Great Snacks to Help Tone Stomach Muscles

There's nothing wrong with snacking, it's important to keep your mind and body energized and your metabolism working throughout the day. Many people can make better choices for healthy breakfast, lunch and dinner, but they are still struggling to find good ideas for healthy snacks between meals.

Some people may call these "healthy snacks", but they are really meals, and they must be similar in size to your breakfasts, lunches, and dinners, so that you spread your calorie intake throughout the day. I'm sure it's no secret now that eating 5-6 small meals a day is a better strategy for getting lean and toning your stomach compared with the traditional three mains a day (which many reduce to two by skipping breakfast).

The problem is that many people don’t prepare ahead of time, and end up picking up some junk food from a corner store or vending machine. Just a little planning will mean that you always have a healthy alte
ative to hand, and you won’t be tempted to go for the unhealthy option.

So here are some great ideas for those in between meals that will keep your diet on track but keep your body and mind fuelled throughout the day... · Celery sticks with organic peanut butter or almond butter · The famous healthy chocolate FUDGE recipern· Avocado slices wrapped in deli turkey breast (one of my favorite quick snacks) · A piece of sprouted grain toast (sprouted grain preferred nutritionally over "whole grain") with nut butter and berries · Fresh sliced pineapple with a handful of macadamia nuts · a bowl of blueberries mixed with raw almondsrn· Cottage cheese with cinnamon, apple slices, and walnuts (mmm, mmm good) · Ricotta cheese (grass-fed if possible) mixed with cocoa powder, stevia, and vanilla extract (delicious high protein, low carb snack!) · Cottage cheese mixed with yogurt, berries, and walnuts or pecans · A couple hard boiled eggs with carrot and celery sticks and hummus (roasted red pepper hummus is my favorite) · Apple or other fruit with almond butterrn· Hummus or Guacamole with carrot sticks or sliced red/yellow/orange peppersr
And lastly, try drinking an extra glass of water just before every meal or snack. Most of us tend to not drink enough and are to some extent dehydrated. In order to ensure that your body is properly utilizing all of the nutrients from the foods you eat, you must ensure that your water intake is high. Water directly increases the fat burning metabolism and increased water consumption decreases water retention. So every time you feel like a snack drink a glass of water first!

That should give you some ideas to start working with. Now, you have ZERO excuse to resort to junk food snacks on the road or in the office when you have all of these delicious and healthy fat burning snack ideas here!