I have been eating healthier, snacking with even more discretion. The realm of snacks now includes multiple salad combinations and a range of snacks that are roasted or are low on frying or use of edible oils. However, there is a small issue. My seating is compact, too closed-in for my comfort. As a result, there is always a chance of the crunchier stuff making a lot of noise, no matter how hard I try.
Since this I mostly home-wrapped snacking, the typical plasticky-crinkly sound associated with opening commercially supplied snack packets is not the problem. It is more about the stuff that is actually edible. Salads in particular, with a high amount of veggies, are a sinner in this case. After some time, you feel a bit conscious, particularly during the winter season when the air-conditioning and the fans are switched-off and the smallest sounds can be heard. Am now trying to take shorter, miniscule pantry breaks which provides another benefit – helps me move around a bit and eat with nothing weighing down my mind. I sense that after reading the headline here, you guys must have guessed that my snacking habits is engaging the wrong kind of attention – not happening – my team doesn’t say a thing as far as my eccentricities are concerned:)
Since this I mostly home-wrapped snacking, the typical plasticky-crinkly sound associated with opening commercially supplied snack packets is not the problem. It is more about the stuff that is actually edible. Salads in particular, with a high amount of veggies, are a sinner in this case. After some time, you feel a bit conscious, particularly during the winter season when the air-conditioning and the fans are switched-off and the smallest sounds can be heard. Am now trying to take shorter, miniscule pantry breaks which provides another benefit – helps me move around a bit and eat with nothing weighing down my mind. I sense that after reading the headline here, you guys must have guessed that my snacking habits is engaging the wrong kind of attention – not happening – my team doesn’t say a thing as far as my eccentricities are concerned:)
My snacking list now includes:
- Citrusy fruits
- Almonds
- Diced dates
- Cashews
- Boiled corn bits
- Cereal flakes
- Baked potato chips
- Popped corn
- Radish
- Carrots - red and purple
- Raisins
- Homemade dips
- Multiple salad combinations
- Semi-sweet biscuits, leveraged towards chocolate-y flavors
- No-sugar cocoa-coffee mix, often mixed with Bournvita
- Gudd or jaggery blocks
- No sugar apple juice
