38 Foods and/or products that have helped me stay on track? What's yours?

My Quick List: Foods that are helping me get back on track. Some may be new finds for you, others are really quite popular. (I invite you to suggest your own)

(1.)Fit and Active Yogurt about 60 Calories (Made with Splenda)

(2.)Laughing Cow light Cheese about 35 Calories a triangle

(3.)Cool-Aid (Yes you heard me right) Just make with two Splenda cool-aid Packets (Makes lovely Tea as well---just use the flavor YOUR choice)

(4.)Sugar Free Jell-o about 10 Calories

(5.)Sugar Free Pudding Cups about 60 Calories

(6.)Fudge Pops about 40 Calories

(7.) Lean Pockets (Whole Grain) Supreme Pizza About 210 Calories

(8.)1 Cup Of Strawberries, tossed with Splenda and topped with two Tablespoons of fat free Cool whip About 60 Calories

(9.)Progressive Soups Between 200-300 Calories a can

(10.)Skinny Cow Ice Cream Sandwiches (???) I think 140 correct me if I'm wrong PLEASE!

(11.)Fiber One Bar (Peanut butter or chocolate) about a 140 calories (35% of your daily fiber) and the chocolate one tastes like a candy bar to me.

(12.)100 Calorie Packs make your choice---Hostess, Oreo, Nutty Buddy, The list goes on

(13.)Turkey Bacon about 35 Calories a slice

(14.) Blue Bonnet Light Margarine About 40 Calories a tablespoon

(15.) Kozy Shack Rice Pudding (No Sugar Added) about 90 Calories per serving (Made with Splenda)

(16.) Light Flat Out Wraps: whole grain, 90 calories, 16 Carbs, 6-net carbs, and they work for wraps, tacos or as the base for a veggie pizza. www.flatoutbread.com

(17.)Light Bread, several brands including Hot Dogs and hamburger buns Calories vary but the bread is about 40 Calories per slice.

(18.)Kroger's Sugar Free banana Popsicles about 15 calories

(19.)Creamsicle About 20 Calories for a single pop

(20.)Garden Burger About a 100 calories per burger

(21.)Mrs. Dash& Accent Both used for seasoning 0 Calories

(22.) Cooking Spray

(23.) Light Miracle Whip

(24.)Smith's Low Fat Cottage Cheese about 80 calories per ½ cup

(25.)1% Milk about 100 Calories for an 8oz glass

(26.)Ball Park "Light" Hotdogs 40 Calories a piece

(27.) 2% Kraft Shredded cheese about 80 calories per ¼ cup

(28.) Tuna Canned (in water) about 150 Calories a can

(29.)Hunts Spaghetti Sauce 60 Calories per ½ cup

(30.)Chef Boyardee Pizza Sauce 35 calories for ¼ cup

(31.)Chef Boyardee Pizza Mix (You control the thickness of the crust, the quality of toppings you add and the type---I've made this for as little as 120 Calories per slice.

(32.)Tilapia frozen Fish about 100 Calories per piece

(33.)Rice Cakes 60 Calories for seven ( Chocolate is my fav) but they have  savory flavors as well.

(34) Honey Nut Cherrio's 3/4 Cup 110 Calories

(35) 2% Borden Cheese Singels 50 Calories

(36) Fresh Fruits& Veggies (All kinds)

(37) Baked Corn Chips By Tostitos "Scoops" 120 Calories for 15 chips

(38) South Beach Diet chicken pizza About 330 cals


Now I know that some of these aren't the lowest calorie options available, but I'm making changes that I can live with. I'm looking for more suggestions to widen my choices, so if you have any. Please add onto the list below.

Oatmeal!

Splenda

Coke zero

Strawberries

Brown rice

Soy sauce

Cruskets

Low fat sliced meats - turkey and ham

and peppermint tea! 

