Confession time, friends! I sat down to write a blog about my habits around snacking and one thing keeps coming to mind. My habits are not great in this area! Don’t get me wrong, I eat snacks and I love snacks. Some of my favorites are string cheese, crackers, and nuts. I am just not as strategic about them as I could be. I tend to only think about snacks when I am home and have access to them. That is often after dinner when I don’t really need much more energy for the day. I suppose this is coming at a good time as it is forcing me to think about what I could do better.

If I made some changes to my daily snacking routine, I could probably make some things easier on myself. For example, my door-to-door commute is nearly an hour, and by the time I get home in the evening, I am extremely hungry. This problem could be addressed if I would pack a snack to eat in the afternoon to give me time to get in the house and not feel so rushed to make dinner.

I can and will do better with this! I am going to see if I can keep myself a little more well-fed in the afternoon so that I am not so hungry by 5:30 in the evening. I am going to pack a snack in my lunch bag that includes two food groups. Some ideas are:

• A string cheese and some crackers
• An apple and some nuts
• A muffin and some fruit. We have several muffin recipes that freeze nicely and would work well for me.
  • Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Muffins
  • Lemon Chia Seed Muffins
  • Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins

Jody works here in the office with me and she can keep me honest with this new habit! Watch for a snacking blog from her later in the month. Next week Katy will share about snacking at her house.

Have a great week!