Fiber Bars - They are a good replacement for Candy bars. They are great to keep in your purse or car for when the urge to munch is great and the temptation to buy that candy bar in the check out line is GREAT. My favorite brand is Kelloggs' I love the chocolate peanut butter, coconut and caramel, chocolate chip, and the dark chocolate and almond.
Light Cheese (NOT fat free) - this is a staple in my house and I am always buying when the deals are good. While yes, real cheese is great, these work just fine. They are usually 1pt per 1/4 cup where as the regular cheese is like 3pts. Big difference when you only are getting 26-29pts a day.
Light Sour Cream (again NOT fat free ewww) this is just as good as regular, just 1pt per serving. with this you can make your own veggie dip and have a great addition to the Zero Point veggies ( this is if you need dip for your veggies, I don't) This is also good for potatoes and tacos and well anything you would use sour cream in.
Sara Lee Delight Bread products. These are AWESOME. Yes the slice bread is a little on the sweet side but at 1pt per slice of bread (or 2pts for English muffin and buns) This is great. Even the Sara Lee Whole grain original English muffin is only 3 pts.
Little metal dip cups - if you didn't know these are 1/4 of a cup. or 4 tablespoons. These little cups were essential in the beginning cuz when I would measure my cheese I would use the cup, salad dressing, half of a cup was 2 tablespoons. These things are not just for ketchup for dipping.
Light Mayo (i prefer Kraft) This stuff is a good substitute for the real thing. It also comes in handy when making say Tarter Sauce. I make my own Tarter but chopping up pickles, onion, carrots, and capers and putting it in light mayo with a dash of either pickle juice or lemon juice. Let it steep in the frig for a bit and Wahlah Tarter Sauce that is way better than the Jar and only 1pt per serving.
Frozen Weight Loss Meals. My fave brand is Lean Cuisine and each one has points on them. next comes Weight Watchers. Healthy Choice not so much though there is a couple that are good. My tip to these to make them go farther is adding a little extra light cheese to it, extra Broccoli. Adding some extra shrimp if your meal has shrimp. or just having a Salad with it.
Salads - ah these make things go farther. I can have my slice of pizza with a Salad and be ok. Kid want McD's , I get a Salad and their apples. (though don't use all the French dressing, it is 4pts a bag).
Donuts- Want a donut. best way around that is get your kids one, ask for a bite and then walk away. I have found a bite, curbs that urg and since your children are going to only share a bite your temptation to eat the whole damn thing is gone.
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