Poll: To Snack or not to Snack?
If I go without food for any length of time, I go crazy... I'm not hungry, but after some time without food my thoughts just return to it more and more. I wonder if anybody else has that problem?
I could never do with just three meals a day. I usually have a mid-morning snack after breakfast, an afternoon snack before dinner, and a late-night snack as well. Makes it really hard to control my food intake, and I wish I could stop doing that... Anyway, I'm wondering how you all feel about snacking in between meals. Do you do it? And what do you eat? How often, how much? vienna |
Snacking
I am definitely a snacker! Mid-afternoon I usually have a bite or two of an Atkins Advantage Bar (Almond Fudge is my favorite). In the evening I almost always have a 1" cube of Swiss Cheese - Kraft brand has sooooo much flavour :yum:
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Me Too!
I am a snacker!
Mid morning and Mid Afternoon...My favorites...Adkins Indulge and Celery & PB!! Sometime..Nut, Cheese Cubes, Jello, The usual stuff! Julie :wave: |
Snacking is good for you! It helps regulate your blood sugars, which helps do this way of life correctly. Dr. Atkins recommends eating at least once every 6 hours, so keep up the good work!
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Low carbing has completely eliminated my desire to snack. I used to be hungry between meals all the time but now, never. Three meals is plenty for me now.
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Because I am up at 5:00 a.m. daily, I eat my breakfast at around 7am so by 10-11 a.m. I am famished and thus I have a snack at that time - small snack like 1 oz nuts, some cheese or pepperoni....than a normal lunch at around 1:30 pm and dinner at 6pm. My dinner is usually protein & veggie and keeps me sated until bedtime so I rarely snack in the evening.
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Yep, I snack. Usually some nuts or vegies and cheese in the mid afternoon with a cup of herbal tea. Sometimes in the evening, same thing unless there is LC cheesecake then I'll have that.
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Unless you have a problem with compulsive overeating and are recovering from it, there is no reason at all for you not to eat when you're hungry. Low-carbing is about controlling carb intake, not food intake. Eat 6 smaller meals if you're more comfortable doing that. It keeps your meatbolism revved. Eat! :) Karen |
hi, my name is acipenser, and i am a snacker
i have a snack between breakfast and lunch, and i have a snack between lunch and dinner. i sometimes have an after dinner treat, but not usually.
my snacks are "legal ones" and i think of it as more like i just eat 5 meals a day, 2 are smaller then the 3, but they are all smaller than what i would consider a normal meal. |
No snacking for me. I do much better when I don't. Not hungry between meals anyway. LC did that to me :D
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I don't snack every day, but generally when I do, it's in the mid-morning or mid-afternoon. For some reason, I never really get the urge for evening snacks any more. :)
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I snack a lot. In fact, many days, I don't even eat *meals*, I just graze all day. :cool: Moo!
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I usually don't feel hungry, and don't snack. Once and a while I'll find myself needing something when I get home before I cook supper, but I'm usually ok. Sometimes in the evening I get that snacky feeling, but when I think about it, I'm not really hungry, just looking for something to do, so I resist that one.
When I do snack, I try for some protein/fat. Say, pepperettes or cheddar. I don't eat/drink any of the artificial stuff yet, though I've been thinking of adding some splenda to a berry smoothy for some sweetness, so that I get all the benefits of the berry's without it tasting blah :) |
I usually want something after work before dinner. I happened on a new favorite- Walnuts dipped in cream cheese. YUM YUM!! :daze: :daze: Vonnie
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3 meals a day is usually enough for me, but there are times when I get hungry between lunch and dinner or between dinner and bedtime. Before I snack, I usually stop and ask myself if I'm really hungry or if it's something else (boredom, thirst, etc...). Often I'll have a large glass of water first because sometimes thirst will feel similar to hunger.
All in all, if I'm hungry, I eat something but as I have to keep reminding my kids a snack is just that....a snack; not an entire meal. |
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