Dolly223 Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Just started Whole30 on October 1, 2019. My friends who've done this say they plan to have snacks, but I can't find anywhere in the main book, where it says anything about eating snacks. Please help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators ShannonM816 Posted October 8, 2019 Moderators Share Posted October 8, 2019 Ideally, your meals will keep you satisfied for 4-5 hours at a time, and you won't really need snacks. However, if you are hungry, it is okay to eat. Try to have some protein, some fat, and some vegetables, or at least two of the three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolly223 Posted October 8, 2019 Author Share Posted October 8, 2019 Thank you Shannon so much for your help. Can you give me some examples of snacks? I was eating lots of almond butter with fruit. I thought the almond butter was the protein to eat before having fruit. I wanted something sweet, since my biggest reason for doing Whole30 was to break my sugar addiction. Is that where the Lara bars come in? I don 't get how to tell a good one from a bad one. Again, thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators SugarcubeOD Posted October 8, 2019 Moderators Share Posted October 8, 2019 2 hours ago, Dolly223 said: I thought the almond butter was the protein to eat before having fruit. I wanted something sweet, since my biggest reason for doing Whole30 was to break my sugar addiction. Is that where the Lara bars come in? So if you're trying to kick a sugar addiction, feeding it sugar (fruit or dried fruit) is just giving in to cravings with different sugar. The only way to beat a sugar dragon is to starve it. Some people eat Lara bars and yes, some of them are compliant depending on the ingredients but they're not recommended and especially not if you're trying to resolve a sugar problem. Second, if you want or need a snack, fruit and nuts/nut butters are not your ideal choice. Nut butter is a fat on the program not a protein (while it has a nominal amount of protein, theres much more fat). Hardboiled egg and mayo or leftover chicken salad or a couple meatballs and half an avocado... those are protein/fat snacks that would be of better help to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slc_melissa Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Try not to think of them as snacks, think of them as mini-meals so you get protein, veggies, and fat like Sugarcube mentioned above. Leftovers are great mini-meals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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