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Healthy low cal. snacks

marzinator13
marzinator13 Posts: 149 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Im fine with meals but struggel thinking of filling healthy snacks... any ideas?

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  • WoodsyMama
    WoodsyMama Posts: 24 Member
    Have you tried the Weight Watchers string cheese yet? I eat one of those with 1 cup of grapes or other serving of fruit.
  • kbmnurse
    kbmnurse Posts: 2,484 Member
    Any raw veggie/laughing cow cheese wedges with wasa crackers/almonds/keebler fudge granola bars(150 cal) but, filling/ greek yogurt.
  • marzinator13
    marzinator13 Posts: 149 Member
    ill have to try the string cheese. I think I struggel so much because Im a really picky eater
  • Jameslemond
    Jameslemond Posts: 60 Member
    100 Snacks Under 100 Calories
    1. 1 tablespoon hummus with 1 rye crisp, 1/4 cup cherry tomatoes, 2 celery stalks
    2. 1/4 cup berries with 2 tablespoons full fat, plain yogurt and 1 tablespoon chopped nuts or seeds
    3. 1 cup unsweetened chocolate almond milk and ½ scoop chocolate-flavoured protein powder blended with a couple of ice cubes
    4. 5 almonds, ½ cup air-popped popcorn, 2 tablespoons raisins
    5. 1 small tomato sliced with 1 ounce crumbled feta cheese
    6. ½ slice of whole-wheat toast with 1 tablespoon almond butter and ½ an apple or pear
    7. 1/4 cup cooked quinoa with 3 tablespoons chickpeas and ½ cup diced veggies
    8. 1 rye crisp topped with ½ sliced hardboiled egg and 1 sliced plum tomato
    9. 1/4 cup high-fibre, low-sugar cereal with 1/4 cup diced fruit or berries and 1/4 cup plain soymilk
    10. ½ mini pita stuffed with 2 tablespoons each of mashed avocado and chopped tomato
    11. Chopped steamed broccoli florets sprinkled with 1 ounce of cheese
    12. Can of diced tomatoes sprinkled with 1 ounce of cheese
    13. Small baked potato with a ½ cup salsa and 2 tablespoons non-fat sour cream
    14. ½ cup orange juice (try freezing it and eating it as sorbet!)
    15. 4-ounce container of low-fat yogurt
    16. 4-ounce container of low-fat pudding
    17. 1 container no-sugar-added rice pudding
    18. 1 piece of toast cut into sticks with ½ cup of applesauce for dipping
    19. 1 slice reduced-calorie bread with ¼ cup cottage cheese, 2 tablespoons applesauce and dash of cinnamon
    20. 1 cup unsweetened applesauce (or ½ cup sweetened)
    21. 1 cup berries with 3 tablespoons fat-free Cool Whip (or 1 tablespoon regular Cool Whip)
    22. 1 cup berries with 2 tablespoons of plain yogurt and 1 teaspoon honey
    23. 10 strawberries dipped in 2 tablespoons of light chocolate syrup
    24. ½ cantaloupe
    25. 3 plums
    26. 1 medium banana
    27. 1 large apple
    28. 1 medium orange
    29. 2 cups watermelon chunks
    30. 4 dates
    31. ¼ cup dried cranberries
    32. 10 dried apricot halves
    33. 30 grapes (try them frozen!)
    34. 1 cup chopped mango
    35. Small sweet potato
    36. Corn on the cob (1 ear)
    37. 2 tablespoons sunflower seeds
    38. 10 cashews
    39. 10 almonds
    40. 10 walnut halves
    41. 25 pistachios
    42. ¼ cup pumpkin seeds
    43. 2 tablespoon roasted soy nuts
    44. 1 tablespoon nuts mixed with 2 tablespoons dried cranberries or raisins
    45. 6 crackers with 2 teaspoons nut butter
    46. 2 graham crackers with 2 teaspoons nut butter
    47. Large stock of celery with 1 tablespoon nut butter
    48. 1 rice cake with 1 tablespoon nut butter
    49. 1 small apple and ½ tablespoon natural peanut butter
    50. 1 rye crisp cracker with ½ tablespoon almond butter
    51. 1 cup pureed cauliflower with salt and pepper to taste
