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Snacking SMART

Little diet hack for you today that I was thinking about while prepping some venison jerky for my upcoming hunting trip to North Dakota…

In my experience coaching clients, observing family & friends, and personally dealing with it, one of the hardest aspects of diet is stress/emotional eating, social eating, VORACIOUS eating, and bored eating. This commonly leads to the type of “snacking” that makes it damn near impossible to be in the caloric deficit required to lose weight or even maintain.

So given the fact we’re all human, instead of trying to eliminate snacking between meals, lean into it and just keep some goal congruent snacks on hand at all times. Personally, I always have snacks stored like a damn chipmunk anywhere and everywhere I will possibly be (in my truck, laptop bag, camera bag, at my parents/other family members houses, office, and of course in my kitchen pantry)…

Is this a little overboard? The way I see it, hell no! When I’ve got the itch to reach for a snack, I wanna make sure that I am in the best possible position to make the best possible decision…And for me, and I’m sure for you too, the key is having easy access to snacks that WON’T throw you off the wagon…

Here are my favorite options for satisfying my hunger/inner-fat-kid:

(1) Beef/Venison Jerky (homemade if you have the patience to do it…this helps control what’s in it!)…

(2) Fresh or Freeze Dried Fruit (variety is the spice of life, so eat all sorts of ’em…Just try to avoid it at night when you wanna control blood sugar, and avoid the fruit jerky’s with added sugar)

(3) Nuts (flavored is fine, just try to avoid options that have more than 8 g of sugar per serving…My favorite are pecans, pistachios, almonds, and cashews…Don’t overthink it here on which are healthiest because any are better than potato chips…Just try when eating them not to pound more than a handful)

(4) Protein Bars (I have no illusions of protein bars being super healthy. I know some are trash. I just think they’re a better option than many other snacks out there. I just try to make sure that they aren’t more than 300 calories,

have less than 10 g of added sugar, and at least 20 g of protein. Most these days taste pretty good and they’re SUPER convenient, so load up on the ones that you like and keep them on hand.

What are your favorite snack options?

Don’t forget your daily training/diet check-in!!! LET’S GO!!

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