Snacks??

DarleneMarie203 · September 2013

Hi All!
Just wondering if anyone knows of any good low calorie snacks? That is my biggest down fall. The SNACKS! I am a big time SNACKER! :frown:
I like my sweets and my potatoe chips!
HELP!
Thanks!

donjessop · September 2013

My family has recently found, and been addicted to, some low fat yogurt "popsicle" treats as well as a chocolate fudge bar (yogurt based) that both come in at 80 calories. They are a fair size so it actually seems that you are eating something substantial while still getting away with a low-fat, low-calorie treat.

Briargrey · September 2013

Raspberries, carrots, grapes, radishes - these are my go-to at-work snacks. Simple Truth Popped Parmesan chips are a good chip one (heck, if I screw up and nosh the whole bag it's still under 400 calories - more than desired but not crippling like regular chips).

Pumpkin seeds and soy nuts also - but measure those out, a little goes a long ways

elainemorris1982 · September 2013

I make my own yogurts - 100g low fat natural yogurt, 40g strawberries and half an apple or berrie - 80-90 cals. I eat cadbury curly wurlys 115cals or time outs 85cals, better than a normal bar of choc - 250-300 cals

pastryari · September 2013

aldale · September 2013

I love snack pack puddings, single serving ice cream cups or 1 oz bags of chips. Most of my problem is serving size. So with it already measured, I can eat it and log it without going overboard.

bananasyousay · September 2013

Make homemade zucchini chips and add salt when you have a potato chip craving. That alone will save you a lot of calories. Your average potato chips have at least 150 calories per just 12 chips. That's not a big serving, and it's easy to eat a lot more than that. If you MUST have some, put a handful or a serving size (about 12) into a small bag and snack on that. That way you won't quit reaching into the serving bag for more. Also, don't buy sweets and potato chips from the supermarket so you won't be tempted around the house.

Here are some other snacks that are low calorie (some are sweet, too!)

-Berries. They're so low in calories you can have a large amount and hardly go over 100 calories.
-Baby carrots with low-fat ranch dressing (5 calories per baby carrot, but you have to factor in the ranch, too...just don't smother the carrots in ranch and you should be fine)
-Grape or cherry tomatoes (About 3 calories per tomato). These are good with ranch too or a little bit of salt, which adds no calories

-Cucumber slices. (An entire medium cucumber has only 20 calories!)
-Grapes (3 calories each) They're almost like candy when frozen!
-Hard-boiled egg (90 calories in a large one and you'll get in extra protein!)
-Apples. They're an ideal 100 calorie snack because they're packed with nutrition!
-Mango (130 calories in 1 whole fruit) or pineapple slices (30 calories per medium sized spear)
-Air-popped popcorn topped with cinnamon, vanilla extract, and cooking spray to stick (its much lower calorie than regular oil). Air-popped popcorn by itself has only 30 calories per cup by itself, and the cinnamon, vanilla and spray won't add much. Also, I really recommend Popcornopolis Nearly Naked popcorn. It's got just the right amount of coconut oil and salt and it's very low in calories.

Fitfabchic29 · September 2013

Red peppers + hummus. You can make your own sweet potato chips (slice really really thin toss with oil and salt and pepper and then bake & dip them in the hummus. When I feel like snacking I make homemade kettle corn-really good. Frozen grapes is good too.

cdahl383 · September 2013

If you like sweets, then you should try snacking on some fruits instead of crackers and junk food. Oranges, berries, bananas, apples, kiwis, grapes, etc. You can eat a ton of fruit and still not have eaten that many calories. You'll get full before you do too much damage in most cases.

Greek yogurt is good and filling too. I like nuts as well but they're kind of high calorie so you have to limit the serving size to a smaller portion.

KimberlyLenz · September 2013

I love WW Strawberry Yogurt Bars, pretzels, oil-popped popcorn, fresh fruits and veggies. I also make a smoothie in my blender by blending an apple, banana, 1/2 cup of milk, cinnamon, and 12 icecubes. It's so healthy and seems like a milkshake.

NikkiG_87 · September 2013

I like boom-chicka-pop popcorn, its really good and only 35 cals/cup. It comes in sea salt and lightly sweet (more like a kettle corn). Both are delicious. I also like sugar free jello, only about 10 calories, although its a little less filling.

Looking2blittler · September 2013

apples or celery sticks with a tablespoon of peanut butter. Pita chips with hummus, some grapes and cheese slices (hard cheeses have less fat), weight watchers toffee bar sundae are my favorites... I also like to take a 1/2 cup of vanilla fat free frozen yogurt and crunch up a couple of reduced fat chips ahoy cookies in t when I am feeling really bad.

Ed98043 · September 2013

I bought a pineapple last week and have been waiting for it to reach the peak of ripeness, and it's finally ready. That's going to be my "watchin' TV and stuffing my face" snack tonight. Last night it was grapes. The night before that it was Pepperidge Farm cookies (no one's perfect

).

dunnodunno · September 2013

Some of my favorite snacks are:

Rice cakes with either peanut butter, laughing cow cheese wedges, or cookie spreads
Apples with peanut butter
Celery with either cheese, peanut butter, & I enjoyed it with this new dip from Dannon (the same company that makes yogurts)
Cottage Cheese
Jerky
Carrots

Schlackity · September 2013

I found out you can make sugar-free Jell-O with club soda and it makes a fizzy kind of gelatin....and it's pretty low in calories.

