When you are on the go and hunger strikes, where do you turn for food? Junk food and fast food are convenient choices but they are also the worst for your waist line. Instead of ruining your diet with those unhealthy foods, opt for high-protein diet bars that will fill you up with fewer calories.Many weight loss programs recommend eating several small meals a day to boost metabolism. For great meal replacements that you can work into your diet plan, check out our list of the top searched diet bars.
If you are dieting, the calorie restrictions can be maddening and diet food can be unappetizing. As a special treat, many of the diet bars on our list come in delicious flavors, like chocolate and peanut butter. It almost tastes like dessert!
For active people, nutrition bars are a healthy choice when seeking a quick meal. They are perfect for an energy boost or as fuel before or after a workout. However, as processed foods, these bars should not replace more than one meal a day.
What is your key to weight loss? Let us know! For more tips on how to lose weight, check out AOL Health. You can also find more diet bars on AOL Search.
Top Searched Diet Bars on AOL Search:
1. PowerBar
2. Clif Bar
3. Medifast Meal Replacements
4. EAS Myoplex Lite
5. Pure Protein Bars
6. Luna Bars
7. Supreme Protein Bars
8. Zone Perfect Bars
9. Chocolite Protein Bars
10. Oh Yeah! Bars
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I disagree with this topic. I run a vitamin store/health line for both sports and basic nutrition. Protein bars are good, but it depends so much more than just the type of bar (soy, whey, rice...) but also the type of fats (trans, saturated, unsaturated). If you are going to buy protein, especially in bars, you must consider your height, current weight, target weight, calories, carbohydrate break-down, and protein to weight ratio. 60% of those bars that were listed for the most searched bars are nearly as bad as eating some fast food. They are enriched with bad preservatives to keep their shelf-life long. They are also loaded with either too much saturated or transfats and not enough saturated fats. And to top it off most of those bars do not even contain whey protein isolate. Instead they fill the bar with protein concentrate to markup the bar to sell it 500% more than what it cost for manufacturing. If you are going to buy bars, look for supreme protein bar and watch for the quality of protein that these companies advertise.
By danfunk16 on Dec 27th 2008 at 7:44AM
I love fitflax too. I have it in Quaker Oats 1 minute oatmeal (no sugar in it) every morning and a diet hot chocolate and I am having a low calorie very filling breakfast. Some how I love the diet bars, but just nof filling. Though I do love the Cliff bar with peanut butter. Very tasty..just high in carbs and not filling.
I think my oatmeal and flax breakfast is hte key to my 20 pound weight loss. Granted it took me several months, but I am now full all morning and not running after the donut cart!
By June on Dec 27th 2008 at 7:49AM
The best diet aid is Unjury Protein Powder. Its medical quality protein pwder made from soy that was developed for patients who need as much protein as they can metabolize, such as cancer patients, people who have had weight-loss surgury etc. It tastes GREAT and is much less expensive than the big jars of protein supplement you can buy in stores. Unjury will send it to you UPS and it usually get to you the next day. Absolutely my favorite.
By ViddyD on Dec 27th 2008 at 8:05AM
if your looking for protein bars please STAY AWAY from detour bars, they have partially hydrogenated oils and fractionated oils in them, theses artery cloggers are posing as a health and protein bar, when buying a protein or diet bar read the label carefully and if you see these ingredients in them drop them they will do more harm then good....
By mike bruno on Dec 27th 2008 at 8:33AM
My weight loss since March is now at 60 pounds. How? I use a Slipped, yes from time to time, but my motto is, "There's always tomorrow". This keeps me from going completely off the program and has allowed me to treat this as a life change, not a fast miracle diet.
By John Cooke on Dec 27th 2008 at 8:47AM
My last comment was messed up, probably by me. I have lost 60 pounds since march 9th by using a modified WeightWatcher plan combined with walking(403 miles since June 1st). I monitor, on an excel spreadsheet, my weight, points eaten, BMI, pulse, BP and miles walked. Do I ever slip off my plan? Yes, but my motto is , "There is always tomorrow" which is making this a long range lifestyle rather than a quick fix diet.
By John Cooke on Dec 27th 2008 at 9:05AM
The reason why most people fail to lose weight is because they keep trying the same thing everybody else who fails has tried :)
It's all about your mind set! You can lose all the weight you want by doing 4 simple things.
1. Meditation! Subliminal Meditation designed for weight loss does work and will work if you follow through with it.
Visualize yourself lossing the weight and use the meditation to re program your brain. This will not happen over night but if you continue to do it, it will work. I know it works because this was one of my tecniques.
No pill will ever do this for you. All these t.v commercials have brain washed you and you literally need to clean out your thinking patterns. Turn off the T.V and crank up some positive motivational music.
2. Buy resistance bands and put them to use. There is no impact and less chance of injury which means you have no excuse not to workout for 10 to 15 minutes per day. That is all it takes!
3. Run in place, in the street on a treadmill. Get your heart rate up with some cardio exercises for 10 to 15 minutes alternating days.
4. Drink organic yougurt smoothies. I drink the ones from Stony Field Farm and eat a Nature Valley Oats and Honey power bar every morning. ( My breakfast )
If I'm going to run I drink one .5L Poland Spring water 30 minutes before running. This will get your metabolism running faster and prevent cramps hindering your workout.
While running you should take a sip of water every 15 minutes.
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By the way I dropped from 195 lbs to 160 lbs in about 4 to 5 months doing these things and I now eat anything I want within reason and don't gain any weight. No yo yo dieting here.
TIP
Always workout early morning. You lose more weight in the morning then at any other time of day. It's just the way nature works.
Don't skip on breakfast! It sets the tone for the rest of the day.
