I had a passing thought: If I wanted to lose weight, who is the
most successful at keeping their weight off? Well, I've learned
if you look to the _extremes_ and then *come back* to _where you
are_, you can get some ideas that will help you. So, I thought,
what are some ''Safe Foods'' that people who are Anorexic
currently eat? Well, Public Forums often are places where people
come together, so I did a Google search. I hope this helps
someone out there who is trying to lose weight, or even someone
suffering from anorexia who needs ideas on more things they can
eat that might be ok:
mine include dannon light n fit vanilla yogurt (lowest calorie
yummy yogurt ive found)
diet cherry 7up
minute maid lite cherry limeaid - RIDICULOUSLY GOOD. NOT GROSS
AT ALL, only 5 calories!!!!tastes like juice!
coffee with lots of sugar for some energy.
salad with vinegary low cal dressing and lime juice
i would like a list of yummy low cal food that i can stock up
on.
what are your faves??
Gremlin
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10-07-2010, 09:49 PM
Pickles!! - 0 calories yet they are amazing. It's what I eat at
night when I feel hungry. Hungry? Mmmmmm pumpking pie. *opens
fridge* No! Pickles! delicious, 0 calorie treat! Ok, I'm
finished with the pickles thing now. Moving on.
The teeny tiny apples
Diet Coke
Salad - ie lettuce with cucumbers and celery
Celery!!
Clementines - my favorite things ever. It's what I used to have
for breakfast
Plain or salted rice cakes
I'll probably think of more later but that's it for now.
SkiNNyMoMMy
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10-07-2010, 09:56 PM
i love pickles too!!! but im afraid to eat them because my
husband heard somewhere that eating them makes you...*smell*
.....down there... lol.
so now im petrified to eat them or let him see me eat them for
fear that he wont go there! and i desperately dont want that
hahaha
i know its probly soooo not true but i have this weird obsession
with always smelling good and clean (on my whole body, not just
my lady parts!)
im going to google this now...i wonder if its true...
SkiNNyMoMMy
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10-07-2010, 10:06 PM
so i just googled it and i got mixed reviews. a lot of people
dont have issues with pickles, but apparently broccoli, onions,
asparagus, fish and curry all make you smell and taste bad. and
pineapple makes you smell really sweet! this goes for guys too.
pineapple makes it taste better for up to 12 hours....good to
know! also, i read that it is commonly agreed that vegetarians
smell and taste the best. interesting
(hopefully this wasnt tmi or too innappropriate! i tried to use
nice language lol)
All of the above are ''free foods'' zero calories or zero fat.
Mau
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10-08-2010, 12:11 AM
Tomatoes
Coffee
0 calorie Lipton tea
cucumber
lettuce
...more coffee...
This thread is amazing, btw ;3
NYC.Love
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10-08-2010, 01:04 AM
splenda splenda splenda lol
paige
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10-08-2010, 01:08 AM
fruits and veggies, rice cakes, milk, eggs,
hmm... I can't think of anything else.
Milk and eggs aren't there because they're low cal but because
(in my mind) their nutrition outweighs the calories.
not.quite.ana
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10-08-2010, 04:38 AM
+pickles although i try to limit myself to 4 max since they're
somewhere between 1-4 calories (since 0 calorie labels are
rounded down from 5)
+...water? haha yea i'm lame. i have a weird thing against
drinking anything but water and tea.
huh. i don't know why i thought this list would be longer.
hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Needtolooseweight
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10-08-2010, 04:57 AM
i love pickles too!!! but im afraid to eat them because my
husband heard somewhere that eating them makes you...*smell*
.....down there... lol.
so now im petrified to eat them or let him see me eat them for
fear that he wont go there! and i desperately dont want that
hahaha
i know its probly soooo not true but i have this weird obsession
with always smelling good and clean (on my whole body, not just
my lady parts!)
im going to google this now...i wonder if its true...
Haha! omg i heard this was true aswell!! Like if you have spicy
food its not so good for ur man think il mayb stock up on
pineapple hehe. Im bi and am kinda seein a girl just now so i
mite suggest a pineapple breakfast LOL!!
