Lately I've been hungry ALL. THE. TIME. it seems like.
I'm hoping it's just my metabolism working overtime...but that's beside the point.
Once I got off the diet I began reaching for any and all the foods that I deprived myself of while on the diet (as most normal people do). When I finally got a grip and got my head on straight I realized that if I continue eating like this then I will gain all the weight back in a second! Don't get me wrong, I'm still not really watching what I eat BUT I am taking steps to improve my normal diet. Which brings me to the point of this post, snacking.
I've found a lot of great snacks that can fill me up and take my mind off of the unhealthy foods that my mind craves.
One of my first go-to snacks are snap peas.
I got the idea from my mom who was snacking on them one day when I was over at her house. They are such a low calorie food so you can eat a TON of them and it will fill you right up. The other night at the grocery store I found little packs of these with Lite Ranch Dressing that I brought to work. So when I get the urge to snack, I just bust these babies out of the fridge and snack away, guiltlessly.
The next little wonder that I've discovered are these little Special K Cracker Chips:
They run about 110 calories for 27 chips! That's a lot of chips when you think about it...as I was counting them out it almost felt like TOO much! And they are SO GOOD! They don't taste like regular diet food so you don't feel miserable or like you're sacrificing taste to be healthy.
I've also been addicted lately to a very strange snack....oatmeal....yea...
But, I found it in my drawer in my office at work the other day (I used to eat it for breakfast and completely forgot it was there). It's low calorie and you can get it fat free and the best part is because it's so thick it really fills you up!
And finally another really cool thing I've found at the grocery store are this little low calore snack pack things. The ones I bought were filled with carrots, grapes, CHEESE, and pretzels. I definitely support all things diety that include cheese...DEFINITELY. And these little snack packs are perfect. I don't have a picture of them but here's a great idea of how to make your own little snack pack like this (I got mine at Randall's):
That would be so easy to do on your own!
So, I used to hate Randall's...that grocery store always seems like it has 2 lanes open and 85 people trying to check out...but lately...I've actually really come to like it. Because they have the fun things like the snap-pea packs and the little cheesey delicious snack packs. But I ran in there last week because I had visions of delicious chicken fajita's dancing through my head but it was kind of late so I was dreading the chopping process (I'm the slowest chopper upper-er in the world!). So I saw in the veggie section PRE-SLICED fresh red and green bell peppers and onions in their own convenient packages AND freshly pre-grilled chicken! So convenient, so I grabbed the fajita veggie packs, the grilled chicken and some mushrooms and when I got home all I had to was add oil, soy sauce, and sriracha (this may sound weird but trust me, ADD THIS to your veggies when you're cooking for fajitas, YUMMMM!) and then cook the veggies and mushrooms down, add the chicken that I sliced to warm it up and I had the BEST dinner in under 10 minutes. It's really not expensive either. Love the convenience. :) Okay the point of that long, drawn out story was...if you have a Randall's nearby you should go check them out! haha yea...
Okay leave it to me to turn a quick blog post into a novel.
I just got back from my cruise last weekend and my best friend Jessie is coming to visit me this weekend so I'll try to post the cruise pictures and Jessie adventures soon!!
