Reddit reviews Pacific Gold Original Beef Jerky, 2-8oz bags

Thanks for the sweet words! Here are the highlights of my food. Hope it helps!

Breakfast: Weekdays I eat what's below. Weekends are a toss up. If i can swing it, I just try to make it a brunch so I save breakfast calories.

• 160 calories | Premier Protein Shake - The chocolate one tastes amazing on its own. If I buy the vanilla one, I will mix it with ice and some coffee and it's the world's best venti sized Iced Vanilla Latte! Protip: buy them at Costco!
  
• 130 calories | Quaker Instant Original Oatmeal - I used to eat this every morning with 1/2 cup vanilla almond milk. It was nice when it's cold out and kept me full.
  
  Lunch/Dinner: Usually it's one of these recipes below. I try to keep meals under/around 300 calories to make room for dessert and snacks!!
  
  
• 324 calories | Baked Chicken with Dijon and Lime with a [Caprese Salad] (http://imgur.com/a/lWIyU) (spinach/arugula, 8 cherry tomatos sliced, 1 tbsp Botlhouse Farms Lite Balsamic Vinaigrette, 0.25 oz nuts, 1 oz fresh mozzarella) - best meal ever and great for meal prep.
  
• 150 calories | Shirataki Stir Fry Noodles (some combo of meat/vegetables with shirataki noodles with a sauce of 1 tsp PB2, 0.5 tbsp sriracha, 1 tbsp low sodium soy sauce, garlic)
  
• 200 calories | Tomato Basil Zoodles - I replace the goat cheese with a Laughing Cow Cheese Wedge and add some chicken.
  
• 245 calories | Spicy Sesame Zoodles with Crispy Tofu - I reduce all the quantities so I can make it low calorie and use PB2 instead of real PB.
  
• 300 calories | Tom Yum Soup with Fresh Tofu and Mixed Vegetables - I love Thai food and this has been the best/low calorie dish I can find on the menu. Remember to ask for fresh tofu though and then they will charge extra for veggies but it's worth it!
  
• 300 calories | Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich (on Sara Lee bread, PB2 and jelly) with Oven Baked Chips
  
• 188 calories | Tuna Sandwich with a pickle (on Sara Lee bread with Tuna Creations and light mayo)
  
• 250 calories | Turkey Sandwich (on Sara Lee Bread with Sriracha Deli Chicken Breast and spicy brown mustard) with Special K BBQ Chips
  
• 220 calories | BBQ Seasoned Chicken Chopped Salad from Safeway - they have some great prepackaged salads if you need something quickly. I usually will add more lettuce to make it feel like I'm eating a lot!
  
  These are my go to meals but I will always venture into skinnytaste.com to find something new!
  
  Snacks/Desserts: I LOVE SNACKS. That's why I keep my meals low calorie. I eat the most snacks between lunch and dinner (usually pace myself with 1 an hour between 2pm and 4pm)
  
  
• Fruits! I eat watermelon and grapes a lot cause all the water makes me feel really full (the feeling that you miss when you start dieting). I will also eat different berries, pears, peaches, apples, etc.
  
• 140 calories | FiberOne Oats and Chocolate - I ended up buying the Costco box so I'm getting through that. Also I need fiber in my diet when i eat too much protein
  
• 80-130 calories | Dannon Light and Fit Greek yogurt - the ones with toppings are my FAVORITE. Without toppings, they're less calories but you'll get 11g-12g protein either way
  
• 180 calories | Pure Protein Chocolate Bars - best calorie/protein ratio. 21g of protein!
  
• 90 calories | Pacific Gold Beef Jerky - bought it on a whim at Costco, been good source of protein
  
• 60-280 calories | HALO TOP - needn't say much more
  
• 50 calories | Almonds - always nice when you're just dying and need something but are on the way to grocery shop for dinner
  
• 60 calories | Ghirardelli dark chocolate square - would usually have one as 'dessert' after lunch
  
• 25 calories | Marshmallow - usually curbs the late night snack craving if you pop one bad boy
  
• 50-70 calories | Fruit Roll Ups or fruit snacks - always loved them as a child so it's a nice throw back

Costco has these pound bags on sale (every quarter) after July 12 for $11;

http://www.amazon.com/Pacific-Gold-Original-Natural-Resealable/dp/B001BY5JH8

this is one of the best tear-cut under $1/oz commercial BEEF only brands.

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last year Texans had to kill most of their cattle to freeze or make jerky,

so low price does not mean low quality, just higher supply than demand.

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If you order from blueox - get the jerky (only) sampler for $45.

http://blueoxjerky.com/p-36-sauls-jerky-sampler-smorgasbord.aspx

it's best not to buy just one meat type or flavor, since the

texture, oils, flavoring varies too much and may surprise you.

once you find something in the sampler worth reordering - go for it.