Kashi GoLean
La Tortilla Factory Low Carb/Fat Tortillas (Green Onion flavor!)
Turkey Deli Meat
Apples
Dannon Light N Fit Yogurt (strawberry banana)
Blue Bunny Health Smart Fudge Bars (35 cals each; 3?4? grams fiber!)
Diet Pepsi
Trident Sugarfree Cinnamon Gum
Flavored Water
Strawberries
Mushrooms
Cucumbers
Genisoy Soy Crisps, especially Roasted Garlic and Onion flavor (great snack with surprising protein!)
Soup (chicken/veggie broth; Progresso's, etc)
Peppermint tea
Water
99% Fat Free Kettle Korn minibags

~Bump~ I thought maybe someone else could add to this. Here is some of my new finds.

Progressive *Weight watches” Soups 120 Calories a can

Baked apples with spices and SPLENDA Brown Sugar

Canned pumpkin

Frozen berries with splenda (75 calories a serving)  

At the risk of coming off a little critical - can I say, all of the things in your list are "products". I dunno, what has worked for me is focusing more on getting foods rather than prepared food products. But hey, if it works for you, great.

 

My number one is carrots - when I first started and was getting lots of cravings, I kept a tupperware full of raw carrot slices that I could dip into salsa for a super-low-cal snack that I could eat as much as I wanted to fill up.

2. Chicken breasts. I gave up the salty, chemical-filled lunch meats and started baking up a batch of skinless chicken breasts in the oven, which I keep sliced in the fridge for making my sandwiches all week. Turkey would work just as well.  Yummy, tons of protein & almost no fat.

3. Baguette/french bread - for the sandwiches - it's more filling and has fewer calories than sliced white. I try to get whole wheat when I can, but it's very expensive and rare in Japan.

4. All-bran - love the simple taste and it has half your daily fiber in a one cup serving. One serving with a banana each morning keeps me full til lunch, also keeps me regular.

5. Plain yogurt and apples. This is one of my staple treats, chop up an apple in a half cup of plain yogurt, and I feel like I'm having the most luxurious treat.

6. squares of Meiji chocolate. Also feels like being sinful, but they're only 26 calories each, and if youjust let them melt inyour mouth rather than chewing, they're delicious and last a little while.

7. Green salads. I have a big one before lunch and dinner, and it helps fill me up and provides extra fiber. My typical salad is lettuce and sometimes spinach, sliced cukes, shredded carrots, a thin-chopped green pepper and maybe a couple of cherry totmatoes.

8. Ponzu/Aji-pon - this japanese sauce is a great, non-caloric, but non-chemical salad dressing. Love it!

Making things homemade, using very little salt or fat, and having my plate consist of 50% veg, 25% protein and 25% carb are other things that helped. Making the veggies the center of the meal rather than the meat. Cutting out all sodas including diet sodas, also artificial sweeteners.

So far, I've lost almost 80 lbs and feel fantastic, so I'm a believer!

-Grilled Chicken -Kraft Toasted Asian sesame ginger dressing LIGHT! (light actually tastes better than original in my opinion) -cucumbers -fiber1 granola bars (chocolate is the BEST!!) -mostly anything from trader joes! like their muffins! (eat them quick they spoil fast!) -laughing cow wedgies light -soy chocolate milk -cold cooked shrimp with cocktail sauce (although high in cholesterol) -roasted red pepper hummus -lots of water (duh) -portioning snacks myself! -all bran crackers (theyre delish and have soo much fiber!) -kix cereal with skim milk -glennys soy crisps -green tea with stevia packets :) -cooked brocolli with a TINY bit of olive oil and lemon -grapefruits...(slice in half and cut the inside up like a desert and eat out of the "bowl" i swear it tastes better this way! lol -fresh tomatoes (i like to cut them into thick slices and then if i make some low cal tuna and dont feel like having bread i put some tuna on top of the thick slice of tomatoe its DELISH -1 whole egg and tiny bit of egg beaters (feel like ur eating real eggs with out the yuckie taste/texture of egg beaters!) and mix in some cayanne pepper

....i think thats enuff for now ill add more if they come to me lol

As a college student, I'm always looking for easy but healthy food solutions. These lists are great! Here's my own list (excuse the repeats!):

- Kashi GoLean cereal. It definitely merits another mentioning! I honestly live off of this stuff...a cup of this mixed with some Special K for lunch every day!

