I like having cereal with lots of milk.

luv4u said:

I like having cereal with lots of milk.

i like organic fruits and veggies

Either vanilla yogurt with raw almonds or cottage cheese with pineapple.

I have loads of them. Cacao nibs, goji berries, raisins, olives, sugar snaps or haricot beans, oh and sunflower seeds

A fresh bell pepper washed down with a glass of orange juice.

Yougurt with fresh blueberries (a favorite for breakfast also) or a peice of straight fruit.

Lately I dig concord grapes and Brie spinkled with fresh lavender and a glass of dessert wine. (Eiswein, Moscato, Braschetto di Aqui or Port)

this is why I am fat.

I'm not really a big snacker,but when I do feel like something I like this stuff..

I prefer starving.

Fruit... bananas, cherries, peaches. Yum!

Also, dried apricots and craisins.

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virginie74 said:

I prefer starving.

21 year old frat butt.

What. You asked.

Okay fine:

Watermelon. Honestly, I love watermelon and/or honeydew.

luv4u said:

virginie74 said:

I prefer starving.

Let me explain : having a snack IS NOT healthy. So I tend to avoid them.

ernestsewell said:

21 year old frat butt.

What. You asked.

Okay fine:

Watermelon. Honestly, I love watermelon and/or honeydew.

YOU ARE SO CRAZZZY:lol:

Poiple said:

Either vanilla yogurt with raw almonds or cottage cheese with pineapple.

I buy the big things of vanilla yogurt too. For those who eat yogurt a lot, here's a good tip.

Get a sieve (mesh strainer), and put it in a bowl that is smaller than the sieve. You don't want the bottom of the sieve to touch the bowl. You want a couple/3 inches.

Put a paper towel in the sieve (you can also use a big piece of cheese cloth), and dump all the yogurt in it. Put it in the fridge, and let it drain for at least 4 hours. Go overnight if you can.

What this does is drain all that watery juice that sometimes comes to the top, out of the yogurt, leaving a thicker and creamier yogurt. Shockingly, when I first did this, and dumped my yogurt back into the regular container it came in, about 1/4 of the yogurt was gone. It was all that water in it! Amazing.

Toss the watery stuff that has been drained. Empty your yogurt back in its original container. Use it as you normally would after that. It makes for a lot creamier yogurt, and it's great for parfaits (nuts, and some sliced strawberries or peaches mixed with it).

You can also do this with sour cream to make it thicker. But any kind of yogurt you get, that comes in a bigger container for bulk use, can be drained like this. Really, it's pretty easy to leave it in the fridge overnight and let it do its thing. SO worth the effort.

virginie74 said:

luv4u said:

Let me explain : having a snack IS NOT healthy. So I tend to avoid them.

Who ever told you that?

ernestsewell said:

Poiple said:

Either vanilla yogurt with raw almonds or cottage cheese with pineapple.

I buy the big things of vanilla yogurt too. For those who eat yogurt a lot, here's a good tip.

Get a sieve (mesh strainer), and put it in a bowl that is smaller than the sieve. You don't want the bottom of the sieve to touch the bowl. You want a couple/3 inches.

Put a paper towel in the sieve (you can also use a big piece of cheese cloth), and dump all the yogurt in it. Put it in the fridge, and let it drain for at least 4 hours. Go overnight if you can.

What this does is drain all that watery juice that sometimes comes to the top, out of the yogurt, leaving a thicker and creamier yogurt. Shockingly, when I first did this, and dumped my yogurt back into the regular container it came in, about 1/4 of the yogurt was gone. It was all that water in it! Amazing.

Toss the watery stuff that has been drained. Empty your yogurt back in its original container. Use it as you normally would after that. It makes for a lot creamier yogurt, and it's great for parfaits (nuts, and some sliced strawberries or peaches mixed with it).

You can also do this with sour cream to make it thicker. But any kind of yogurt you get, that comes in a bigger container for bulk use, can be drained like this. Really, it's pretty easy to leave it in the fridge overnight and let it do its thing. SO worth the effort.

You can save ALL that work and buy Greek yougurt! Its very dense..

virginie74 said:

luv4u said:

Let me explain : having a snack IS NOT healthy. So I tend to avoid them.

