Another snack question

[mich3]

Hi again,

So let me get this straight. I can have more than two snacks a day if I am STARVING, as long as they're just veggies?

Also, are we alowed low fat cream cheese to put in our celery sticks?

Thanks,

Michele

[RedRox]

excerpted from the meal model sticky thread:

MID-MORNING SNACK:
Snacks are required. Choose a protein, vegetable, fat-free plain yogurt, or nuts/seeds. A snack that combines protein (1 oz.) and vegetables is encouraged.

MID-AFTERNOON SNACK:
Snacks are required. Choose a protein, vegetable, fat-free plain yogurt, or nuts/seeds. A snack that combines protein (1 oz.) and vegetables is encouraged.

DESSERT / EVENING SNACK:
Desserts are optional. Enjoy some of your Sweet Treat allowance, a dessert, or any of the snack choices.

SWEET TREATS:
Sweet Treats are products that contain sugar alcohols. You can enjoy them throughout the day to satisfy your sweet tooth — just limit yourself to roughly 75-100 calories worth per day to avoid any GI distress.

Proteins and fats tend to provide more satiety than veggies, but you can have an umlimited amount of veggies. So the snack guidelines recommend combining protein and vegetables for that reason. In P1 where the real goal is getting rid of food based cravings and not necessarily weight loss, my personal belief is that you should eat enough from the food lists to not be hungry even if you exceed some of the guidelines. The goal is to get those blood sugar levels evened out and the weight loss will happen long term in P2 anyway.

I'm still not sure if you are eating enough at your major meals and maybe that is why you are so hungry in between meals? You can eat quite a lot of food on this program and those used to "dieting" often think of limiting foods beyond what is healthy to lose weight. It's not getting to a minimum level of calories that encourages weight loss, but getting to the optimum level for your body size and activity levels. Those can often be two very different numbers.

[french]

Hey Mitch

Here is one of my favorite snacks.....ff/cream cheese mixed with spanish olives spread on celery....Its very good...
French

[mich3]

Thanks Redrox and French. I appreciate the words of wisdom.

[sickofdieting]

I take the boiled ham (thin sliced) and I fill it with shredded lettuce and Laughing Cow. The ham on my package says 6 slices for 90 calories and the LC is 35. It makes a great snack and fills me up.

I also get the Weight Watcher cheese sticks, and I keep boiled eggs in the fridge. I take the yolk out and just eat the whites. Not a lot of calories, but it takes the edge off, if you're hungry.