Healthy Snacks

[Bond18]

In the cutting phase thread i saw Wynton take a lot of heat for his choices in between meals snacks. I to sometimes find myself a little hungry between meals, or at times just need to eat on the go.

Can we discuss some healthy and productive snacks here that you guys recommend?

[Grey]

beef jerky
almonds
the flesh of a virgin
fruit
veggies

[Wynton]

This morning - inspired by the criticism - I picked up a bag of baby carrots, which is something I used to snack on. I assume that's unobjectionable.

And would it be awful if I added a little salt?

[Wynton]

Is it really so bad if I have one of these little guys a day? They're kept in the common area of my office and hard to resist.

[thirddan]

wynton, its not terrible if you have a couple every week...but you are kidding yourself if you think that they are helping you out and not detracting from your weight loss goals...and i wouldn't suggest eating them alone, have some blueberries or a piece of beef jerky with them...

[shemp]

A nuance/nitpick, maybe semantic: Rather than by starting by adding more healthy food, start with trying to eliminate a bad choice and not replacing it with another.

Some folks are probably going to need to figure out how to get a bit of chocolate every day. If you are one of those people and you get to the point where you want to look at that, maybe consider all chocolate isn't created equal.

[thirddan]

i like shemps idea...instead of removing things that you really like, chocolate for example...don't completely remove it from your life, just become picky about it, don't eat crappy chocolate, get some good chocolates and treat yourself every couple days or whatever...become a food snob [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Jihad]

Some snacks that were especially helpful to me losing 20 pounds earlier this year, and by augmenting portion sizes and protien level have continued to be beneficial in gaining size and strength:

Fat-free cottage cheese + any fruit (pear and apple my favorite)
Whole wheat pita, toasted + low-fat hummus and/or taboulli (sp?)
Sweet-potato
Low-fat beef jerky
Obv. protien shakes, vanilla is good enough to me to call it a snack
FRUIT, FRUIT, FRUIT, FRUIT!!!!!!!!

[bwana devil]

what are people's thoughts on:

canned veggies
canned tuna

also, please explain what goes into a a protein shake and/or postworkout shake. im a 'tard.

[thirddan]

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what are people's thoughts on:

canned veggies
canned tuna

also, please explain what goes into a a protein shake and/or postworkout shake. im a 'tard.

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i would go with frozen veggies over canned
canned tuna/chicken is great
canned beans are great

i think people use protein shake as a placeholder for any shake that contains protein powder, no matter what else it contains...the only time i have a shake with just water and protein is workout time...all other times it has flax, olive oil, fruits, peanut butter or whatever...

post workout shake is usually protein or a mixture of protein/sugar...