-Apple Cinnamon Rice Cakes. Delish and only 50 cals! They're great for satifying my cravings for anything carb-y or sweet.

-Peanut Butter. I've tried to give it up, but I love it oh so much. I do my best to control myself by eating 2 tablespoons on a rice cake as my afternoon snack.

-Chai Tea. It's nice and sweet, so it really makes me feel like I'm having dessert.

-Coffee. Can't live without it.

-Cottage Cheese. Breakfast every morning! Mix it with strawberries/peaches/or any other fruit that's available at the cafeteria and I'm good to go.

1) Luna Bars - keeps me away from chocolate because it satisfies me and makes me not want to eat chocolate after, since it doesn't honestly taste THAT great lol (~200 cals)

2) Turkey sandwiches - usually make them with a bunch of veggies (~150 cals)

3) Nuts/peanut butter - I usually flake out on fats, so I get some at least every day from these

4) Trident White

5) Silk soy milk - creamy without the cals =D

6) Fuji apples - kills my craving for anything, for only 80 cals and 5 grams of fiber!

7) Cherry tomatoe

1.) cottage cheese! cottage cheese! and cottage cheese! (but it has to be with cinnamon and splenda)

2.) any kind of sugar free gum

3.) cashew nuts! ( i would normally eat it when i am "backed up" if ya know what i mean!)

4.) Light wasa crackers! (it taste like kix)

5.) GREEN TEA! I drink it every night! 

6.) honey nut cheerios or kix cereal oh! or special k! love the combo!

What an important thread - such great ideas !!!  I did mine by my grocery list, which is sorted by store department :

........... SHELVED....
1   La Tortilla lowfat low carb 50cal tortillas
2   Sara Lee whole wheat D'Lightful bread
3   Triscuits
4   canned black beans
5   canned greenbeans
6   canned tuna
7   canned salmon
8   canned chicken
9   Progresso lite soup
10 Kashi GoLean
11 SF jellos
12 SF puddings (vanilla, choc, butterscotch)
13 Crystal Light (peach iced tea, apple, lemonade)
14 Pam
........... FRIDGE....
15 skim milk
16 eggs
17 no fat cottage cheese (with pumpkin pie spice / splenda)
18 lowfat string cheese
19 John Soules precooked fajita chicken
20 Oscar Mayer shaved lowfat turkey
21 Oscar Mayer shaved lowfat roast beef
22 Oscar Mayer shaved lowfat ham
23 shrimp
24 salmon
...........FREEZER ....
25 South Beach TV dinners
26 Gardenburger black bean burgers
27 Froz brocolli
28 Froz cauliflower
29 SF fudgsicles
........... PRODUCE....
30 onions
31 sliced mushrooms
32 cilantro
33 apples
34 pears
35 grapefruit
36 raw cauliflower (for popcorn cauliflower)
37 spaghetti squash
38 YIKES - that was the end of my grocery list

*Free range beef, bison, ostrich, elk & venison

*Fish galore (sashimi, yellowtail collars, eel, escolar, etc.)

*All the veggies I can eat (that I like) excluding: potatoes, beans, peas, corn, legumes

*Egg Whites & Rice Bran 

*Coffee & Stevia Sweetener 

*Nori & Seaweed

*Tapenades & Mustard 

*Whole Foods Prepared Food Section (good for my diet because what I select is healthy, but not so good for my wallet, although when you think about it, my wallet is thinning too... HA HA) 

*Canned Green Beans, Tomato Paste, Artichoke Hearts & Straw Mushrooms

*Olive Oil, Flaxseed Oil & Macadamia Nut Oil (And Olive Oil Spray) 

 

 

GREAT THREAD!