As far as safe foods, like salad n that obv the usuals. Low fat
cottage cheese on rivita crackers is reli good i think, oh n
shape yogurts!
xxx
thinkingaloud
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10-08-2010, 05:33 AM
*stupid question alert* Are pickles the same thing as pickled
onions?? Cos i love them!
Weight watchers yoghurts (50 cals + so yummy)
Low cal soup
Salad with cider vinegar and pepper
COFFEE!!
JuliJ90809
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10-08-2010, 06:56 AM
ahaha i love you guys XP and no, pickles are pickled cucumbers.
never tried pickled onions before.
my safe foods:
0 calorie tea (lemon or raspberry usually)
diet coke and diet dr. pepper
celery and carrots
plain unsalted (possibly multigrain) rice cakes (40) with 1/2
tablespoon of jam (25) or honey (30). i would say with peanut
butter, but the kind we have is DEF not low cal enough, so i
never use it.
100 calorie packs of pretzel goldfish for lunch love 'em
VITAMIN WATER ZERO!! it's the only drink they sell at school
besides juice and plain water and i loooove it!
10 cal crackers occasionally, to ward off eating something else
soy milk in my cereal--10 fewer calories than skim! plus my dad
buys it anyway
SkinKnee28
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10-08-2010, 08:18 AM
dt root beer
cherrios
ff yogurt >90cals
bottled h20
grapples
bananas (especially after recovering from fasts)
smart pop popcorn indiv. serving
HanaHollywood
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10-08-2010, 08:34 AM
stock cube broth
pickels
raw veggies and salad
brown sauce
extra light mayo
sweet chilli sauce
pepper
soy sauce
black tea and coffee
diet soda
avacados (naughy i know)
rice crackers
splenda
egg whites
passata
marmite!!!!
chocolite (its a 7cal per mug hot chocolate, comes in a veriety
of flavors )
frozen grapes
icecubes
lowcaljelly
low fat/non fat yogs frozen or just normal
home made frappachinos
ice water and lemon
plain popcorn
my list is really long
Gollum
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10-08-2010, 09:17 AM
dt root beer
cherrios
ff yogurt >90cals
bottled h20
grapples
bananas (especially after recovering from fasts)
smart pop popcorn indiv. serving
omigosh grapples!! I haven't had one in months. they are
amazing!
- Morning Star vegetarian chick'n patty: 80 calories
- Morning Star vegetarian turkey patty: 80 calories
- Morning Star vegetarian bacon strip: 30 calories
- My home-brewed coffee: 5 calories
- Pickles: 0-5 calories
- SoBe Lifewater: 0 calories
- Water: 0 calories
- Kashi GOLEAN Crunchy Chocolate Caramel bar: 150 calories
- Sun Chips mini bag: 140 calories
- Granny Smith large apple: 110 calories
- Hard boiled egg: 70 calories
- Dark chocolate covered espresso beans: 5-7 calories per bean
- Popcorn bag: 100 calories
I use Starbucks as a meal replacement, not a beverage, haha
I liveeee off Starbucks
Minkey
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10-08-2010, 10:13 AM
My safe foods are tea, half a tin of scotch broth, and a slice
of chicken breast. Other than that I stay well clear.
anorexia.
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10-08-2010, 10:40 AM
Jam
Pickles
relish
carrots
cucumber
Tuna
diet coke
Nothinglefttolose
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10-08-2010, 10:45 AM
strawberries
watermelon
cucumbers
spinach
carrots
almond milk
honey comb
water with lemon
certain low cal/fat protein bars
lostgirl90
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10-08-2010, 10:45 AM
coke zero
black coffee
cucumber, salad, celery, green beans, broccoli...
