Snacking!

jess_1993

Okay so my meals are pretty much healthy and have all the necessary nutrients in them (lean meats, grains, veggies, etc.) but when it comes to snacking, I don't know how to go about it. I don't like having an actual snack like a mini-meal so instead if I get a small craving, I'll just eat 2 animal crackers or a saltine cracker or even a piece of a cookie. I know these should add up at the end of the day so I was hoping for some suggestions on what to do about this??

Le_Joy

If I eat 1 saltine I enter 1 saltine. A serving size is usually 5 crackers so you say you ate .2 servings. I am guessing you could find an animal cracker entry that lists per cracker on the drop down thing, most do that. And you can say you ate .25 cookies or however much you ate. I have the app on my phone so it's pretty easy. If I had to write it down & enter everything at the end of the day online it'd probably be more annoying...

torygirl79

Snacks are not necessarily a bad thing, just keep them healthy. Fruit and vegetables and dips (like carrots and houmous), rice crackers, light yoghurts.... I have a weak spot for olives which is slightly higher (and watch the salt) but fine if in your calorie range.

Xiaolongbao

I don't really understand your problem. Just log what you eat. Eat half a cookie, log half a cookie. It's not rocket science.

Either that or eat the whole cookie bit at a time. Sometimes I do that with food. So I'll log a packet of crackers (which is 6 little crackers) but maybe only eat one or two and then come back and eat another one or two later. And if I don't eat them all it's no big deal, there's no harm in over logging by a small amount.

Ralphrabbit

Whatever your fancy, just log it!

Meg_78

Snacks are not the enemy, but what you choose can be. Try planning your snack in to your the same way you plan your meals, so its not just grabbing at stuff to munch on, keep the same principles as meals, maybe a piece of fruit and some cottage cheese, or crackers and hummus, pb and celery, nuts and dried fruit etc. Whatever you eat, just log it.

poptastic

In my experience if you crave something sweet, it's better to eat a bit of it (eg one cracker as you said), and then log it.

If you don't have sweet cravings it's better to snack on fruit or vegetables. Just log whatever it is you have, and make sure it's within your calorie allowance.

Ceffy

Plan to snack!

I have a AM and PM snack scheduled in my day; look at people's diaries for ideas of their snacks.
Mine today are Cottage cheese with Chilli pumpkin seed mix & 2 small apples for the morning, then 2 no bake granola balls for PM (Yuuuummmm!)