Good Things to Eat Throughout the Day if You are on a Diet

The touch of class principle: Diet, eat and enjoy

"What are some good things that I can eat during the day?"

When you are on a diet, getting excited about what you can eat to lose weight or to maintain your current weight, can be really difficult.

Here are some suggestions about good things that you can eat throughout the day.

Raisins

Raisins are high in iron and will help increase your energy level. Once your energy level increases, you will be more active, do more things and lose weight. Remember that raisins are high in sugar, so if you are on a sugar restricted diet, you can still have raisins. Just eat fewer of them.

Grapes

Grapes are great to nibble on throughout the day, particularly if you like the sweet, green ones. They are refreshing when served cold. Grapes will help to satisfy your appetite and to regulate your bowels, at the same time. When your bowels function properly, you will lose weight.

Popcorn

Popcorn is a wonderful snack food that has the advantage of not containing a lot of calories. It will fill you up. Here is an easy way to make it. Put a very small amount of olive oil in the bottom of the pan. Add a bit of salt and pop the corn. It comes out perfect every time and you do not need to add any butter. Try adding a few spices to it, too. The scent of popcorn popping is tantalizing.

Rye bread

Any of the dry and toasted rye or whole wheat breads, are great to munch on throughout the day, because they are relatively low in calories and carbohydrates. These are preferable to many kinds of crackers made with refined white flour, because the food value is higher and they are chewier. Part of satiating your appetite has to do with chewing your food properly. It has been suggested that you need to chew every bite twenty five times, in order to really get the full enjoyment and all of the nutrition out of your food. Enjoy every morsel, instead of just gulping down your food.

Carrot sticks

Carrot sticks can be enjoyable to snack on, during the day. While many people love to eat fresh carrots, right out of the garden, it does not have the same elegance, as cutting them up and serving them with a touch of class. It is fun to set up a small plate of carrot sticks, intermingled with a few other munchies. Be classy. Enjoy your carrot sticks. Carrots are excellent for your eyesight, also.

Celery

Celery sticks are great for munching on, too. Part of losing weight has to do with getting rid of excess fluid. Celery acts as a natural diuretic. Eating celery on a regular basis, will help to increase your vitamin consumption. If you are getting enough vitamins every day, you will feel better. Try snacking on broccoli, fresh, green, snow peas and tiny tomatoes. Cucumber acts as a diuretic, so serve cucumber slices with a low calorie dip using yogurt or skip the dip and eat them plain. You might try sprinkling them with a bit of vinegar, salt and sugar.

Peppermint

Eating a peppermint during the day is not going to cause you to gain weight. Peppermint candies do contain sugar, so restrict the number that you eat. Having a couple of after dinner mints may satisfy your craving for sugar after a meal, so you don't need to consume a whole bag of peppermints. They are great for your breath, too.

Grapefruit

Grapefruit is a wonderful fruit to eat at any time, during the day. Part of the advantage to eating half of a grapefruit a day, is that it will help you to digest your food properly. You can make a fruit salad easily by cutting up a grapefruit. Add fresh or frozen strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and grapes. Put it in the refrigerator and eat it cold. You may not need to add sugar or a sweetener, as most fruits contain fructose or fruit sugar. If you do not have grapefruit available, you can do the same thing with oranges, or enjoy orange slices.

Yogurt

Yogurt is one of the foods that can be satisfying, when a person is dieting. Yogurt restores the normal bowel flora and aids in the digestion of your food. When your food is digested properly, you are able to lose weight and maintain a desirable weight.

Almonds

Almonds are great to snack on when you are dieting. They are also heart healthy. Other kinds of nuts or sunflower seeds are good, but remember that in excess, they can elevate your cholesterol level. They may have a high salt content. Moderation in everything is a good rule of thumb.

Cottage cheese

Even when you are dieting, you need calcium to maintain healthy bones and teeth, so one of the snack foods that you could include during your day, is low fat cottage cheese. Place one third of a cup of cottage cheese in a small fruit bowl, sprinkle it with salt and pepper or top it with fresh fruit. Remember to watch your portions size. 

Popsicles

When dieting, you need to drink about eight ounces of water per day. Rather than drink all of the water from a glass, try making popsicles. Add concentrated fruit juice, orange, apple or grape. and get extra vitamins, at the same time. They can be refreshing on a hot, summer day. Try making a smoothie.

Boiled eggs

Having a boiled egg during the day, as a snack, can satisfy your body's need for protein. If your cholesterol level is elevated, you may limit the number of eggs you consume on a weekly basis.

Cheese

Cheese is a high protein dairy food that makes a healthy snack. Cut your cheese into small chunks, insert a toothpick and serve it with grapes. Restrict your cheese intake to one or two ounces per day or less, as the salt and fat content can be high, depending upon the kind of cheese that you purchase. Try to buy low fat cheeses or ones that are spicy. Spices and herbs help to satiate the appetite. Too much cheese can cause constipation and will make your weight to go up, not down. You might try putting cheese whiz on your celery sticks instead. That is good.

Watermelon

Watermelon is a healthy snack on a hot day. It contains a lot of fluid, but not many calories. Cut your slices into quarters and they will not be messy to eat. 
Banana

One banana can make an excellent snack during the day. It will help to fill that void when you are hungry. Note that bananas are high in potassium and good for your blood pressure, as well as your heart.

There are many other snacks you can eat during the day and still lose weight. Dieting does not mean that you cannot eat. It does mean that you will want to eat smarter. Always use the touch of class principle. Diet, eat and enjoy your food.