How cool is this picture? I really love Shredded Wheat. The kind that is brand name is good - the Aldi brand is good - Kashi is good - I just like mine to have a smidge of sweet to the tasted. Right now a favorite is the Vanilla Almond Shredded Wheat. Yum - with a little big of Vanilla Soy Milk in it. Tasty. Perfect with a sliced banana at breakfast. But not at night.Why do I say that? Well the other day - rather, night - I was craving a snack late in the evening. I have promised myself to try very hard not to snack past 8pm. BigGuy was out of town though - the kids were still awake and I was trying to wait them out - and it got late - and I got hungry - and I wanted some Ice Cream. I reasoned with myself that some low fat ice cream would be acceptable. Went to the freezer and found that apparently someone else had that same thought..........so no ice cream - oh wait..........in the back there was some full fat ice cream.
Hmmmmmmmmmmm............I could eat that - only I really have been trying to make good choices......then I remembered that I had some Vanilla Almond Shredded Wheat. So to the cabinet I went. Poured a bowl.....added some soy milk......ate it. And then I thought - well if I was counting Weight Watcher points I could have 4 bowls of this stuff to one serving of full fat ice cream. So I could have another half a bowl and still have eaten less then half a serving of the ice cream. So I did.
Only my stomach isn't used to eating that late anymore. And.......my stomach and intestines apparently are not used to eating that much shredded wheat at one time either. I felt like something was expanding in my stomach. I felt a bit yucky. Kids were finally asleep so I decided to go to bed.
The next morning I still felt as though I had eating an entire loaf of bread. In fact........I had a few almonds, an apple, a side salad and some vegetables for dinner through the entire day........and still felt like I had eaten a Thanksgiving meal. All because of one and a half bowls of shredded wheat late at night - trying to make the healthier choice.
Next time I am going to save myself the healthy choice and I am eating the ice cream.
1 comment:
Instead of ice cream, eat just one bowl of shredded wheat.
Who am I kidding, I ate a whole tube of pringles - by myself - last weekend. And that's why I rarely buy that sort of thing.
If I snack late, I try to snack on grapes or cherry tomatoes (maybe with a dab of hummus). But there's something enticing about a bowl of cereal late at night.
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