So yeah, I've started doing the three hour diet since a week now, its working well, but I really don't know what to eat when it comes to snacks, i grab a biscuit or any kind of fruit when its snack time. But now I'm really lost and I need to go shopping and get some snacks, otherwise I lose interest in the diet.
Not sure what the "3 hour diet" is, but if you look around here you will see lots of ideas for snacks. The best ones that will "stick with you" combine protein, "non-white" carb and maybe a little fat. For example: a string cheese stick with a piece of fruit, raw veggies with hummus and maybe a few whole grain crackers, etc.
I look for snacks that I can put in my purse like string or individually packaged cheese, apples, oranges, celery and peanut butter, crackers, anything low in calories and individually package makes good for snacks. Good luck.
Omelets made from 1/4 cup of eggbeaters. Fillings can be veggies (try mushrooms, spinach, roasted red pepper, artichokes, etc.), low fat cheese (try Laughing Cow cheese wedges), or lean meat (e.g., deli ham), or a combination. I also like omelets filled with 1/2 serving of refried beans and topped with salsa.
Cottage cheese or yogurt or a mixture of both. Sometimes topped with fruit. Sometimes mixed with a little cinnamon and sweetener.
Ilene's protein pancakes, with FF cream cheese or topped with fruit. Sometimes I drop a few banana slices in when I'm cooking them.
Flavored tuna (like BumbleBee's Tuna Sensations), sardines, or kippered herring on low cal crackers.
Low-cal wrap with Laughing Cow Cheese wedge and lean deli meat or refried beans.
Mini-bagel with cream cheese
Fruit--Sometimes I just eat it plan, sometimes I make a dip out of FF cream cheese and a little sweetener. Yogurt would work too.
Veggies--sometimes I'll put together mixes of pre-chopped veggies (e.g., red pepper, fennel, and snap peas) to take with me and eat on the run (this works best if you have an insulated lunch bag to carry them in). Also, veggies dipped in a low calorie hummus is a tasty snack.
Yogurt Vegetable Salad: 1/4 cup yogurt, 1 tsp dijon mustard, 2.5 oz diced cucumber, 1.5 oz halved cherry tomatoes (use sun-dried tomatoes or roasted red pepper if fresh cherry tomatoes aren't available), 1/4 cup chickpeas, 1 tbsp minced fresh basil or mint, sea salt and pepper to taste.
Hard-boiled eggs. Sometimes I pickle them first (I save the pickle juice from storebought pickled veggies and use it to pickle my hardboiled eggs). If you don't picked eggs, just regular hard-boiled eggs also work as a snack.
Frozen whole-wheat waffle (toasted, of course) with FF cream cheese or 1 tbsp PB. Or for a dessert-type snack, topped with a 60-calorie pudding cup.
Frozen bananas. I keep a bag of frozen banana slices in the freezer all the time often just eat a couple of slices at a time. It's like eating banana ice cream. I'll also eat them with a 60-calorie pudding cup for a dessert-type snack.
i am doing the three hour diet also. here are some snacks i have been rotating through: (always remember to have protein with your snacks!)
Now, I don't like too cook all that much, so my snacks are easy grab and go's......I have to cook breakfast, lunch and dinner and with 3 kids that keeps me busy enough LOL
Here's my go to food: sugar free strawberry jello, the 4 cup size, with 1/2 to 1 lb of fresh strawberries chopped up in it. Plus a banana, or clementines, or pineapple tidbits (canned only), or fresh peaches sliced up in it, whatever fruit I have on hand. I usually eat it straight, in any amount I want-I have eaten the entire large bowl in a day. Sometimes I add a couple tablespoons of FF cottage cheese and sprinkle with walnuts. It's been a lifesaver to find something tasty and sweet and cool-I dont think I could have lost 20 lbs (to date) without it.