Healthy Snacks for Moms

Healthy snacks are every tired mom's best friend.

Whether you're struggling with a new born and breastfeeding, trying to keep up with a toddler or finally wanting to shift some of that baby weight, they keep you going & stop you craving sugar.

And sugar is an exhausted mom's worst enemy!

It's rubbish for milk supply, makes you hyper for a short while and then feel even more super shattered and cranky than you were previously. 

The trick in looking for healthy snacks is to go for those which are low GI and which keep you feeling full for longer. Plus those which will help you top up essential nutrients that lots of mom are short on including iron, calcium and vitamins B and D.

I'm trying to shift some extra weight at the moment so I've been stocking up on a good range of health snacks that I can grab quickly out of the cupboard and the fridge.

I've found I feel much better if I make sure I have a healthy snack mid morning and afternoon as this means I'm less likely to grab something sugary when I'm famished.

I'm also trying to make sure I pack myself a couple of snacks when we go out so I'm less tempted to grab a coffee to keep me going as this just creates the same high and low energy swings as sugar.

If you're looking for some ideas to keep up your energy levels and to keep your weight under control, try any of these that you love from the list below ... and if you've got your own ideas do add them to the list ...

Healthy Snacks for Tired Moms

1. Tub of plain almonds 
2. Tub of walnuts
3. Handful of sunflower seeds
4. Home made trail mix full of nuts & seeds
5. Dried apricots - go for the brown ones, the orange ones are full of coloring
6. Dried prunes - which are low GI & very rich in fibre
7. Tub of berries e.g. raspberries, blackberries 
8. An apple, pear or peach 
9. Half a grapefruit for a sit down snack 
10. A good handful of cherries 
11. 3 or 4 plums
12. Fruit salad of strawberry, kiwi & grape (not as low GI as other fruit in list but still low)
13. Oat cakes
14. Whole grain crackers
15. Whole meal pitta breads
16. Home made granola or cereal bars 
17. Yoghurt - full fat no sugar is better than low fat with sugar (if you're in the UK the wonderful Yeo Valley do a low fat yoghurt with no sugar) 
18. Glass of low fat milk - great if struggling to with mummy insomnia
19. Triple fruit smoothies - half low fat milk, half no sugar yoghurt plus 3 handfuls of fruit 
20. Green smoothies - make one whilst they're asleep full of spinach, chard, broccoli etc
21. Humous
22. Guacamole
23. Cottage cheese
24. Vegetable strips cut up night before for dips
25. Chia bread - the chia seed is super healthy
26. Hard boiled eggs
27. Carry a water bottle - very easy to mistake thirst for hunger
28. Roast vegetable crisps
29. Edamame beans - freeze well & can eat raw, full of protein & fibre
30. Porridge ... if you really haven't time for a meal grab a quick bowel of porridge
31. Good quality lean red meat e.g. cold beef slices - iron stops you feeling exhausted
32. A tiny amount of very good dark chocolate

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