You might’ve seen my post from yesterday! Today I decided to try eating the food I crave but scaling back the portions and making some wiser choices.
I subbed Tostitos tortilla chips for Blue Diamond Almond Nut Thins (your mom when I— me when y—
When your mom, wh—). Instead of 140 cal for 7 chips, these are 130 calories for 19 crackers, and I’ll take that lil extra protein and fiber too, why not.
I still ate the same dip! But instead of eating the whole container, I just ate as much as 19 crackers yielded me. It was *about* an actual serving size of dip (which was around 100 cal). Since I didn’t actually measure it though I just rounded up to be safe and called it two servings (200cal).
I ended up having the creamy fatty food I was craving and it was probably around 350 calories this time. And honestly, I feel satisfied. It was a little tough to put the dip away because I wanted to keep snacking, but once I put it away I found I wasn’t hungry and didn’t need more anyway 🤷♀️
At this point I’ve still got around 700 calories left in my day for dinner, too!
We got this, gang 💪🏻
by bluejaymewjay
8 Comments
Forget those tortilla chips exist.
I’m a big binger and snacker and I’ve had to just straight up stop keeping trigger foods in my home. I smoke weed and get hungry and it’s really hard to have control. Before, I could inhale entire packages of cookies or bags of chips.. I would literally buy 2 bags of chips for one weekend assuming I would eat one a night. 🙁 Now if I really am going to binge, it’s going to have to be on cocoa dusted almonds and frozen Greek yogurt bars and rice cakes and single serve peanut butter to go. And I made myself promise that even if I am going to lose control and eat above my calorie limit (which is a little harder to do when you have to consciously decide to do it), I track it all. It’s helped me to be so much more aware of this. Good for you on the healthier choice today!
(edit) Also, it seems like common sense, but I read something about bigger bodies taking longer to register satiation after eating. I’m speaking only for my own size here. But I try to remember that anytime I eat now. I finish and give it at LEAST 45min to settle, and then if I want to keep eating, I’ll consider going back for something else. But it used to be so easy to keep eating and keep eating cause I didn’t feel full.
How do these compare to chips? I want to try them but I’m imagining them being a little sweet and I just want savory!
I recently started doing a serving (17) of Good Thins Parm & Garlic crackers, a wedge of garlic Laughing Cow cheese, and a serving (17pcs) of turkey pepperoni. Little sammiches! Less than 250 calories and very tasty and filling!
I’m here to acknowledge the nut jokes.
(But also that’s sick, good for you!)
OP, are you ready to tell us what the delicious dip is? Or do we have to wait for a third post?
When I really crave tortilla chips and dip, I make the tortilla chips myself. I take the mission street taco size (110cal for 3) and toast them in the oven or on a pan without oil. They crisp up well and make a good substitute. Plus high in fiber!
That’s awesome! I’ll have to try those crackers myself, that sounds like a great alternative.
BTW, if you want to actually measure the dip next time but still basically do the same thing (eat as much as 19 crackers gets you), you can just weigh the container before and after you eat and subtract the after from the before. Or if your scale will stay on and/or hold the measured weight the whole time you’re eating, you can do the zero method where you put the full container on the scale and zero it out, then after you take out your serving the negative number on the scale is the weight of what you ate.