Lots of people (offline and on) have been very supportive of my diet and healthier living efforts, which is super sweet. Seriously, it has been nearly a painless, stressless process. My one fear is that I will get bored by my food options and slide back into carb and sugar binges.
My tough times are mid-day and late night snack urges. I’ve been doing pretty good with having nuts, trail mix, and baby carrots to snack on, plus the occasional whole wheat English muffin. But I’m getting bored of the same four things every day.
What are some other low-carb, low-processed sugar snack items that I can squirrel away in my work desk and in the pantry to stave off the munchies?
I’m a big fan of cheese, but fruit and nuts (especially walnuts) are a good other option. Switch up your veggie options, and bring salsa to dip them in (just as good as chips, I swear!). Cucumbers are fairly inoffensive and crunchy, so make a good chip replacement for dips, cheese, toppings, etc. Turkey pepperoni is actually a flavorful, prudent choice.
I’m a big salty snacker, so I’m not as much help with sweet snacks, but those above are my favorites when I’m doing the right thing by my body.
Mmm, I like all those possibilities. Thanks!
I thought you looked pretty damn good before. I’m quite impressed. I guess popcorn is out, huh? That fills me up really well. But there’s always sour pickles, broccoli and cauliflower florets which don’t take much preparation for munchies, and taste pretty darn good with a little cottage or farmer cheese mixed with defrosted or cooked (but drained) chopped spinach for a dippy. Maybe a little boring for your exotic taste buds but they do the trick and can be ready in no time. BTW, it’s always better to have a little less of the “real” thing than double the amount of most diet stuff as WW suggests. I’ll take a tsp. of mayo any time over 1 tbls. of the diet. You look sensational. Glad to hear you are feeling even better. B
The key is not to cut out sweet or carbs, but to cut out all high fructose corn syrup. So, have peanut butter and honey. Almonds. Yogurt (plain kind no sugar added) and mix in fresh fruit. Pretzels. Second on the anything with salsa. Hummus and baby carrots. Buy a can of pineapple juice, open it, and freeze it, for a “italian ice.” I make my own smoothies all the time but this is labor intensive, not really good for office snacks. Bananas (plain) or with peanut butter.
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I would add that peaches, apricots (including dried ones as long as no sugar is added), strawberries, blueberries, raspberries (generally any berry) and melon (except for watermelon) are all fruits that are low glycemic – meaning they don’t spike your blood sugar and are generally lower in sugar, and have lots of fiber for you. Snacking on these is great, particularly when they’re in season locally.
One of the things I used to like to do is eat blueberries or strawberries with a little bit of cream over them. If you’re hankering for a frozen dessert, frozen blueberries with cream is even yummier.
I also make smoothies with frozen fruit for breakfast using yogurt, water, some honey and sometimes an avocado to thicken things up. Avocados can be really great in smoothies in lieu of banana, but have the same bulking effect and higher nutritional content.
Avocado in general is a great snack – just cut one up and maybe add a little lime juice or just eat it plain.
Applesauce or raisins work for me after starting with a banana (and tea) before work. This morning dried blueberries did the trick, also found great fruit-infused nuts at the farmers market. I’m a sucker for cashews, pine nuts and occasionally macadamias….almonds are great for making treats at home and bringing one in each day of the week.
For morning meals you can also do a sweet polenta with any sweetener or fruit you have on hand….some prefer cream of wheat or granola but polenta or quinoa seems to have more protein going for it.
If you can find Trader Joe’s Cashew-Macadamia Nut Butter, do yourself a favor and keep that for those mornings when your fruit or snack needs something substantial for dipping. Good hummus or a fruit salsa can also do the trick.
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