Sherri, when I was working on step 3, I concentrated on my meals first and didn't worry about snacks, but I made sure my snacks consisted of protein and a brown, and if I got hungry between meals, I looked at what I had eaten for lunch so I could learn how much food I needed to eat. I also learned over time what the magic interval between meals was for my body.

If you are physically hungry between meals then it's fine to eat a snack. You want to avoid blood sugar crashes. Then you can look back to see if you had a big gap between meals, if breakfast was later than your usual time, if your meal was a little small (or you may find that you get hungry earlier whenever you eat fish as your protein, or a particular brown etc) or if you were more physically active than usual.

Right now, though, the best thing is to keep working on being consistent with lunch and eating a brown and protein snack if you need one. At least that is what I found, working on meals eventually took care of the rest. I was amazed at how much food I need. (I had been a chronic under-eater, not to try to lose weight, but because I had a misguided idea about how much food I should need and what type of food I needed.) Now the amount of food I eat seems normal to me and when I see someone eating a small meal, instead of feeling that I am eating too much, I think they are eating too little.
Allison

: Yes, Chloe, I'm looking forward to
: the day when these cravings are
: gone!
: As far as step 3, i'm hangin' in
: there, trying to stabilize lunch.
: I usually have no trouble with
: snacks, but when I get hungry,
: sometimes I eat Triscuit crackers
: and peanut butter or frozen
: blueberries.
: The only time I have refined sugar is
: when I go out of the house. I'm
: definitely not at the point yet
: where I have no sugar in my day,
: but like I said, I'm looking
: forward to it!