Crisps

Tim Robbins

Hi,
I love Crisps. However, recently I was told I had high cholesterol and to watch what I eat. I drink very little, 2 - 3 units a week. I don't smoke. Mid thirties. Exercise every week.

I am finding it tough to get off the crisps. Any suggestions? At the moment I'm just looking at low fat crisps.

I tried sea salted peanuts but they have a lot of fat as well.

Any tips greatly apprciated.

kelle

Share a bag?

It works for me, when you open out the bag of crisps and place them on a plate people around you will always be willing to take a few, saving you the fat and calories!

EDIT: Did you ever try Tayto Velvet crunch? They have nearly half the calories of ordinary crisps, and taste delicious!

Here's a picture of them
http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/nutrition-calories/food/tayto/velvet-crunch/

The Hill Billy

Moved from F&D.

HB

poconnor16

Kelkin popcorn (not the butter one)...and in moderation, not the whole micro bag (like I sometimes do )
Or, chop up some butternut squash into chips, drizzle with a little olive oil, then sprinkle with some chilli podwer and black pepper. Bang in the oven at 180 for about half an hour (cook like oven chips). Can also be done with sweet potato.
Just makes me feel like I am eating something bad and salty.

rocky

Tim Robbins wrote: »

Hi,
I love Crisps. However, recently I was told I had high cholesterol and to watch what I eat. I drink very little, 2 - 3 units a week. I don't smoke. Mid thirties. Exercise every week.

I am finding it tough to get off the crisps. Any suggestions? At the moment I'm just looking at low fat crisps.

I tried sea salted peanuts but they have a lot of fat as well.

Any tips greatly apprciated.

What's your diet like, outside of crisps?

Poor Craythur

Tim Robbins wrote: »

Hi,
I love Crisps. However, recently I was told I had high cholesterol and to watch what I eat. I drink very little, 2 - 3 units a week. I don't smoke. Mid thirties. Exercise every week.

I am finding it tough to get off the crisps. Any suggestions? At the moment I'm just looking at low fat crisps.

I tried sea salted peanuts but they have a lot of fat as well.

Any tips greatly apprciated.

Tim, I used to love crisps, ate way too many of them. Then, I went off them for a few weeks. It took willpower, I won't lie. When I tried some after the few weeks were up, I found them greasy, and the saltiness unpleasant. They really dehydrated me. Now I rarely eat them at all.

Give it a go!

Tim Robbins

Poor Craythur wrote: »

Tim, I used to love crisps, ate way too many of them. Then, I went off them for a few weeks. It took willpower, I won't lie. When I tried some after the few weeks were up, I found them greasy, and the saltiness unpleasant. They really dehydrated me. Now I rarely eat them at all.

Give it a go!

I am off them for lent.

My diet isn't that bad. Need more fruit and veg though!

padraig_f

Are crisps really that bad? I have a packet of Rancheros here and it says they're 95 calories. Eat a few biscuits and it'd be a couple of hundred calories.

Poor Craythur

padraig_f wrote: »

Are crisps really that bad? I have a packet of Rancheros here and it says they're 95 calories. Eat a few biscuits and it'd be a couple of hundred calories.

Not necessarily, a couple of Rich Tea, fruit shortcake or Lincolns wouldn't even be 100 calories.

A bag of crisps is fine here and there.

Lornen

I'd recommend you buy a bag of popcorn kernels, pop your own popcorn and lace it with a spice blend of cayenne pepper, smoked paprika and a bit of garam masala or garlic salt. If you haven't any of that, maybe a jar of tabasco sauce in the back of the cupboard. I shake a good few drops into a bowl of popcorn and depending on how heavy your hand is, you'll definitely not be able to get through the amount that comes in a microwave sized bag!

Poor Craythur wrote: »

Not necessarily, a couple of Rich Tea, fruit shortcake or Lincolns wouldn't even be 100 calories.

A bag of crisps is fine here and there.

Based on McVities brands..

3 Rich Tea's = 100
2 and 1/2 Fruit shortcakes = 100
2 and 1/2 Lincoln's = 100

Biscuits are a big vice of mine, I opt for Marietta's as they're only 25 cal per biscuit, but I'd always try and steer clear. Empty calories out the bloody arse.

padraig_f

Poor Craythur wrote: »

Not necessarily, a couple of Rich Tea, fruit shortcake or Lincolns wouldn't even be 100 calories.

Fair enough, was just looking at one recently and think it was 85 kcal/biscuit, may have been chocolate digestive though.

My tip: whatever your treat is, don't have it directly after a meal. I am off sugary stuff at the moment and I notice the cravings most straight after a meal (whether this is to do with metabolism or habit I'm not sure). I have a rule to wait at least an hour after a meal for a treat, and if I still want it then, I can have it. The craving passes quickly enough and usually I find in an hour's time, I forget about it, or don't want it any more.

christina_x

Rice cakes

You can get salt and vinegar rice cakes in tesco, does the job

dammitjanet

christina_x wrote: »

Rice cakes

You can get salt and vinegar rice cakes in tesco, does the job

if you buy the snack-a-jack rice cakes they taste just like banshee bones!

Poor Craythur

Lornen wrote: »

Biscuits are a big vice of mine, I opt for Marietta's as they're only 25 cal per biscuit, but I'd always try and steer clear. Empty calories out the bloody arse.

Marietta are nice!

You proved my point, by the way! A couple of each of the biccies I mentioned WOULD come on in under 100 cals. Agree though, they are all complete gunk.

ynul31f47k6b59

Crisps are my complete and utter downfall, always have been. I can eat a disgusting amount of the bloody things. Just a tip - I don't know if you live on your own, or in a family home - but I used to fool myself into thinking that I could buy some crisps for the kids and my OH and not touch them myself. Genuinely, the only thing that worked for me was to go off them cold turkey and stay the hell away from multipacks. At the start I used to eat Ryvita, Snack-a-Jacks, or homemade popcorn with no butter or salt, but the salt cravings do go away after a while! Keep a bottle of water with you too, and if you're in a newsagents and you feel like picking a packet up, get some gum instead.

Dear god, stay away from microwaveable popcorn. Anyone who eats it should cut a pack open and take a look at the block of lard in it. Gross.

Dark Phoenix

try the snack a jacks I love the salt and vinegar ones.

I also try and eat treble crunch or quavers if I am dying for crisps as they give you the cheese flavour but much less calories.

There are some days where i'm dying for a pack of king or huncky dories though! I tried to give them up but fell off the wagon on paddys day - woke up with a hangover and the king were calling me

littlemis

Try the Tesco value range of Tortilla crisps at 55c you cant go wrong they are perfect for those with cholesterol problems and so is the cool salsa dip also cheap though can't rem exact price...check out the mono and poly against the saturates you will be amazed. Ask your doctor he will posibly have a diet sheet for cholesterol..if not i can send you a copy of the one my doc gave me...I find it very helpful and easy to work with,