Snack suggestions? your favs
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From: James G on 18 Jun 2008 23:52 On Jun 18, 2:09 pm, DestinyintheDark <dest...(a)allwest.net> wrote: > Was reading another post and saw the discussion about pickles which > seemed like a good snack. > > I am trying for a whole grain-good fiber-lean meat-small meals diet > that worked for me before but I have trouble with thinking of and > eating snacks that are good and good for you too! > > Also anyone have experience/opinion about many small meals versus 3 > meals a day??? > Thanks How many calories per day are you consuming on average? After losing around 10 lbs, I started having some minor trouble. It seemed like somehow, I'd let some high-calorie "nothing to worry about" snacks slip into my daily consumption, actually stimulating a mild gaining trend. It was obvious that I was snacking because I was genuinely hungry, not because I was bored, etc. Based on that, I decided to restructure my meals, taking a few calories from my lunch and opting for an even lower calorie meal, and putting those calories into a MANDATORY snack in the evening, a few hours after dinner. Personally, I just found myself having a yogurt (Weight Watchers yogurts in particular...it's a bit of a racket, but they're the only 100-calorie yogurt I can really find without a hassle) with granola mixed in every single night. It wasn't much, but the granola gave the meal some fiber, and forced me to slow down some and spread it out more (I can seriously destroy a yogurt or any creamy-type snack in a very short time). As far as meals during the day, it makes NO difference to your actual weight when you eat your meals. The only concern about WHEN you eat is the fact that your hunger is based on your blood sugar. If you don't eat often enough, it'll drop and you'll feel hungry (and weak and with a headache if it's bad enough). So, if what you have works, stick with that. If it doesn't, you can try either adjusting the contents of the meals themselves, or breaking the meals up into more small meals. If you're trying to make your meals better, go for the green. Pretty much any vegetable will always do. My favorites, in no particular order: Broccoli Asparagus (with cajun seasoning is an easy way to tame me) Green Beans Sweet Potato (gotta be careful here, lots of sugary dishes) Baked Potato (I avoid butter and sour cream altogether most of the time. I really like the way Red Lobster and Bennigans salt the skins, though, I might start imitating it some day. If you can't stand the texture, pour a little water on top of the potato to make it a little more palatable. It sounds ridiculous, but trust me, it actually does improve it some) Corn (on the cob, canned sweetened, whatever) As far as snacks go, I try to make sure it's something sweet or "junky" and not a "meal." I make it a real treat. I try to keep mine within 100 calories, so I go for: Yogurt (w/ granola) Strawberries (the juicier the better, in my opinion. They aren't bad half-frozen either) These new 100-calorie snack packs. It's trendy, but some are actually quite nice. Especially the chex mix ones. Some diet-friendly frozen snacks. You can usually find a chocolate popsicle or small icecream snacks for 100 calories. Freezies. I don't really know what the 'proper' name for these is. They're basically just sugar and colored water. You buy them in a large (usually connected in a roll) bundle, take them home, and stick them in the freezer. A few minutes later, you can chow on a tasty slender piece of ice. I just happened to make the happy discovery that these wonders can be found for 45 calories apiece. At that price, I can have TWO and still come up under my normal snack! Experiment, see what you usually like, and try to shrink the portion and the calories. Eat what you like, but just be mindful of what portions, brands, and methods of preparation go into it!
