Reformed junk food junkies come in

SarahCee · October 2011

I need some help. My diet is terrible, I'm embarassed to go into specifics, but it's pretty bad. My OB has brought up my weight gain at my last two appointments, although I'm right on track to gain the same amount as I did with DS1 (and lost without much of a problem), I know I should be eating better.

I need some ideas for snacks that are satisfying. Usually when I opt for a healthier snack I'm just as hungry as I was before. this is the case even when I'm not pregnant. I want to change my habits before DS catches on. Any advice/helps/tips would be very much appreciated.

TIA!

Lexi & Orion's Mommy · October 2011

keep healthy options around. my weakness is fast food, so i am trying to order smaller portions, the kids size stuff when i HAVE to have something like that. Maybe check out the eat this not that book or maybe the have a website?

Good Luck!

KellyMRocks · October 2011

choose fats (nuts, avocado) and protein (keep cooked chicken and hard boiled eggs around). drink water or tea instead of snacking.

For me, snacking is a habit and has nothing to really do with hunger.

pkw · October 2011

I have the same problem as you...with the not feeling satisfied after eating a "healthy snack." I found that the trick for me was having protein and grain. A piece of fruit does nothing for me, so instead I will grab a little tuna on crackers or hummus with carrots and a couple nuts or crackers. I have pasta (yes as a snack) with veggies and a fat free italian dressing, and I love having cottage cheese and peanut butter toast. Chicken and crackers too.

for crackers I choose the whole grain ones (they are big crackers and they have them at trader joes). I love crackers, they are crunchy and tasty and if you eat just a couple they are good for you, especially with the whole wheats and grains.

Ultimately the key to feeling full is getting a complex snack, making sure it is not JUST protien or grain or fiber, making sure it is diverse is the best thing you can do.

altreu · October 2011

I definitely agree with the protein as pps have mentioned.

I eat cheese, cheese and more cheese. Definitely whole wheat crackers. Cottage cheese, apples with almond or peanut butter. I always have walnuts and whole almonds around to much on as well. Avocado is always great, and if I am really hungry, I have a slice of whole wheat bead or toast with avocado smeared onto it (this is my favorite!). We often cook beans, so sometimes I use tortilla chips or crackers and eat them with the beans.

MeggyO · October 2011

I also recommend cheese. There are lots of varieties and you can mix it up with fruit (cheese and apples, cheese and pears, cheese and oranges) or crackers. Or both (cheese + cracker + orange wedge = magical)

My preferred cheeses of choice: brie (all melty and spread on crackers), cheddar cheese squares or slices (with fruit or crackers), laughing cow cheese wedges with crackers, babybel cheese rounds (especially in my lunches).

ladipale · October 2011

You took Bradley classes, right? I found that when I tried to follow the Brewer's Diet, I was full all the time and with healthy stuff!

While pg, I ate a ton of cottage cheese with apples and a little cinnamon, or greek yogurt, stir in a little pumpkin puree and cinnamon and granola (yum!), oatmeal (in fact, right now I'm cooking up a batch of steel cut oats that will sit in our fridge for bfasts and snacks all week), cheese with crackers, hummus, carrots. Hardboiled eggs. I also used to bake up some potatoes and sweet potatoes and eat those as snacks. Or I would make a little spinach salad with a sweet potato on it.

But sometimes, you need sweets and that is OK. Have a cookie or brownie, but drink a glass of milk with it to get in some protein/calcium, etc.

I kept a log of my meals and John also held me accountable, asking me if I had enough protein that day, etc.

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