healthy snacks while breastfeeding
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TheJamLady
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What are your favorite healthy snacks that you make or keep on hand to keep up your energy while breastfeeding? Lately I'm finding I'm grabbing lots of foods I know aren't great for my weight loss goals (cookies, chocolate chips, granola bar, etc.) simply because they are quick and easy. With a newborn and two older kids running around, my free time is at a minimum. I will often also grab healthier stuff like fruit or a glass of milk, but it just doesn't stave off the hunger. Ideas?
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Protein shakes and/or bars are what get me through the day. I also try to grab Greek yogurt, but that usually requires two hands to eat efficiently.0
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Try adding cheese or nuts with your fruit to add in some protein. I agree that fruit by itself isn't all that filling.
Not all granola bars are that bad, try to find ones that are high fiber/low sugar.
Oatmeal (plain/steel cut with chopped nuts, dried fruits).
Boiled eggs.
Can you prep sandwiches the night before? Tuna, and PB/PBJ are my faves.
Veggies and hummus.
I agree with RBX about protein shakes/bars being filling, same with Greek yogourt.
I use a breastfeeding pillow when I nurse, and it allows me to feed my baby hands free, and I make sure I'm sitting at the end of the couch so I can set things on the side table for easy access.0 -
This is what I eat: Greek yogurt with nuts and/or trail mix, string cheese, cottage cheese with wheat crackers or triscuits, Nature Valley protein bars, rice cake or slice of whole wheat bread with tbsp PB.0
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I also bought chia seeds to add to my Greek yogurt but haven't had the guts to try it yet...0
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I have a busy schedule and sometimes I hardly have time to eat. I try to have a high protein/high healthy fat diet.
-Protein powder in greek yogurts or as shakes
-Protein bars (if you have time to make them, it'll be cheaper)
-Peanut butter/almond butter/cashew butter (just do spoonfuls at a time if you don't have time to make a sandwich!)
-Drizzle fish filets/vegetables with olive oil when you do have time to sit down and eat
-Typical fruits/veggies (but too much of that instead of other things results in me not having enough cals for making milk)
I also find myself wearing baby in a mei tai and eating with both hands sometimes, but honestly, my day is kind of peppered with snacks to meet my calories.0 -
When mine was a newborn I ate a lot of; Cheesesticks, kind bars, greek yogurt, hard boiled eggs, popcorn, sandwiches, fruit, veggies and hummus.
Basically anything i could eat one handed that wasnt messy.0 -
Greek yogurt sounds awesome.
Chas, your little one looks like mine at that age, does he also have torticollis?0 -
Thanks for all your the great ideas. Hauled out the protein powder I already have and picked up some Greek yogurt. Doing better with cravings0
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I've been snacking on almonds, low fat string cheese, & I cube all my "larger" fruits in advance like cantelope & honey dew melon so its grab and go.0
