Burning The Scale

Save Calories While Snacking!

by Claire on July 18th, 2007

To lose weight while keeping your metabolism running, many experts advise eating 6 small meals a day. While I admit I don’t do this - it doesn’t seem too practical - I do try to get in small snacks throughout the day.
It’s easy to overdo it on the snacks if you’re hungry - say 3:00 PM after your lunch has worn off and you’re waiting on dinner. However, I found a great way to minimize calories while still having a good snack is to eat sunflower seeds. I don’t mean the bald kind that have already been shelled, that you can end up eating handfuls of at a time, but the kind with the shells on.
By the time you’ve cracked your way through a decent-size handful of these (remove the shells first!), you will have only consumed about 130 calories. Plus, your hands will have been kept busy the whole time - so you won’t have an opportunity to overeat them.
My favorite are David sunflower seeds, which come in yummy flavors like barbecue. You can buy these online here.

Claire

(image from oznet.ksu.edu

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