Snacks for the Office
Discussion
Hughesie said:
Yes, but a lot of them are high in calories, might as well have a Snickers!Hughesie said:
Total rip off! Sorry to say it but I tried them a couple of months ago and one of the containers was just full of dust.I've tried to combine the 'joy of snacks' and healthy eating in the office but have come to the conclusion that it doesn't work.
Nuts are full of calories.
Rice cake based crisp thingies are full of salt and not that low on calories once you get going.
Biscuits is biscuits regardless of their oat-count.
You can get very bored with sun-dried tomatoes.
Even raisins will rack up the calories before too long.
If and when I'm on a health drive I ensure there is a bag of nice fresh apples by my side. And try to focus on exercise endorphins rather than my favoured carnival of crispypotatosalt.
Nuts are full of calories.
Rice cake based crisp thingies are full of salt and not that low on calories once you get going.
Biscuits is biscuits regardless of their oat-count.
You can get very bored with sun-dried tomatoes.
Even raisins will rack up the calories before too long.
If and when I'm on a health drive I ensure there is a bag of nice fresh apples by my side. And try to focus on exercise endorphins rather than my favoured carnival of crispypotatosalt.
Marf said:
So basically food=calories?
Great deduction
Thanks.Great deduction
Look at you playing the sarcasm trumpet.
The point being that many foodstuffs which we see as 'healthy' and might be tempted to dive into as an alternative to 'junk food' aren't particularly helpful when one is trying to set up a calorie deficit.
Ergo its best to abandon all hope and face up to the misery of watery fruit and Frazzles abstinence.
-Regardez -a sad smiley, see what you made me do?edited because I couldn't spell smiley.
Edited by captainzep on Tuesday 7th September 14:30
captainzep said:
Marf said:
So basically food=calories?
Great deduction
Thanks.Great deduction
Look at you playing the sarcasm trumpet.
The point being that many foodstuffs which we see as 'healthy' and might be tempted to dive into as an alternative to 'junk food' aren't particularly helpful when one is trying to set up a calorie deficit.
Ergo its best to abandon all hope and face up to the misery of watery fruit and Frazzles abstinence.
-Regardez -a sad smiley, see what you made me do?From my point of view I needed to find something that a) I actually wanted to eat(I'm a fussy bugger) and b) kept me filled up until lunch when eaten around 10am.
I realise that nuts are not an ideal snack unless you are fully aware of the fat content and ration accordingly, but they fill both criteria above, and provide me a good dose of fibre, which is lacking in my diet generally.
Edited by Marf on Tuesday 7th September 14:47
Marf said:
Sorry, tis the lowest form of wit indeed.
From my point of view I needed to find something that a) I actually wanted to eat(I'm a fussy bugger) and b) kept me filled up until lunch when eaten around 10am.
I realise that nuts are not an ideal snack unless you are fully aware of the fat content and ration accordingly, but they fill both criteria above, and provide me a good dose of fibre, which is lacking in my diet generally.
I'm taking my crisp cold-turkey out on you. Not your fault.From my point of view I needed to find something that a) I actually wanted to eat(I'm a fussy bugger) and b) kept me filled up until lunch when eaten around 10am.
I realise that nuts are not an ideal snack unless you are fully aware of the fat content and ration accordingly, but they fill both criteria above, and provide me a good dose of fibre, which is lacking in my diet generally.
In fact, as long as the exercise is happening nuts are pretty good in terms of their protein and vitamin content too.
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