Rice Cakes

[SleeveDreamer 383]

With me they are not. They fill me up nicely. The only thing for me that is a slider food is popcorn

[Butterthebean 8,146]

I'm not trying to start anything LOL but just wanted to ask....would't a rice cake be sort of a slider food? (I'm actually not against slider foods if you can control yourself' date=' I'm just curious).[/quote']

It may not be a slider food but it is a starch and therefore will aid in fat storage.

[SleeveDreamer 383]

It may not be a slider food but it is a starch and therefore will aid in fat storage.

But as I was told, you must have carbs everyday when you maintain. If you don't increase your carbs when you get to maintenance, you will continue losing, so I need to increase my starch. My rice cakes only have 7g of carbs for one and no fat. I am allowed up to 150g of carbs per day on maintenance.

[Butterthebean 8,146]

Oh, no doubt Dreamsleever. If you are in maintenance, that is a completely different scenario. Especially if you are having no problem maintaining your weight. For those of us still trying to lose, I think starches can be very counter productive. Also, I think there is a huge difference between healthy carbs (low glycemic) and starches (high glycemic).

[SleeveDreamer 383]

I know what you mean. When I was still losing i would freak about even 2g of carbs a day! i hardly ate any carbs while i was losing even though my NUT said I should because I was scared to. Now that I know I can have about 30g per meal and per snack, which I still don't, I feel much better about it and am not scared to eat them anymore. I have changed my attitude about carbs completely. She said rice cakes were not on the bad list.

[iggychic 1,405]

honestly i was just curious

my prev nut was of the opinion that after you lose you should maintain a balanced diet including carbs, fat etc

i could see that a rice cake would be a nice crunchy treat

[SleeveDreamer 383]

The Lundberg Rice chips ( not cakes but chips), are a great alternative for potato chips (also Pop Chips) and for tortilla chips. hey are so good and crunchy! he sea salt ones taste just like tortilla chips and are great with some salsa.

[SleeveDreamer 383]

Try blue diamond nut thins, they are great. I've tried the smokehouse, ranch and cheddar, cheddar is my favorite. You can eat 16 for a serving and it's like 130 calories and Protein too. (I forget how much Protein, not at home)

I can't find these Nut Thins???

[ForMyfamily 84]

Wasu crackers very low calories and many flavors.

[mwrarr 244]

What's a "slider food"? Is that like if someone gets RNY/band certain soft foods just pass through the stoma/bandstricture too fast? All I can picture is sliders the mini burgers (mmm...dare to dream lol jk!!)

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[SleeveDreamer 383]

What's a "slider food"? Is that like if someone gets RNY/band certain soft foods just pass through the stoma/bandstricture too fast? All I can picture is sliders the mini burgers (mmm...dare to dream lol jk!!)

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A slider food is something with basically no nutritional value that you can eat and eat and eat without feeling full, so you need to stop after just a tiny bit!

[Butterthebean 8,146]

Like ice cream...yum.

[mwrarr 244]

I.E. chocolate? that's my current issue. Well, sugar in general. So, "slider" as in "slippery slope" foods, then....?

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[iggychic 1,405]

Like ice cream...yum.

Dang....I thought ice cream was made of carrots....

[Butterthebean 8,146]

Well, it's all semantics, but to me a slippery slope food can be a slider or a trigger food. A trigger food is something that increases your cravings. Something that causes you to want more after 1 bite. A slider is something that will not give you a sense of fullness because it either passes through too quickly or takes up very little room in your stomach. It could be liquid calories (or semi liquid) or it could be potato chips that crunch up very small and get compacted, therefore not making you feel full.