Living The Lifestyle Thursday 6/27/24

imastar2

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Each weekday, a new topic is offered up for discussion.

Monday - crewahl (Charlie)
Tuesday – Wildcard
Wednesday-misterhub (Greg)
Thursday -imastar2 (Derrick)
Friday - Wildcard

Today's Topic: Snacks! Cool weather! Hot weather! Do you consciously make an effort to carefully choose your snacks? Or do you even snack?.

imastar2

I'm not much of a snacker when I'm on program. When I'm not on program all gloves are off and away I go. Currently I'm on a reset program meaning I'm off carbs for two weeks to help me reboot. It is working so far as for the last two weeks I'm off about 8 lbs in 2 weeks.

So when I reintroduce carbs in a few days it will be at a very limited amount but generally snacks are not on my radar. Now having said cutting carbs doesn't mean I don't get carbs because as we know many protein foods have some carbs in them. Also I've had some limited amount of orange juice as I have a summertime cold with upper chest congestion with the head cold.

steve0mania

I try not to snack. It's a very hard habit for me to break and I have to really pay attention to myself.

If I do snack, I don't think there are seasonal differences. Instead there are "ruts" I get myself into. These days it's peach hearts (sweet gummy candy). Skittles are also often on the list.

Al_Howard

I try to limit my snacking to apples, fiber one 4pt. bar, or lower calorie anisette toasts. We usually have 1pt. cup of sugar free/fat free stir and serve chocolate Jello pudding, and a very occasional bowl of ice cream (try not to keep it in the house.

crewahl

I snack - but the key to it for me is portion control and tracking. Like Steve, I don’t have a lot of variability in my snacks based on the season. Snacks may include:

• 20 gm of BBQ flavored Pop Chips for 2 points
• Healthy Choice Fudge Bar (fudgicle) 2 pts
• Granny Smith apple 0 points
• 7 Snack Factory Pretzel Thins for 2 points
• 1 pint Halo Top Mint Chip of Birthday Cake light ice cream for 11 or 10 points
• 46 gm of traditional Chex Mix for 6 points
• One can or pint of beer for 5 or 7 points
• One ounce of sharp English Cheddar for 5 points
• 4 Club Multigrain crackers for 2 points
• One half-ounce of aged Gouda for 2 points
• Two ounces of tawny port and one ounce of blue cheese for 7 points (tends to be a winter thing)
• One cup of frozen green grapes 0 points

The two key things about this is a) each of these has a volume or weight or count attached to it, and b) they all have points, and I use those points while staying within my daily limit. The first three on the list are daily, with the Pop chips sometimes being replaced by pretzel thins. The others are all “occasional” but I have them in-house if I want them. If I have a lot of points available in the evening, for example, it’s more likely to be a beer and some Chex Mix.

Having options is important to me.