Favourite Low Fat Grocery Items???

What are your faves?

Mine would have to be...

Gravy : 0 pts
Fun size chockies: 1- 1.5pts (great little indulgences)
Western Star Butter (the silver one): .5 pts
Oil Spray: 0 pts
97% FF Ham & chicken (shaved): .5 pts/3 slices
St Dalfour Jams: 0 pts (we used them before didn't realise they were no sugar)
Oyster Sauce (yummy to dollop some on vegies when steaming): 0 pts
Meringue Nests: .5 pts
97% FF Dijoinaise: .5 pts/Tablespoon
And of course...
Diet Coke with Lemon: 0 pts

These are the things I have come to love in the past few days...If you spot any interesting/new products on the market be sure to post here :)

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Cailin

I am so with you on the oil spray and diet coke.

I also enjoy the Nestle Chocolate Mousse's, I think they are either 1 point or 1.5, but they are great for curing those choccie cravings!!

Also the WW Cereal Bars, they are really nice and very convenient for those hectic mornings!! They are 1.5 points!!

I lived off the WW cereal bars!! :)


MMMM....and the WW Choc mint bars!!


Christy

My favourite Indulgences were:
Nestle Chocolate Mouse - I loved that stuff
Fun size mars lite bars. I would put them in the freezer so it would take me longer to eat them ;-) and
Lemonade Icy Poles in Summer :-)
Thats all I can think of right now

Love Jen

When I was younger I used to love those Jarrah Choco- drinks, there was one that tasted like tim tams MMmmmm... good way to curb the choc cravings!

Ok I just found out something really fantastic :)

I did a search on Kernels Popcorn (its a franchise we have here in melb...dunno about the other states) anyway there isn't an aussie website...but there is a US one. I converted the Cals to KJ's and 3 cups of the buttersalt variety popcorn is only 1.5 pts!!!!!!! :shock: how fantastic is that :) We bought some over the weekend, I also splurged and bought an air popper and some of the butter salt from Kernels so now I can make it myself at home. So what I have done is made a big batch put it in a big plastic container and all I have to do is mearure out 3 cups whenever I want a healthy snack. Also very handy for late night munchies or food on the run...just fill up a freezer or snap lock bag :)

I love how excited I get over new stuff LOL keeps me motivated...and popcorn is sooo much better than the rice crackers (no offence if you like em, but I get a bit bored with em quickly).

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Cailin

Ok just to add some more ;)

WW Fruit bars 1.5 pts ...if you have it with 100 mls of custard and nuke in the microwave I promise you its delish! And a very point friendly dessert if you ask me @ 2.5 pts.

Lunches, because there is only 2 of us and most recipes I use make 4 portions I have taken to having leftovers the next day for lunch. However sometimes I do like to have something different. I figured out the other day that 99% ff noodles are 3.5 pts and a tin of Lite Tuna is 1 pt (tom & basil mmm) so I combine the too and it was delish and very filling too.

And if you are feeling particularly peckish even after dinner try snakatas...I really am addicted to them. Don't try them and think they will taste like potato chips because they don't but they definitley beat rice crackers and if you get sick of popcorn its a tasty alternative. Half a box is 3.5 pts.

I am having such a good couple of weeks :) I can't wait to weigh in on monday ;)

Goodluck everyone!

Hey Colleen...will you be joining us over here?

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Cailin

salt is fine :) I know ww makes a pedometer, and they are on special atm so maybe look at the website www.weightwatchers.com.au

Glad to have you aboard!

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Cailin

I love the WW Jellies. They are 0 points and such a great snack to make and have in the fridge. Makes a very good dessert too!!

Has anyone tasted the WW bacon???

When I was doing WW, my favourite brekky was poached eggs on toast (no butter). You can buy electric egg poachers from kmart (black and decker brand) for less than $20. All you have to do is put a small amount of water in the appliance, crack the eggs and cover and they cook to perfection! I found that I had to eat protein in the morning so that I wouldn't get really hungry too early. I had them for breakfast today actually!
Baked beans were also a favourite for breakfast because they filled me right up.

My favourite lunch was (and still is sometimes):
6 WW crisp breads (2 points)
tuna in springwater (1 point)
Philly lite (dependent on how much - 2-3points)
Tomato and pepper (0 points)

Really filling and delicious!

