You wanna lose some weight? If you're hungry late at night and you want a snack you just take a bell pepper and pop it in your mouth right there...

just drink water.

yeah but then you have to tinkle a lot

i eat ice chips at night, doesnt make you tinkle and gives you something to crunch on. this is why i love carrot chips...they are fresh carrots, just cut w/ ridges in them...like chips. so yum

i was reading this article that there's a certain percentage of peeps that just hearing the sound of a "crunch" will curb their appetites. Like they feel satisfied hearing a crunching sound. *am ...

yea that makes sense, and i think that's me, i like something to crunch on. (why i always love fat-free popcorn) it's just like, something to do while sitting around w/o adding too many extra calor...

I've been addicted to fat free popcorn with a little freshly grated parm over it lately. It's so much better than salt to me.

okay, this is not really applicable, but why do people say "freshly grated parm" is it not as good if you grate it ahead of time? i get a big block of pecorino romano and shred it up in my food pro...

Well I know black pepper loses oil as it sits out. I can definitely taste the difference there. Sometimes I pre-grate my parm, but mostly I'm too lazy. Plus it tastes "lighter" and sharper to me...