10 Childhood Snacks All Grown Up
Reminiscing is fun when it comes to food from your childhood, but now that you’re older and wiser, your snacks may need an upgrade. Here’s a list of memorable snacks with a twist that are healthier than snacks from your childhood and easier for you to appreciate now.
Unsalted and Unsweetened Trail Mix
Try trail mix, with unsalted and unsweetened dried fruit, nuts and seeds, is a wildly healthy snack but it is loaded with calories and so a little goes a long way. Look for trail mixes that contain organic ingredients. Chocolate candy in your trail mix is anything but healthy.
Almond Butter and Banana Sandwiches
It may have a cool song to go with it, but the peanut butter and jelly sandwich is not the only nutty-fruity sandwich on the block Go for an almond butter and banana sandwich to keep it ultra healthy. Unlike peanut butter brands that contain trans fats and added sugar, almond butter is usually unadulterated. And then bananas are naturally sweet and flavorful, while most jellies are made with high fructose corn syrup.
Whole Grain Crackers and Real Cheese
Let's skip the Lunchables and other processed cheese and crackers snacks in favor of the whole grain crackers and real cheese. Go for old-fashioned crackers like Ak-mak crackers, invented in 1893, or graham crackers from 1829, for a super simple source of whole grain with less fat and more fiber. Cheese is a rich food meant to be savored in small amounts. In cheese, the only ingredients should be milk, salt and starter culture. American cheese, regardless of the brand, is processed and not real. The taste and texture is not like cheese and it doesn't deliver that real cheese thrill.
Homemade Fruit and Yogurt Parfait
Nix the sugary yogurt with "fruit on the bottom" and pile fresh fruit, plain non-fat Greek yogurt, oats and nuts or your favorite granola together for a homemade fruit and yogurt parfait. You’ll avoid added sugar and replace it with more protein, fiber and healthy fats, all of which will keep you feeling full longer.
Jicama Slices and Spicy Guacamole
Skip the chips and salsa. My favorite healthy treat is jicama slices and spicy guacamole. If you’re feeling less adventurous you can sub the jicama for cucumbers. Both add the crunch of tortilla chips, without being fried, at a sizable calorie reduction. For a protein and fiber boost, add black bean dip and you’ve got a new iteration of nachos. The guacamole adds a helping of healthy monounsaturated fat, potassium, vitamins E, K, folic acid, and others. Who knew guac was so healthy?
Turkey Rollups
Turkey sandwiches are overrated. While some of us still call this lunch, turkey rollups are much more adult. Made with sesame sticks, honey mustard and a slice of turkey deli meat, they are a bit leaner on the calories but heavier on the crunch.
Natural Dried Fruit Bars
Years ago Fruit Roll-Ups were a staple in my lunch pail, but now I know better. I mean, the fruit puree part is fine but they lose points for their added corn syrup and hydrogenated oil. Dried fruit bars have the same sweet taste but they are 100% dried fruit. Also called fruit leather, they can be found at Trader Joe’s and other health food stores. Fruit leather is made from all kinds of dried fruits, such as papaya, mango, and pineapple. Look for 100% fruit as their only ingredient. Just be sure not to too many because most people need only 2 or 3 small servings of fruit per day.
Pita Pizzas
Regular pizzas are carbo-licious. That is to say, they are delicious but offer way too many refined carbohydrates in the white crust. Whole grain pita bread is a good alternative to use as pizza dough, and the rest is up to you. You can add caramelized onions or other chopped vegetables with a little marinara on top. Here’s a pita pizza recipe to get you started. Chances are you’ll pass on traditional pizza more often when you master the art of the pita pizzas.
Red Bell Peppers and Hummus
Even healthy snacks could use an update. Carrots and ranch dip can be exchanged for red bell pepper strips and hummus. Hummus comes in a variety of flavors and the red bell peppers have a crisp snap and fresh, slightly sweet taste, as well as a great punch of Vitamin C. Hummus has only half the calories of regular full-fat ranch dip. What’s more, ranch dip adds 3 grams of saturated fat that you can do without without.
Chocolate Pecan Air-Popped Popcorn
Most buttered microwave popcorn is simply not healthy. Whether it’s a 100-calorie pack or not, the preservatives in some microwave popcorn, particularly diacetyl, caused lung problems when inhaled by the workers at the popcorn factory. Instead, go for air-popped popcorn and liven it up with 100% olive oil spray and a dash of raw cacao powder, cinnamon, and a sprinkle of pecans. You might also try adding parmesan cheese, dried cranberries, or brown sugar to taste. You’ll save 3 grams of fat and 97 mg of sodium by substituting one cup of air-popped popcorn for oil-popped corn.
