Having a weight loss program, doesn’t mean you must be starving during lunch and dinner time everyday. There are a lot of people who have the needs to fill something into their empty stomach during the long hour between breakfast and lunch, or lunch and dinner. I am one of them! Are you too?

The problem is, we often choose to be starving until the next meal time come, to avoid weight gain from the food we crave. However, that will only occur when you do not plan your snacking well!

Snack should not be your enemy! Snack is good, because it helps you maintaining your energy for your daily activities. Have you ever heard that eating 6 times a day is better than 3 times? It means that between 3 big meals you have, it is better if you add 2-3 snacks time. Besides supplying you with energy, snacks help you to avoid craving a big portion of high calories food when your big meals come.

However, snacking could also be dangerous if you don’t make a plan! These are few secrets of snacking during a weight loss program,

Learn your own eating habits. When do you feel the needs of eating something out of your big meal times.
Keep always a supply of snack at home. It is better than buying snack after the crave come. It could trigger an impulsive buying of the snack. The result, you won’t consider whether the snack is health or not, nor the calories or fat content. Beans, vegetables and fruits (fresh or dried) can be your choices, as you need more time to digest them, and these snacks will satisfy your crave to chew something between big meals.
Count the total calories you are allowed to have in your diet. Don’t forget to put these snacks into it.
Prepare these snacks in handy small packages according to your diet, which you can just grab while going out for work or for other activities. By doing this, you are always able to count total calories you consume each day. And if you need to eat more than you should, at least you know how much you were over-eating!

5. Each time you feel hungry, drink a glass of water before you reach for your snack. It is most likely the hunger you feel is actually a thirst of water. Wait 15 minutes after you drink, and if you still hungry, eat your snack then.

See…snacking is not dangerous for your weight loss program, as long as you control it and make a good plan of it!

Healthy Snacking Resources

For you who like to prepare your own snacks, these cookbook can be your alternative...

Snack Attack!: Over 150 Guilt-free Treats for Healthy Munching
Here are more than 150 snack recipes for you to eat right—and many of the recipes are healthy versions of old-time favorites! Every recipe contains complete nutrition facts, preparation times, and easy-to-follow instructions. And each recipe is low in fat, saturated fat, and sodium. You can choose from tasty and healthy snack recipes, such as Teriyaki Chicken Bites, Con Queso Bean Dip, Popcorn Crunch, Hawaiian Meatballs, and many more healthy versions of old favorites!

Everything Whole Grain, High Fiber Cookbook: Delicious, heart-healthy snacks and meals the whole family will love
Start reaping the benefits of a whole-grain, high-fiber diet! The Everything Whole-Grain, High-Fiber Cookbook is your ultimate one-stop resource for making sure you and your family gets all the yummy whole grains and healthy high fiber you need! You'll enjoy eating healthy like never before with inventive, tasty dishes like: Banana-Nut Stuffed French Toast, Shallot Walnut Herb Bread, Cranberry Relish, etc

Snacking Habits for Healthy Living (The Nutrition Now Series)
Make snacking a part of a balanced diet—with advice from Americas nutrition experts Snacking can be a habit that nourishes and sustains you—or a source of excess calories and fat. Snacking Habits for Healthy Living shows you how to select a variety of snack foods and make them part of a healthy diet. It offers practical guidelines and strategies for different snacking situations and settings: at work, at home, and on the go. It also includes nutrition information for a variety of snack foods, all to help you select snacks, develop shopping lists, and create healthy snack food stashes at home, work, or anywhere.

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