I stopped eating crackers

Crackers, pretzels and popcorn are fatty foods. Also really bad for blood sugar.

Hummus and vegetables to dip are a great alternative.

People tend to eat too many crackers, those carbs add up. I generally do not eat much carbs. But I normally have two organic whole grain crackers with my coffee for breakfast.

Bagel chips forever!!!

OP = Polly the Parrot

I have two miniature Reeses instead.

2lbs down, 98 to go!

Popcorn is a low glycemic index food, and any fat would come from butter, which is optional. It’s also high in fiber.

OP = Chrissy Metz

Popcorn: it’s what’s for dinner.

What type and how many did you eat?

R10 Can’t have Chicago Mix, though, it’s too woke.

That is correct, the good orange Trumpian popcorn must be strictly segregated from the sticky brown kernels.

Animal Crackers?

In my soup?

I could actually go for some animal crackers right now.

I WILL NEVER give up my upcountry Georgia crackers!

[quote] What type and how many did you eat?

Mainly, I ate a handful mini organic cheese filled crackers around 10 every morning. I gave all my snacks away so I wouldn't be tempted. Now I eat two miniature Reeses, and that's enough to last me to lunch.

The cheese filled crackers sound good. Does Trader Joe’s have those?

Used to love those Chicken in a Biscuit but so unhealthy and way too salty.

I loooove Trader Joe's water crackers with a slice of delicious cheese and could happily make a meal out of 4 or 5 crackers with assorted cheese slices.

And for that reason, I haven't had any crackers in the house for several months now.

I've also lost 45 lbs since the beginning of the year. However, crackers and cheese were probably the least of my issues and the bottles of wine I had nightly were the worst of them.

Wait-wait! You lost 45 pounds or 4-5 pounds since January just by giving up wine?

r21, Bottles? How many bottles?

Well you will always bee a cracker OP.

We won't miss y'all bitch.

[quote]Hummus and vegetables to dip are a great alternative.

Ugh. It might be a great alternative for health reasons but not flavor.

Hummus is delicious, move beyond baby taste.

r22 - I lost 45 lbs by giving up wine, walking a few miles daily, hiking 1 - 2 times a week and also eating only once or twice a day, most often before 7pm and nothing after that. Full disclosure: compounded semaglutide has helped with both weight loss as well as quelling alcohol cravings. I'm not ashamed to admit that and I'm glad that I chose to try/use it. It's helped me immensely, with very little in the way of side effects.

r23 - two 750 ml bottles a night

r28, good for you! impressive

[quote]Popcorn is a low glycemic index food

Unforch, it's not. Corn has a lot of natural sugar.

"I gave all my snacks away so I wouldn't be tempted."

^ that's me! How did you find me?

I’m addicted to cheese and crackers as my just home from work snack. From time to time the supermarket has Carr’s water crackers half price and I stock up. I’d have a hard time giving them up, but I don’t have a weight problem or give a shit about health. It’s one of life’s few pleasures.

I gave up crackers, most types of cheese, and a lot of other saturated fat-filled foods in a failed attempt at naturally lowering my cholesterol. It didn't work and I'm on statins now. As my internist says, you can't beat your genes. I did however discover crispbread, which I really like. Wasa sourdough flavor is my favorite.

R34- I’m so sorry to hear this. I dread those cholesterol tests.

R28 Alcohol drinks are basically empty calories. Wines does have some health benefits such as containing the compound resveratrol and being an antioxidant, but the calories have no nutritional benefit.

OK, popcorn is not a high GI food? It’s not that bad.

Well it's worse than potato chips, French fries or Coke and 7-UP.

Not exactly a health food.

The only cracker I wanna eat is Lee Pace.

Datalounge discussions of nutrition always sound like debates between Giuliana Rancic and Lens Dunham.

There's never any middle room. It's always one extreme or the other.

Here's an article I read today. I found myself wondering whether people's values influence these things. I.e., some people may value the longest possible life as the best possible life; others may opt for pleasure or freedom to eat what they want -- even if that means a shorter lifespan.

My only cheat foods are small pieces of cheese with crackers and 3-5 dark chocolate almonds. Oh and PB&Jam on a Wasa crisp bread.

That's it - I can't not have my crackers with a little cheese. 4-5 crackers and 1 slice of cheese. Sorry - but that's staying.

Anybody have any other snack ideas? I do seaweed crisps - but it's not exactly satisfying.

^ nuts, e.g., pistachios, almonds, walnuts, etc

R43 - I do eat some pistachios, pepitos, dried cranberries and walnuts in small baggies (Trader Joe has snack sized bags) - but the calories add up. I suppose that's better than crackers.

How many crackers are you all eating? 5 a day? 10? 20?

Chicken in a Biscuit is so good. But so fatty and salty. You're almost guaranteed a heart attack from eating them. I see them at the grocery store all the time and get tempted to buy a box, but ... no.

r36 I know this. I wasn't drinking it for health benefits...I was drinking because I'm an alcoholic.

Now I'm not drinking.