Healthy snacks.. the key to hunger control!

The next thing we need to talk about is the importance of snacking.  Remember.. always eat before you feel hungry and stop eating before you feel full.  As the first post explained it is super important for your blood sugar to stay in a straight line all day.  When you get hungry it drops down and when you eat sugary foods it spikes up.  Keeping it in a straight level line all day will lead to your metabolism working all day and your body staying in fat burning mode!
So how do you keep it in a straight line... by never getting hungry and eating healthy! (aka healthy snacking)
So you need to be eating something every 2-3 hours throughout the day.  Here is a list of healthy snacks!

• Fruit
• Fat free string cheese
• Slice of whole wheat bread with peanut butter
• Veggies (no ranch or if you must at least fat free)
• Nuts (almonds are really great)
• Granola-(careful with this.. look at the sugar in it)
• Popcorn- (not extra butter!)
• Smoothie
• Cored apple with peanut butter and oats or nuts
• Low fat cottage cheese and fruit
• Low fat yogurt (Greek yogurt is great) 
• Hard boiled egg
• No sugar added fruit Popsicle
• Hummus with veggies or whole grain crackers
• Whole wheat tortilla with low fat cheese or veggies
• Rice cakes
• Frozen grapes
• Raisins
• And many many more.. 

As always eat as slowly as you can.  Also I would suggest trying new things and new combinations.  For example next time you are at the store get a piece of fruit or a veggie that you have never tried.. you may be surprised! Variety is the spice of life:) Your body needs a variety of foods and the worst thing you could do is eat the exact same thing every day.  Also I would advise you to have the snack prepared or at least easily available.  This will keep you from skipping a snack because you don't have time to prepare it.