Time to try something different!!!!

Many times we’ve written posts about snacking, tips to switch unhealthy snacks to healthier ones, different behaviours that can limit snacking, strategies to be mindful of, when and why we’re snacking. Physical and Mental Satisfaction

This is going to be quite a revelation and a different strategy, and having seen the results from members who are embracing it and not finding it challenging in the slightest might be worth giving it a try!!

For many of us the approach to snacking is that we can’t do without them. Those bits in between may feel that they are making your life worth living, but if they are destroying your success – is it time to reconsider?

Having looked at numerous food diaries, it appears that the attitude is to scrimp on your meals to enable high calorie snacking which is actually defeating the object as the snacking is far out weighing both the health benefits as well as the higher calories, but also as a further consideration, they are usually eaten in the evenings when the odds are it’s when the least activity is done, giving your body the minimum opportunity to burn it off and also creating both a glucose spike as well as a sugar rush, both of which can impact your sleep as well as your weight.

When it comes to considering different approaches, convincing yourself of the benefits, positives and advantages is half the battle, after all most of us are creatures of habit – BUT – Could that be why we struggle with our weight every single time?? Maybe looking at it differently, understanding fully the benefits as well as the pitfalls could maybe influence our decision to at least give it our best shot – not well I’ll try!!!!

So why is it worth trying something different??

Remember, if you always do what you always did….. You’ll always get what you always got!!!

So here it is…. Focus on making sure your actual meals are 100% satisfying and filling Physical and Mental Satisfaction If necessary, make them 3 courses. You could add a vegetable soup, or a melon slice, or even a small prawn cocktail. Aim to get a good balance of your 5 a day fruit and vegetables, they all offer different textures as well as vitamins and minerals. Be mindful of the portion size of your carbohydrate and last but possibly one of the most important, your protein.

Proteins are essential for building and repairing and many of us don’t eat any where near enough, and while the thought of eating 2 chicken breast is off putting, maybe adding an egg and some cheese would achieve the same effect.

Maybe finish off with some fruit and yogurt, and why not add a mini meringue as a sweet finish. Ideally that should leave you full and satisfied, obviously it’s designed to use more calories at meal times, but if it stops you snacking on high carbohydrate, high fat and high caloried foods it’s mission complete!!!

Looking at how you can get better value at mealtimes, including a sweet finish can mentally add a full stop to your eating, even snacking on fruit can give a sugar lift, especially when it’s items like grapes.

Wouldn’t it be a fabulous feeling to have no desire to snack as you’re full, rather than sitting all night fighting the need to eat! Imagine how much impact that could have on your food shopping bill!! (Have a little look at what most people have in their shopping trolleys – it’s often very little real food!) Not only to your bills, but also to your weight AND it’s easy if you genuinely don’t want it.

If you don’t give it a real go, you’ll never, ever know…..

A little bit of this, and a little bit of that all adds up to another layer of fat!

anonymous