Keep hitting play on your audio player even when you feel tired and not wanting to workout.
Like NIKE -- JUST DO IT!
After a while it would become second nature and you will do it without even thinking. It will change your life!
Good Luck! :)
By Al on Dec 27th 2008 at 9:07AM
These aren't comments. They are advertisements for useless products that are designed to rip you off. The only thing you need to lose weight is to eat the right foods, exercise and have a little will power. I eat whatever I want on the holidays putting on up to 10 pounds. I know I can lose it in a week by eating smaller portions for meals afterward along with the right foods and a little exercise. Diets don't work. It is all in your mind. Control your mind and you control your weight. Stop being suckered into spending money on USELESS weight loss placebos and programs.
By teltech541 on Dec 27th 2008 at 9:13AM
Each time I eat diet bars Slim Fast, I start loosing my hair. The same happens to my friends too. Yes, the metabolizm is faster we lose weight...and our hair too. May be eating just regular protein bars is the better choice.
By sashaineurope on Dec 27th 2008 at 9:13AM
Well, about eating at breakfast I don't agree. Recently the researches show that right after you slept you don't need that many kalories. So, the scientists say now: EAT AT BREAKFAST ONLY IF YOU ARE HUNGRY.
By sashaineurope on Dec 27th 2008 at 9:14AM
How about portion control? Has anyone tried eating what their family does but only having what can fit on a bread plate (saucer)? When I eat "healthy" - no matter HOW MUCH, I am always hungry. When I eat say, meat & potatoes (and some veggies), I can go many hours before I even start to get hungry. I think my weight gain since I got married in 2007 is due to eating these foods - but in the same quantity as my husband does. Feedback?
By Paula on Dec 27th 2008 at 10:09AM
Breakfast:Oatmeal with silk soymilk, a banana and 1 slice of whole wheat bread.
I took off 20 lbs with a weight loss supplement called Total Control. You dont feel it, just realize your pants falling of.lol
Once a month, you give your self a colon cleansing and juice broccli, string beans and a green apple or carrot. Drink this juice all day, while at home.
Your skin and body will thank. This a Caribbean regimen that works.
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By leon on Dec 27th 2008 at 10:41AM
This is ridiculous. You don't need diet pills, diet bars or shakes to lose weight. I know what it's like to try and lose weight. I lost 47 pounds in 6 weeks using the Rapidthin diet at www.rapidthin.com. Good luck to all. Use what works for you.
By lexpire on Dec 27th 2008 at 10:58AM
I recently ordered a book & cd that I'm very pleased with. The book is a quick & very easy read, but have helped my mindset SO much. This book is aimed at weight loss, but is so much more. It can be used for changing any bad habits.
It's only been 3 and a half weeks, but I've already lost 5 lbs. Not a huge weight loss, but it's been steady & so easy. It's not a matter of starving or fighting your will power. Changing your mindset just helps you make the right choices become second nature without even thinking about it. The site is mindovermetabolism.com.
I also find the zone bars very tasty and satisfying, as well as eating at least one apple a day. A friend of mine had gone to a weight loss clinic yrs. ago & that was one of the things she said helped the most.
By emily on Dec 27th 2008 at 11:06AM
My wife is using (the jen fee patch) and has lost 14 lbs in 6 wks, no lifestyle change either, just slap it on anywhere and it is good for 24 hrs. forget the bars, she tried that , it didn't work.
By Ray on Dec 27th 2008 at 11:46AM
Kind of dismaying to see that the vast majority of comments to this story are ads for some sort of diet product!! Weight Watchers is the most sensible, safest way to lose I have found and now I love to use Spark People--kind of facebook for people looking to lose weight, get and stay fit and develop healthy habits. It is my new guilty pleasure!!
By Breezy on Dec 27th 2008 at 11:56AM
The key to weight loss is awareness...Why do you do what you do? When you become aware of the trigger (stress) that creates the movement (eating)then you can address the issue. If you do not change at this point, you have to address the pay off. You must be getting something from it???
Consumption is the key for human survival. Living in a world of abundance is the paradox.
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By KHfit on Dec 27th 2008 at 12:00PM
I lost 65 lbs in about 8 months and have kept it off for over a year now. No big secret. Cut the carbs. Eat all the protein and fiber you want, but cut the carbs. AFTER I lost the weight I started to workout daily. 30 minutes on the treadmill and every other day I do 30 minutes with a Bowflex for some strength training. I am 53 years old. A years after I lost the weight I had a complete physical and my doctor said I am in the shape of a 35 year old. As for the bars I do eat Atkins low carb bars but just when I fee I need a snack. Not on a regular basis. The secret is cut the carbs. And get what carbs you do take from the right sources. Salads, fruit etc. The saying is true. If it is made by or tampered with by man....stay away.
By dipomp on Dec 27th 2008 at 12:17PM
To change your body you must change your mind.
The limbic system is the area of our brian that gives us our drives.(air food water sex) At one point in history this drive was nessasary for the development of the human race. Now in a world of plenty, we are killing ourselves by the inability to control these drives. This puts us in a perpetual cycle of satisfaction and frustration.
Controlling these desires requries awareness and information. The fitness industry has failed miserably at information. They are taking advantage of our ignorance and desparate desires. You dont need them. You have powers you never dreamed of. The only limitations of what you can do is the limitations of your mind. You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. John 8:32
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By KHfit on Dec 27th 2008 at 12:19PM
I don't work for the company or anything but tried a sample of these in Costco one day They have regular flavors with oats and berries and such, but the one I like is the coffee flavor. You get full from eating them , as they have that satiety thing going on....
NU GO bars at their website Nugonutrition.com
By starr on Dec 27th 2008 at 12:29PM