tomatoes
radishes
carrots
apples
nectarines
clementines
tuna
fat free yoghurt
seafood sticks (sound and look gross, but v low cal and good
source of protein)
vinegar
spices
sophiebuster
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10-08-2010, 12:11 PM
...carrots
jupiter
10-08-2010, 01:33 PM
cucumber
celery
salsa
diet coke
diet cherryade
rice cakes (21 cals) with sprinkled sweetener on (loads for 5
cals)
grapes
8-cal jelly
nimble bread (42 cals)
apple
blackcurrant squash
strong coffee with a lot of sweetener
scrambled egg whites (20 cals each) with lots of salt, with a
half a potato sliced up and fried in the pan with the eggs, all
without any oil or anything
AllAloneHere
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10-08-2010, 02:25 PM
nom nommm 'o'
.egg whites
.cucumber
.lettuce
.cereal with a shitload of fiber to help with... u know... lol
.salsa
.carrots
.rice cakes
.mustard
.ice
.water
.bell pepper
.4 oz tilapia(when i do 2 hrs of exercise... lol)
.apple
.stevia on EVERYTHING!!!
.gum... hehe 0.o
.miso soup
.black beans (mix with salsa and add a dollop of greek yogurt on
top DELISH!)
.veggie burgers(90 cal!!!)
.meatless chik'n patties ~~vegetarians do it better ~~
........water? lol im bad at thinkin of things...
how bout steamed veggies in soy sauce?
Renaissance
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10-08-2010, 02:28 PM
=-Apples (small)
=-Oranges (small)
=-Grapes (sparingly)
=-Kiwi (sparingly)
=-Plums (small)
=-Strawberries (sparingly)
=-Blueberries (sparingly)
=-Cucumber
=-Baby carrots
=-Celery
=-Broccoli (sparingly)
=-Canned green beans
=-Plain rice cakes
=-Salsa
=-sugar-free Canned fruit
=-sugar-free applesauce
=-sugar-free fruit pops
=-sugar-free Hard candies/gum
=-sugar-free almond milk
-Light soup (100 cals for an entire can!)
=-Condensed tomato soup
=-egg beaters
=-Tea
=-coffee
=-Water
=-Diet soda
love
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12-06-2010, 09:05 AM
lite tofu
vegan boca burgers
smart dogs
pb2
rice cakes
sugar free snack packs
any&all low cal veggies
vegetable broth
im stuck on lite tofu. i mash it up and put cinnamon and truvia
in it. it's all ive been eating for days.
Emerald
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12-06-2010, 09:20 AM
SPLENDA!!!! Omgsh! I can't imagine life without Splenda
Low cal yogurts 80 cals
Pickles, lol
A fave snack/ lunch on low days is 1/2 cup lowfat cottage cheese
80 cals and sliced cucumbers, kind of like chips and dip... SO
GOOOD!!!!
I love Crystal light, water get boring really fast for me so I
just add some 5 cal crystal light, and TADA!!! hahahaha
Sugar free 5 cal jellos
Egg whites microwaved and then 1 tbsp of salsa added in. YUM!
OH! Parkay butter spray, taste great 0 cals, which really means
under 5 but still, that's great for butter. I spray it on
everything! (instead of butter)lol
Diet Pepsi all the way '
Veganelf
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12-06-2010, 09:34 AM
100% safe (can eat just about anytime and will try to binge on
these foods if I have a binge)
pickles
celery
chicken broth
cucumbers
plain salad with maybe a small amount of fat free ranch
flavored coffee (creme brule, chocolate truffle, pumpkin spice,
etc). The flavored coffees don't have extra calories and I don't
have to add cream or sugar
tea
tuna
cauliflower
egg whites
Powerade Zero, I usually freeze in ice cube trays and then I can
usually snack on them all day long and not get hungry.
