Hello my friends, I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and was able to share fun and food with family and friends.
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It was just the four of us and we recently moved into our “Forever Home” so we definitely had a lot to be thankful for. However, we were all still exhausted from moving so I didn’t cook a large meal nor did I even dress up and take a family picture.
While we were living in the apartment as our home was being built, I made some bad food choices, so now it’s time to get back into healthy eating, healthy snacking and healthy drinking especially as a Type 2 Diabetic.
Thanks to my friends over at Livongo, who are helping me stay healthy with great recipes and fun food choices and I wanted to share some of them with you today.
Healthy Grab-and-Go Snacks
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Well-balanced snacks can help limit a rise in blood sugar between meals, prevent low blood sugar and avoid the mindless eating that sometimes happens when we get so hungry that we, say, scarf down a sleeve of cookies, instead of preparing a healthy meal. Be mindful of your portions—it’s easy for a snack to grow into a meal! Here are some delicious snacks to keep you feeling energized throughout the day.
Power up with protein:
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- 1-ounce string cheese, The Laughing Cow cheese, or other cheese
- one hard-boiled egg
- 1/2 cup tuna or chicken salad
- cottage cheese
- 1 slice of low-sodium lunch meat (turkey, ham) rolled around a 1 string cheese
- 1 serving of beef or turkey jerky*
- 3 ounces leftover chicken breast or salmon
Boost your fruit and veggie intake:
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- a small piece of fruit (for example, an apple, orange, or pear)
- celery with 1-2 tablespoons no-added-sugar nut butter or cream cheese
- raw vegetables with 1 tablespoon hummus
- steamed vegetables (except for starch-heavy veggies like peas, corn, beans, potatoes, and sweet potatoes)
- 1 large dill pickle*
- cucumber or tomato slices with lemon and hot sauce
- green salad without croutons or beans
Fuel up on healthy fats:
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- 2 tablespoons pumpkin seeds
- 5-6 olives (green or black)
- 1/4 cup nuts or seeds
- 1/2 avocado with salsa
*These snacks may be higher in sodium (salt)
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Great tips! laurensparks.net
I didn’t! I ate a bite of almost everything. But, I didn’t feel stuffed or guilty, for once. I recently started counting calories again, so….we’ll see where that goes.