Also a big fan of apples with Jif Fluffy peanut butter and Activia low-fat vanilla yogurt.

coreyiscrazyful · September 2013

I absolutely adore 100 cal. packs of popcorn. You get a ton of popcorn and it has less than half of the fat of normal chips. It takes you awhile to eat all of the popcorn so it makes you feel fuller. Which is great for snackers!

Nbaldacchino · September 2013

Hi

You're not on your own, most of us do struggle with snacking. I have recently been researching all about information and going to my new favorite healthy food store, where they sell all type's of healthy foods and I discovered these snacks , which are ammaaazzzing, I have tried all the 3 flavors and trust me they're nutrition facts are just ideal and the good thing is that they're taste is soo good

The Brand is called "Nairn's".
I tried the 'Oat biscuits' the flavours are, Mixed berries, Stem ginger and 'fruit and spice'. I bought the one's which were packed in 4's. but once I opened one of the packet of 4 I got to eat the whole lot, so then I found out that there are the packet's in two's and surprisingly I found myself controling myself from snacking more, so now after a few days, I have learnt that the best thing is, to when it comes to time for a snack take the 2 biscuits from the packet (make sure they are packet's in 2's as ofcourse if you open the 4's in 1 packet, automatically psychologically you won't stand not eating until you would have eaten the whole 4 buscuits.) anyway after I eat both after I make a milkshake (basically I do a really bit of chocolate milkshake flavour and fill my glass with milk) and drink it. Milk sometimes tends to make us feel a bit whoozy on our stomach. I am doing this as part of my daily routine

and always list down what you eat, because when I wasn't doing that I just started snacking and eating whatever I found.

Also try and do the whole every 3 hr snack/food thing, or at least start with 1 and a half hours and build on it.

Good Luck!!

xxxx

mtstrick9 · September 2013

Emerald brand makes 100 calorie packets of either all almonds or almonds and walnuts.

SailorKnightWing · September 2013

If you know you're going to snack, why not eat less at meal times to compensate? A lot of times, snacking happens whether you're hungry or not, so just work it into your calorie goals.

Sherbog · September 2013

My favorite this week...I freeze ripe bananas. Then when they are frozen I slice them and eat them frozen! LOVE them.

Shirley in Oregon

Siobhan3240 · September 2013

If you need a chocolate fix special k has one called pastry crisps (I like the chocolate delight flavor) it is two good size crisps for 100 calories. Also dannon oikos has a greek cucumber dill dip for 25 calories a serving that you can dip veggies in.

MinMin97 · September 2013

Any small meal can be a snack.
If I start feeling too snack-y it's because I need protein, and/or, I need to eat some veggies, like, a steamed veggie or some chopped salad.
Might help if you track your water intake, to make sure you don't confuse thirst with hunger.

megsmom2 · September 2013

Emerald brand makes 100 calorie packets of either all almonds or almonds and walnuts.

Try the cocoa roast almonds....OMG. amazing!!

slim4health56 · September 2013

I succumbed to the ad for Fiber One chocolate cereal with fiber a week ago, and it's about as sweet as you can imagine. One serving with Hood dairy beverage is 115 calories and if you want a treat, it's actually very satisfying. On top of the sweet chocolate flavor, it's loaded with fiber. You can eat them plain (they are very crunchy), but they are so sweet, I need to wash them down with milk. Certainly satisfies my sweet tooth!

Kitpurr · September 2013

If you want a treat then have the real thing BUT just get one serving of something your really, really like. Ignore the family block of generic dairy milk and get the small bar of the good stuff. I like fererro and lindt. Not sure if you have those in the US but they're good. Buy a small packet of the best crisps in your favorite flavor. If there is more than one serve in the packet find someone to split them with, feed the pigeons if you can't!

If you just want to mindlessly nom on something raw veggies and fruit are your best option. Carrots, Cabbage(like coleslaw but without the dressing), celery, tomatoes, cucumber. Roast up some green beans until they are caramelized and add some salt. You can also get something called lupini beans in brine, they are salty like chips but are pretty low cal.

Sweeter fruit can be tricky. Dried fruit is actually pretty high calorie. I like to eat an apple with a pairing knife and just whittle little slices off it while I watch a show. It keeps my hands busy and draws out the snack for longer.

Add some protein to your snack! It will fill you up and keep it that way. Hummus is good with veggies, fry up some haloumi or eat a boiled egg with some salt.

SkinnyWannabeGal · September 2013

1) I like to eat an Adora dark chocolate calcium medallion as a snack. I need to eat it anyway as my daily calcium supplement so I eat it at snack time so it feels like a treat.

2) Dole frozen dark chocolate covered banana slices. 4 in a pack @ only 100 calories. I eat half a pack as a snack and save the other 2 slices for later.

3) coffee. I've been drinking a cup of coffee between breakfast and lunch as a snack.

4) blueberries. I love to snack on a handful of these between meals.

5) mangoes. I eat half a mango as a snack on some days.

6) 1-2 TBSP of fresh guacamole with 4-6 tortilla chips is one of my fave snack time splurges

slim4health56 · September 2013

6) 1-2 TBSP of fresh guacamole with 4-6 tortilla chips is one of my fave snack time splurges

I wish I could just eat a tablespoon of guac and a half dozen chips!

shivles · September 2013

Nuts, kale chips, plain popcorn

tricksee · September 2013

Carrot sticks and hummus.

All the way, every day.

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