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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / March 2004Great weapon against sweet food cravings
When I feel like having cookies, pies, chocolate, etc., I open a container of Smucker's Fruit Spread (either Orange or Strawberry). It is made of fruit and concentrated grape juice, and has no sugar added in it. Each table spoon contains only 20 calories. Seven table spoons are usually enought, even though I sometimes eat the whole bottle! Note: No, I don't work for the Smucker's company! > When I feel like having cookies, pies, chocolate, etc., I open a > container of Smucker's Fruit Spread (either Orange or Strawberry). It > is made of fruit and concentrated grape juice, and has no sugar added > in it. Each table spoon contains only 20 calories. Seven table spoons > are usually enought, even though I sometimes eat the whole bottle! > Note: No, I don't work for the Smucker's company! That comes out to 140 calories per 7 Tbsp. Most of that probably from the fructose in the fruit and grape juice -- in other words carbohydrate. Not much need to add sugar if there's already enough there, right? You may as well have a slice of pie or a couple of cookies, as it will be about the same. Though there may actually be some fat in the pie crust or the cookie ingredients. If it makes you happy do it, but it's not so much a "weapon against sweet food cravings" as it is giving in to sweet food cravings. Nuts, cheese, heck even a piece of fruit are some alternate "weapons" that may fit better into a LC eating plan. Tom (just doin' the math) > > When I feel like having cookies, pies, chocolate, etc., I open a > > container of Smucker's Fruit Spread (either Orange or Strawberry). It [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Tom (just doin' the math) Sometimes (ok I know this is weird) when I have sweet cravings I floss, brush my teeth, and use a strong minty mouthwash. I get a lingering pepperminty taste, and my mouth feels so clean and fresh I don't want to eat _anything_ and mess it up.  SignatureMichelle Levin http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws. >>>When I feel like having cookies, pies, chocolate, etc., I open a >>>container of Smucker's Fruit Spread (either Orange or Strawberry). It [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > pepperminty taste, and my mouth feels so clean and fresh I don't want to > eat _anything_ and mess it up. Not weird at all. Clean teeth..don't wanna get 'em dirty. Marsha/Ohio >Sometimes (ok I know this is weird) when I have sweet cravings I floss, >brush my teeth, and use a strong minty mouthwash. I get a lingering >pepperminty taste, and my mouth feels so clean and fresh I don't want to >eat _anything_ and mess it up. I do the same thing if I need to stop eating for the day. Something about having to floss again keeps me away from the food. >>Sometimes (ok I know this is weird) when I have sweet cravings I floss, >>brush my teeth, and use a strong minty mouthwash. I get a lingering [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >I do the same thing if I need to stop eating for the day. Something >about having to floss again keeps me away from the food. And I thought I was unique. Several times a week, I stop in my tracks and say to myself: "I can't eat anything now because I just brushed my teeth." PJ >>>Sometimes (ok I know this is weird) when I have sweet cravings I floss, >>>brush my teeth, and use a strong minty mouthwash. I get a lingering [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >brushed my teeth." >PJ Remember when life was simple and we didn't have to think about such things? If you're talking about Smucker's Light Sugar Free preserves, they have 5 carbs per tablespoon. Info is here, click on flavors for nutrition info: http://www.smuckers.com/fg/pds/default.asp?groupid=1&catid=18 > When I feel like having cookies, pies, chocolate, etc., I open a > container of Smucker's Fruit Spread (either Orange or Strawberry). It > is made of fruit and concentrated grape juice, and has no sugar added > in it. Each table spoon contains only 20 calories. Seven table spoons > are usually enought, even though I sometimes eat the whole bottle! > Note: No, I don't work for the Smucker's company! > If you're talking about Smucker's Light Sugar Free preserves, they have 5 > carbs per tablespoon. