tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post789229105435604388..comments2010-03-06T20:26:08.567-05:00Crabby McSlackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108791388350253344noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-20678495899450998342010-02-27T01:28:23.609-05:002010-02-27T01:28:23.609-05:00I personally love 100 calorie snacks...but they are small. I found this site that lets you build your own recipes which saves a ton of money and means you actually like what the snack is! www.100caloriebags.com.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-23953900356353810982009-06-17T19:02:12.156-04:002009-06-17T19:02:12.156-04:00I stumbled across this when I googled 100 calorie packs after inhaling two of them. I spent a small fortune on this scam and I seriously think I eat more calories now. The portions are ridiculous and still full of crap ingredients. For the time being I&#39;ll eat healthy food in normal portions and waste less money on these crappy little imposters. (some of them do taste realllly good though) IMO, don&#39;t waste time,money, or calories on using a package to control your portions of stuff you probably shouldn&#39;t be eating any way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-87102622449156768332009-05-16T01:43:30.145-04:002009-05-16T01:43:30.145-04:00100-calorie snacks/foods have been proven bad for you because...<br /><br />For example, a 100-calorie chocolate package. You're eating that teeny tiny sliver of chocolate, then your body gets gushed with insulin so now it's ridiculously impossible to cut down fat. It'll mooch off nutrients and you'll be even hungrier.<br /><br />Psh, 100-calorie foods. More like 100 percent scam.Mishynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-4727332729202927622009-04-06T10:04:47.483-04:002009-04-06T10:04:47.483-04:00The 100 Calorie packs have a lot of the same ingredients that the originals do (give or take a few choices). But the only negative thing i would say about these "dream packs" are that they contain enriched flower, which is not any good for cutting fat!Hunternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-24680813577892217712009-01-27T18:07:02.273-05:002009-01-27T18:07:02.273-05:00You guys are all crazy. I think that 100 calorie packs are fabulous. No they do not always taste just like the real thing, but they are yummy and if you are working and working out on a regular basis and are supposed to be eating 5 times a day, they are very convienent to have around. so far the only 100 calorie packs i don't like are the ones that i don't like the product in its regular form either. Maybe they aren't for everyone. But i say yay to the smart peopla at Nabisco, Hostess and Quaker who came up with this great idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-9184219894361247872008-10-20T08:16:22.560-04:002008-10-20T08:16:22.560-04:00my husband has taken to buying me a weekly treat of the tiniest pot of ice cream (good quality real food ice-cream!). I think I might prefer a full pint to avoid packaging waste-but ice cream is not a trigger food for me. But I find the pre packaging less annoying than buying a small container (eg of yogurt) and finding the recommended serving size is given as about 2/3rds of the containerJanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-8578496505645775622008-10-19T16:05:41.954-04:002008-10-19T16:05:41.954-04:00I'm lazy (shockingly along with half of America) so I do buy the portion controlled sizes because in the AM when I'm packing my lunch and hubbies, the last thing I want to try and do is read a label. I keep a bowl on the counter of 2 point snacks that I did the calculations for ahead of time, so that I can easily put my lunch together and move on. So I'll only buy them on sale - but I can't do without them. I live for convenience ;-)Susanhttp://www.thindependence.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-64453192538985069082008-10-18T19:16:44.424-04:002008-10-18T19:16:44.424-04:00Most of the 100 calorie packs have crap in them I don't eat anymore, ingredients that are like a drug to my body and I just can't stop eating them...but at least I've found your cheap appeasement gesture to keep my mind off 100 calorie packs of sugar and partially hydrogenated somethingScale Junkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06617104284642930333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-55146545700800161832008-10-18T18:51:18.436-04:002008-10-18T18:51:18.436-04:00So totally off comment you may shoot me, but does anyone have any good advice for stubborn Achilles&#39; Tendonitis? Other than freezing some 100 calorie snacks to use as ice packs?<BR/><BR/>I&#39;m doing everything I&#39;m &#39;supposed to and this f&amp;*ker won&#39;t get any better. I&#39;m about to start working out on it again and damn the consequences?blueliketheskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12236835357270869744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-35796740999768498492008-10-18T06:27:48.191-04:002008-10-18T06:27:48.191-04:00Great comments, folks!<BR/><BR/>PurpleGirl, you would think about purchasing food based on nostalgia? Gosh, that's terrible (said the woman who has been known to buy Lukcy Charms cereal 'cause of her fondness for it as a kid).<BR/><BR/>And Charlie, thanks for the link! Will try to get around to updating the post at some point.<BR/><BR/>(I don't take either of these studies too seriously--I think the real issue is how 100 calorie packs affect you personally. For most of us, they don't seem to help much! But if they help some folks with damage control, then whatever).Crabby McSlackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108791388350253344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-72217555065308078502008-10-18T05:38:23.157-04:002008-10-18T05:38:23.157-04:00So at the store tonight, I very nearly bought 100 calorie Nutty Bars. Not because I especially love Nutty Bars, even though I kind of do, but because my dad and I used to eat them together with milk.