I love the idea for this challenge because I LOVE food;
eating, cooking baking, mmmm especially the eating. If you have a healthy,
balanced diet then you can eat whatever you want and not feel guilty about it
which is certainly how I live. If I want a massive piece of chocolate cake I
will have one because I don’t eat it every day and I balance my intake with
exercise and activity.
Food has been a touchy subject as of late though with my
morning sickness as I couldn’t keep anything down, all I wanted for a few weeks
was carbs to replace all my lost energy and I have been rather grouchy to my
other half who has been a saint putting up with me! I’m managing much better
now and have found I need to eat every couple of hours to stop be from being
sick (it makes no sense I know) but I’m determined to have a healthy pregnancy
and not to put on any weight that the baby doesn’t need so it’s all about
healthy snacking! Hence the topic for my post!
Here’s some of the snacks I’ve been eating:
1.
Veg and
hummus: Hummus is one of my fav foods,
just make sure you’re eating a suitable portion; I have quarter of a tub
which I weight out and put in a separate tub for work , this way you know
you’re not overindulging and eating more calories than you should. I eat mine
with carrot and cucumber sticks.
2.
Coconut
Greek yoghurt: Again you need to watch your portion if it’s in a large tub,
I love this so much I would eat the whole thing if I didn’t stop myself. With
my taste changing at the moment this really is the only yoghurt I can stomach I
don’t know why, I do intend to eat normal Greek yoghurt (I like Greek because
it has a higher protein value and keeps me satisfied for longer) with fruit/
oats when I can stomach it again.
3.
Fruit:
how simple is this! At the moment I love oranges, I think because I can’t drink
too much otherwise I’m sick my body is desperate for hydration! Also fresh pineapple and apples, simple and
easy!
4.
Trail
Mix: I’ve been making trail mix (cheaper to make than to buy and you can
put in exactly what you like) out of raisins, nuts; cashews and peanuts, dried
fruit mix like papaya and banana and Cheerios!
5.
Peanut
butter and banana on Ryvita: Ok so Ryvita do taste a bit like cardboard but
when you smother them in peanut butter and banana there not so bad and they’re
low cal and high in fibre.
What are your favourite healthy snacks?
