It is pointless to always try to resist snacking between meals. Sometimes you’re just hungry. The best plan is
to have healthy snacks available and to try to cut down the fat and or calories on your favorites. At restaurants, choose a main dish before you order an appetizer. If the portions are large or your dish is very rich, you may want to skip it entirely. If your main dish is healthy, do not beat yourself up if you decide to have a small cup of creamy soup or a handful of onion rings. The main thing to remember is that your whole meal should be fairly balanced, with richer and leaner elements. Portion control fatty and fried foods.
At home or at work, fruits and vegetables make great snacks, along with healthy dips like sweetened or spiced yogurt, hummus or salsa. Balance your favorite cheesy dip with some veggies, not just chips. You do not have to give up your favorite snacks to stay healthy, though. To use nachos as an example, you can choose tortilla chips with no trans-fats and eat the nachos with plenty of fresh salsa. If you know of a reduced fat cheese that you like, use it, but otherwise try to cut back on the cheese or forgo it entirely every once in a while.
When you body is sufficiently hungry, you should listen to it. Ignoring your body’s signals will cause you to overindulge at your next meal. Just try not to listen when it tells you that it wants chili cheese fries after you’ve just finished lunch.
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