One of the difficult things for me is what to snack on? Normally (i.e. before starting a low-carb diet), if I am just a little bit hungry, I'll have a sandwhich, or a pot of yoghurt, or both. But on a low-carb diet, those are of course off limits. Did you know that an ordinary little pot of yoghurt contains the equivalent of 7 or 8 cubes of sugar? I was horrified when I read that and I'll never touch yoghurt again (unless it's the natural kind with nothing added).
Anyway, here is one snack option: a salad with cucumber, red onion, two kinds of cheese (parmigiano reggiano and Oltermanni - a Finnish cheese similar to Edam), a pickle (make sure that you buy the kind with no sugar added!), and some mild Greek chili peppers. You can add extra virgin cold-pressed olive oil and vinegar (I usually use balsamic, but red wine vinegar and white wine vinegar are also delicious). Both help the food to be digested more slowly, meaning that they lower the GI (glycemic index) since fats and anything acidic helps food to be digested more slowly. So it raises your insulin levels less, meaning it's less fattening.
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