Splenda or Truvia
grapefruit
broccoli
strawberries
watermelon
yellow squash
brussel sprouts
mustard
tomatoes
Kroger brand Natural microwave popcorn
Monster Lo-Cal or No-Cal energy drinks
sugar free jello
any diet soda
sugar free gum
sugar free mints
bell pepper (I like to cut up and mix green, yellow, and red to
make a ''salad'' with a dash of salt)
pretty much all plain legumes (beans)
kiwi
plums
V8
Parkay butter spray
50% safe (will eat regularly but won't eat in large amounts due
to calories and have a tendancy to binge on since there isn't
any junk food in the house)
plain greek yogurt
grilled or broiled boneless skinless chicken breast
98% fat free turkey
apples
carrots
skim milk
Kashi Go Lean cereal
Total cereal
Wasa multigrain bread
steel cut oats
berries
oranges
Nature's Path Smart Bran cereal
pomagranate
edamame
mango
rice cakes (I tend to eat the entire bag when I get them. I
don't know why)
grapes, I usually freeze them
Pure Protein Shake chocolate (sometimes I will freeze it ice
cube trays for a chocolatey snack that curbs my sweet tooth and
gives my a lot of protein without a lot of calories
nectarines
Tilapia, no skin, grilled or baked
iheartu
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12-06-2010, 09:54 AM
im into edemames (soy beans) at the moment
i buy the frozen kind cook them and add only salt and pepper
oatmeal with frozen fruit
tuna
TheOutsider
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12-06-2010, 10:03 AM
Chopped up lettuce, cucumber and tomato with a tiny bit of low
salt soy sauce (:
epona
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12-06-2010, 10:11 AM
oatmeal, yellow or green apples, and dannon light and fit yogurt
-poptarts, fig newtons, ice cream (except mint chocolate chip),
wasa crackers, peanut butter, peanut flour (mmm anyone from the
US who lives near a Trader Joe's... this stuff is dangerously
addictive)
Wow. Long list. Okay I'm done
Veganelf
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12-06-2010, 10:24 AM
LOL! Have you seen my post??? My list of 100% and 50% safe foods
are super long but my list of 0% safe foods (don't eat except
occasionally during a binge/don't keep in the house) would be
even longer.
glasstheme
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12-06-2010, 11:53 AM
LOL! Have you seen my post??? My list of 100% and 50% safe foods
are super long but my list of 0% safe foods (don't eat except
occasionally during a binge/don't keep in the house) would be
even longer.
I like that you split them into two groups though, I think
that's how many of us feels about a lot of food. Also, Im
mightily intrigued by this flavoured coffee! I looked for that
once but the one I saw had a lot of added calories, is it a
specific brand or was I just unlucky?
Veganelf
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12-06-2010, 11:58 AM
glasstheme. Look in the regular coffee section. They have
regular coffee and gourmet coffee (dunkin donuts, starbucks,
caribou cafe, etc). They have different flavors such as
hazelnut, vanilla, pumpkin spice, etc. I find them at walmart,
target, kroger where the coffee beans and coffee bean grinder is
located in the store. Ya know, the one that you can select the
coffee bean you want and grind it right then and there so it is
fresh?
This is an example
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glasstheme
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12-06-2010, 12:06 PM
gettinthin, ah I live in the frozen backwaters of the world
though (also known as Scandinavia) but I think I know a store
nearby which has a gourmet coffee selection. Thanks
Veganelf
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12-06-2010, 12:15 PM
LOL! You may be able to make your own flavored coffee by using
extracts (vanilla, peppermint, etc) and artificial sweetener if
you can't find any flavored coffees
leylusha
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12-06-2010, 12:37 PM
Lately, most days, I have a mandatory combination of tea, raw
fruit, and raw or steamed vegetables. I'm planning to
incorporate fermented ones too!
Some of those days, I add roasted vegetables without oil like
beets or squash, a single soft boiled egg, or a serving of plain
greek yogurt.
When I'm really feeling crazy or in need of leptin to keep
burning weight, I add some small thing that has fat in it, like
a few really small potatoes with butter or smoked salmon or
something.
war_with_life
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12-06-2010, 01:38 PM
Rice cakes, love them plain (29 calories)
Asda own brand cracker breads plain (16 calories)
Coke zero
Diet vimto
Water water water, love water!
OzJenj
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12-06-2010, 01:44 PM
Anything low calorie, carb, fat and sugar.
Sosic.420
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12-06-2010, 02:02 PM
Thanks for all the ideas! Totally writing this shit down lol. i
forgot about half of this stuff.
