Oh the wonderful snack, the little piece of heaven that we all crave so much. The tiny yet oh-so-glorious minute of joy. Yes, you and I both know it, snacks are a diet killer, no questions asked. Snacks are like a bullet proof system to break your diet. Let me tell you exactly why and how it happens… First of all, the old calorie is a main attribute of the snack. Snacks pack a huge amount of calories with the highest weight to calorie ratio. This makes us eat a lot of it and still feel hungry. Just think of how much you can eat to feel full. Now try to apply it to snacks. You will realize that it is easy enough to eat a huge amount of calories – without even noticing.

Second, these calories are not only many but are also bad. By bad I mean, light, cheap, simple calories, that do not supply the body with any valuable nutrients. So it’s not only a lot of calories that you are eating but it’s the worst kind of calories! The last thing about snacks is their high energy aspect. When you eat a chocolate bar, you get a temporary energy boost, This is due to a sudden rise in blood sugar which translates to energy. These energy boosts are very dangerous because they it is easy to get addicted to them. Before you know it you eat some candy whenever you’re a bit tired. So whenever you eat a snack, the probability you’ll have another one soon goes up. By now it must be pretty clear: you should avoid eating snacks at all costs. The biggest problem with snacks is very simple: Availability. When you open your kitchen cupboard and you see a candy bar looking back at you, It is very hard not to smile back and have it. What you should do is just eliminate those candy bars and snacks. Obviously, you already know its bad for you and you will not damage you own diet consciously.

All you need to do is just remove the temptations so you won’t slip. Of course it is not an easy thing to do, This is why we have snack substitutes which can satisfy our cravings with a much lower “cost”. One of these substitutes is fruits, Fruits can provide the quick energy boost that chocolate provides because they are also sweet and sugary. On the other hand fruits do supply additional nutrients to the body and have a contributing part in our metabolism process. And of course fruits do not contain as many calories as candy. If you are not a fruit person, you can find low fat energy bars and similar low fat snacks to satisfy your cravings without interrupting your weight loss efforts. I hope you will take this information in consideration, Good Luck,