Snacking with Tuesdays on the Run and a Giveaway

This week's topic for Tuesday's on the Run is Weight Loss or Maintenance while distance running. My sister and I are conscientious of what we eat and our workouts but we admittedly do it for over all health purposes and to feel good and not so much to try to loose weight.  We will admit, we DO like to eat. We no doubtedly have our snacks after dinner while we are watching our evening shows. Sometimes we have a bit too many snacks or that extra bowl of ice cream that we probably shouldn't have!

We were asked to try out these MealEnders (the antidote to overeating).  Last Wednesday night, my sister and I had an evening planned. We were going to have dinner together and then eat some popcorn while watching our Wednesday night shows.  The funny thing was, when we got the MealEnders, we felt obligated to try them after our dinner. But we decided that we would wait till later because we actually WANTED a snack after dinner. We WANTED to be hungry enough to have our popcorn!

The MealEnder are little lozenges a bit smaller than a cough drop. They come in 4 distinct flavors, Mocha, Chocolate Mint, Citrus, and Cinnamon.  For our first try, I had the chocolate mint and Lacey had the Mocha.  What we thought was unique was that each of the meal ender had like a creamy chocolate coating on it which was quite tasty and then the center was like a hard candy.  They call this their two components: a sweet outer reward and then a cool/tingling center.  The center engages the trigeminal nerve ( the nerve that senses taste sensation) to cue the end of eating and to clear the palate.
Honestly, I think this same concept could be achieved with an after dinner mint or simply brushing your teeth.  Brushing my teeth makes me curb my appetite quite quickly because I can't really think of eating anything else after I have that toothpaste taste in my mouth.

I will say this, the good thing about the MealEnders is that each piece only contains 2 grams of sugar and 15 calories.  They make a great alternative to picking up a candy bar or a cookie when you are craving something sweet. Especially for people who are watching their sugar intake like me.

Later in the week I did try the other two flavors (Citrus and Cinnamon). After knowing that the Mocha and Chocolate Mint had those chocolaty type outer coating on them, I wondered if the Citrus and Cinnamon ones would have any kind of outer coating (I couldn't imagine those flavors having a chocolate coating).  Sure enough they each had their own coating. The Cinnamon one was kind of like a cream and it kind of tasted like a Snickerdoodle cookie, and the Citrus one had an outer coating that was creamy as well and tasted a bit like key lime pie. I was putting off trying these two flavors but in the end, they were both quite tasty!  The MealEnder did not curb my appetite all night long, but I think they are worth throwing a few in your desk drawer or in your pocket and having one when you feel the urge to snack between meals.  These MealEnder flavors are so good that after a while I started to crave them. That's okay though because they are only 15 calories each and each lozenge last a long time ( that way I can savor the flavor)!

Would you like to try some MealEnders of your own?  In the comments tell us your secret to curbing your appetite and then enter via the Rafflecopter.  If you enter the Giveaway, please be sure to follow our Facebook Page www.facebook.com/fairytalesandfitness    We will announce the winner there on Friday.

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