In truth, if you have a busy schedule, it’s even more crucial to eat healthy food that give you the fuel you want to keep going. Even if you take a bit of time to eat 3 meals per day, you might realize that you’re feeling hungry a lot. The incorrect snacking and nibbles could be a real trap when it comes to weight reduction and staying healthy.
Snacking is ordinary, we all do it and it’s not always bad. It just really depends on what, when and why you break. Take a minute to step back and take a look at your nibbling behavior, to test you are on a healthy track. Do any of these eating types sound like you?
Snacking because you’re hungry:
-Your car is cluttered with lolly wrappers and pie crumbs.
-You see a television ad for chocolate and you have to eat some.
-You cannot pass through the superstore checkout without a little something from the ‘impulse bar’.
Snacking because you’re emotional:
-You have just had a big debate with your best buddy; your dog just died; life is dreadful time to kill yourself in the biscuit tin.
-You have just missed that crucial appointment and got a speeding fine.
-You are bored and end up looking into the cupboard or hanging off the refrigerator door hunting for something… anything!
If you ticked almost all of the boxes above, you aren’t alone. This list is written from private experience! We all break often, and typically for reasons aside from simply fueling the body. But when the nibbles begin adding up we will find the kilos do too.
Even the professionals differ in their viewpoints about whether or not it is best to adhere to 3 meals a day or graze. It actually depends on what fits you best but it can backfire if you’re grazing on greasy, sweet treats. And even selecting ‘healthy’ nibbles, you are in danger of accidentally taking in more kilojoules than you want if you’re not careful about dish sizes.
What should the ideal snack size be? And how many? An ‘average’ lady might need about 8500kJ every day more if you are extraordinarily active, less if you are tiny, and less as you age. If you would like to ‘have your cake and eat dinner too’, then dinner might have to be a bit smaller to compensate for the additional kilojoules.