Since returning to running earlier this year my weight has reduced and now levelled off where I feel relatively comfortable (BMI of 21).
Because I exercise almost every day I am constantly hungry. I fill most of the hunger gaps with fruit (two apples and a banana during the course of the day) but between these I tend to digest lots of sweets, my favorite at the moment being liquorice allsorts and Tooty fruities (Yes my children do know that I'm nicking their sweets!).
Can anyone recommend a healthy, tasty low calorie infill that isn't either more fruit (including dried) or sweets.
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Must admit, I'm a sweetie-muncher too, although Skittles, Werthers (sugar, fat AND salt - what more could a runner want?) and chocolate are my tipples.
Cheers, V-rap.
I'm not worried about fat v-rap, more about getting leftovers down the front of my shirt (He! He!). To be honest I used to favour a Melton Mowbray pork pie but you can't get them (or for that matter any other pie) here in Germany.
I have started adding an extra sandwich as well, but its not the sort of thing you can just pop in your mouth if you know what I mean.
It is sticky and sweet because of the raisins, low in fat and high in carbohydrate. Good for a pre or post run snack.
Declicious
.....errrrr....also not available in Germany, bugger!
Martin, German bread is wonderful. You must have something that will be an adequate substitute for malt loaf.
Whizzy
1 banana
1 apple
1 plum/nectarine/peach
2 large slices malt loaf (no spread)
1 snack pack of crackers
1 choccie bikkie (can't get through the day without it)
1 yoghurt/yoghurt drink
+ a sandwich and a carton of fruit juice for lunch.
Cereal for breakfast, pasta and sauce for tea, coffee and muffin for bedtime.
How do I find the time to work between snacks?
I'll get Mrs H to have a look for fruit loaf next time she's in the supermarket (or I could even go myself.....aggggg!)
I am surprised you have not consulted the wisdom of our own RW Homepage, which has a feature outlining '21 nutritious snacks for runners'. Actually, handle with care: one of the foods listed there is my all-time favourite, chocolate milk, which I could happily drink by the litre.
I read something in one of my books on running nutrition that basically said that if your core calorific intake is nutritionally sound, you can relax a bit about the extra, as long as you are getting the carbs you need for energy.
I thought Malt Loaf was a somewhat portly singer from the seventies or eighties.......?
DC
Ty Jordans breakfast bars, or nutra-grain bars, very nice.
Also I'm with Doobs on the case of the tasty Bagel - try a blueberry one from the Kings Cross Station bagel outlet next time you're there!!
Also I never toast it and never put anything on it ( but then again I don't do dairy products).
Hursty - we could always post you out a caseload....
Other snack I Keep in my desk draw are:
Bananas
Oranges
Jafa cakes
And my top choice at the moments is:
Foxes – Big Softies
97% fat free and come in 3 flavours - cherry & almond, apple & sultana, and orange & lemon a good cheep alternative to an energy bar
Will