My go to foods are:
Cucumbers
Celery
Salad/Lettuce
Apples
Rice Cakes
35 Calorie Yogurt
Pickles
Popsicles (Real fruit, Low calorie ones)
Meatless Meat
Frozen Fruit
I know theres a few more but i cant think of much else at the
moment
machiavelliandandelion
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12-06-2010, 03:20 PM
rice cakes
claussen pickles
miso soup (when i want to prevent myself from purging. it takes
like straight acid coming up...)
egg drop soup (i don't think i saw this one mentioned)
french onion soup
i tend to munch on croutons when i'm dying of stomach pains
5 gum
tuna with a bit of honey mustard
smoked salmon on saltines (not a 100% safe food for me, though)
tea light on sugar--i must be the only person on this website
who literally cannot put artificially sweetened things in their
mouth without making a thousand different unpleasant faces. i
think it leaves the worst taste. i wish i didn't find it so
nasty...i could eat so many things.
spinach salad
i pretty much subsist completely on soup most days. but on the
weekends, i have to lock myself in my room or i'll leave it
twenty times to grab the crouton bag, and those calories add up
really quickly.
not.quite.ana
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12-07-2010, 12:35 AM
cucumber
celery
salsa
diet coke
diet cherryade
rice cakes (21 cals) with sprinkled sweetener on (loads for 5
cals)
grapes
8-cal jelly
nimble bread (42 cals)
apple
blackcurrant squash
strong coffee with a lot of sweetener
scrambled egg whites (20 cals each) with lots of salt, with a
half a potato sliced up and fried in the pan with the eggs, all
without any oil or anything
do you mind telling me what brand of rice cakes you get that are
only 21 cal? the lowest i've seen are 35! same for the 8 cal
jelly lol. i haven't eaten jelly in soooo long...
FiercelyDetermined
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12-07-2010, 01:03 PM
I have 3 categories, too. This is a list for the current season.
It is different in the summer. I know some of the stuff doesn't
make sense why they are in a certain category. More a mental
thing for me probably.
My super safe foods/beverages (my current diet):
coffee with a little cream or milk (if I have the cream, I take
fat absorbing pills with it)
pure amino acids (protein) in powder or pills, so no extra
calories
other pills and liquids to get nutrients (vitamins, minerals,
etc) with least amt of cals
Medium safe:
carrots
whole milk kefir (with my fat absorbing pills)
green leafy veggies
frozen green beans
tomato soup (homemade)
Semi safe, rarest, more to maintain on than lose, or when I'm
really hungry:
beef marrow bone broth (homemade, with as much fat removed as I
can manage)
super lean lamb
tuna packed in water, no salt
leanest buffalo/bison meat
fresh white fish (lower fat varieties)
kohlrabi
turnips
parsnips
TheRollingStones
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12-07-2010, 01:07 PM
oh I hate artificial sweeteners too! I can't stand putting them
in my
body. I drink my tea without sugar or anything..
bittergreen
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12-07-2010, 06:57 PM
=-strong Tea with milk and splenda (mainly Irish breakfast,
English breakfast, Assam or chai)
=-coffee with same as above
=-sugar-free energy drinks
=-sugar-free candies
-some regular (not sugar-free) candies, so long as they're
fat-free
=-low-fat tofu
-fat-free/sugar-free yoghurt... sometimes. If it's not in the
individual serving things, it's a binge food though.
=-sugar-free Carnation Instant breakfast
=-grapefruit
=-clementines
=-Celery
-salad (lettuce, cucumber, tomato) with lots of ground pepper
and no dressing (or sometimes a little fat-free Italian
dressing)
-egg whites (hard-boiled, scrambled, whatever). When I was
attempting recovery, I used to eat the yolks as well; I found
hard-boiled eggs to be quite manageable because they seemed
small and compact.
-some alcohol (wine, beer, vodka mainly), as long as it's not
part of a mixed drink containing anything fatty.
-fruit smoothies... sometimes, though I need to know the
nutritional information and won't drink too much.
