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I'm in P4 now, and one of the switches I've made is to swap the shredded cheese AND creamy dressing on a salad for just one serving of Philadelphia Italian Herb and Cheese cooking creme. It coats the salad very thickly and is so satisfying. I can't recall how many cals it saved, but it was a lot. Another thing I do is make cheddar "chips" on my George Foreman grill. I'm not sure how many cals you'd save over regular tortilla chips, but I can usually snack freely on those without a gain because they're virtually no-carb. I recently weighed a chip before and after grilling it. Before grilling it weighed 10g and after it drained off all the saturated fat, it weighed 4g. I don't know how many cals are in 6g of pure cheese fats, so I log it at it's raw nutritional value. Oh my gosh, I just thought of a great sub I make now. Whenever I feel like having chocolate, I grab cocoa-roast almonds. They are amazing, filling, healthy, and they really do banish the craving for chocolate. Thanks for this thread. I'll be following everyone's replies, because I'd love some more ideas too.