The 6 Snacks You Should Eat Every Day (Article)...

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Now, I'm not going to sit here and say that something posted on Yahoo! Health is 100% fact-checked information that we should all take seriously (because I most certainly don't), but I did find something interesting in this article that I wished to share. And, that thing is...

What in the HELL are SPELT pretzels?!?!?!

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Hehehe.

Although I do wish that people would realize that meal frequency is an individual thing. And it's probably easier to snack all the time when your calorie allowance for the day is higher :p Snacking all the time for 1500 calories leads to some pretty measley snacks.

Also... 'Your body is afraid to shed pounds' because 'It doesn't know where it's next meal is coming from?' ... Yes. My body is also afraid of being eaten by wild animals, therefore... oh well.

And a link to 15 desserts that burn fat? Really? When I get the weight watchers giant fudge bar it's causing me to burn fat?

Of course, I do want to try these spelt pretzels...
 
Jeanette401 said:
Really? When I get the weight watchers giant fudge bar it's causing me to burn fat?
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BAHAHAHA

:rotflmao::rotflmao::rotflmao::rotflmao::rotflmao::rotflmao:

I love when they make claims like this. I see articles in Men's Health all the time that say something like: "Eat these things to INCINERATE fat... and I am thinking, wow... exaggerate much?
 
Just a little there! Not that I think there's anything wrong with have a WW fudge bar or skinny cow once in a while if you want, but I am pretty sure that they are not burning fat, and certainly not burning more fat than eating another snack of similar caloric and macro-nutrient composition...

I never did try that ice bath experiment either ;)
 
Gotta agree with jeanette about teh fudge thing. Sometimes i think WW is there just to make money off you. I mean if its tempting you with crap food like that, how much time will it take people ot realise that you need to eat two just to enjoy it . That's what i noticed when i ate one of their desserts once.

Spelt is a type of flour. Look it up. Its got more nutrients than wheat flour. I thought the bread i buy was made with spelt flour. That was what i was trying to do but now i'm not sure and need to dig around in the supermarket to find a different brand.

Spelt bread is better.

I am certain that if i ate all time i would get fat in no time. That article is rubbish. And its just contributing to the obesity epidemic.
 
I hate that WW offers junk food, shouldn't they promote healthy eating . Period? I mean, i know they have to cater to the masses who will just DIE if they don't get to eat fudge bars or desert regularly & feel Ok about it, but jeesh. not that I'm perfect or anything...but I do realize crap is crap. low cal or not I could make a BETTER choice (if i wanted to & I USUALLY do).

One of my new favorite treats that's just as good as 'junk' IMO is fruit & yogurt parfaits. Fresh fruit, non fat/ no added sugar yogurt with a teeny bit of splenda or honey & vanilla extract added to it, and some flax low fat granola? Mmmm....even the family loves it.
 
It makes me sad when people say that their "treats" are fruit and cereal bars and shit. I don't think I'll ever get to the point where any of that food feels like a treat. I'll stick with a slice of pizza or a bag of crisps any day! Or cake. Mmm, cake.
 
Different people work in different ways. I view all sorts of things as treats- fruit, yes, but also the kind of stuff you mention. I try to enjoy my everyday food rather than resent what I'm eating and the drudgery of a "diet" and risk binging (because an orange may not be as "treaty" as cake, but it's a heck of a lot harder to binge on). And actually, more recently I've tried to have some of that "treaty" food (pizza) and found I couldn't stomach it. I'll have to make my own at some stage.

I think the point of that article is to show better alternatives- if you have to have pretzels, have those spelt ones, etc. Although I would hope that to most people here, at least, that would be obvious.
 
Don't get me wrong...i love me some cake, or better yet chocolate! BUT, I too get "sick" off anything with too much fat. We went out & had tacos the other night. Good lord did I pay.
 
I don't view fruit as a treat. I Love it. Its good for me and its a regular part of my diet. I couldn't live without fruit. In india many people don't eat fruit very much as its expensive. In the ashrams and such, its never served. I found when i stayed in such places, even though their food was well balanced and yummy, i really missed fruit and had to go out and buy it from the street.

