Snaking is a very hard habit to break. So why break it?
Seriously. In order to speed up your metabolism and keep it revving you need to eat on regular basis. It’s proven that many small meals, or three big meals and a couple of snaks, a day work best to improve weight loss efforts.
So with that in mind, I say let’s snak! But we do want to snak smart. So here are some things to try.
200 Snacks Under 100 Calories Has exactly what it says it does. Personally, my self control isn’t good enough to eat only half a muffin, or 10 potato chips.
The good news…so many products these days come in 100 calories snack size that when I’m done they’re all gone. LOL I highly recommend the 100 cal Cadbury Thin Chocolate bars, the toffee one is absolutely delicious. And the Cadbury site has the Nutritional info here if you want to check them out.
Cathryn Fox says try this as a snak:
Sometimes in between meals I get a little bit hungry, or at other times, I eat because I just simply feel like eating! So I found this great recipe which comes from a bodybuilder’s website.
I call it the muffin cookie, because it has the texture of a muffin, but is the size of a cookie. The slow burning old fashion oats help hold me over until my next meal.
It’s nutritious and delicious, and so darn easy to make.
I make them (I usually double the batch) and freeze them and when I get the hankering for something I take two out of the freezer and just much!!Ingredients
1/2 c brown sugar
1/2 c sugar
3 egg whites
1tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
3 cups old fashion oats.
1 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce.My hubby throws raisins in half the batch, but I believe a raisin has NO place in a cookie. LOL
Blend all ingredients together and you can add more applesauce if mixture is too dry. Heat 350 degrees. Drop by rounded tablespoon to PAM greased cookie sheet. Bake 10 minutes until brown.
I’m a peanut butter nut, so I made some adjustments to my favorite cookie recipe. (The recipe on the back of the KRAFT peanut butter jars)
The recipe calls for:
1 cup smooth Kraft Peanut butter
1/2 cup of sugar
1 egg
Mix Together well, then back for 10-15 minutes at 325.
Now to tweak, I use 1/4 cup of sugar (I tried to use SPLENDA once, and the cookies tasted fine, but the texture was too crumbly for me)
I also used 2 Egg Whites, instead of 1 Egg (I buy the cartons of Simply Egg White for my eggs, and used 2.5 tablespoons)
The trick with the cookies is to make sure you don’t over bake them. Because you’re using less sugar the texture is a bit different. I under-bake them slightly (10-12 minutes) so they remain chewy. 
Bread and wheat crackers make me want to sleep for a week *sigh* plus I end up hungry again an hour later. I like the cookie recipes! I like the idea of filling stuff–nuts, a low carb protein shake, a bag of cookies….LOL Kidding. I’ve been eating a lot of oranges….they’re in season and SO GOOD!
I’m gonna try Cathryn’s recipe on Sunday!!
OOoh, that sounds yummy. Thanks, Cathy!! I’m going to try it.
Sasha~did well this week. Of course, I was sick for half the week, lol, so that wasn’t hard.
Hope you’re not freezing up there!!
Happy Writing!!
Don’t they look yummy, Ames?
YAY Melissa. So glad you did well. Keep it up now, slow and steady.
I didn’t weigh myself last week, so I’m not sure how I did. I do know I didn’t make it to the gym. I’ll wiegh in on Sunday though.
I sub applesauce for butter or oil and whole wheat for white flour in any cookie/brownie recipe. Makes a big difference! (Changes a brownie from 4 points to 1 point) Although my current favorite snack is Go Lean. Love that stuff.
Snacks can be hard for me b/c of my food allergies, so I’ve discovered that a piece of fruit and a protein (1 oz. of cheese, hard boiled egg) is a filling snack.
I wish I could try Cathryn’s cookies. *sniff*
I did good this week (starting Monday anyway) best I’ve done in a while. My biggest problem is wanting to eat after 7 pm, but I’ve found that if I suck on a peppermint, it takes the food craving away.
Down 2 pounds! Woo!
I love snacking. I do it often and make sure to control how much and what I’m eating. I’ve also started working out again, which will get me to my goal faster. Once I get into the swing of a schedule I do pretty well at maintaining it.
Congrats on the 2 pounds Beth! WooHoo!
These cookies sound great – I’ll be trying them very soon. I’m thinking you could sprinkle a few mini choc. chips in too. I have a reduced fat banana bread recipe – I always toss in some (a very small amount) mini chips for a little extra treat.
Beth I wonder if you could do this with Almond Meal?
I actually have a recipe for almond bread from the nutritionist–email me if you want it. I haven’t tried it yet though
YAY BETH!! That rocks!!!
I’m still holding steady ( I did a quick wiegh on my home scale today after all this talk..LOL )
Another thing I did. I cancelled my cable telivision. For 15 years, from 20-25 I never had cable, and I was always productive. then a couple years ago I got it(the year I took off work to write full time) I got it as break from writing. Yeah. Not such a good idea. I figured it was time to find a better way to break from writing. LOL
I hope you all enjoy the recipe. I think a sprinkle of chocolate chips would be fine!
I’m with Amie, that would not be a good snack for me. I snack on fruit.
No weight loss for me this past week, alas. It stayed the same though, so i tell myself that’s better than goign up 😆 I lost 3 pounds since Christmas, before that, so I’m hoping I can keep pushing forward.
Keep going Sasha and everyone!!!
Just wanted to let you know I tried these. They’re GOOD and even the (pickyass) boychild likes them 🙂
I even added some ground flaxseed for extra fiber (take that picky child)
Oops I meant like Beth 😳 Gluten intolerance, and diabetes, means I have to say no to biscuity type things.