Your thoughts....
What's your favorite healthy grown-up snack?
Comments
that weird eating schedule might have been part of why you were a fat kid....snacks help keep your metabolism going and help keep you from binging at mealtimes.
Maybe you were a fat kid because you started your day with chocolate instead of yogurt, water, fiber, etc - things that would get your metabolism started in a healthy way (there's a reason breakfast is the most important meal of the day). It's not just about how much you eat, it's the quality. And klanderos is right - snacking prevents your metabolism from slowing during the day.
I had 30 minutes to get up, get ready and be out the door. My school started at 7.30. Plus it wasn't American hot chocolate... so take off 90% sugar to how you drink it there and add regular cocoa, low fat milk. All about 200kcal max. Plus I never binged, since we always had a limited amount of food at home. I was just generally too busy studying or watching TV to actually move a lot. I wasn't active at all, only when it was warm, because then I was on my bike a lot.
Since I have given up snacks I have easily dropped a lb a week. A listened to health lecture and the person said that our bodies need 5 hours between meals to fully digest. And that if we keep snacking it slows our digestion. This made sense to me. She also said to eat the biggest meal in the morning and to scale down towards the end of the day. "Why would you want to fill up your gas tank at the end of the journey?"
Dairy products are full of saturated fats, cholesterol, hormones and unwanted toxins. No other species on this planet continues to consume dairy after adult hood. No other species consumes the milk of another species. There is no reason today for humans to continue this preverted consumption of cow's breast milk. Come on! Time to get weaned!
http://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2007nl/mar/dairy.htm
Get weaned from dairy? NEVER. I chose this site because it isn't forever telling me not to eat cheese. I am a total chees-a-holic and would eat it on my breakfast cereal if people wouldn't think I was crazy. That is the one weakness I cannot let go of but I do not pig out on it. As everyone knows, moderation is the key in losing weight. One question though, I used to eat about 3000 calories a day but went down to 1200. I lost 4 centimetres in the first 2 weeks but since then nothing has happened. I have been maintaining my diet of 1200 calories for 6 weeks now. What can I do to lose more weight. I am 1.58 metres and weigh 198 pounds. I know, I am a freakin' eliphant, this is why I desperately want to lose this weight. Help please. Congratulations to everyone who lost weight so far. You guys rock!!!
here is a recipe that i found and love...it's an iteration of quesadillas with the fraction of the amount of cheese you'd regularly use and with an egg attached to the tortilla. such a great idea! http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/quesadillas-recipe.html
Original Post by: anneliebassonGet weaned from dairy? NEVER. I chose this site because it isn't forever telling me not to eat cheese. I am a total chees-a-holic and would eat it on my breakfast cereal if people wouldn't think I was crazy. That is the one weakness I cannot let go of but I do not pig out on it. As everyone knows, moderation is the key in losing weight. One question though, I used to eat about 3000 calories a day but went down to 1200. I lost 4 centimetres in the first 2 weeks but since then nothing has happened. I have been maintaining my diet of 1200 calories for 6 weeks now. What can I do to lose more weight. I am 1.58 metres and weigh 198 pounds. I know, I am a freakin' eliphant, this is why I desperately want to lose this weight. Help please. Congratulations to everyone who lost weight so far. You guys rock!!!
Want to eat cheese? Okay... Eat low fat/no fat mozzarella. Want to lose fat? Exercise, regularly... Eat small meals regularly. Exercise regularly intensely... Lose the starchy carbs, pasta, bread, CRACKERS... All garbage... Although every few days allow some. EAT FATS, such as guacamole, omega 3s(Salmon), almonds, etc.
In other words, high protein, low carb, higher fats, drink MUCH water, LOTS of exercise including weight training.
Good luck!
I am doing all of the above but still do not see results. Everything I eat is low fat and high fibre. I drink a minimum of 2 litres of water a day. On the days that I do eat bread it is either seeded bread, wholewheat or brown (low calorie) and only 2 slices of it max. I walk with weights twice a day for half an hour at a time. What am I missing? I do not snack and as I said earlier I stick to 1200 calories per day.
I enjoy snacking I think snacking gives you more choices especially when your counting calories ;its like a check point to continue strong in keeping a balance.
Try some high intensity shorter duration training. Look up HIIT training. Low fat is not always best. Your body needs fat for energy. Healthy fats as I explained earlier.