But i don't like the word treat with regard to food. And i don't believe in rewards either. I don't think normal weight people think too much in terms of rewards and treats. I think its the diet industry's terminology and i think it helps set people up for failure.

I'm with Amy if you diet food is delicious and satisfying, you won't need much in the way of treats and rewards.
 
fortyfour said:
But i don't like the word treat with regard to food. And i don't believe in rewards either.
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You don't believe in rewards? I'm willing to bet you don't say that at the end of every week when your boss hands you your paycheck.

fortyfour said:
I don't think normal weight people think too much in terms of rewards and treats. I think its the diet industry's terminology and i think it helps set people up for failure.
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The diet industry's terminology is a non-issue when it comes to the success/failure of overweight people trying to lose weight. Calling something a reward or a treat isn't going to build an unstable foundation that is destined to crumble underneath your feet. It's just a word. And, if you would look at the big picture and not just a small sampling from the artwork that is life, you would see that your disbelief in rewards is quite...well...unbelievable.

When someone loses weight, what do they get? They get health. Energy. Confidence. Self-esteem. A better body. Physical attractiveness. The satisfaction of knowing they accomplished a difficult task. The pride of winning a difficult battle. Control of their life.

That's what they get. That's their reward. And, if they didn't get that reward, they wouldn't lose weight. There would be nothing to fight for. Without the reward(s), overweight people would have no desire to lose weight and have nothing to shoot for. They would remain overweight and unhealthy.

Whether it's the long-term goal of knowing you'll get your life back if you follow a proper diet and exercise, or the short-term goal of knowing you'll get to enjoy a big bowl of ice cream on Friday if you stick to your diet all week, it is the rewards that drive us overweight people to lose weight.

fortyfour said:
I'm with Amy if you diet food is delicious and satisfying, you won't need much in the way of treats and rewards.
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I don't think people enjoy their treats and rewards solely based on taste. It's the enjoyment they feel when they eat them.

I could eat the most delicious healthy food in the world, but I'm still going to want to eat pizza. Not just because of the way it tastes, but also for the satisfaction of knowing I got to eat some greasy ass, not-so-good-for-me pizza. I'd still want a 'break' from my diet at some point and I wouldn't feel like I had a 'break' until I ate something that wasn't good for me. I'd still want to eat pizza because of the way it made me feel.

A salad can taste amazing, but I'll still feel like I'm eating a salad.
 
I agree with Chef. Certain foods will always feel like a treat to me, not because they are healthy or balanced or any of that, but simply because I want them, and don't have them on a regular basis.

I don't see anything wrong with that, and I can't see the connection to 'the industry's terminology' at all in this scenario. Not sure how many 'normal weight' people you know either, but I know plenty, and I have heard them use the word 'treat' when it comes to food all the time, especially when it comes to food that isn't necessarily part of a healthy daily diet.

For me, a treat is something that I don't have every day. Trying to lose weight means that there is a lot of stuff that I am not having every day. I can't go with the pizza example because I hate pizza, but let's say....Ben and Jerry's cookie dough chocolate ice cream. I LOVE that stuff. It's unhealthy, full of sugar, fat and calories, and there is very little room in my daily diet for it.

So, every now and again, I have a little treat. Usually once every week or so. I get myself a small tub of Ben and Jerry's, sit down and absolutely enjoy every second of eating it, without feeling guilty or worried about what it might do to my weight loss attempts. I just enjoy it. And that does me for the rest of the week - cravings taken care of.

I don't see where that sets me up for failure - on the contrary, it helps me to stay on track and not end up craving something so badly that I 'fall off the wagon'.

As a side note: I can't, for the life of me, imagine my regular, daily 'diet' food to be delicious. What I eat during a normal day is just fuel to keep the engine going. I don't really like vegetables other than sweetcorn. Really not. And there is no way of cooking them that makes it any better. I eat them because they're good for me. Same with salad. To me, there is nothing appealing about a salad. I hate the texture of the raw ingredients, and the taste is like chewing on my lawn. I eat it because it helps me to lose weight.
I'm not a big fan of chicken, it's bland and boring, no matter what I try to do with it. When I eat fish I leave the table hungry, no matter how much I eat. I hate porridge, oatmeal and the like. Things like yogurt and fruits are a dessert, but wouldn't normaly count as regular food. I could eat five apples and still be ravenous. In all actual fact, apples make me feel hungry to start with. All the things that I am 'supposed' to eat as part of my healthy diet are things that I don't particularly like, or worse, things that my digestive system isn't very fond of.
That's one of the reasons why I struggle to eat enough on most days - I'd rather eat nothing than snack on an apple, and I'd rather go hungry than eat a salad.

