Monday, October 13, 2008

...tried some more functional products.

and STILL no weight loss. I'm sure it's due to the fact that I haven't cut any meals out of my diet, I just eat the functional products on top of everything else.

I've found a few new decent items, but they're pretty average.

I was shopping at Fred Meyer this time and it doesn't seem to have as many options as Safeway or New Seasons. I did try two different flavors of Fred Meyer's Active Lifestyle Chewy Bars. I do have to say you get the most bang for the buck with these in comparison to anything else they have in the store. They taste pretty decent, they are larger than the average, they have more fiber and cost less. Here's how they rate:

Active Lifestyle Oats & Chocolate Chewy Bar
Taste: 7.5
Nutrition: 9.5 (9 grams of fiber!)
Hunger Control: 9 it's bigger than the average and has lots of fiber
Cost: 8 (though - be careful about directly comparing them to others in a box. They only offer 5 bars in this one. Seems like they are trying to be tricky.)
Overall Score: 8.5

Active Lifestyle Oats & Peanut Butter Chewy Bar
Taste: 7
Nutrition: 9.5 (9 grams of fiber!)
Hunger Control: 9
Cost: 8
Overall Score: 8.375

I also did try the SlimFast Optima French Vanilla Shake Mix
I have to say it's really not too bad. If I were at Safeway, I still would have bought the Safeway brand, but didn't have that option. It really doesn't make me feel full and it has 200 calories rather than 170 per serving like the thicker and better tasting Safeway canned version. This is how I rated it:
Taste: 9 (as good as you'll get with these mixes)
Nutrition: 8.5 (I like the protein and 4g of fiber, but 200 is too many calories)
Hunger Control: 6
Cost: 6.5
Overall Score: 7.5

Tomorrow my goal is to actually let these items be substitutes. I'll let you know how that goes...

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