Snacks are great! The body often prefers eating smaller and more frequent meals. This prevents bombarding the body with 3 large meals a day. The digestive organs have time to process the food and it gets absorbed much more efficiently. This form of eating can be an effective way to manage your weight. Make sure that you have an abundance of healthy food in your home. This will remove temptation out of the picture and support your new style of eating. Why make it harder on yourself?
When you do really want something, buy one rather than an entire box or consume it out of
the house. Nothing is wrong with going to a cafe once in a while and treating yourself. Consider it a “luxury”, sit down and savour it.
Snacking often turns into mindless eating between meals. Rather than “graze” all day, treat your snack time seriously. Before you reach for a mid-afternoon snack, ask yourself “Am I actually hungry or just bored?” or “Am I tired?” Go for a brisk walk instead and see if it wakes you up. If you do decide that you are actually hungry, devise a strategy and stick to the plan. Portion out your healthy snack, don’t eat standing up and savour the food. Treat your snack as one of your frequent meals in the day. Often we eat our 3 main meals well but lack in the snack department and don’t take it seriously. It’s all going in us!
