YAY facebook and the internet! And thanks to Nicole who posted this. Snacks are a bit of a struggle--mostly because I never plan for them so I never have the ingredients. I'll make a point of incorporating a few of these every week. I'm especially excited to try the skinny nutella!
Today IS a better day. I really think I was down on blood sugar yesterday. I'm pleased with myself today. It's a "not counting but in control" day. This is the hardest type of day for me, but also, I think the most important, because it's where I need the practice. Since today is the first day of school, I figured my boss would probably bring in bagels or something so I didn't really eat breakfast. I had a little milk and a sliver (literally) of banana bread.
Sure enough! She brought "energy foods". Granola chunks, mini health muffins and peanut butter stuffed pretzels and craisins. So for breakfast I ate one of the fresh rolls I'd brought and a babybel cheese, and some granola and pretzels. Loved the pretzels and went back for more, but I looked at the calories this time--140 for 8 pretzel bites. Ouch. I'd already eaten about 8, plus granola--say 200-300 cal, the roll--125, the apple--80, the milk from home 100 the sliver of banana bread about 50? Suddenly I realized that I'd had plenty of breakfast, plus I wasn't hungry. I wrapped up those pretzel bites and they're sitting in my office now. Perhaps I'll have them later for a snack. I'm proud of myself for catching that and not mindlessly eating a whole bunch of those pretzel bites!
This semester I have wellness time a little earlier. I think I'll like that a lot. I did very well today. The treadmills at the gym have a couple of video paths. So today I took the 1.4 mile Haleakala Hawaiian path, thinking to get a baseline time. I did. Twenty-three minutes. No speed demon here, but in my defense, it was mostly uphill. I found out that even at a very slow jog (4.2 miles) uphill is too much for me. I mostly walked it at 3.5, but I did go up to 4.2 on the flats and downhill. As always, boredom is a major factor when running. Even beautiful Hawaii was not exciting enough to make the time go quickly.
1 Apple Slices
Today IS a better day. I really think I was down on blood sugar yesterday. I'm pleased with myself today. It's a "not counting but in control" day. This is the hardest type of day for me, but also, I think the most important, because it's where I need the practice. Since today is the first day of school, I figured my boss would probably bring in bagels or something so I didn't really eat breakfast. I had a little milk and a sliver (literally) of banana bread.
Sure enough! She brought "energy foods". Granola chunks, mini health muffins and peanut butter stuffed pretzels and craisins. So for breakfast I ate one of the fresh rolls I'd brought and a babybel cheese, and some granola and pretzels. Loved the pretzels and went back for more, but I looked at the calories this time--140 for 8 pretzel bites. Ouch. I'd already eaten about 8, plus granola--say 200-300 cal, the roll--125, the apple--80, the milk from home 100 the sliver of banana bread about 50? Suddenly I realized that I'd had plenty of breakfast, plus I wasn't hungry. I wrapped up those pretzel bites and they're sitting in my office now. Perhaps I'll have them later for a snack. I'm proud of myself for catching that and not mindlessly eating a whole bunch of those pretzel bites!
This semester I have wellness time a little earlier. I think I'll like that a lot. I did very well today. The treadmills at the gym have a couple of video paths. So today I took the 1.4 mile Haleakala Hawaiian path, thinking to get a baseline time. I did. Twenty-three minutes. No speed demon here, but in my defense, it was mostly uphill. I found out that even at a very slow jog (4.2 miles) uphill is too much for me. I mostly walked it at 3.5, but I did go up to 4.2 on the flats and downhill. As always, boredom is a major factor when running. Even beautiful Hawaii was not exciting enough to make the time go quickly.
1 Apple Slices
2. Carrots with Avocado Dip
3. Sliced Veggies with Zucchini Hummus
4. A Medium Banana – Need 5 Reasons to Bite Into a Banana?
5. Dried Fruit Chips (with no added sugar)
6. A Hard-boiled Egg – Learn 3 important health benefits of eggs.
7. String Cheese and Grapes
8. Fruit with Skinny Nutella
9. Air-popped Corn
10. Rolled Turkey Breast (Boar’s Head Deli Meat has no nitrates nor preservatives)
11. Pineapple Spears – Give Yourself 5 Reasons to Pick Pineapple.
13. Sliced Bell Pepper with Skinny Ranch Dip
15. Celery with Skinny Peanut Butter
16. A Handful of Almonds
17. Sweet Potato Hummus with Whole Wheat Crackers
18. Garden Salad – Try our Garden Salad with Lemon and Oil Dressing.
19. A Handful of Pumpkin Seeds
20. A Cup of Sliced Berries- Learn 3 reasons to jump on the berry bandwagon.
21. Steamed Edemame with Sea Salt
23. A Cup of Cottage Cheese
24. Steel-Cut Oatmeal – Try our Slow Cooker Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal.
25. Peanut Butter Yogurt Dip with Fresh Fruit
26. A Clementine (Cutie) Orange
30. Sliced Red Pepper with Hummus
31. Homemade Trail Mix
33. Quinoa – Try our Quinoa Pilaf
40. Curry Yogurt Dip with Whole Wheat Crackers
42. Chunked Watermelon
44. Raw Broccoli with Skinny Ranch Dip
46. Romaine Lettuce Wraps
47. A Small Box of Raisins
48. Sliced Tomato and Feta
49. Greek Yogurt with Blueberries
Read more at http://skinnyms.com/50-clean-eating-snacks/#gKQhRFFGGP89hCQh.99
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