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > are usually enought, even though I sometimes eat the whole bottle! > > Note: No, I don't work for the Smucker's company! I really like Steel's strawberry jam (made withe Splenda). The first time I got it it was called "jam", but the last time I bought it it was called "fruit spread". I got them at Netrition.com. 1 Tbl has 6 calories and 1.5 carbs. SignatureSaffire 205/168/125 - 5'2.5" Atkins since 6/14/03 Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333 > When I feel like having cookies, pies, chocolate, etc., I open a > container of Smucker's Fruit Spread (either Orange or Strawberry). It > is made of fruit and concentrated grape juice, and has no sugar added > in it. Each table spoon contains only 20 calories. Seven table spoons > are usually enought, even though I sometimes eat the whole bottle! > Note: No, I don't work for the Smucker's company! so basically what you're saying is that when you want something sweet, you eat something sweet? that's a corker of a solution. > > When I feel like having cookies, pies, chocolate, etc., I open a > > container of Smucker's Fruit Spread (either Orange or Strawberry). It [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > so basically what you're saying is that when you want something sweet, > you eat something sweet? that's a corker of a solution. I hope this post was a joke, or else the OP better read an Atkins book ASAP. > > > When I feel like having cookies, pies, chocolate, etc., I open a > > > container of Smucker's Fruit Spread (either Orange or Strawberry). It [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > I hope this post was a joke, or else the OP better read an Atkins book ASAP. it'll be fine. there's no sugar added, so it's all ok!!!1! > > > > When I feel like having cookies, pies, chocolate, etc., I open a > > > > container of Smucker's Fruit Spread (either Orange or Strawberry). It [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > it'll be fine. there's no sugar added, so it's all ok!!!1! The point of my post is that sugar is one of the -if not THE- ingredients that is the best at making you gain weight. Fructose does not have that much an effect. Eating this spread is like eating fruits, but it is so much better than the fruit itself. You will rarely find good oranges, and strawberries are so expensive. > > > > > When I feel like having cookies, pies, chocolate, etc., I open a > > > > > container of Smucker's Fruit Spread (either Orange or Strawberry). It [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > fruits, but it is so much better than the fruit itself. You will > rarely find good oranges, and strawberries are so expensive. I don't think stuff like that is better than the fruit itself, because it takes a lot of fruit to make a spread so you're getting way more sugar (even if it's natural sugar) than you would get if you ate a piece of fruit. SignatureMichelle Levin http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws. > > > > > > When I feel like having cookies, pies, chocolate, etc., I open a > > > > > > container of Smucker's Fruit Spread (either Orange or Strawberry). It [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > (even if it's natural sugar) than you would get if you ate a piece of > fruit. I agree with you. I don't eat that stuff every day, though. Maybe twice or three times a week. Since I gave junk food, I need it less and less. But at times, I can't resist. So instead of grabing junk food full of sugar or/and white flour, I take "concentrated fruit". Denis Concentrated fruit is not low carb. SignatureMost of us probably aren't in danger of eating too little. :) Becky P. > > > > > > > When I feel like having cookies, pies, chocolate, etc., I open a > > > > > > > container of Smucker's Fruit Spread (either Orange or Strawberry). It [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > Denis > I agree with you. I don't eat that stuff every day, though. Maybe > twice or three times a week. Since I gave junk food, I need it less > and less. But at times, I can't resist. So instead of grabing junk > food full of sugar or/and white flour, I take "concentrated fruit". > > Denis Denis....seriously, your "concentrated fruit" is, in fact, nearly all sugar. There's no "instead." Call it fruit, call it junk, call it whatever ... you're downing concentrated amounts of fructose. Sugar. Fructose is sugar. Pure, unadulterated carbohydrate. You haven't given up junk food, you appear to have found another kind of junk food that you can rationalize as "fruit". If you've gotta have something, at least have the real fruit. That at least has fiber to go with the fructose. Eating preserves to avoid sweets is like eating peanut butter to avoid peanuts. Tom. > > > > > > > When I feel like having cookies, pies, chocolate, etc., I open a > > > > > > > container of Smucker's Fruit Spread (either Orange or Strawberry). It [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > Denis Fibre? A good reason to have whole fruit. More filling and higher on the Saiety index John S >The point of my post is that sugar is one of the -if not THE- >ingredients that is the best at making you gain weight. Fructose does >not have that much an effect. Fructose IS sugar. Sugar IS carbs. >Eating this spread is like eating >fruits, but it is so much better than the fruit itself. You will >rarely find good oranges, and strawberries are so expensive. At least with fruit, you'll also have fiber. Yvonne >>The point of my post is that sugar is one of the -if not THE- >>ingredients that is the best at making you gain weight. Fructose does >>not have that much an effect. > > Fructose IS sugar. Sugar IS carbs. And speaking for myself, fructose *that* concentrated is more craving-inducing than a square of Lindt chocolate with sugar in it! (Which I enjoy from time to time at a cost of 18 carbohydrate grams) >>Eating this spread is like eating >>fruits, but it is so much better than the fruit itself. You will >>rarely find good oranges, and strawberries are so expensive. > > At least with fruit, you'll also have fiber. And a real few sections of orange, for example, contains FAR LESS fructose than the 10 tablespoons of "fruit spread" that was raved about in the original post. CM > > > > > When I feel like having cookies, pies, chocolate, etc., I open a > > > > > container of Smucker's Fruit Spread (either Orange or Strawberry). It [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > not have that much an effect. Eating this spread is like eating > fruits, but it is so much better than the fruit itself. dude, you're EATING SUGAR. you really need to face up to that fact. > Fructose does > not have that much an effect. Wanna bet? All bodies are different. > Eating this spread is like eating > fruits, So is um, eating fruits. > but it is so much better than the fruit itself. A piece of fresh fruit, or an overprocessed, canned serving of what amounts to *preserves*, I don't think so. I'll take the less bastardized and adulterated piece of FRUIT, TYVM :) > You will > rarely find good oranges, and strawberries are so expensive. I get a 600g tub of frozen, unsweetened, wild blueberries for under $4 a tub. I get good navel oranges that I give to my kids regularly. One or two sections is like a piece of heaven to me. The only difference between then and now is the frequency and the amount of eating sweet things. Concentrated fructose gives me a carb-rush so bad I have to lie down, and I am spacy for hours. CM > The point of my post is that sugar is one of the -if not THE- > ingredients that is the best at making you gain weight. Fructose does > not have that much an effect. Eating this spread is like eating > fruits, but it is so much better than the fruit itself. You will > rarely find good oranges, and strawberries are so expensive. Actually for LC plans fructose is worse than other sugars since fructose is more likely to be converted to liver glycogen than muscle glycogen. Remember its liver glycogen depletion that puts/keeps you in ketosis. SignatureRudy - Remove the Z from my address to respond. "It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" -Emiliano Zapata Check out the a.s.d.l-c FAQ at: http://www.grossweb.com/asdlc/faq.htm > The point of my post is that sugar is one of the -if not THE- > ingredients that is the best at making you gain weight. Fructose does > not have that much an effect. Eating this spread is like eating > fruits, but it is so much better than the fruit itself. You will > rarely find good oranges, and strawberries are so expensive. What do you mean by "better" than eating the fruit itself? The fruit is less calorie-dense, less sugar-dense, has some fiber, and probably has more vitamins than preserves which have been cooked for hours upon hours. Also it has the psychological effect of feeling like you are eating something, unlike a spoonful (or seven spoonfuls) of preserves, which offer no crunch or resistance or anything but sweet, sugary flavor. You can go ahead and eat plain jam if you want to, but I don't think you'll find much support for the idea that it's a favorable choice for someone on a low-carb plan. carla > When I feel like having cookies, pies, chocolate, etc., I open a > container of Smucker's Fruit Spread (either Orange or Strawberry). It > is made of fruit and concentrated grape juice, and has no sugar added > in it. Each table spoon contains only 20 calories. Seven table spoons > are usually enought, even though I sometimes eat the whole bottle! > Note: No, I don't work for the Smucker's company! That stuff is 5g carb per tablespoon. It may have no "added" sugar, but it's still mostly fructose. Signaturejamie (jamiemck@newsguy.com) "There's a seeker born every minute." |
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