Snacks are important especially when you are working. Why ? If you don't snack, blood sugar drops too low and you feel tired, sugar cravings increase and your hunger levels too and that feeling can lead to eat snacks loaded with starch, fat, sugar and once you start eating these types of foods you want to eat even more and you finally gain weight.
Wrong idea: 'Snacking caused weight gain.' That s right if you go all the times to the vending machines choosing the 300 calories of sugar and fat for snack.
But having the skinny attitude is to pack the right type of food for snacks and bring them at work.
What are the right type of snacks ?
Great option includes the following :
- Fruits : high in fiber, water and low in calories and sugar.
- Nuts : consumed in reasonable portions, they provide protein and fiber that can help suppressing your appetite.
- Soup
- Vegetables: unlimited amount of course.
- Cheese and yogurt: low in carbohydrate and rich in protein.
- Edamame: rich in fiber and protein.
1 cup fresh berries or melon cubes
1/2 grapefruit
1 whole apple, nectarine, or plum
6 to 12 almonds or cashews, 10 to 20 small peanuts, or 4 to 8 walnuts halves
4 ounces 1% cottage cheese
8 ounces low-fat artificially sweetened yogurt
1/2
cup fat free, sugar free pudding
2/3 cup edamame
raw vegetables
2 wedges Laughing Cow Light Cheese on two celery sticks
1 cup of carrot or celery sticks with 2 tablespoons hummus
1 slices of apple with 2 teaspoons peanut butter
1 pear and 5 whole cashews
1 ounce part-skim mozzarella cheese and 4 Triscuits
1/2 cup 1% cottage cheese with cinnamon and 4 walnut halves
1 ounce reduced-fat cheddar cheese with 1 cup fresh berries
1/2 cup 1% cottage cheese topped with 1 sliced kiwi and cinnamon
8 ounces artificially sweerened yogurt and 1 1/2 tablespoons trail mix
12 ounces non fat cafe latte sprinkled with cinnamon and 6 almonds on the side
1 Ryvita or Wasa cracker with 1 cup canned ready-to-serve soup
1 cup salad greens with 1/4 cup each chickpeas and kidney beans with 1 tablespoon vinaigrette.
Stash them in your desk drawer or stock them in your fridge and you are ready for the day !
