Snacks in sight

Day 23 - 31 Day Challenge
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As I ran errands yesterday, I was listening to a podcast in the car.  The host stated the best way to do something was to keep it in view.  To use her example, if you are an amature photographer, don't put your camera away.  If it is sitting out in plain sight, you are more likely to see it often and pick it up and click off a few pictures more often than if you have to get it out of the case tuck on a closet shelf every time you wanted to use it.  It is much easier to have it handy and snap some shots of the kids playing outside or a pretty flower in just the right light.

The same could be said for snacks.  We all get hungry between lunch and supper.  What is easiest to get to is what we will reach for time and time again.  If there is a bowl of grapes sitting out on the counter, washed and ready to eat, that is the snack of choice.  If a bowl of M&;Ms sits on the coffee table, and the grapes are unwashed in the bottom drawer of the fridge, the M&Ms will need to be refilled every day (twice, maybe).

Keep the healthy snacks ready.  When you get home from the store, peel some carrots and cut them into sticks.  Rinse off some celery and put them on a plate beside the carrots. Keep apples, bananas, grapes washed and in a bowl in the fridge or on the counter.  Having the colorful plate of healthy snacks will be a ready defense against those sugary cravings.

This time of year when stores are stocked full of the bite sized snacks for trick or treat, we need to keep ourselves aware of healthy eating and the temptations that can trick us out of those healthy treats.

Let's do this.