<BR/><BR/>However, I put them back on the shelf after realizing three things: 1) just because there were individually wrapped instead of in two-packs doesn't mean they're any more healthy. 2) they're overpriced. 3) I was about to make a food purchase based on nostalgia alone. :)purplegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02952678339075163056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-46168252051274088122008-10-17T22:07:58.570-04:002008-10-17T22:07:58.570-04:00Oh goodness. JUST today I made my very first purchase of 100-calorie snacks after eschewing them for so long. What appropriate timing for this post :)RACHEL!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03739185577856786814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-23365206439591422372008-10-17T20:39:35.284-04:002008-10-17T20:39:35.284-04:00I agree with you 100%. The really sad thing is how many people feel that a 100-calorie pack of Hostess cupcakes is healthy eating. :(<BR/><BR/>The only ones I ever buy (and even this is rarely) is the South Beach cookies. They aren't great and they're overpriced, but sometimes I just want a cookie.Mrs. Jelly Bellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04473943542855066137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-8157842367457392552008-10-17T18:40:42.609-04:002008-10-17T18:40:42.609-04:00<A HREF="http://asunews.asu.edu/20080821_business" REL="nofollow">This study</A> says 100 calories packs make people eat moreCharliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489643911811814573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-85783833201463255032008-10-17T17:44:23.001-04:002008-10-17T17:44:23.001-04:00What do you mean you've turned down freebie offers before and we wouldn't even want to know what we've missed.<BR/><BR/>We do. We do!!!Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15643174590692205316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-12020543861149408252008-10-17T17:07:49.524-04:002008-10-17T17:07:49.524-04:00I started buying packs of the smallest plastic ziplock bags at the dollar store. Then I just conquer and divide the bigger bags of snacks myself. We always did this in the past for treats at the movies, but now I keep them around all the time. Teresa in TennesseeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-14116619225684967902008-10-17T16:43:38.963-04:002008-10-17T16:43:38.963-04:00I can't afford to buy portion controlled anything, so I can avoid temptation quite easily. Of course, if it gets to be too much, I bake, then I have to find someone I can give it away to.Rebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05318594769530526005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-86143305169495085972008-10-17T16:21:52.331-04:002008-10-17T16:21:52.331-04:00I bought a box of those Hostess 100 calorie cupcakes after a blog I like mentioned them and said they were good. I was curious! And I guess they're not terrible. It's been so many years since I had a "real" Hostess cupcake that I don't know how they compare. Other than they don't have the little spiral of white icing across the top, which I seem to remember being my favorite part as a kid.<BR/><BR/>I'd rather just have a real cupcake, though. Something about the artificial ingredients in these makes the roof of my mouth feel funny. :)purplegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02952678339075163056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-65463268240144360232008-10-17T15:33:36.633-04:002008-10-17T15:33:36.633-04:00Who <B>PAID</B> for the study?KBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-39855656538759750362008-10-17T15:12:00.186-04:002008-10-17T15:12:00.186-04:00None of those in this house :) Try to stick to whole foods and away from packages mostly. About the only packaged treat we have around is Kashi bars which are loaded with fiber and protein and so satisfying it's easy to stop at one :) I like to have all that room in my pantry now for hide and seek with the kids ;)new*mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05147814248509745599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-29774029618459848682008-10-17T14:29:26.016-04:002008-10-17T14:29:26.016-04:00Been there, done that, regretted it...Just last week I bought a pack of chocolate rolls with six in the box. All six were gone by the end of the evening!Innyhttp://imnoquitter.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-76000073920714781542008-10-17T13:44:34.259-04:002008-10-17T13:44:34.259-04:00I can't stand them - but mostly for the taste. And the cost. I am all about real food. <BR/><BR/>Although if you gave me a cookie right now, I wouldn't complain.the gazellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290343648184416057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-28211350957941867312008-10-17T13:41:36.486-04:002008-10-17T13:41:36.486-04:00I find I can't eat just one.<BR/><BR/>And the amount of waste they create is ridiculous.<BR/><BR/>And then the stomach aches that come with eating so much processed crap.<BR/><BR/>UGH.mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16967370079264918525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-54388934043571375102008-10-17T13:33:03.420-04:002008-10-17T13:33:03.420-04:00Although it seems like 100 calorie packs are a great idea...they're not as amazing as they seem!<BR/><BR/>http://www.nutricise4u.blogspot.com/Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03799924806987739941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-10200674025322541982008-10-17T13:25:43.973-04:002008-10-17T13:25:43.973-04:00I agree with absolutely everything you said. The only 100 calorie packs I keep is microwave popcorn. It really is just about the right amount.Scrumpy's Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12963135920577462855noreply@blogger.com