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Best low-sugar peanut butter, whole grain bread, etc. - need advice!
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Anonymous
I was going to post the same thing. I love their PB, and we've tried lots of brands. |
Anonymous
| I like Trader Joe's "Better Than Peanut Butter" |
Anonymous
| I'd suggest Dreamfields brand pasta. It's made for diabetics but can be found in some grocery stores in the areas (Shoppers, Bloom, Giant), some carry only 2 kinds and other have four or more. It's just like eating white pasta but it's made to not affect the glycemic level as much. It does not double in size like regular white pasta, so you may want to double the amount you cook depending on the recipe. I found Shoppers Food Warehouse sells it the cheapest. We're not diabetics but it runs in both sides of the family and we're trying to lose weight and watch our carbs, so this helps a little. |
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Another vote for Weight Watchers. I went on it last summer, lost 15 pounds, fell off the wagon a bit over the winter but just recommitted to it last week again and am feeling good and ready to lose the last 10 pounds that will bring me to my original goal. As far as peanut butter, I used to eat an Arnold sandwich thin with some crunchy peanut butter (Jif) and a sliced apple every morning, but I found over time that my 1 tbs of PB was stretching to two TB or more, and it was one of the things that I couldn't control anymore. So I switched recently to almond butter. I simply don't like the taste of it anywhere near as much as PB, so I naturally eat less. But it gives me the same full feeling as PB.
Another suggestion for you, which will work nicely if you do decide to do weight watchers, since veggies and fruit are 0 points: I was dipping wayyyy too much into my co-worker's chocolate jar at work over the winter. But now that I'm back on WW, I am forcing myself to substitute either fruit or veggie for that chocolate. So basically, my tip is to identify what is one fattening thing that you eat too much of, and pick a healthy substitution for it. It will be rough the first couple of days/weeks, but soon you'll get used to it and you won't even miss the original treat. I did this with my after-dinner/post kids-in-bed treat, which used to be ice cream or chocolate chips or something. Now I munch on a bowl of frozen mango chunks from trader joes, and I love it. It's not totally calorie free, but it's fat-free and satisfies the craving I have at night for something sweet, without requiring me to use lots of WW points. Good luck! |