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Hi guys, i'm on a bit of a low fat diet, i've put a few extra pounds on of late and im in the highest range of clothes in my wardrobe! I dont want to be back in 8's but it would be good to get in my size 10's again!
I'm doing really well but my drawback is snacking. Dont hve much of a sweet tooth, one piece of chocolate can do me for the day. I love crisps and ryvitas and stuff like that.
Anyone know of any good, low and savoury snacks? I'm running out of ideas and i dont want to hit the crisps n lumps of cheese in desperation!
Any help appreciated :d
I'm doing really well but my drawback is snacking. Dont hve much of a sweet tooth, one piece of chocolate can do me for the day. I love crisps and ryvitas and stuff like that.
Anyone know of any good, low and savoury snacks? I'm running out of ideas and i dont want to hit the crisps n lumps of cheese in desperation!
Any help appreciated :d
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hope it helps a little... xx
I've got a soft spot from crisps so I started eating snack a jacks instead. They're fairly low in fat and pretty good tasting too.
I've got a sweet tooth, and find fruit to be a great replacement. Apples, bananas, oranges, satsumas, etc. Or dried fruit, such as raisins, or apricots.
Nuts are ok, provided they're not roasted (as oil is used to roast them). They have natural oils in them, and quite a few calories, but aren't full of saturated fat. However, you can easily eat thousands of calories worth of nuts. Almonds, hazelnuts, wallnuts, Brazil nuts, and cashew nuts are supposed to be the better ones.
Toast is good, with butter (low fat, and not too much of it), Marmite, or jam (sugar, but no fat). But if you're like me, then you can scoff loads of toast.
Sandwiches are good, with low fat margerine/spread, and some sort of low fat filling - cucumber sandwiches, tuna, tomato and letuce.
I'll guess you've been putting weight on because of your new boyfriend? Been going out, or staying in, and having lovely meals together, and lots of extra treats together?
agreed. :yuck:
are you filling up on your meals? because if you're not that will make you want to snack.
how about cup a soups?
If you are snacking because you feel peckish then try drinking water first- quite often feelings of thirst are mistaken for feelings of hunger, and it is the water in the snack that satisfies the feeling. If you are still snacking after that try eating mroe at mealtimes, so that you can go between meals without snacking.
If you are snacking because you are bored try and distract yourself rather than reachign for the food. Again water is quite good for this, so is just wondering around for a few minutes. I'm revising for exams now so it's amazing how every 20 minutes I feel snacky, in order to have a break; I drink water for it, and my complexion is wonderful:)
popcorn with as little salt as you can bear is a great low-fat snack. also raw veggies like carrots and cucumbers and radishes are great to munch.
Good low cal options out of the crisp family are quavers, skips and walkers french fries - theyre all about 90 cals a packet as opposed to the 140/150 cals in your average pack of crisps.
I dont think low fat diets work, and youre better off controlling calories rather than fat.
Caramel snack a jacks are lovely and taste like popcorn, but they arent any more low cal than a pack of crisps, you just get more in a pack thats all.
sainburys do really nice cup a soups.. things that crunch like carrots n apples are supposed to be good... breaksticks maybe?