So like many of us I'm trying to lose some weight before my wedding. I don't have a lot to lose thankfully, but that makes each pound that much more difficult. This week while I was at the grocery store (my local Kroger) I picked up some flour tortillas and almost put them in my basket before deciding to at least look at the nutrition facts. Ouch! They are really bad for you! I've always watched what I put into my burritos, I never looked at the tortillas themselves - no wonder Mexican food makes me gain weight!
So I looked elsewhere on the shelf and realized that most of the whole wheat tortillas were pretty stiff and probably would taste like cardboard. I'm the kind that can't diet if I have to give up all of my favorite foods.
Then I noticed there was one brand ("Ole Mexican Xtreme Wellness: High Fiber Low Carb") that looked promising, and it wasn't stiff like the other whole wheat options. I tried them, and they were GREAT! In fact, one tortilla has 48% of your daily fiber, but they were still flexible and edible like regular flour tortillas. FI and I even cut them into triangles and baked them to use them instead of chips for our guacamole. We did this twice this week, and I lost 1.2 lbs. I was so excited I wanted to share with everybody else who can't bear to give up mexican food!