Anyone else on a diet and struggling?

purpleshoes_2

I only eat soya yogurt and I cant even have that at the moment, but yes, when I was out earlier today it amazed me how many low fat products there were, low fat peanut butter, !!!!!!??? Never seen that before.

First_Trouble

Best one is marshmallows. Advertised as being fat free.
Yes they may be fat free but it's basically a big bag of sugar with some flavourings!

WantToBeSE

First_Trouble wrote: »

Has anyone else noticed how difficult it is to buy normal 'full-fat' yoghurt's? Apart from Activia which can get boring having the same yoghurt all the time. Oh and the really big pots that aren't feasible to take to work.

Yes, this infuriates me!


I try and stay away from things that, in their 'natural' state should be high fat/high cal, but are 'low cal/fat'. It just shows that yet another process has been added to make them low cal/fat. And what replaces the fat? Normally sugar!

pennyago

WantToBeSE wrote: »

Yes, this infuriates me!

I try and stay away from things that, in their 'natural' state should be high fat/high cal, but are 'low cal/fat'. It just shows that yet another process has been added to make them low cal/fat. And what replaces the fat? Normally sugar!

Yes, I only recently discovered this. OH is diabetic and on a low fat diet. I was buying low fat yogurts only to discover they were high in sugar :mad:

adouglasmhor

purpleshoes wrote: »

I only eat soya yogurt and I cant even have that at the moment, but yes, when I was out earlier today it amazed me how many low fat products there were, low fat peanut butter, !!!!!!??? Never seen that before.

I have seen that, can't see the point in it myself, I treat myself to the Meridian peanut butter - organic no salt no sugar no emulsifiers (so you do have to stir it sometimes – what a hardship) - they do a no sugar one with salt too, a big tub lasts over a month.

BunnieJ

Best one is marshmallows. Advertised as being fat free.
Yes they may be fat free but it's basically a big bag of sugar with some flavourings!

They do sugar-free marshmallows in Sainsburys. Bought them once for my OH who is diabetic. No idea what they're making them out of! :rotfl:

adouglasmhor

BunnieJ wrote: »

They do sugar-free marshmallows in Sainsburys. Bought them once for my OH who is diabetic. No idea what they're making them out off! :rotfl:

Sugar alchohols (probably isomalt and malitol), starch and gelatine.

First_Trouble

Had a surprise visit from SIL last night so ended up getting pizza. :S
Thoroughly enjoyed it too!
Oh well that was yesterday today is a brand new day. This is my meal plan for today.

B: Cereal bar and coffee - this was a grab and go brekkie not my usual MO
L: HM Lasagne - Packed with veggies
S: Pear, nectarine, 2x ryvita with cream cheese and smoked salmon, cereal bar, yoghurt, mini cheddars
Either a veg stir fry or plain omelette with broccoli. I haven't decided yet.

according to MFP the above is 991 cals (not including dinner) wow. Oh and the snacks are to be eaten throughout the day not all at once

First_Trouble

adouglasmhor wrote: »

Sugar alchohols (probably isomalt and malitol), starch and gelatine.

Don't they sound tasty!

purpleshoes_2

adouglasmhor wrote: »

I have seen that, can't see the point in it myself, I treat myself to the Meridian peanut butter - organic no salt no sugar no emulsifiers (so you do have to stir it sometimes – what a hardship) - they do a no sugar one with salt too, a big tub lasts over a month.

Yes, the guy who runs the bootcamp said that was a decent make, I actually have some pumpkin seed butter from meridian that I bought when it was on half price, 4 jars.

Im going to look at it online incase I can find it cheaper than H and B.

Ive been drinking quite a lot of beet it lately, its 90 per cent beetroot and 10 per cent apple juice, its 4.99 in H and B and 2.69 in a couple of the supermarkets. It apparently improves sports performance, I'll need to drink about 3 litres a day for it to have any effect on mine:rotfl:

Im also going to buy some coconut oil, you can use it in place of a diary free spread too.