In the summertime kids get school off. Suddenly you have all this extra time to waste! What do you usually end up doing... heading for the pantry to snack on something. For PKU'ers it's a little harder to join in with this summer ritual. We have to count our PHE equivalents for the day, and snacking sure doesn't help. Here are a couple ideas for both PKU and non-PKU people to avoid snacking a lot during the summer:
1. Have a lot of fruits and vegetables in the house. This doesn't necessarily help you stop snacking... but you might as well be snacking on something healthy if you need to snack. My favorites are apples, strawberries (especially fresh), watermelon, and carrots.
2. This one is for PKU people especially. Keep PKU foods that are lower in PHE so you don't go over your limit because of snacking. I like Cambrooke Foods a lot, and you sometimes can find lower foods in grocery or health food stores (lemon pudding, onion rings, low-pro pretzels...)
3. Drink plenty of water. In the summer where I live it can get pretty hot. Chances are your just thirsty.
4. Go out and do something! Sitting around the house will make the forbidden pantry a temptation. If you go outside and have adventures, you won't even be thinking about snacks.
Snacking can be okay when your actually hungry. But eating when your bored? Why? That prevents you from getting yourself "un-bored" which is the original problem after all. It's summer you should be outside basking in the glory of the sunshine. Go plant a garden! Trust me it'll be worth it and in the fall you'll have lots of good healthy food to snack on.
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