I have always had a problem with snacking. I can have a beautifully measured out, stick-to-it-100% breakfast, lunch and dinner and then wave goodbye to all my hard work with uncontrolled snacking.
Last round Mary helped me enormously with her tips, advice and blog post on snacking. This last week I have fallen off the rails for a number of reasons including snacking (which I'll write about in another post).
In getting real with myself, I realise I can no longer pretend that my snacks are less than the amount of calories they actually are or less than the amount I actually eat.
I don't eat the type of snacks I once did, I've tried new things thanks to Michelle's 12WBT and Mary's list of snacks and like Mary, not everything is completely Mish-approved. My purpose in listing them below is to get a real grip on exactly what goes in my mouth, what portion I need to measure, and to plan snacks a whole lot better so that I stick to my 1200 calories per day. Now that I've done this exercise, I feel more in control but also horrified by what I did before and the BS I told myself.
I highly recommend you do a list for yourself of things you actually eat. The good, the bad, the ugly to get a real handle on what you are doing. As a starting point, here's my list and Mary also has a great one on her blog at splasharama.blogspot.com
SNACK LIST
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SWEET
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cals
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SAVOURY
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cals
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Fruit
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Vegetables
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Banana
(medium)
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105
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Carrot (medium)
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45
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Apple
(medium)
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65
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Celery stick
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5
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Orange
(medium)
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68
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Strawberries
- 250gm punnet
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63
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Crackers
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|
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Blueberries –
150gm punnet
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78
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Sunrice Multigrain 5 thin rice cakes
|
96
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Dates – Fresh
1x 10gm
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26
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Vita Weat Lunch SoyLin Slices 1
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78
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|
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Ryvita Original 1 cracker
|
35
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Muesli
Bars & Biscuits
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|
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Spreads
|
|
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Uncle Toby’s
Crunchy Choc Bars
|
86
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Honey 2 teasp
|
41
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Special K
bars
|
90
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Vegemite 1 teasp
|
11
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Be Natural Trail
Bars Berry
|
111
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Marmalade
2 teasp
|
41
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Sunrice
Apple/Cinnamon Rice Cake
|
38
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Hommous
1 tblsp
|
37
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Dairy
|
|
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Bread 1 slice
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|
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Cottage
Cheese lite - 1tblsp
|
18
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Raisin toast regular slice tip top
|
97
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Ricotta
Cheese lite - 25gm
|
26
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9 Grain Multigrain
|
92
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Butter - 2 teasp
|
62
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Lawsons Grain Bread
|
145
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Yoplait Forme
Yoghurt - 1 tub
|
70
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Mountain Bread
|
70
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Skim
Cappuccino 1 med 300ml
|
96
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|
|
|
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Lindt 70%
chocolate 10gm piece
|
52
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Popcorn Coolpak Sgl Pkt 20gm
|
94
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Trail Mix Sanitarium
¼ cup
|
188
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Almonds Raw 10 nuts
|
72
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