When you are trying to lose weight, snacking can be a real battle. If you are consistantly nibbling through out the day, it is hard to keep track of what you are actually eating.

If you learn to snack smart, you can actually lose weight. Eating small amounts of food at regular intervals, will keep your hunger pains at bay. Planning snack calories into your daily diet also allows you to have small treats so you don’t feel deprived and end up over indulging.

Woman’s Day Magazine has a flexible snack- the- pounds -away plan (combined with exercise), you can expect to lose one to two pounds a week.This plan allows for approximately 1350 calories per day.

Woman’s Day Snack Lovers site provides:

1. one week of menus (printable)
2. substitutions
3. calorie chart (printable)

This plan also allows you to convert it to a grazing plan.