Mini meal options are a healthy way to lose weight,
as eating a little but often increases your metabolic rate, and your
digestive system is never overloaded. Being on a diet does not have
to mean feeling deprived, if you feel deprived then your diet is doomed
to fail, it may last a week or a month, but ultimately it will fail.
The psychology behind a sense of fullness in eating little and often
is that your stomach is constantly being topped up, psychologically
when you eat six small meals a day you feel satiated. Not only that
it keeps your blood sugar levels constant which is a healthy way to
prevent the onslaught of diabetes.
Just how can you organise eating six times a day, well think of it
as a breakfast, a snack mid morning, a lunch, an afternoon snack,
a dinner and a treat for later. Have the same thing that you eat for
breakfast lunch or dinner, but halve the quantities. That means that
you can eat many different textures and flavours, boredom does not
kick in, and you are more likely to diet successfully. What can be
easier than making a half a sandwich?
Here is a list of snacks all under 200 calories that you can eat
six a day and still lose weight.
1) 1 medium banana spread with 1 tablespoon of crunchy or smooth
peanut butter.
2) Two sticks of celery filled with a three ounce can of drained
tuna in brine, and one tablespoon of low fat French salad dressing,
or reduced fat mayo.
3) One ounce of brie cheese and a pear.
4) Nestle Kit Kat bar each finger has 60 calories.
5) 2 tablespoons of hummus spread on 1 mini whole-wheat pita and
a side salad of cucumber.
6) Hard boiled egg with 2 tablespoons of low calorie ranch dressing
7) 8 Ounces low fat frozen yogurt with 1 cup frozen blueberries
8) 1/2 cantaloupe melon filled with a nectarine.
9) 6 oz skim milk, 3/4 cup diced strawberry or raspberry and small
banana, either drink the milk and eat the fruit or make a smoothie
in the blender and serve over crushed ice.
10) 1/2 cup cooked couscous served with tomato sauce and 1/2 teaspoon
of Parmesan cheese.
11) Pot of fat free cottage cheese and an apple pear or an orange.
12) An omelette made with three egg whites and topped with a low
calorie salsa.
13) Four 12g Jaffa Cakes
14) One Fry's 51g Turkish Delight chocolate bar
15) Twelve tortilla chips.
16) One ounce of dry roasted nuts
All too often, we have been conditioned to think of snacking as unhealthy,
and truth to tell it can be. Mindless snacking is a waste of calories
this is "planned snacking" and there is a huge difference.
Snacking is only bad for us when we eat the calories we use in a day
and then add the snacks on top of it. Lets not cast the first stone
here, we all love snacking, it is illicit, it feels naughty, it feels
as though we are indeed getting away with something. It is now official
munchies are good for you!