nuts (walnuts, cashews)

kidney beans

atkins protein shakes

amy's frozen dinners, particularly brown rice bowl

 

Things that I don't let myself run out of:

Bolthouse Farms all natural Yogurt salad dressing in either Ranch or Creamy Asiago (Similar nutritional info as Hidden Valley Light ranch, but tastes wayyy better)

Blue diamond All natural Almond 100 cal pack

Kashi Go Lean Crunch

Bagged Veggie lover's Salad Blend

Krakus deli ham

peanut butter

Fresh Spinach (we eat a LOT of spinach at my house)

Thomas' 100 english muffins, and 100 cal bagels

*EDIT I forgot two very important things!!

Red bell peppers

Hommus

fresh & packaged fruit

Special K

vanilla soy milk

Quakers rice cakes, esp. chocolate, peanut butter, & cheddar cheese

frozen broccoli

turkey bacon

South Beach Diet foods

 Lean Cuisine dinners, especially the pizza!

sugar free frozen fruit bars

sugar free drink mixes for bottled water

1. APPLES - addicted.. keep one with me at all times! I always have an extra in my car & I honestly no longer stop at convenience stores when I'm hungry and on-the-go! :)

2. Tea - green, honey-lemon, etc (the warmth tides over hunger!)

3. Mustard - one of the few condiments I use (don't even use salad dressing anymore!)

4. FiberOne cereal

5. Cinnamon - put it on SO much

6. Quick oats - (1/4 cup oats, 1/2 cup FB1, & cinnamon = 135cal & filling)

7. Egg Beaters - (1/2 cup EB & LOTS of veggies = under 100cal & filling)

8. Laughing Cow Light Cheese Wedges (35 cal/wedge - add to my omelettes, or dip carrots in!)

9. La Tortilla Factory, Low Carb, Whole Wheat Wraps (80 cal, great for pizza/wraps!)

10. Tuna - 150cal/can or 90cal/pouch

11. FISH - I LOVE salmon, tilapia, haddock, cod, etc.

12. Quinoa

13. Black Beans (90cal for a 1/2 cup & SOO good for you! plus filling! throw a handful in my omelettes a lot)

14. Quaker Puffed Wheat - not that I support 'binging', but sometimes you just need to munch on something! When I'm watching TV/bored and crave something.. I reach for this.. 1 and 1/4 cup = 50 calories!! The pieces are small so it takes a while to eat (dry, of course) and it helps! Also, I try to avoid milk&cereal because I can't limit myself, so if I DO have it, I use like 80% puffed wheat and 20% whatever cereal I'm craving.. it helps limit calorie intake! Same thing with trail mix ... I can never stop... so I use puffed wheat as a 'base' and put a LOT more of this than nuts, etc!

15. Tofurkey Roasted Turkey Deli Slices - 100cal for 5 slices. I usually just dip a slice in some hummus for a quick protein-filled snack!

16. Almond Breeze Unsweetend Original - LOVE LOVE LOVE. 40cal/8oz cup!

17. South Beach Diet Tide Me Over Drink Mix - 30cals, 3g fiber 5g protein

18. South Beach Diet or Balance Bars - 210cal/each .. only ones that'll fill me

19. Quorn Naked Cutlets - 80cal/cutlet & SO SO good :)

20. Boca Original Vegan Burgers - 70cal/burger - how can you beat it?

21. Frozen Broccoli - have with almost every meal! 2lb bag is only $2 and can be microwaved in under 2mins! :)

22. Enviga energy drinks - 10cal/can & give me the energy I sometimes need!

23. Libby's Canned Pumpkin - baking

24. Unsweetened Applesauce - baking

25. Light Bread (local grocery store brand) - 35/cal slice

26. Fresh Express bagged salads - can be pricey, but I work in an office and will just snack on a bag throughout the day! Whole bag = less than 60cal; sometimes I just need to 'munch' :)

27. Grapefruits - filling snack :)

28. Frozen Berries - strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, & blackberries. I try to get my 'different colored' produce in & this helps! I'll often add 'em to oatmeal :)

