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I've mentioned recently that I was in the market for a good high Protein food/snack. I had "discovered" Planter's Flavor Grove roasted almonds and Blue Diamond roasted almonds. WELL - they arrived today and all I can say is, they are so delicious I am going to have to keep them at work. If I keep them in my room it will be too easy to just graze my way through an entire bag. I got a couple different flavors, my favorite from the Flavor Grove line is the cracked black pepper onion & garlic, and my favorite from the Blue Diamond is the butter toffee - tastes like something incredibly decadent and high fat but is quite reasonable at 5grams protein, 170 calories for almost 30 nuts. Tonight I am seeing a movie so I'm swapping dinner for the nuts. Actually I'll get more protein from the nuts than from my canned turkey!

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To tell you all the truth here, i eat all sorts of nuts. . not many mind you, cause you can only eat so much before they get kinda sickening, but i'm into brazil nuts, peanuts, cashews, macadamia nuts, hazelnuts, etc. . . i buy the big tub of mixed nuts and have a handful every now and then. . . it's not going to kill anyone, heavens it's not like your eating it every day by the tubful! Moderation is the key here! Enjoy!

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To tell you all the truth here, i eat all sorts of nuts. . not many mind you, cause you can only eat so much before they get kinda sickening, but i'm into brazil nuts, peanuts, cashews, macadamia nuts, hazelnuts, etc. . . i buy the big tub of mixed nuts and have a handful every now and then. . . it's not going to kill anyone, heavens it's not like your eating it every day by the tubful! Moderation is the key here! Enjoy!

Maybe it is the old dieter's mindset but I just can't bring myself to eat without carefully calculating every calorie and morsel on my food tracker and if I go over 600 I feel like I'm sabotaging my sleeve. =(

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Its more expensive but I buy nuts in little 25g bags, otherwise i would never lose weight. (no self control)

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Its more expensive but I buy nuts in little 25g bags, otherwise i would never lose weight. (no self control)

I'm with you. Nuts are one of those Snacks where my hand just keeps reaching into the bowl, like it has a mind of its own.

However, I found 100 calorie bags of Emerald Cocoa Roast Almonds on sale at Target last week. Kills my need for crunchy Snacks and chocolate at the same time. Score!

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I love all kinds of nuts, and they are definitely easy to "over-do". The 100 cal bags are great for control.

My NUT said the things she sees as problem food for people during maintainence is cheese and nuts. She said they have their time and place but should not chosen as the best source of protien. Both of those items are food that I can easily over-do if I'm not careful.

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I've mentioned recently that I was in the market for a good high Protein food/snack. I had "discovered" Planter's Flavor Grove roasted almonds and Blue Diamond roasted almonds. WELL - they arrived today and all I can say is, they are so delicious I am going to have to keep them at work. If I keep them in my room it will be too easy to just graze my way through an entire bag. I got a couple different flavors, my favorite from the Flavor Grove line is the cracked black pepper onion & garlic, and my favorite from the Blue Diamond is the butter toffee - tastes like something incredibly decadent and high fat but is quite reasonable at 5grams Protein, 170 calories for almost 30 nuts. Tonight I am seeing a movie so I'm swapping dinner for the nuts. Actually I'll get more protein from the nuts than from my canned turkey!

I was just made aware that almonds (nuts) have tons of protein, and that is so awesome! I can not drink another shake right now period lol!

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