And I just totally went off topic - sorry about that.
 
You don't believe in rewards? I'm willing to bet you don't say that at the end of every week when your boss hands you your paycheck.
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You pay is not a reward, a bonus is. You pay is part of a fair exchange.
 

Pay for work is not a reward, a bonus is. Your pay is part of a fair exchange. Rewards are over and above a fair exchange.

Apart from that, you should know that when i said i don't believe in rewards, i mean rewards of food.
 
I think life must be very miserable for people who can't enjoy eating healthy food. If i didn't enjoy healthy food, i would probably just stay fat and eat junk all the time. I don't think i could bear to eat food i don't like three times a day.

When i was in india, this is more or less what i had to do. All the healthy savoury food was full of chilli and i couldn't eat it without being in pain. If it didn't have chilli in it and was savoury it would be chock full of ghee (clarified butter) and I would feel nauseous. In the end i turned to the only foods i could enjoy and bear to eat - icecream, cake, biscuits and fruit. By the time i got to the end of my journey, that is when i decided to give up having sugar in my tea and that was the first time i decided to give up sugar. I can't remember how long that lasted. But then as now, i didn't miss it from my diet. It was good to get home though and not have to worry about spicy food or fatty food any more.

That said, there are plenty of places in india where you can get good food but where i was travelling mostly there was not a lot of choice.

The reason i don't want to go back to india again is because of the food. I just can't stand it anymore and if i am to get off the beaten track, that's all there is to eat.
 
fortyfour said:
You pay is not a reward, a bonus is. You pay is part of a fair exchange.
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fortyfour said:
Pay for work is not a reward, a bonus is. Your pay is part of a fair exchange. Rewards are over and above a fair exchange.

Apart from that, you should know that when i said i don't believe in rewards, i mean rewards of food.
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A reward is a fair exhange, not more than. Rewards are what a person deserve, what they have earned.

A reward is something that a person is given when they do something that earns the reward in question. For instance, when I write articles for my freelance writing job and they get accepted by the publisher, my reward for that is seeing money deposited into my bank account. Or, when I follow a proper diet and exercise routine for 3 months, my reward is losing weight and feeling better about myself. I get what I deserve. I get rewarded for my efforts.

Without rewards, people would never feel that their efforts are appreciated or worth while. And, if that were to happen, what motivation to people have to do any work or put in any effort? Why work for 10 hours a day if I'm not going to get rewarded with a paycheck? Why work for nothing? Who would do that? Why work really hard, but have nothing to be rewarded with - to have nothing to look forward to?

And, I know you were referencing food when you said you don't believe in rewards, but the same logic of being rewarded for laborous work applies to putting in effort to lose weight (eating healthy, exercising, etc).

Without being rewarded, why would someone put in the effort to lose weight?

If someone eats salads, fruits, vegetables and other healthy food items for the entire week, knowing that they have a big ass piece of greasy pizza waiting for them on the weekend, is something they can look forward to - it is something they can use for motivation.

"Man, I'm sick of eating salad. But, it's Thursday. Only two more days of this and I can enjoy a piece of pizza. So, you know what? I'm going to tough it out for these next two days, because I know I can take a break on Saturday when I enjoy my delicious pizza. I CAN DO THIS!!!"

That motivation of knowing that their work of eating healthy all week long will be rewarded with a big slice of pizza on Saturday is something that can carry a person through their times of struggle. Without that reward, they wouldn't have motivation - they wouldn't have something to look forward to. Without that reward, their struggles might get worse and worse and worse, leading them to ultimately fail.

Not everybody has the will power to walk through life without being rewarded.
 
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