What are good snacks?

ciacyrus29

I'm on a protein shake diet that I've been on before and had success. However since it has been years since I was on it, I often struggle with what are good snacks. Sometimes I just want romaine lettuce and ginger dressing but that may not be considered a good snack.

Any suggestions?

meritage4

eat real food.

ciacyrus29

meritage4 wrote: »

eat real food.

I do eat real food. I normally have my protein shake twice a day. I just wanted to know about snacks. I have a regular meal for dinner.

lizzocat

For snacks, i like fruit, string cheeses, yogurts, flavored rice cakes, hummus and pita or hummus and veggies, flavored seaweed, hard boiled egg, etc.

I like snacks to be under 200 calories, so really anything that fits under that can be a snack.

Nice2BFitAgain

popcorn, nuts, peanut butter on celery, greek yogurt, meat and cheese, protein bar, whole fruit/veggies, hummus.....

Cereal_Snacker

oat cakes, hummus, baby tomatoes, seeds, a few walnuts

4legsRbetterthan2

string cheese, nuts, sunflower seeds, peanut butter on anything!, I love the smart pop cheddar popcorn single serve bags,

for a bigger snack I love nachos

really anything can be a snack its just about making it the correct size to fit into your daily goal

Deedee1111111

rice cake with pb and banana or dried cranberries, dried fruit, nuts and seeds, hard boiled egg, berries

karllundy

Carrots and peanut butter. String cheese. Greek yogurt. Apple and peanut butter.

TheVirgoddess

Cheese sticks, almonds, pita chips, carrots, cucumbers, grape tomatoes, strawberries........

amaradasiva

Romaine lettuce and ginger dressing is super low-cal - I use Newman's Own Lite Sesame Ginger dressing and it's only like 35cal for 2 tbsp - generally I find 1 tbsp per cup of lettuce is fine.

Lately with the cold weather my favorite snack has been hot chocolate - the regular Swiss Miss stuff made with water is just 90cal for a packet, and between the warmth and the chocolate it generally is a pretty good hunger combatant.

For salty stuff, I I like reduced fat kettle-cooked potato chips - I dunno if you have Meijer near you but you can have 18 chips for 130cal. The extra "crunch" makes me more satisfied.

1/4c of pistachios is 160cal, and that's usually pretty satiating.

If you have Target, 1/3 of their food court popcorn is 100cal (and those bags are pretty big). Tastier than microwave popcorn, IMO, and I think it's like $1 or something ridiculous like that.

I haven't been eating a lot of ice cream because it's been so cold, but if you're craving it, Snicker's ice cream bars are 180cal each - it seems like everything else in the ice cream aisle is over 200 or so tiny as to be pointless, so that's my ice-cream go-to.

diannethegeek

ciacyrus29 wrote: »

I'm on a protein shake diet that I've been on before and had success. However since it has been years since I was on it, I often struggle with what are good snacks. Sometimes I just want romaine lettuce and ginger dressing but that may not be considered a good snack.

Any suggestions?

If it fits in your calorie and nutrition goals, tastes good, and keeps your hunger away, then why wouldn't it be a good snack for you?

PerkisPower

lizzocat wrote: »

For snacks, i like fruit, string cheeses, yogurts, flavored rice cakes, hummus and pita or hummus and veggies, flavored seaweed, hard boiled egg, etc.

I like snacks to be under 200 calories, so really anything that fits under that can be a snack.

I eat everyone of these almost daily. All very filling as well.

segacs

Chocolate, cheese, berries, ice cream, popcorn, chips, hummus and veggies, chocolate, and oh, did I mention chocolate?

If it fits your calories and macros, you can snack on anything you like.

Agree with people above: A "protein shake" diet doesn't sound like a very good recipe for long term success. You'd probably be much better off eating real food.

ciacyrus29

Thanks everyone. These are great suggestions. I will start using them tomorrow

jgnatca

I post this list several times a week:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/jgnatca/view/mid-day-snacks-722504

ciacyrus29

segacs wrote: »

Agree with people above: A "protein shake" diet doesn't sound like a very good recipe for long term success. You'd probably be much better off eating real food.

I understand but this is not a way of life, just a means to an end. I lost 100 lbs the last time I was on it. It took me a year. I never learned how to maintained and so I gained everything back. I now know how to maintain. I do have special occasion meals/days. So I'm not giving up much. I appreciate everyone's suggestions and concerns. Thank you.

_FATNSASSY

Fresh fruit and vegetables... baby spinach, celery, apples, carrots, etc...