For dinner, my leader suggested a delicious meal.
Chicken breast fillets, sliced down the middle and stuffed with philly lite and chives. Bake in the oven or on an electric fry pan until cooked. Yummo! Sometimes I crumb it aswell but of course that adds a few more points.

nestle diet yoghurts and diet choc mousse, yummo! (And only 1 point).
And vanilla diet coke
A favourite ww inspired meal is pizza made with lebanese bread, so yummy and quick to make.

Yes Jarrah is on the top of my list to hit those choc cravings. Do you guys have a thing over there called "philedelphia" Here in NZ it is kinda a cream cheese spread and can be used instead of butter as a spread and the whole container is only 10pts. Very tasty.

Also with the WW jellies if you mix with 1/2 of the hot water adn then top up the rest with diet lemonade makes a kinda fizzy jellie that tastes a bit sweeter - quite cool.

Cailin thanks for posting about the Kernals saltbutter (or buttersalt :-s ) I got a Cornelius (air popcorn maker) for Xmas and as much as I loooooooooove it I am sick of having plain popcorn. Woo Hoo ~ off to Kernals tonight to buy some salt :D

I love the new 'low carb' icecream......it's not cheap - but it is good! Also, Bega vintage light cheese!

Megan

Okay girls, tell me where I can find the kernals butter from?

here are my faves:

diet mousse: 1pt
jarrah hot choc: 1/2 pt
choc billabongs: 1 1/2 pts
WW vege lasagne: 3 1/2 pts
coles brand fruit bars: 1 1/2 pts (same as WW ones but much cheaper)
mini mars light bars: 1 pt
corn thins (with WW jam): x 4: 1 pt

Linda

Streets Blue Ribbon Light Icecream. It tastes so creamy and yum. Everytime I eat it I have to go back and check that yes it still only has 3gm fat per 100gm

I quite enjoy the Yoplait No Fat yoghurts, which have 70% less sugar as well! I think a 200ml tub equates to 1WW point....

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Okay girls, tell me where I can find the kernals butter from?

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It would be from Kernel's. You may not have one near you?? It's a shop that sells different flavoured popcorns.

I have just discovered Cruskits with fish paste, lol. It may be an aquired taste for some, lol.

Mini weiss bars - just perfect for dessert!

I can't believe that we are so boring. I have this 'thing' about food being environmentally and socially friendly, so everything I buy is either fair trade, organic or both. It means I have to make a lot of my own meals, but what I save!!!

Oh, boy.

In consumption of kilojoules and calories expended!

I was 99.5 kg two years ago and I am 52 kg now, so can recommend this method as having worked for me!

Mine are a new brand of "chips" called Pitos
They are made from pocket bread pieces
and baked - so they have a fraction of the fat or carbs as normal potato chips

and oh so yummy

Popcorn is great if you have it plain. I love lite cottage cheese, could live off it. The best thing ever, though, is tofu which has bulk protein and is SERIOUSLY low cal (if it's plain that is).

Oh and i forgot, negative calorie food, like apples. Neg cal means that you use up more calories digesting it than are actually in the food. There should be a list on google on what foods are, usually its raw fruit and veg.

I love Vaalia Natural Yogurt (low fat), it is really creamy for a low fat, natural yogurt. I put a sweetener tablet in with some pureed pawpaw or mango and I have it for breakfast almost every day. It is so yummy!

AVOCADO!!!


mmmm yummm i have it on everyttthingggg hehe

I love WW eclairs!! SOO GOOD 1.5points

My favourite: Nestle Chocolate Mouse, Ice cream and Diet Coke with Lemon :)

As Cailin mentioned in her list, I have found the Meringue nests for when I need a sweet treat that is low in calories. To make it a bit healthier I add some ski Dlite yoghurt and some banana slices. Yummo!

UltraSlim dark choc coated cherry bars YUMMMM better than a cherry ripe any day! (insert drooling icon here) :D 138 calories and 4.8 grams of fat!

Has anyone else had the sultry sally potato chips? They are a low fat potato chip and I practically lived off them when I had gallstones - yummy salty goodness - dunno about points but I lost 6+ kg over 2.5 months.

Don't bother with the Woollies select potato chips, they are foul.

Something new to add to all chocoholics lol. Sugarless confectionery makes chocolate that tastes like normal chocolate but has next to no sugar in it. It is for diabetics but I can recommend it to anyone wanting a treat but low fat and near sugar free