Meals and snacks

Snacks are just small meals!

Get out of the habit of snacking, and you'll find it easier to lose weight.

🔋 Snacks increase your energy load so you don't need to use stored fat.

🫥 You come out of the fasted state, which can interrupt fat burning. Even snacks that don't cause spikes.

🔄 You reinforce the habit of snacking every time you do it.

Snacking is often less about hunger and more about habit, boredom, or thirst.

Unlearn the 'need' to snack

Food companies have spent decades convincing us we need to “fuel up” between meals, but your body isn’t evolved to cope with constant feeding. In fact, snacking works against your healthy choices.

Every time you eat, digestion and metabolism take priority. Insulin is released, and your body shifts out of the fasted state, where some of the most important metabolic processes happen. This is when your body repairs itself, regulates hormones, and burns stored energy. The moment you eat, that process stops, and your body switches to burning what you just consumed instead.

Snacks are really just small meals. The more often you eat, the more frequently your insulin increases. This is a problem because high insulin levels make it hard to lose weight. That's because insulin puts cells in storage mode.

The more your blood glucose spikes and crashes, the more you feel like you need snacks.

Get control of your appetite hormones

Controlling your energy line will naturally change your appetite and cravings. Once you’re off the blood glucose rollercoaster, you won’t feel that urgent need to eat between meals. It takes a little while, but you'll get the hang of it.

If you’re hungry, focus on real, nutrient-dense meals with protein, healthy fats, and fibre to keep you full for longer.