Wow, some definite and firm beliefs around snacking, huh!?!?
Personally, the things they're calling "snacks" in the article were often, for me, lunches or side dishes to lunches. I grew up in the 70s, so we didn't have trail mix (that was astronaut food to us) but we did have popcorn and air poppers and things like that (later on in the 70s, not when I was a wee one).
What I would typically eat as a 3-4 year old American kid in the early 1970s, was this: Rice Krispies, Frosted Flakes or Cheerios with a cut-up banana and extra sugar sprinkled on top and full-strength Vitamin D milk to make a nice syrupy layer at the bottom of the bowl, and a 4-6 oz glass of Tang or orange juice. For lunch I would have a peanut-butter and jelly sandwich, Charles Chips brand chips or pretzels, and possibly a piece of fruit or a cut-up tomato slice. Then if I was good I might get a chocolate chip cookie for dessert. Dinner was the big meal of the day: Mom always made sure to make 2-3 vegetables (corn, peas, green beans were the starchy staples) and a big hunk of meat to gnaw on (pork stew, meatloaf, fried chicken or pork chops). We usually ate potatoes in some form at least 2-4 times a week (mashed was the crowd pleasing favorite, always). On the weekends we would have brunch, which would be: Eggs, bacon, toast, jelly, and fruit of some sort (usually canteloupe or some other "breakfast" fruit).
Snacking for us was something we did in front of the TV as a family while watching prime-time shows. Most often it was popcorn; less frequently it was chips and dip.
Yeah... ANYTHING I could do to healthy up that menu... would be (has been) a step in the right direction. :-)
Oh - and I forgot to mention: While sodas were outlawed in my home as a young kid, Kool-Aid was the main drink of the day, every day all day.
Thanks so much for your answers guys. I do eat fats in the form of guacamole or nuts etc. but I do not overdo it. Will try the HIIT training you suggested rab71. Like the idea for berries and cottage cheese and the quesidillas. Yumm. Then I can add some good fats like rab71 said.
I only drank water as a kid. My mom always says that if you're thirsty, drink water. If not, then why are you drinking? Besides, water comes cheap from a tap.
Actually, the way I ate was the way all school kids ate in my country. We only had 10 minute breaks between classes and usually that was spent getting from one class to the other. We had one 20-minute break at 10 when we could eat or something and school let out at 2pm or 3pm, when we could go home to have lunch. There was a school lunch in my high school, but it was a pre-set meal and usually crap, so with 10 minutes to eat it anyway, only teachers ate there that didn't have a next class. I put in some pictures of me as a kid into my album, so you can see what I mean by being a fat kid. I think the concept in Europe is a bit different.
Think "tortoise and the hare" to not give up. I finally broke thru a plateau by mixing things up a bit. Cutting that many calories initially made quite a loss for me too, but then it seemed my body went into hoarding mode thinking there was a famine. Someone suggested bumping up the calorie intake just a bit while continuing to exercise, and it worked! And I definitely notice a stubborn scale when my sugar intake has climbed (belly fat cure logic). Just remember we didn't gain this weight overnight, and to keep it off, it won't disappear overnight either. :)
I eat small meals, less than 300 calories, 5-6 times a day. Not everyone can eat three big meals a day. The size of my meals are the same no matter how often I eat, so three meals will only get me to 900 on a good day. I have to wait for my stomach to empty at least partially before I can eat again.
Small meals are usually something like yogurt and tea with a teaspoon of 100% fruit jam, 1/2 oz cheese and coffee, dried fruit and nuts, kale salad with olive oil and lemon, or a small bowl (< two cupped hands) of grains with protein.
**It's incredibly frustrating when people with normal eating habits compliment or envy mine. Weight loss as a result of serious illness is not something anyone should wish for. I'd trade mine in a heartbeat for the ability to eat a full meal.
First - The thing about chocolate in the trail mix i have to disagree. It depends on the chocolate and how much you use. Cocoa dusted almonds are good. And Dark chocolate 70% cocoa or higher is really good for you.
Second for zelda_of_arel snacking for kids is needed. My son gets cranky when he is hungry between meals because he is so active. So he east regularly through out the day. About every 2-3 hours. These are not large snacks. It is usually half a cup of something to keep him going. If he doesn't eat dinner is it usually because he doesn't want we are having. I find if I do that as well it works great for me. Sorry to hear about your weight problem as a child. I know what you are going through my aunt was like that. She was active and couldn't lose the weight.
