Do you eat three healthy meals a day, but go wrong with snacks? These 5 snacking strategies will help you snack smarter.
You don't quickly sit down for a second lunch or dinner, but all snacks you eat between meals have the number of calories of an extra meal. Do you want to watch your line? Plan your snacks. Divide the total calories for your day between three meals and three snacks and stick to the guidelines. A snack should contain no more than 200 calories.
Read also: ‘5 reasons to plan your meal‘
Just because you plan your snacks, doesn't mean you have to eat them. Listen to your body. If you are not hungry, you can simply skip your snack. In any case, make sure that you do not get an extreme appetite, this way you prevent you from snacking too much. Are you hungry? don't forget to enjoy your snack.
Is it prepackaged? Long shelf life? There is a good chance that all kinds of additives and sugars have been added to your snack (even if you think it is still so healthy). Try to use as many unprocessed ingredients as possible in your snacks.
Take your time before every meal instead of mindlessly cramming everything in while rushing in the car to your next appointment. If you focus on what you eat, you are less likely to take too much.
You're craving a triple chocolate cookie, but it's not allowed… That's why you take an apple. After that you're still hungry, so you take another handful of nuts. You only think about that delicious cookie, so that other snacks do not satisfy your appetite. After all, you want that cookie. The lesson:give in to your appetite. Don't give yourself a license to eat the whole pack;-)
