It is necessary to snack at least two times a day: once between breakfast and lunch and once between lunch and dinner. And depending on what time you go to bed, a snack between dinner and bedtime!!
Thus, you should be eating about 5-6 times a day and about every 2-3 hours. You want to snack on foods that will give you energy and that will hold you over until it is time to et again. Adding protein, good fats, or high fiber foods to your snack helps keep your energy level constant by lengthening the time of digestion.
EXAMPLE SNACK IDEAS
-yogurt w/fiber rich cereal
-yogurt w/a teaspoon of flax seed
-nuts/seeds (almonds, pistachos, pecans, sunflower seeds etc.)
-apple w/peanut butter
-apple w/almond butter
-snack bar or cereal bar high in fiber/protein (ex. fiber one bar or kashi bar)
-string cheese and some fruit
-whole wheat bread/tortilla w/nut butter spread on it
-protein shake (variety of things you can add to it: fruit, flax seed, peanut butter, almond butter etc.)
-high fiber fruits (pears, raspberries, apple, strawberries)
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