Snacking Mistakes That Can Cause Weight Gain

Counting Calories

Counting calories is one of the oldest weight loss tips around, but if you are counting calories and skipping the handful of chips you eat here or the couple of cookies you eat there in your calorie count, counting calories is as good as worthless. Snacks should amount to no more than 500 calories per day and if you eat the snack and count calories, no matter how big or small the snack is, you have to count the calories in the snack.

If you do plan on counting calories, then read the Beginner’s Guide To Calorie Counting: Eat Right To Lose Weight to learn how to do so properly.

Grazing When You Walk Through The Kitchen

Snacks throughout the day are good for your health, but grazing every time you walk through the kitchen can quickly pack on the pounds. If you are going to have a snack, you should commit to a certain amount of your healthy snack. If you graze as you walk through the kitchen you can easily accidentally overeat and add significant amounts of extra calories to your daily diet. So start keeping track of how often you're snacking while in the kitchen and try to limit that to 500 calories per day.

Continue reading to learn more common snacking mistakes that can lead to weight gaining.