Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is to pack a snack bag. It's a
Speaker 1: great way to save time and money and to avoid
Speaker 1: finding yourself angry or eating too much junk food. We've
Speaker 1: all been there when a meeting ran long, unexpected traffic
Speaker 1: slowed us down, or an awkward schedule left no time
Speaker 1: to grab lunch. Then there are the times when, despite
Speaker 1: dining on schedule, we're just craving a snack. It can
Speaker 1: be tempting to go to the coffee shop around the corner,
Speaker 1: but by the time you put on your coat, walk over,
Speaker 1: wait for your order, then walk back and regain your focus,
Speaker 1: you've probably spent at least twenty minutes and five dollars
Speaker 1: or more on that quick coffee and muffin break. That
Speaker 1: time and money are better spent on an intentional coffee
Speaker 1: break with a colleague rather than a desperate food run
Speaker 1: because you need a snack. Of course, if you avoid
Speaker 1: the coffee shop, it's easy to fall into a not
Speaker 1: much better alternative, going to a vending machine or rating
Speaker 1: the candy bowl on a colleague's desk. That may require
Speaker 1: less time and money, but your choices probably won't be healthy.
Speaker 1: A better approach is to pack a snack bag, ideally
Speaker 1: containing foods with some protein and not too much sugar.
Speaker 1: You want to avoid the crash after the sugar high
Speaker 1: wears off. Some options for your snack bag are almonds
Speaker 1: or other nuts, a protein bar, celery sticks and on
Speaker 1: the go peanut butter, an apple raisins, beef jerky, or
Speaker 1: anything reasonably portable and not too messy and a million
Speaker 1: preschoolers can't be wrong. Sometimes goldfish or Graham crackers can
Speaker 1: hit the spot too. In a recent NPR Life Kit podcast,
Speaker 1: Judith Mats was interviewed about intuitive eating. That's the practice
Speaker 1: of eating what you want when you're hungry, simple and
Speaker 1: reasonable right. Among the tips Mats offered was to carry
Speaker 1: a variety of foods with you. At least then, she says,
Speaker 1: there's a reasonable chance that you'll have something that's a
Speaker 1: good enough match for you, or at least you'll have
Speaker 1: something where you can have a bitter two to take
Speaker 1: the edge off your hunger until you're able to get
Speaker 1: out and get something that will satisfy you. That makes
Speaker 1: a lot of sense. Carrying carrot sticks and sunflower seeds
Speaker 1: may seem like a great idea until you're craving something
Speaker 1: sweet or smooth and nothing in your snack bag hits
Speaker 1: the spot. So, depending on your general cravings, you might
Speaker 1: have a routine of carrying something salty, something sweet, something crunchy,
Speaker 1: and something smooth to satisfy whatever taste and texture you
Speaker 1: happen to be in the mood for when you get hungry.
Speaker 1: One day that might be almonds and banana and raisins.
Speaker 1: Another day you might take popcorn trail mix and a
Speaker 1: sugar free pudding cup. Packing a snack bag doesn't have
Speaker 1: to be onerous. Once a week or so, phil snack
Speaker 1: size zip blocks or small reusable containers the various snacks.
Speaker 1: Then in the morning, just toss one in your bag
Speaker 1: as you're headed out the door. You'll never find yourself starving, unhappy,
Speaker 1: and forced to pay four dollars for a granola bar
Speaker 1: you don't really want again. Do you carry a snack bag?
Speaker 1: What are your favorite on the ghost snacks? I'd love
Speaker 1: to hear about it. You can reach me at Before
Speaker 1: Breakfast podcast at ihart media dot com. In the meantime,
Speaker 1: this is Laura, thanks for listening and here's to making
Speaker 1: the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to
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