Protein Chips?!
http://www.kaysnaturals.com/gastric-bypass.html
Have you guys heard of these?! Do they look "good" to you? The nutritional facts seem to be not so bad, but I wanted to get everyone's opinions. I think I will ask my nutritionist on Wednesday.
I haven't tried these but I've tried others.. I'll get you the name of the ones I like -- they taste like tortilla chips and are good with some salsa (and they have something like 15g protein per bag!)
Mostly, I don't like the protein chips.. they have a funky aftertaste and they're pretty dry..
Stef
I found a small bag of 'Crunchy Baked Cheese' crackers and they were good, but I couldn't eat a lot (even if I wanted to) because it becomes very 'cheesy' before I finish a serving size (1oz = 10grams of protein). I was craving a real cracker so I thought I'd give this a try. It satisfied my cracker craving and I didn't come close to eating a serving size so I didn't feel bad about the amount of fat. One bag lasted me well over a week (and this was a snack size bag).
I found this at Fruitful Yield and unfortunately I didn't write down the brand name when I inserted in the info in Fitday.com.
Here's the nutrition info:
Amount Per 1 oz Calories 150
Calories from Fat 117
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 13g 20%
Saturated Fat 7g 35%
Polyunsaturated Fat 0g
Monounsaturated Fat 0g
Cholesterol 50mg 17%
Sodium 450mg 19%
Potassium 0mg 0%
Total Carbohydrate 1g 0%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Protein 10g 20%
Alcohol 0g
Vitamin A 10 % Vitamin C 0 %
Calcium 32 % Iron 0 %
For another type of cracker (which I would put cottage cheese or tuna salad on) I get "Hol-Grain Crackers: No Salt Brown Rice" (I find this at Whole foods).
For 7 long, very light and thin crackers it is 60 calories, 0 fat, cholesterol, sodium, fiber and sugar. It has 13 grams of carbs and 1 gram of protien. It is a whole carb food item as the ONLY ingredient is brown rice. I was able to eat this about a month after surgery (I was really tired of plain cottage cheese). So I'd pile on the CC, put a slice of a grape tomato and enjoy! I only ate about 3 of these w/my CC amount at 1/4 cup or more.