I have a friend, who will remain nameless, that loves to snack on baby carrots. I swear, her skin could turn orange. And not just from fake bake tanning. Anyway, she is not losing any weight and couldn’t figure out why. After spending one weekend over at her place, I knew why.
She’s attempting to have about 50% of her daily food as vegetables. A great goal. One problem, she soaks them in butter, cheese, and ranch dressing. Sadly, you do have to keep track of the crap you put on veggies to make them taste good. You think Oh, it’s just a little bit of dipping sauce, it can’t be too bad. I measured out her ranch dressing she used on those baby carrots. She added 250 calories to her low cal snack. No wonder she wasn’t losing.
If you gotta have that dipping sauce, make sure you go low fat and use sparingly.
And for the record, apples are a great healthy snack. Apples with a tub of caramel dip… not so much.
Well since that’s the only way I eat apples, that’s why I avoid them. 😉