SNACKING WITHOUT GUILT
It’s
unavoidable. You’ll get the munchies once in a while, especially
if you’re on an exercise program and are burning more calories
than you’re used to. The important thing is that you reach for
something that is high-fiber, low-salt and low-fat. Fiber will
leave you feeling full, so you end up eating less. Fat carries
more calories per gram than other food group, and most of the
readily available snacks are loaded with them.
Try to make your snacks from
scratch. Since you know the ingredients, you’re more in control of
what you put in your mouth. Try some of these:
Try some of
these:
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Fresh fruit and
vegetables. Most people
love potato chips because of the crunch. Get the texture, without
the nasty oil or salt, with carrot sticks, turnip sticks, celery
sticks, or apples.
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Low-fat dip.
Scour the internet for recipes.
Many of them use fat-free yoghurt, low-fat silken tofu, or fat-free
mayonnaise. Great for dipping carrot sticks in!
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Dried fruit
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Home made trail
mix. Toss together
raisins, raw unsalted almonds, sunflower seeds, chocolate chips and
small pretzels
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Yoghurt
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Popcorn
(unsalted)
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Cinammon apples.
Cut a medium sized apple
in half. Throw out the core, and put one half in a bag in the
refrigerator for another day. Break the remaining piece into small
pieces, and place in bowl. Add 1 tablespoon of low calorie vanilla
yogurt. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Add four chopped walnut halves and
stir together.
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“Skinny
Shake.” Pour 1/2 cup of skim milk into a blender. Add 1 banana,
broken into pieces, and 1 to 2 packets of sugar substitutes. Mix at
high speed until smooth, dropping ice cubes into the mixture until
you’ve reached the desired consistency. For variation, add fresh or
frozen strawberries, chocolate syrup to taste, crushed pineapple, or
a fresh peach.
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Baked potato chips.
They’re healthier than
french fries!
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Sugar-free jello
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Bean bites.
Open a can of garbanzo beans,
wash, and then rinse. Lay them on to a tray or cloth and wait for
them to dry. Place the beans in a resealable bag along and toss with
garlic powder, parsley or any combination of favorite spices. Make
sure all the beans are fully coated. Put the bag on a cooking sheet
and bake in the oven at 150 degrees or until dry. Place in a tight
container—tastes like corn nuts! |