29. Soy Sauce - low sodium

30. Franks Red Hot Sauce - love love love!

31. Cayenne Pepper

32. Thomas' Light English Muffins - 100cal

33. Gardenburger Veggie Medley - not sure cal count off-hand.

34. Miso Soup - homemade :)

35. Dannon Light and Fit Yogurt - 60 cal

36. Flax Seeds - 1TBSP = 30 cal & mix in with either oatmeal or yogurt

37. Green Beans and Asparagus - great side-dish when just steamed!!

38. Michelob Ultra - a gal's gotta get her beer-fix sometimes .. :)

a few from me...

1. Laughing cow cheese wedges
2. Ryvita - (with #1 is yummy)
3. Lipton Diet Green Tea with Citrus
4. Mushrooms
5. Honey Mustard
6. Subway Veggie Delite
7. Morningstar Tomato Pizza Burger - so yummy!
8. Pita Pockets
9. Pita bread - for making pizza's
10. Tofu
11. Red/green Peppers and onions
12. Broccoli
13. All spices, cumin, chili powder, garlic
14. Luna Bars

Just a fewww guilt free foods I love:

1. Raw Broccoli with Hummus
2. So Nice Pomerante Blueberry Juice (60 cals per 237ml)
3. Organic Gala Apples
4. Strawberries with Vanilla Activia Yogurt
5. Mocha Liberte Yogurt (130cals per 3/4 cup)
6. TLC honey sesame crackers
7. PC Organic Crunchy Corn cereal (120 cals per cup)
8. All Bran Strawberry Medley Cereal (180 cals per 1 1/4 cup and 10g of fiber per serving!!)
9. Anything Kashi :)!
10. Chapmans vanilla frozen yogurt
11. Source strawberry yogurt (50cals per 100g)
12. Canned Tuna in water (140cals per can)
13. Grapefruits
14. banana with peanut butter
15. Pumpkin Flax gronola
16. almonds
17. dried cranberries
18. starfruits
19. 1% or 2% Cottage Cheese (100cals per 125ml)
20. maple flakes (10cals per 1tbsp)
21. Rolled Oats
22. Steel cut Oats
23. smoothies
24. Luna Bars
25. peanut butter (skippy light) (80cals per 1tbsp and 6g of fat)
26. calorie reduced ranch dressing (35 cals per 2tbsp & 2g fat)
27. Spinach
28. steamed veggies with olive oil and balsamic vinegar
29. pc organic wheat squares
30. 70% dark chocolate
31. lipton singles (to make flavoured water)

hi i love chapmans frozen yogurt, also diet root-beer..add a scoop of light vanilla ice cream and have a root beer float!

Recently Discovered:

Jell-o brand Sugar-free Rice Pudding 70 Calories

La-tortilla Factory (Low Carb/High Fiber) 50 Calories 7grams of fiber

Vita-Splash Raspberry Lemonade 30 calories (I THINK!) 5 grams of fiber

Jimmy Dean fully Cooked Turkey sausage 2-patties 120 calories

Aunt Millies’s Healthy Goodness (Fiber& Flavor) Potato Bread 2-slices 110 calories 3 grams of fiber honestly the best bread I’ve found!!!! Not like diet bread at all because it’s NOT!

Banquet Brown and Serve Turkey sasuage 110 claories for 3 links

Creamcicles Krogers brand 100 calories

1% cottacge cheese with Hazelnut flavored Splenda

Unsalted whole wheat melba toast

Jarlsberg Lite Cheese (50 cals and 2.5 fat grams per slice)

This weeks finds...

Wasa Light Rye Crispbread 30 calories per slice and 1.5 grams of fiber each.

Joseph's Oat Bran and Whole Wheat Flour Pita bread: one Pita 60 calories 5 grams of fiber

Frozen peaches 140 grams 60 calories 2 grams of fiber

Breyers French Chocolate fat free ice cream 1/2 cup (66 grams) 90 calories 4 grams of fiber