I'm doing the whole new year's resolution thing and trying to shed some lbs. My main problem is that I love to snack on crappy/unhealthy food like chips, cheezit's, etc.
Just curious to see what some of you guys who have been successful in losing weight go to for snack food. I think if I could just find some healthy snack food to fill in gaps between healthy meals I would be much more successful in losing weight. And yes, I'm exercising every day.
Stuff with lots of fiber should fill you up (in more ways than one).
Get some peanuts and sunflower seeds (but not the coated and super flavored one).
And finish it off with a glass of water because sometimes water can be the source of hunger, lots of people are dehydrated as opposed to hungry.
Snacking and losing weight are completely incompatible in my experience. About the only time I ever find snack food useful is when I go on a hike longer than 10 miles, because they're usually pretty high in carbs and thus can give you an energy boost when you really need it after gaining al ude.
Apples. and Deez Nutz
Raisins................chocolate covered.
A handful of roasted almonds with a wedge of laughing cow cheese is very filling and yummy. A few strawberries and a spoonful of Nutella. An apple and peanut butter. A yogurt with blueberries and grapenuts. In a pinch, grab some lunch meat and cheese out of the fridge.
One of the hardest parts of losing weight is being disciplined about how much you eat, not just what you eat. Eating healthy is good for you, but it all comes down to calories in minus calories out.
f you have enough protein in your diet you will seldom feel the need to snack as protein is filling. Start the morning off with egg whites and a piece of toast.
2 hours or so later have a banana or an apple.
2 hours later have a turkey sandwich with another apple or banana.
If you need a snack before dinner have a yogurt or handful of almonds/cashews.
For dinner have a chickent breast with a salad or steamed brocoli. If hungry before bed have a yogurt(light yogurt only 80 calories).
If you are drinking plenty of water throughout the day this also helps with hunger/munchies.
These are all good suggestions. And nummy (especially the strawberries and Nutella). Hard to go wrong if you keep lots of fruit and veggies around and ready to snack on.
Also, you'd probably be surprised to learn how much of your snacking is a result of restlessness or boredom rather than actual hunger. Start chewing sugar free gum and you'll almost certainly run to the snack foods less often.
I try to eat like a champ and what I've found is that the more veggies I eat, the more I enjoy them. If you aren't accustomed to it, broccoli can be gross, after eating it a lot, I look forward to it more. Cherry tomatoes are good to keep on hand. Asparagus baked in olive oil, salt and pepper is easy, salty, semi-crunchy and nutritious. A good replacement for the salty junk foods you're probably trying to cut out.
Fruit is the . Go get a whole pineapple, slice that up, and tell me it's not better than some fatty ass or corn syrup laden candy product.
Popcorn without butter won't hurt you much. pb&j's on wheat- good as
Rice and vegetables are good. You can pick up a good rice/veggie steamer for cheap and that makes it easy.
As a general rule, eating healthy requires more effort than say, routinely popping burritos in the microwave, but not substantially more and once you're in a groove with it, healthy food begins to look more appetizing than all the that we generally think of as pleasurable to eat. Good luck.
I agree. My best experience has always been to eat fewer times per day. Sit down and eat a reasonable lunch and don't eat again until dinner. Let your body fill up and have time really to feel hungry before you eat again.
There are shortcuts around the effort, too. I usually cook every night when I'm on break because I enjoy it, but when school is in session I have lots of little tricks to make sure that my tiredness/laziness doesn't turn into bad eating habits.
For instance, when I go shopping on the weekends I'll buy a ton of fresh veggies and cook/prepare them all in one shot on Sunday night -- cut the carrots into carrot sticks, steam the green beans, broccoli, asparagus, whatever -- so that all week long I've got fresh veggies at the ready in my fridge but I don't have to deal with washing the steamer every night.
It's good advice to eat only when you're hungry, but whether or not that follows a three meals per day schedule is going to depend on the person. My metabolism is way too fast for that. If I tried to go from dinner to lunch without eating, I would gorge myself with that last meal.
Some of my favorite healthy snacks are: apples with pb, baby carrots with hummus, kashi honey almond flax cereal minus the milk (it's like granola but better), lf vanilla yogurt with sliced banana in it and beef jerky.
I would watch the yogurt before bed it is loaded with sugar yep that turns to carbs.
Carrots and celery.
Grapes, oranges, bananas, kiwi, cantaloupes, cu bers, carrots,
I did say light yougurt its only 80 calories and has little sugar. And there are studies suggesting one or two servings per day of yogurt may help with losing weight.
I lost tons and tons of weight in the last almost 2 years now... and my big things have been fruit and, every now and then, the semi-healthy popcorn (orville redenbacher smartpop). I snack on strawberries and pineapple mostly. I try to keep a freshly cut pineapple in the fridge at all times - mainly for those "I just got home from work but won't be eating dinner for 2 hours" munchies.Fruit is the . Go get a whole pineapple, slice that up, and tell me it's not better than some fatty ass or corn syrup laden candy product.
Popcorn without butter won't hurt you much. pb&j's on wheat- good as
String cheese (the mozzarella kind) are a great, low calorie, low carb snack.
Try Crisps..... Dried REAL Fruit only 45 calories and 6 grams of sugar a bag.
- apple + (1 tbsp 100% natural PB or almonds)
- 1 Light Babybel
- protein shake
I enjoy a nice eggplant and arugula sandwich with chick-pea spread.
The Tony that this thread needs goes by last name Perkis.
Why am I not surprised this page didn't get over a page in reponses? This is a San Antonio forum, wrong board dude. For a stronger response next time, start a thread about Bill Millers or something.
Carrots are a good snack, plus good for your eyes also.
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