From: dkw12002 on 19 Jun 2008 05:39 On Jun 18, 11:09 am, DestinyintheDark <dest...(a)allwest.net> wrote: > Was reading another post and saw the discussion about pickles which > seemed like a good snack. > > I am trying for a whole grain-good fiber-lean meat-small meals diet > that worked for me before but I have trouble with thinking of and > eating snacks that are good and good for you too! > > Also anyone have experience/opinion about many small meals versus 3 > meals a day??? > Thanks Apples, carrots, celery maybe. If I'm home, I usually eat some cereal. My problem with snacking is that for some reason it is not satisfying, but just makes me want to eat more, so I don't snack. Many people seem to do very well with 6 smaller meals a day. I often eat my last food for the day at noon and it is a very large meal, and my diet has been successful. The point is that many ways work, but the concensus seems to be the 6 smaller meals. Somehow people equate snacks with either salt or sugar though. To me a snack is just food I would normally include in my diet. People talk about eating something every 3 or 4 hours to regulate blood sugar among other things and to never get too hungry. This works for some people, but for a healthy person, it doesn't matter much if you eat 6 meals a day or 2. Your body does just fine. Afterall, most people go from perhaps 8 PM until 7 AM without eating and often are not hungry for breakfast. There is a huge psychological element to eating...when, what, how, where, how much, and so people have very strong opinions about it. Just count calories and stop eating when you reach your quota. If somehow a small piece of chocolate or a small bag of chips...essentially junk food....would allow you to feel good and not wreck your diet, then I might even do that. I don't, simply because the very small quantity of something is NOT satisfying to me and afterward I would think what a waste. Instead that small bag of those chips, I could have eaten two HUGE bowls of oatmeal, so I just don't snack on what most people call snack food. dkw
From: DestinyintheDark on 19 Jun 2008 23:32 On Jun 19, 3:39 am, "dkw12...(a)yahoo.com" <dkw12...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On Jun 18, 11:09 am, DestinyintheDark <dest...(a)allwest.net> wrote: > > > Was reading another post and saw the discussion about pickles which > > seemed like a good snack. > > > I am trying for a whole grain-good fiber-lean meat-small meals diet > > that worked for me before but I have trouble with thinking of and > > eating snacks that are good and good for you too! > > > Also anyone have experience/opinion about many small meals versus 3 > > meals a day??? > > Thanks > > Apples, carrots, celery maybe. If I'm home, I usually eat some cereal. > My problem with snacking is that for some reason it is not satisfying, > but just makes me want to eat more, so I don't snack. Many people seem > to do very well with 6 smaller meals a day. I often eat my last food > for the day at noon and it is a very large meal, and my diet has been > successful. The point is that many ways work, but the concensus seems > to be the 6 smaller meals. Somehow people equate snacks with either > salt or sugar though. To me a snack is just food I would normally > include in my diet. > > People talk about eating something every 3 or 4 hours to regulate > blood sugar among other things and to never get too hungry. This works > for some people, but for a healthy person, it doesn't matter much if > you eat 6 meals a day or 2. Your body does just fine. Afterall, most > people go from perhaps 8 PM until 7 AM without eating and often are > not hungry for breakfast. There is a huge psychological element to > eating...when, what, how, where, how much, and so people have very > strong opinions about it. Just count calories and stop eating when > you reach your quota. If somehow a small piece of chocolate or a small > bag of chips...essentially junk food....would allow you to feel good > and not wreck your diet, then I might even do that. I don't, simply > because the very small quantity of something is NOT satisfying to me > and afterward I would think what a waste. Instead that small bag of > those chips, I could have eaten two HUGE bowls of oatmeal, so I just > don't snack on what most people call snack food. dkw Thanks for the ideas---found a thread about 101 ideas for fat free cottage cheese toppings and some other stuff. I haven't counted calories. Just been planning 3 healthy meals and some snacks but I usually don't eat all the food I have planned. The worst is going to bed hungry but I will get back in the groove.
From: joanne on 20 Jun 2008 11:15 On Jun 19, 2:39 am, "dkw12...(a)yahoo.com" <dkw12...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > People talk about eating something every 3 or 4 hours to regulate > blood sugar among other things and to never get too hungry. This works > for some people, but for a healthy person, it doesn't matter much if > you eat 6 meals a day or 2. Your body does just fine. When the last Olympics were around I remember reading an article(s) about the timing of foods. They took surveys of athletes who ate regular smaller meals verses those who ate larger once in awhile meals or regularly skipped meals. The skippers and large meal people carried the most bodyfat, whereas the small regular meal people were much lower in bodyfat. So altho it may seem its just about calories (altho of course they do count) its also about how your body uses or stores those calories and I think thats why the 5 to 6 smaller meals a day has become a given method to weight(fat)loss. joanne
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