The Wikapedia definition of snack: A snack is a small portion of food eaten between meals. The food might be snack food—items like potato chips or baby carrots—but could also simply be a smaller amount of any food item.
Notice, it references a small portion of food, and it could be something that contains absolutely NO nutritional value or something that is very low in Saturated Fat and Cholesterol and provides a good source of Vitamin C, Vitamin B6, Folate, Pantothenic Acid, Iron, Potassium and Copper, along with Dietary Fiber, Vitamin A, Vitamin K and Manganese. So, you see my point- I challenge you to rethink about snacks and use them as something that will fill you up and provide you with long lasting energy throughout the day. Carefully selecting your snacks will also help prevent you from overeating at your next meal.
What should you snack on? Depending on your hunger pains, decide first how hungry you actually are. Make sure your not eating out of boredom or because it’s sitting out and you feel the need to! Then, try to keep your snack between 100-250 calories.
Options are endless and include but are not limited to:
-Cut up veggies
-Fresh fruit
-Dried Apricots (they are low in sugar opposed to other dried fruits)
-Nonfat or Low-fat Yogurt (a great source of protein to keep you full)
-1/2 Sweet potato with walnuts and cinnamon
-1/2 cup cooked quinoa with 1oz of nuts
-1 packet of oatmeal (On the road? Keep packets stashed in your bag!)
-Raw Almonds: I serving is between 18-20 almonds
-hummus with red pepper (protein and Vitamin C)
-1/2 Avocado with a hardboiled egg
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