That is a flat out lie. Mosts dieticians will tell you to eat 5 - 6 times a day, having smaller meals and snacks. The main goal of any diet like The Zone Diet, etc is one common thing: Keep your metabolism up by eating more frequent, and smaller meals and snacks. An apple can be a snack. A granola bar can be a snack. It's not unhealthy.

What's unhealthy is your approach. You should never peak and valley in your eating cycle through the day. It effects your blood sugar levels, and a ton of other things. When you maintain a higher and consisten metabolism rate through the day, you are not only more energetic, but you can burn more calories through the day, and your body has a small, steady, and plentiful supply of fuel (aka food). You should trail off your eating to lighter things by late afternoon, because around 3 p.m. is when your metabolism activity takes a huge dive (which is why folks have that tired afternoon crash all the time). You also shouldn't eat about 3 hours before bedtime. If you have to have something, eat a piece of fruit, or have a cup of hot flavored tea.

So yeah - that.

tinaz said:

You can save ALL that work and buy Greek yougurt! Its very dense..

I am not a fan of the Greek yogurt (or the price sometimes), although it works well for a lot of people. For me, the draining thing is super quick and easy. Paper towel, dump, fridge, forget for a night. Done. I do love it thicker like that, and love to throw some granola cereal and sliced berries in a little bowl of it. It cures a sweet tooth and keeps me away from the ice cream. hehe

ernestsewell said:

tinaz said:

You can save ALL that work and buy Greek yougurt! Its very dense..

I am not a fan of the Greek yogurt (or the price sometimes), although it works well for a lot of people. For me, the draining thing is super quick and easy. Paper towel, dump, fridge, forget for a night. Done. I do love it thicker like that, and love to throw some granola cereal and sliced berries in a little bowl of it. It cures a sweet tooth and keeps me away from the ice cream. hehe

I use the greek alot instead of sour cream in things...

virginie74 said:

luv4u said:

Let me explain : having a snack IS NOT healthy. So I tend to avoid them.

A crappy snack is not healthy.

Something like fruit or nuts isn't bad.

Small nibbles like that will make it less likely that you overeat at the next meal because you are so hungry.

tinaz said:

virginie74 said:

Let me explain : having a snack IS NOT healthy. So I tend to avoid them.

Who ever told you that?

Too many to name them. NM.

tinaz said:

I use the greek alot instead of sour cream in things...

I guess I would use it on a potato more than I would in a parfait, for sure.

chocolate1 said:

virginie74 said:

Let me explain : having a snack IS NOT healthy. So I tend to avoid them.

A crappy snack is not healthy.

Something like fruit or nuts isn't bad.

Small nibbles like that will make it less likely that you overeat at the next meal because you are so hungry.

Exactly.

When I have a snack (as when I eat an entire meal), I try to make it as whole and unprocessed as possible. I don't eat cereal (the phytates in unfermented or unsprouted grains aren't very good for you), dried fruit (too much concentrated sugar - fresh fruit is better) and I almost never drink juice (again, too much concentrated sugar).

I am not a fat-phobe and I do have hypoglycemia, in addition to being sensitive to phytic acid. So I tend to have nuts, peanut butter on sprouted grain toast, veggies with smoked salmon or smoked trout spread, or a few cubes of cheese. Whole milk yogurt with berries or a glass of whole milk work pretty well for me, too.

honey dew melon

its fruit right..and fruit is healthy right?

and pumpkin seeds but not mixed

just pumpkin seeds...pumpkin is pretty good too..

yeah

pumpkin

pumpkin seeds

and honey dew melon

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Edamame

Hummus with any low sodium Whole Grain Chips, Crackers or Celery & Carrots sticks
Strawberries, Raspberries, Blueberries, and Blackberries

Walnuts

Almonds

Avocado slices or homemade Guacamole with Whole Grain or Blue Tortilla Chips or Whole Grain Pita toasted

Greek Yogurt

Small Green Apple

Melon slice, Cantaloupe or Honeydew

2 Cups of popcorn no salt added (Air popped) or sometimes popped in 1tbsp peanut oil, with 1 tbsp of Smart Balance buttery spread with Omega 3

Organic Nut Butters: Peanut, Almond, Cashew with Whole Grain Crackers or Celery and Carrot Sticks

plus many other snacks.

virginie74 said:

I prefer starving.

:likebutton:

Pistachios