Food for Diet

[Rosenicola]

Hi Guys,

I am trying to lose maybe a stone before my holiday. The thing is, as soon as i know i'm on a diet, i want something to eat.

Any advice on food that will curb my sweet cravings and what to eat if i do need something that actually tastes nice and that doesn't have much fat and calories in it. I don't usually diet so any advice was be good on what to buy.

I'm fed up with fruit already and it's only been a week. :-)

[whiskeysheri]

Ice pops! You can get a box of 40 in Tesco for about 70 pence, I think. They're sugar free and only contain 0.2 calories each.

Cadbury's Higlights drinks are lovely, too. Very sweet and like a proper hot chocolate (about 40 calories).

Skinny Cow ice creams are de-lish! I think they're about 80 calories per stick, or maybe try a few strawberries in a bowl with a Shape Lasting Satisfaction yoghurt over them? That only comes to around 100 calories.

Hope these help. :o) x

[nannon]

hi - i've recently started the Weight Watchers diet - have lost half a stone in two weeks!! Meringue nests are the way forward!!! They only work out to half a point each so are very low fat!! Have with Fresh Strawberries and you've got a sweet and low fat snack!!

[Rosenicola]

Thanks. I will buy some at lunch

xxxx

[Joe_the_Lion]

I am sorry, but how can you be fed up with fruit??? Have you ventured outside of apples, bananas and oranges??

Try some exotic fruit. When was the last time you ate a fresh pineapple or mango? A papaya or melon?? Raspberries or grapes?? Kiwi or coconut (not technically a fruit!)

Or even dried fruit?

Or a baked apple with honey and raisins?

Or a stewed pear?

Fruit is the way forward and I find it dificult to accept somebody can get bored with it.

Also try adding apples and figs to a more savoury salad, delicious.

All that said though, oats seem the obvious choice if fed up with fruit. Slow release carbs to stave off hunger, naturally reducing cholestral and quite yummy as either a porridge, a crumble topping or naturally sweetened flapjacks. And, although I am vehemently against calorie counting, very low in fat and calories.

[joannie10]

yes I think the trick is you need to find foods that fill you up and also be keeping yourself busy and then you will get out of the habit of looking for snacks. Of course good ideas from everyone. My friend recently lost approx 3 stone on ************* (over a period of time of course) and although nannon gives good idea for something which is a 'low point value' my friend would more try to incorporate that half point into her main meal or lunch and really got out of the habit of craving sugary things. Good Luck.

[pmorley]

One thing I have heard that may work is eating a grapefruit after each meal, aparently it helps to breakdown any fats in the food faster. So if you do have an accident and each something naughtly give it a try.

Otherwise just try to each fresh fruit, vegetables, fish, a little chicken, brown rice/pasta.

[Skreecheeboy]

I've just found out that marmite is nice if you can get used to the overpowering flavour! Nice with pitta bread, brie, cucumber and tomato!

[Willy Nilly]

Er, the lady is asking about SWEET things ! Whisky's ideas aren't half bad. I didn't know they were all so low !

[Rosenicola]

Sorry Joe_The_Lion, but yes, i am bored of fruit unfortunately :-)

I am a fussy eater and it does get quite annoying for me and other PPL, so it's hard to please me in this area - I'm a pain, i know!!! :-)

I have tried most of the fruit that you have mentioned and i like some of it, but still get cravings for chocolate and savouries :-). This is what i'm trying to prevent.

Thanks for the advice everyone, i'm going to put my cooking skills to the test later.

xx

[Joe_the_Lion]

Make chocolate oaties from oats and carob. Carob is calorific, but they are good healthy calories.

You can also make a nice sponge with apple juice instead of sugar.

[Rubyrose]

Diets don't work because then you want what you can't have! The number one thing is excersise! And eat healthily... and then if you feel like eating something naughty just tell yourself "you don't 'need' it, you just 'want' it.. and a 'want' is easier to control"... That way the pressure is off and you don't feel like you are cheating when you eat a biscuit!

[Miss Inquiry]

The grapefruit thing is sadly not true, and also eating fruit after a meal can upset your digestion, you should always eat fruit first as it is broken down and digest quickly in the body, if eaten after a main meal will ferment on top of everything else you have in your tummy.

Food is fuel... it�s not magic! Eating a grapefruit after you eat a burger won�t make those calories disappear; a pill or potion sadly won�t make our metabolisms burn fat off our thighs any quicker. Excercise and filling up on foods that will release energy slowly is the way forward.

Good luck. x

[sp1814]

Rosenicola

Sorry - but this is fruit, but hear me out...

The problem with fruit is that it doesn't replicate the sensation that you get when you're eating sweets - by which I mean, the whole pleasure/repitition thing.

So here's one - grapes...I mean, they're small, they're dead sweet, and you can sit there with a bagful, and if you're imagination is strong enough, you can almost persuade yourself they're sweets...

Nature's sweets.

Also, what about pomegrates?

It's not that they're particularly 'healthy', but they're so flipping difficult to eat that you'll get bored and forget that you're hungry.

[pastafreak]

Sorry-it's fruit again....make smoothies use Sainsbury's frozen mangoe or pineapple.a banana, and a good dollop of yohgurt...add peaches or nectarine in season. whizz it all up while the fruit is still slightly frozen...it will be thick enough for a spoon to stand up in it...filling and you get several of your 5 a day!

[Teddio]

This is guaranteed to work if you persevere. You'll need a food processor/liquidiser. Make a smoothie using the following: a banana, a piece of pineapple, an apple, orange juice, a small piece of root ginger and, the most important ingredient, a few tablespoonfulls of wheat bran. Drink about a pint of this. It's delicious and will both fill you up and curb your food craving for hours. The smoothie is very high in fibre and low in calories.

[branchinghen]

walnuts, not only will they be a wee snack for you but they help break down the fat in some sort of special way nothing else does. I dont know the details but i do know it worked for me (part of a healthy diet right enough and some exercise).