Th rid for ninav you should eat snacks to keep your metabolism going. If you digest food slower isn't that better for your body. That is how GI diets work. You eat foods that take longer for your body to digest. For the milk issue My cat loves milk and would drink if all the time if I let him. Same with dogs. So other animals will drink milk or have dairy products if they had the chance. Dairy is so good for you. Certian fats helps with brain development in children. I want to say more but I don't want to open the flood gates and start bashing you. I know you have strong beliefs in being a vegan I want to respect that. You always drone on about the negative about eating any animal product.
I was never cranky when hungry. My mom was like that all her life. Sometimes, she is suddenly in a very weird mood, so then I always tell her to eat something. When I'm very very hungry, I sometimes go into the kitchen, open cupboards, whine a bit about not wanting to eat anything, but being hungry, then go back to the room to watch TV. In fact, when I'm active, I always eat less, because hunger is just a background noise and eating a nuisance. It's something that I could always easily ignore. What I hate is being full. When I'm on a holiday, I always skip lunch, because I'm too busy walking around to eat. I think my weight struggles are more about my body never working all that well, not what I actually eat.
Anneliebasson- You may have hit a plateau because you are not getting enough calories. It is not recommended that women go below a 1200 calorie diet, but you probably shouldn't go below 1400 if you are exercising regularly; and if it's intense workouts you will need possibly 1600 or more for that day. You won't lose weight, for a while at least, because your body goes into survival mode. Your body is trying to conserve the fat for fuel since it doesn't know when you will get enough food again. Your body needs the energy from fats and carbs (the good kind preferable) to perform cell processes within the body, on top of fueling you to have enough energy to make it through the day. After a period of time you will start to lose weight, but it will be because your body is starting to break down muscle tissue. You DO NOT want that to happen. The other reason for plateau may be your workout routine. Be sure to mix up your workout schedule and include some light weight training and varying instensities of cardio. Don't stick with the same routine week after week. Best of luck!
I WILL BEAT THE WEIGHT even if it takes me years. I will not succumb to being fat and refuse to be gluttonous again. Thanks to all of you guys. Please forgive me for saying, all of you guys with profile pictures do not look like you need to lose any weight. You are all beautifull.
Thanks kitten 384. Have decided to up calories to 1400 as suggested. Got Tae-bo. Will be changing exercise every 3 days. Think that will help?
Some random thoughts:
How about a piece of fruit for a snack?
Make breakfast and lunch your bigger meals of the day and have a light or no dinner - yes it's possible and believe me you will have so much energy the next morning. Veggies, fruits and lean protein. No processed stuff and limited pasta and bread.
Build muscle - it burns calories even when you aren't moving but don't look at the scale because muscel weighs more than fat; look at how your clothes fit you.
Yes all easier said than done but realize it takes 1-2 years to fully change a bad habit! Don't be so hard on yourself!
Firstly,as a vegan,I make everything from scratch,which means that i know what is in my foods,including my snacks. Pizza,being one of my old favorites,I always make it using spelt flour,or at least a really good whole wheat. But mostly,I use a good spelt flour. That helps with the refined carbs. As for the fatty,cholesterol-full meats,I,obviously use lots and lots of vegetables and sometimes I make a "chicken"-like vegan "meat",just for fun. Sometimes,I add a soy cheese,or I make my own topping using tofu and spices. Even my husband,who was a meat-eater when we got married (has been veg since 2 months after the wedding. NOT forced by me,in any way) went crazy for my pizza. As for my other usually-bad-for-you snack-popcorn-I make my own with an air popper and add just a tiny drizzle of a good olive oil and then top it with nutritional yeast,which adds a cheese-like flavor. Other than these,I love a good hummus with fresh peppers,cucumbers,tomatoes and/or carrots. Can not get enough of this. Or I just slice up some apple and have it with a little peanut butter.
That all sounds great. I am pizza crazy myself. Could you please send me your recipe for the pizza base. Since I have started on this new lifestyle I haven't had even a bite of pizza. What is spelt flour. I do not think we have it in S.A. but I will search for it or something similar. Hoshi - Thanks for your advice too. I mostly eat fruit and vegetables but only a bit of fruit because of the sugar but I make myself alot of watery soup with seasoning for flavour and really enjoy it. One serving of this soup comes to about 150 calories. After the soup I would have a fruit. In the evening I would have my meat with lots of lettuce. It went down with difficulty at first but I love it now.
Who wrote this post?
"Just be sure not to too many because most people need only 2 or 3 small servings of fruit per day."
