -- that science works for me, too. But chips are in the RED ZONE...not a normal food group. I may just ban them from my life, at least for a while...it's like staying with a wife beating husband! You lose, but only 100% of the time! LOL....
  • darls25
    darls25 Posts: 151 Member
    How about making your own healthy version? I think they have tortillas that are low calorie and lower carbs. Then just cut them up and bake them. I think lays has baked tortilla chips. They might be lower in calories fat etc.

    I have a hard time eating more then 1 oz too. One thing that helps is take your serving and put the bag back in the pantry. That way you won't have see them and think about them as much :)
  • taziarj
    taziarj Posts: 243 Member
    I love chips and it is the one thing I miss the most. I think the single serving 1oz bags would work the best. To portion out a large bag really requires a scale. How can you really count chips? There are small ones, big ones, and lots of little broken pieces. Another way to portion them out is if you buy a 9oz big bag, portion it out in to 9 little sandwich zipper bags. This way even if one is a little over and another under, it averages out and you still account for all the calories in your diary.

    You need to be careful of some "single serving" bags, I looked on the back of a Big Grab bag and it contained three and a half servings, for a whopping 525 calories. I have also found the Kellogg’s Special K Cracker Chips, these fill the chip craving but with few calories. They consider a serving to be 27 pieces for 110 calories, but I find I am satisfied after 10-12 pieces. I just wish they would come out with some more normal chip like flavors (salt and vinegar, dill pickle, bbq).
  • eriemer
    eriemer Posts: 197
    1 oz of chips No Problem, same for cheese, and icecream. It's cuz these foods do not trip my trigger. But open a nice bottle of wine and one glass is never enough, no matter how good my intentions are.

    I just don't get frustrated with myself anymore. It's not worth the internal guilt that ultimately leads to the all or nothing mentality.
    If I do over endulge, which happens once-twice a week, I try to keep moving forward. Each time this happens I have a longer break from gorging myself. Everyone here binges or eats some not so healthly choices every now and then. It's just part of life.
  • zinok
    zinok Posts: 185
    I need to get a scale to weigh my food... I never know how much 1oz consists of.
    But! I did separate my bag of pretzels so each baggy has 100cal based on the nutrition info on the back! So I feel pretty pleased about that.
  • BlissQuest
    BlissQuest Posts: 15
    Yes, so true... who eats 1/2 cup ice cream? That's a few bites...
  • BlissQuest
    BlissQuest Posts: 15
    Yes, and someone from MFP suggested making our own baked corn chips, which we are going to do! That way, the fat will be way low and much less salt, too.

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