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Tips for Simplifying Weight Loss
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How Often Should You Weigh? | Weight Loss Photos: Before & After | What is That White Filling in Donuts? | How to Lose One Pound Snack List - Choose & Lose Diet Plan™Written by Diet Bites
Before we address snack suggestions, it's important to take note of your current cravings BEFORE choosing a snack so that the snack that you choose will satisfy those cravings. Are you wanting something salty? Sweet? Sour? Tangy? Sweet and sour? The following foods are snack suggestions that can satisfy these different cravings: Sweet Buds 1/2 banana smeared with 1 teaspoon of peanut butter 1/2 small apple smeared with 1 Tablespoon of apple butter Fortune Cookies Gingersnap Cookies Popcorn OR Rice Cakes 1/2 cup of skimmed milk whipped with 2-3 frozen strawberries Frozen grapes Bitter Buds Diet lemonade or limeade served with a small slice of sponge cake 1 tart kiwi, sliced Sour Buds Boiled egg sprinkled with pepper juice, salt & pepper Dill or sour pickle Salty Buds Saltine crackers & 1 slice of cheese Sunflower or pumpkin seeds and a diet soda Jerky Fat Free Pringles Enjoying Snack Time Wisely We suggest allowing 300 calories worth of snacks per day so there is always something tasty to look forwards to. Enjoy snacks: - mid-morning (100 calories) - mid-afternoon (100 calories) - bedtime (100 calories)
If you choose, you may enjoy 2 rather than 3 snacks per day, but be sure to increase the 100-calorie snacks to 150 calories per snack. The following chart illustrates the importance of making the right snack choice for weight loss:
Choosing snacks wisely equals more snacking enjoyment for fewer calories. Here are examples of calories contained in popular snack foods with the healthier choices marked:
Additional healthy choices for snacks include: skim milk, light fruit juices, fruits, & raw veggies. 50 Calorie Snacks Need a snack that's under fifty calories? Try one of these: 1 cup of fresh strawberries, 1/2 banana, 1 cup of seedless grapes, 1 plum, 3 medium apricots, 1/2 cup blackberries, 4 butter flavored crackers OR 2 smeared with a THIN line of peanut butter; 2 marshmallows; 1/2 cup of milk flavored with vanilla or rum extract; two cups of hot aired popcorn; 1 graham cracker; 2 pieces of melba toast. 100 Calorie Snacks Need a snack that's under one hundred calories? Try one of these: 1 apple, 1 banana, 1 cup of pineapple, 4 gingersnap cookies, 2 cups of watermelon; 1 small papaya; 1 medium pear; 1 small mango; 2 ounces of jerky; 1 cup of most soups; 1 small salad with 1 teaspoon of LIGHT Mayo stirred in; 1 cup of skim milk; a single serving size of yogurt - non fat, sugar free; a large wedge of anglefood cake; five cups of hot aired popcorn; one granola bar; sugar free gelatin topped with 2 Tablespoons of non fat whipped topping; sugar free pudding.
Shake It Up Baby! We recommend a bedtime shake which basically incorporates 1 cup of skim milk, a bit of fruit or frozen fruit and a dash of an accommodating extract. Adding a bit of sugar substitute is also a-okay should you desire a sweeter concoction. Skim milk creates a healthy base as does the addition of fruit. Diet Bites has a vault of diet shake recipes located here. Of course it goes without saying that bedtime choices should include shakes that hover around 100 calories.
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