There are probably some others that I'm forgetting at the
moment. I've noticed that as time goes by, my ''safe foods''
list gets shorter and shorter... when I first developed an ED
(age 14, I'm 25 now), pretty much anything that wasn't horribly
fattening was okay in small quantities. Once my anorexia turned
into bulimia (with a few episodes of just BED), the list of
foods I could eat without being triggered to binge got a lot
smaller. Bleh.
L i l i u m
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12-07-2010, 07:12 PM
Oolong Tea
Black Coffee ( I don't mind what flavor as long as it's not
hazelnut)
Spinach
Egg Whites
Sugar Free Jell-o
Celery
Diet Dr Pepper
Low Cal Bread
0 cal Butter Spray
Splenda Coffee Sweetener
Blueberries
Clementines
Watermelon
Pickles
Tuna
Chicken Broth
Cucumber
bittergreen
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12-07-2010, 07:23 PM
Sugar Free Jell-o
Oh yeah, that too! I usually eat the entire bowl, which is quite
filling and under 40 cals.
deyn89
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12-07-2010, 09:00 PM
black coffee
sweet potatoes
apples
frozen vegetables
green tea
diet soda
low calorie yogurt
carrots
x_Karen_x
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12-08-2010, 01:10 AM
I absolute favorite go-to vegetable is spaghetti squash. This
poor baby is so overlooked, but a single cup cooked (155g) is 44
calories. Seriously good stuff. It's super filling too, and you
can play it up with things. If I want faux pasta, I'll have it
with some salsa or tomato paste, or if I want something sweet, a
bit of sprinkled splenda on it is super yummy. I absolutely
reccommend spaghetti squash to everyone.
Other favorite go-to safe foods are
egg whites
coke zero
diet a&w root beer
dill pickles
yoplait source yoghurt
crispy minis rice cakes (i love the cheddar ones, with 12 for 90
cals)
rice cakes
apples
pears
frozen grapes
chicken breast
tofu dogs
celery
carrots (i prefer whole over baby, just because snacking
constantly on a single large carrot makes me feel both more busy
and fuller)
mushrooms
green beans
sugar free jello
vegetable broth
miso soup
orville 100 cal bags of smart pop popcorn
radishes
tuna (can or fresh)
nestea packs (5 cals)
cheese strings (I like to add a half of one to my chicken noodle
soup)
campbles light chicken noodle and light vegetable soups (130
cals for the whole can)
teas (I love all kinds. Especially peppermint, and lemon green
tea)
Koi
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12-08-2010, 07:28 AM
i found these little cans of salmon for 80cal, and it tastes a
LOT better then canned tuna imo. i'll plop a can onto bagged
salad with lemon juice and salt. i've also been getting a lot of
campbell's soups lately - they're easy to take to work, and
range from 70 - 120cal each! super filling and tasty, but i've
noticed that soup in general gives me the runs and i'm not
really sure why...
sink-or-swim
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12-08-2010, 10:20 AM
Im mightily intrigued by this flavoured coffee! I looked for
that once but the one I saw had a lot of added calories, is it a
specific brand or was I just unlucky?
I don't buy the flavored coffee beans but there are sugar-free
syrup flavorings that are fantastic. I use them in my coffee but
also in water, and they make great Popsicles too when frozen in
water. They are all 0 cal too! I am suorized I don't see anyone
else on here using them...
I don't buy the flavored coffee beans but there are sugar-free
syrup flavorings that are fantastic. I use them in my coffee but
also in water, and they make great Popsicles too when frozen in
water. They are all 0 cal too! I am suorized I don't see anyone
else on here using them...
My friend bought some a month or so ago, I'm pretty sure they
were 0cal too. They were at WalMart... I should grab some the
next time I'm there.
GoodEnuff?
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12-08-2010, 03:44 PM
i just had some raw celery sticks with hot sauce and it was
wonderful!
BluBranches
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12-08-2010, 04:36 PM
Genmaicha Green Tea ( Taste much better to me than regular
flavor Green tea-it's nice and toasty )
Veggie sausage Links
Shirataki Noodles ( I LOVE these! I order right online from ebay
or asian food grocer , because doesn't seem to be any around me
here )