Bollocks. Fruit is not what makes people gain weight, in 90% of cases. WHY would you suggest we limit our fruit intake?
Other comments, misspellings, and suggestions made me question this poster's authority. But in general, I like the idea of the "grown-up" and "healthified" versions of snacks from our youth.
What would be GREAT is if kids would eat the healthier versions now, so they don't have to learn good eating habits later.
I don't bother searching for healthy snack foods that taste good--to me, that is an inherent contradiction. Not all of us are cut out to eat cottage cheese or hummus or custom-made popcorn (and a lot of us lack the time). One of the first things I did when my husband and I started dieting was empty the snack cabinet completely. No crackers or fruit snacks or chips. We cut out snacking altogether. Then, once we'd weaned ourselves off it by learning to cook meals that satisfied us, we were able to reintroduce a few. The funny thing is, now that we have them again we rarely eat them.
I think part of this stems from my original reason for overeating--we had been poor for a long time after my husband lost his job 3 months into marriage, and I was carrying the full load of our living expenses. I was literally traumatized by the job I had back then, which paid me so little for performing 50-60 hours of skilled work per week that my husband and I sometimes didn't get enough to eat. We could only afford to "treat" ourselves to cooking 3 times a week, which would hopefully provide leftovers. If we ran out of leftovers, though, it was ramen for dinner. And it was always, ALWAYS a sandwich for lunch and nothing else. Just bread, a few turkey slices, cheese and mustard. No juice to drink, no crackers on the side, no fruit. We used to go to the grocery store and not be able to get a single thing that wasn't on our list, because anything not on the list was not budgeted for.
I've noticed that now just having the snacks in my pantry makes me feel good, even if I am not really eating them. Sad, but hey, at least I'm not getting fat off them!
The issue may be that you are not eating enough calories and you are sending your body into starvation mode and thus it is actually hanging onto every calorie you are eating and saving it up (storing it as fat) because it thinks you might not get anymore. It is a common mistake and I used to do it too. At 200 lbs in January I have since dropped 55 pounds. Figure out what your BMI is and eat accordingly. Shave a little off of it but not as drastically as you have - you are actually shutting down your metabolism by starving it.
I'm a big fan of snacks. Once I get my daughter to bed I curl up on the couch and relax for a little while. I always want something to munch on as a sort-of "reward". It's easy to grab something sweet (especially with all this darn Easter chocolate kicking around!), so it's nice to have some ideas that won't throw off my calorie count.
I think red bell peppers and hummus will be my weekend snack. Sounds yummy to me!
Original Post by: zelda_of_arelWhat is it with this snack mania? Really? When I was a kid, I had a hot chocolate in the morning, a sandwich at 10am, lunch at 3pm, dinner between 7-8pm, when my mum was home. That was it. And I was a fat kid. I think snacks are just an excuse for kids who don't want to eat regular food.
I agree with you. We never had snacks growing up in the late 60s, early 70s. We ate tons of meat, drank lots of milk even after our morning bacon and eggs and we played a lot. It was called "recess" back then. The overweight kids in our schools still had some semblance of a human torso, neck, etc..., not at all like the ginormous Michelin man kids today. Also, most of those big kids slimmed down considerably once I saw them in 9th grade. It was around the late 70s that I noticed more kids snacking in between meals and vending machines were starting to crop up everywhere. Luckily I was out of school by then.
I bought in to the Low Fat, carbo loading myth in the 80s and 90s and watched my weight skyrocket. Now I know better. Low fat is code for lots of sugar and HFCS. That's what makes you FAT, enormously FAT. Since focusing on mostly protein, low-carb foods and weight training, I've slimmed down tremendously. I don't even count calories except when eat an occasional piece of carb-rich dessert or something. Remember, there's no such thing as an "essential carbohydrate".
Original Post by: anneliebassonGet weaned from dairy? NEVER. I chose this site because it isn't forever telling me not to eat cheese. I am a total chees-a-holic and would eat it on my breakfast cereal if people wouldn't think I was crazy. That is the one weakness I cannot let go of but I do not pig out on it. As everyone knows, moderation is the key in losing weight. One question though, I used to eat about 3000 calories a day but went down to 1200. I lost 4 centimetres in the first 2 weeks but since then nothing has happened. I have been maintaining my diet of 1200 calories for 6 weeks now. What can I do to lose more weight. I am 1.58 metres and weigh 198 pounds. I know, I am a freakin' eliphant, this is why I desperately want to lose this weight. Help please. Congratulations to everyone who lost weight so far. You guys rock!!!
