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Dear WW Philadelphia Member,
I have been asked so many times from newer Members, “is it okay to snack between meals?”
My response is always, “not only is it okay, it is even recommended.”
Truly, in navigating our ways to long time success stories, we need to focus more on satisfying choices and portion sizes and less on “when and where” we eat. Recognizing true hunger which is NOT the same as appetite is part of the process. Our bodies really are hungry when it has been 3-4 hours from our last food intake. Depending upon schedules and busy lives there will be many a time when there are more than 3-4 hours between meals. That’s where the planned snacks come into the play of success.
In the past, my snacking was something sweet or something salty. While I still work sweets and salty items into my plan several times per week, eating something a little more substantial when snacking is what we really need. I try to look for a little fuel to get me to the next meal and save me from being ravenous. Making it easier to make reasonable portion choices throughout the day.
Think of possibilities like this, start with an ounce of chicken, turkey, or an egg (all ZERO Points), add veggies or fruit (more ZERO Points), and then add a single or half serving of something sweet or salty (2-4 Points). An example would be 6 Cool Ranch Doritos or a Snickers Fun Size. You get the POINT! Making the snack into a little mini meal, with lots of portability, keeps the plan of a lower weight or maintaining our weight loss within our reach.
Those ZeroPoint power foods are key to making every meal and snack satisfying. Giving me the ability to stretch the Points budget on foods I’d be missing out on if I was “dieting.”
YES, I have fallen into full bags of chips, jars of cookies and bags of fun size something or others.
Heck, I have had daydreams about truckloads of chips needing rescued on the side of the road. This truly happened to me once, but it was fresh strawberries not chips. The truck driver whose refrigerator trailer had stopped cooling was told by the company to give the strawberries away.
WW Friends, go build yourself a nice snack. Keep ravenous hunger and unbridled “wanting” of treats at bay, and plan for a successful day.
Stay well and have a great week,
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