changing eatting habits

[tygab]

For snacks:
-Dried berries/fruit (I'm partial to cranberries, blueberries, cherries - high antioxidants too)
-Reduced fat string or cheddar cheese blocks (Cabot makes some good ones)
-Wasabi peas - great for eating or adding to salads!
-Multigrain cereals without sugar coatings

For dinners, my husband and I have recently been challenging each other to make healthful meals for $10 or less. I don't cook much (he's a very good cook and enjoys it) so I sort of started it to see what I could do. He decided to start playing tonight. The meals we've had so far have been very tasty! I made marinaded catfish with long grain rice and peas last week. My turn's tomorrow & I'm plotting it now...

For dessert:
One square of organic dark chocolate - I am not a big chocolate fan, but read that dark chocolate's pretty good for you (in small quantities and not consumed with milk). It has a lot of antioxidants and in some studies has lowered chloresterol I think. It also has a lot of flavinoids which I don't know what they are but apparantly they're good for you I read about this in a running mag not too long ago.

Anyway, it's growing on me (I mean the taste) and it's nice to have an option that makes me feel like I am eating something 'fancy' but not damaging. We keep a bar in the fridge and one square is a nice treat. The articles note that white chocolate and milk chocolate do not give the positive benefits of dark chocolate.

Other: Drink more water! Apparantly a lot of times we feel hungry they are actually thirsty, and we don't know the difference. So have a glass water first, and if you're still hungry, then have a snack. Most of us don't drink enough water anyway. I know I have this problem.