How to make snacks healthy
Do you know when you are on diet, if you eat something and nobody can see you, calories don’t count! Well that’s not true, but many of us really think that way. Learn how to avoid hunger pains between your meals.
Are you a secret snacker? Do you usually consume food when you are bored, upset or angry? There’s no single day without chocolate bar for you? Snacks…the secret sins for majority of people striving to lose weight.
Quite often people fell so guilty that they fell shy to talk about it openly. If asked about what happened to their food consumption around 4 o’clock in the afternoon, women for example start to laugh nervously or strafe themselves for being weak or out of control. This is not important – it’s fat free! If nobody sees, calories don’t count!
Your diet shouldn’t look like this.
You can lose weight without feeling hungry. You can learn to control your “snack monster” and your weight loss program can be focused around weight loss success and not failure.
It’s important to learn how to recognize your body cries for, the signals that your body gives you, and also learn to respond these signals appropriately – diet and blame are not the words that accompany each other.
Hunger is a way the body tells us that we need to replenish our exhausted nutrients. Unfortunately, our body cannot tell us “I need more vitamin D”. The whole story would be much easier then! Most of us interpret hunger pains as if our body tells “I need more fat” or “I need more sugar”.
The keys to healthy snacks are:
- Knowing which food to avoid
- Planning – organize yourself
 What is a healthy snack? Snack that contains low sugar or sugar-free, low of salt or sodium, free of white flour and saturated fat. Check for food labels to learn what is inside. Lots of meals now have "fat free" labels but contain much sugar so calorie inflow is guaranteed. Don't think that "fat free" means healthy! Western people consume more and more "fat free" food, but obesity grows in greater rates than ever before!
Vendor machines don’t contain healthy snacks
Here are some ideas on healthy snacks:
- Raw veggies like celery, морковь, cauliflower, broccoli, green pepper, green beans, cucumbers, mushrooms or zucchini, maybe served with a low fat sauce
- Fresh fruits
- Low fat quick breads and muffins
- Low fat cereals, mixes of popcorn and grain cereal for snack
- Low fat yoghurt with fresh or frozen fruits, same as low fat milk
- Plan to have a snack in the mid morning and in the mid afternoon. It’s much better to bound your hunger than starve.
- Plan your snacks as a part of your overall plan of daily food.
- Organize your week – especially when you work outside your home. Make the list of snacks for the whole week and make sure you have bought all the foods in advance. Buy enough to hold out the whole week.
- Vary your healthy snacks not to get bored
Studies show that people who have healthy snacks four or five times a day, are less prone to obesity as comparing to those who eats three or less times a day.
Remember, snacks can be great for you!
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