Cussette - I changed one thing today....

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Cussette - I changed one thing today....
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Tue, 07-06-2004 - 4:44pm
My cave-in snack, when I haven't eaten enough at lunch (forgot to get a salad to go with my 1/4 portion of eggplant) or a healthy snack (hmm, like today) is usually a Dove Dark chocolate bar.

So I'm standing at the newsstand in my building with a Dove Dark bar in one hand and a Zone Perfect chocolate mint "nutrition" bar in the other. Guess which one I bought? The Zone Perfect bar, thanks to your "change one thing" comment earlier today. I have to say it was tasty. At 210 calories/60 from fat/no added cholesterol/7 grams total fat/4.5 grams sat fat/16 grams of protein and a whole lot of crunch and mint flavor, it sure was satisfying. Plus it was covered lightly in dark chocolate. Pretty good assortment of nutrients and minerals in there, too. Yup, strawberries or melon or a small salad would have been better, but they're home and I'm not.

Thanks for the idea!

Donna

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Wed, 07-07-2004 - 8:44am
Glad that gave you the idea! I think I've mentioned that I'm cutting out sweets and fatty snack foods. Man, that was hard last night. I had a late lunch, plenty of fruit throughout the day and an adequate dinner of pork BBQ, baked beans and peas but I still had a "hunger" attack in the evening. I held it to half an English muffin topped with peanut butter, 30 minutes later had about 1/2 cup of cereal, and I *still* was hungry. I really wonder if it was hunger or a craving gone awry - I guarantee if I would've had cookies or nacho chips with Velveeta that I wouldn't have had continuing hunger, though I would've overeaten, too.

Oh, I looked into the ChangeOne diet online... It's basically an ad for a paying membership after 1 free week. I should've known they either want you to pay for the info in the book or buy the book. I found the book on e-bay for *real* cheap, even after postage, so I might use some of my birthday money on it. I think having it in print in front of me will help me stay on track. What I'm looking forward to reading is the section on portion sizes.












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Wed, 07-07-2004 - 9:18am
Did you check your calendar? Sounds maybe like a hormonal thing going on....

Pork bbq. Big yum. That would have finished me.....

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Wed, 07-07-2004 - 9:49am

I was snacking on frozen blueberries last night, because I was craving something crunchy and was out of raw almonds. I was really trying to avoid a carb binge. The blueberries were pretty satisfying, but they can stain your teeth and your fingers if they start thawing.

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Wed, 07-07-2004 - 11:02am
A-HAAA! You're onto something. I'm about a week away from the Grand Lady's visit. Usually swapping up eating habits gives me the munchies, but so does that time of the month.












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