LC Product Reviews

I've tried a few new products lately and they were surprisingly good for the most part. They're not induction level low carb, but they're low enough and healthy enough to fit in with the LC lifestyle just the same. I'm doing more of a modified LC regimen at this point so I don't try to stick to extremely low levels but instead I choose higher fiber products, as shown below.

Chocoperfection: These bars are all the hype in the low carbing community, so I had to try them. Sugar free chocolate that won't give you the runs, won't cause cravings, and taste GOOD?? This couldn't be true! So I ordered them, waited anxiously for them to arrive, and somehow my kids got into them before I could. But that's really a testament to how they really taste because if the kids will eat them without gagging, then they must be good. I ordered dark chocolate as opposed to milk chocolate, because everything I read had the dark chocolate rating much higher for taste. I had just recently developed an appreciation for dark chocolate since I'd heard about its benefits, although, if I'm in one of my "not caring" modes or a freebie day, milk chocolate is still the king! You can eat an entire bar of this, which is amazing in itself. Mentally, it does something to you to have to always PORTION things off, so here you can relax and eat the whole candy bar - and its a normal size candy bar, not some little diet teeny weeny! My favorite way to eat them is with a handful of salted almonds, goodness, it's incredible. They can be a bit pricey so I highly suggest getting them from Netrition - and I'm not just saying that because I'm an affiliate for them! Compare the prices for yourself and see if Netrition doesn't have everyone else beat by at LEAST $6, and that's nothing to sneeze at!

Go Lean! by Kashi: No, they're not technically Low Carb, but they're high fiber and don't taste like wood chips. I'm not at all interested in their "slimming system" but I have this thing for granola in yogurt, and most everything else I've tried just didn't work. I tried Grape Nuts but they were like gravel, no matter how long they sat in the yogurt, they were rock hard. I tried various other cereals but they were either too flakey or just veered too far away from my eating plan as far as nutrients, price, or taste. Go Lean, to me, is as perfect as it gets when it comes to my beloved granola/yogurt fetish. They have a wonderful balance of chunk size so I can enjoy a handful as a snack - I always hate eating cereal between my fingertips! They're slightly sweet, with something like 7 grams of sugar, but I'm not even eating a cupful with my yogurt so I don't fret the small stuff.

Atkins Advantage Shakes: I have had these in the past but it was always a hit or miss kind of thing. I ordered a bunch of them after my surgery - again, cheaper from Netrition, they're $7.99 a pack at the store, only $6.25 each at Netrition with a flat $4.95 shipping, so I ordered 12 packs. Yes, 12!!! I was planning to drink only that, thinking that I would only be able to drink liquid for two weeks, but as it turned out, I was back to my normal eating habits rather quickly. So I ended up with a box full of shakes that I didn't feel like drinking -- so the kids started drinking them!!! They like them really cold, so I figured, I may as well get SOMETHING out of it since I bought them! They taste pretty good, I think. Compared to Slim Fast and EAS, I think these are my favorite. I prefer the basic flavors like Strawberry, Chocolate Royale and Vanilla, while my kids liked the Caramel Caffe Latte which is like a cold coffee drink. They seem to quell my hunger for a few hours but I couldn't subsist on these throughout the day, I'd definitely have to compensate at some point with a big meal.

Yogurts: I used to be hooked on the BlueBird Lite 85 line of Splenda based yogurts, but they seem to have disappeared from the stores in place of this Superfruit mess. Yuck.Y. I don't like them, don't like the gobs of fruit, don't like the packaging. I want my Lite 85 back. In the meantime, until BlueBird comes back to their senses, I've turned to store brand yogurts like Kroger Lite (fantastic flavor choices) and for my yogurt mix - plain whole milk Meijer brand yogurt! If you're a student of the yoggie revolution, you know all about the draining, the going through rolls of paper towels and pouring off the whey. Just messy. However, for some reason, the Meijer brand needs NO draining. It's so thick and rich that it has very little whey - now I don't know what that means as far as nutritional content or if that's going to make it spoil faster? But I know I'm really loving NOT having to drain and I can just open it, scoop, and mix, and I'm enjoying my yogurt. I have sugar free flavored syrups and Splenda that I mix in and I'm in heaven. The Meijer yogurt is HALF the price of Stoneyfield's which is actually my favorite tasting plain yogurt but at over $4.00 for 32 oz., we had to part ways when I found another. If you don't have a Meijer near you, you might want to check for your grocery store's brand and give it a try, you might be surprised at how it competes with the big pricey brands.

Tomorrow, I'll add two more reviews for the new prepackaged hardboiled eggs and a line of LC wraps that I've fallen for!

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