Your body has gone into starvation mode as a way to protect itself - Because of so few calories , it has slowed down your metabolism to exist on fewer calories . About every 7-10 days you need to eat more than usual ( not a bunch of junk food) - Pasta , or a potato or some kind of complete meal. It makes your body start burning calories normally again . I eat about 4-5 meals a day , usually around 300 calories each (I'm 6'6" and weigh 250) . I've lost 45 lbs in 2 months and never once felt hungry or starving . I didn't cut out dairy , but I cut out non-fat milk , potatoes, pasta (occasional) , breads etc. Drink lots of water and eat high fiber foods. Don't eat empty carbs ie hih sugar and little or no fiber or protein . Check foods out at www.nutritiondata.com . It has loads of info and gives the Glycemic Load for every food there is .
1200 kcal is insuffient for all but the most petite and/or sedentary people. Maybe it's not working in part because you are starving. Check the calorie need calculator; most women who are not bed-bound will need at least 1500kcal. Keep up the exercise and add bit more high quality whole food.
Thanks guys. I will take all of your advice to heart. I do realise now that I am not eting enough to keep my body happy and already increased my calorie allowance to 1500. I am also changing up my exercising every 3 days. Will let you guys know what is happening nad I am going to need advice again when I plateau, which I know is going to happen, inevatably. Thanks again
EATING SMALL MEALS (WHICH CAN INCLUDE SNACKS) IS HEALTHY.
LOTS OF ANIMALS "GRAZE" THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
SEVERAL DIET PLANS SUGGEST 4 MEALS A DAY, AND 2 TINY SNACKS.
IT CERTAINLY HAS HELPED ME STAY ON TRACK.
I NEVER FEEL HUNGRY. IMPORTANT, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BINGE.
WHEN I WAS A KID, 55 YEARS AGO, WE'D SNACK ON FRUIT.
WE WERE NOT FAT KIDS, AT ALL.
MY WEIGHT GAIN BEGAN IN COLLEGE AND CONTINUED ON BECAUSE FOOD WAS USED TO PROVIDE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT IN MY FAMILY.
OH, WELL, NOT THE WORST CROSS TO BEAR.
THANKS CALORIE COUNT PEOPLE.
Almond butter and banana sandwich! YUMMMY! I also mix almond butter and cocoa powder together and spread it all over a banana and then freeze it for a snack later on. SO GOOD!
I grew up snacking a lot, and I was a thinner than average kid & continue to be a thinner than average adult (5'7, 126 lbs).
I've always had a small appetite, so eating a few big meals with a lot of time inbetween did not work for me. I still prefer to eat every 3 hours or so, because I get sick if I go too long without eating. I simply cannot eat enough at one time to sustain me 5 hours or more.
I basically view snacks as mini-meals though, and so I eat about 5 meals total, some small, some regular. It prevents me from over-eating at once also, as I never get voracious.
So I don't think snacking is bad or good. It just depends on the person, their lifestyle, their physical needs, and how good they are at controlling what they snack on.
There are so many rules, diets, things you should and shouldn't do, but having been a big person all my life I finally went and did something about it and changed my lifestyle, I didn't go on another fad diet, I changed my families eating habits to a much more healthier balanced one. It has helped my children so much too and all the rubbish that is made in the first world these days it so bad for everyone. I pride myself in the fact that my children will not eat fast foods, and that is how we should all be. Less of the fatty things and eat unprocessed carbs and lots of fruit and veg!! If you complain about the way you eat then you know you are not eating properly!!! It doesn't mean all doom and gloom we all deserve a treat once in a while, its all about moderation.
I eat 5-7 times a day and have lost 130 pounds (12 more to go). I love to make pizza with whole grain low-fat flour tortillas and they are lower in calories than pitas. I add veggies, low-fat cheese and bake it directly on a baking stone. I am very picky about what tortillas I buy since they vary greatly and I use the small size only. I do use 2% cheese on the pizza but I firmly believe as a cheese lover, it is better to eat less full fat tasty cheese than rubbery low-fat or nonfat cheese. I weigh everything! I love the idea of the jicama and guacamole....yum!
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What is it with this snack mania? Really? When I was a kid, I had a hot chocolate in the morning, a sandwich at 10am, lunch at 3pm, dinner between 7-8pm, when my mum was home. That was it. And I was a fat kid. I think snacks are just an excuse for kids who don't want to eat regular food.