Support for low-fat high-fiber diet

LOL about the hair.

Hubby and I decided we didn't need marriage counseling, we needed a cleaning lady. Fixed all our issues right up.

My thought on popcorn (any feel good snack food really) is it's gotta taste good or why eat it. So not all the lowest fat popcorn works for me. We usually eat OR Light Butter.

Frankly, the nutrition facts on popcorn boxes are somewhat tough to read. The OR light Butter- 1 cup popped: 20 calories(5 from fat),Total fat when popped(read the *)1 gram of fat (0 grams saturated, 0 grams transfats), 35 mg sodium, less than one gram of fiber, and so on...and I think it tastes good.

Tina - hope you stay on the wagon, or at least get back on after you fall!

Tried the pumpkin in the brownie mix. It was better than the black beans. The result is a bit gelatiounus (sp?), don't know that I'll try that again. My half jar of prunes were moldy so I didn't blender them into the pumpkin as I'd been considering. All things considered, applesauce may be the best substitute. I think I've sacrificed enough brownie mixes.

Checked out the microwave popcorn. My goodness, things have changed since I last went looking for it. I like those mini-bags.

Whoever posted it on the thing I read forgot to include that the WW consensus was nasty.

It just goes to show you can't trust everything you read on the Internet.

I was reduced to doing the laundry and ironing all my summer blouses that I just threw on a chair last fall.

yes i am having a serious love affair with fiber too...as for who i would want to marry? it would be a toss up between fiber and antioxidants...

the brownie thing - i think i will take a pass and limit myself to really delicous dark chocolate ones with walnuts every once in a while....

glad the boards are back up, maybe they got broken because of too many threads?

looking forward to my cinco de mayo margarita!

laura

Weird....I love ironing

I find it most relaxing. Fed Ex your laundry to me Rose.

Tina

I am getting back to meal planning, that helps my fiber intake as well as my munch cravings. I bought some lovely strawberries, and angel food cake! Nothing better. I made some jello for the kids for an afterschool snack, I am going to pop some popcorn too before school is out.

If I plan they eat better food as well as we do to. DH is having to stick to low fat now too so it is a easier to deal with!

Tina---

I was wondering what is your recipe for Hummus? I love it too. The recipe that I have found to make it has Sesame Tahini in it and I believe that this has loads of sugar in it which I don't want since I am diabetic. Was wondering if you would post it or PM me with it. Thanks!!!

Peace and Hugs,
celia

If humus has sugar then it's being added. When I looked up tahini it didn't mention sugars, but it does have a lot of fat. It's 'good' fat, but still mostly fat.

I usually buy humus because I don't want to buy the tahini, but if you made your own you might cut down the tahini in it and reduce the fat. I like tahibni. When I first moved here I lived in a group house with some hard-core vegeterians who were into it so we had it around all the time.

After two failed brownie trys I got the No Pudge Brownies, and I am happy to say they are good. I put applesauce in them.

Tina--thanks so much for posting your recipe. It looks a little more interesting than the one I had used. It has been a long time but I believe that my recipe had no lemon juice or olive oil.

Rose and Naomi and Tina---I googled till I found the kind of Sesame Tahini that I am pretty sure that I had bought years ago. I think it was Joyva brand in the metal container with the swami on the front. The info for it on the web says it is ground sesame seeds and doesn't indicate any other ingredient. I remember that I had to stir it to get the oil mixed back in. I also remember tasting it and finding that it was very sweet, like sesame candy with honey in it. In the info on the web the Joyva company has another product called Halvah that is "crushed sesame seeds with a binder of honey." It comes in the exact same can and size as the Sesame Tahini does. So now I am wondering if my can of Sesame Tahini was mislabeled. I would not have bought Halvah because I know what that is, but I think that what I tasted was much more like that than Sesame Tahini. So I am not sure how it happened but I am much happier about trying to get Sesame Tahini again and making my own Hummus. Thanks to you all!

Peace and Hugs,
celia

may i ask.........am i the only one whose weight fluctuates daily by 2-4 pounds? one day i'm 4lbs up another i'm 3 lbs down, plus i retain water something dreadful...........everything that pushes into my extremities leaves big "dents" can we take diuretics on tamox? thanks, michelle

I want Shel's weight! Okay I will be sericus.

I like Tina's recipe for Hummus, here is mine. Because I could not find Tahini~

I use a can of garbazo beans drained
a bit of olive oil
and some salsa

Then I grind it to smitherenes!

Hummus is soooo good! I may make some now!

I like it spread thin on my sandwich I brown bag to lunch. It keeps the bread from getting soggy and unlike mayo it has some fiber.

I can tell Cowgirl is from Texas because she's got us putting salsa in our hommus! I wonder how a can of green chilies would go. They're lower fat than tahini.
I keep a pretty close eye on my weight. If I eat something salty or eat out several days in a row and it goes up then I try to drink water and stay off of salty or caramel colored things until it goes down again.

It's easy to get fooled by flucuations and the next thing you know you've gained 5 pounds that doesn't want to go away.

Caramel colored, like cola, coffee. I think it makes me retain fluid.

I saw another thing about those wraps. I guess they have them places besides Walmart. They were talking about one with hommus for breakfast. How can I not try that!