    52. 1 carrot with 2 tablespoons tzatziki
    53. 1 cup baby carrots with 2 tablespoons hummus
    54. One packet unsweetened instant oatmeal
    55. 1 cup minestrone soup
    56. ½ cup split-pea soup
    57. 1 cup tomato soup (with 1% milk; fewer calories with water)
    58. 1 cup vegetable juice with 2 ounces roasted turkey breast
    59. 8 shrimp with 4 tablespoons cocktail sauce
    60. 10 jelly beans
    61. 14 gummy bears
    62. 15 chocolate-covered raisins
    63. ½ cup edamame (measured with shell)
    64. 3 cups air-popped popcorn
    65. 2 cheese strings
    66. ¼ pita bread with 2 tablespoons hummus
    67. ½ red bell pepper with 3 tablespoons hummus
    68. 2 egg whites on one slice whole-grain toast
    69. 1 hard-boiled egg with one slice Melba toast
    70. 3 breadsticks in 3 tablespoons of salsa
    71. 5-ounce tossed salad with ¼ cup fat-free dressing
    72. 1 multigrain waffle
    73. 1 low-fat granola bar
    74. 1 snack pack of plain cottage cheese
    75. ½ cup low-fat cottage cheese with 5 strawberries
    76. 1 serving of Jello sugar-free chocolate pudding
    77. ½ cup vanilla soy ice cream
    78. ½ cup sherbet or sorbet
    79. ½ cup frozen yogurt
    80. ½ cup unsweetened applesauce with 2 teaspoons of crushed walnuts
    81. 2 tablespoons of fat-free ranch dressing with chopped celery and red pepper
    82. 2 ounces smoked salmon with 1 tablespoon fat-free cream cheese
    83. 1 ounce smoked salmon on ½ mini bagel
    84. ½ cup of low-fat fibre-rich cereal with ½ cup vanilla unsweetened almond milk
    85. 2 ounces water-packed tuna with ½ cup chopped tomatoes sprinkled with lemon juice, salt and pepper
    86. Two ounces of water-packed tuna with 1 tablespoon fat-free mayo
    87. ¾ cup whole-grain, low-fat cereal
    88. 8 animal crackers
    89. 4 whole-grain crackers with 1 tablespoon fat-free cream cheese
    90. One slice pumpernickel bread with 1 tablespoon fat-free cream cheese
    91. 1 piece whole-grain bread with 1 tablespoon no-sugar-added raspberry jam
    92. 1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk with 1 packet of light hot chocolate
    93. 1 cup skim milk and 1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa
    94. 3 tablespoons of guacamole with ¾ cup raw red pepper strips
    95. 2 sesame breadsticks
    96. ½ English muffin with ½ teaspoon butter
    97. 1 frozen fruit bar
    98. 1 fudge popsicle
    99. 50 small pretzel sticks
    100. 8 low-fat tortilla chips with 3 tablespoons of salsa
  • EmmaM2211
    EmmaM2211 Posts: 536 Member
    I dont know how I'd cope without rice cakes. For when I really crave crisps they're salty and crunchy but half the cals!

    Also fruit and chopped veggies (carrot/cherry toms/cucumber) and light chocolate mousse pots for that chocolate fix.

    All under 100cals :-)
  • jenj1313
    jenj1313 Posts: 898 Member
    This is random, but I eat 4 oz of Jenny-O Low Sodium Deli Turkey (from the meat counter, not pre-packaged) for my morning snack. It gets me through without setting me off on a snacking binge.

    In the PM, I eat a zone perfect bar and/or a honey crisp apple and some almonds for a snack.

    Good luck finding something you like, but remember that it doesn't have to "look" like snack food!
  • katejkelley
    katejkelley Posts: 839 Member
    Wow! Thank you!
  • njitaliana
    njitaliana Posts: 809 Member
    1/4 cup of nuts
    1 string cheese
    1 Ryvita or Wasa cracker with lowfat cream cheese
    Fruit: 1 orange; 1 apple; 1 cup melon; 15 grapes
    Baby carrots/bell pepper slices dipped in lowfat ranch dressing
    Yogurt
    1 Sugar-free pudding snack pack
    An apple sliced and dipped in vanilla yogurt
    An apple sliced with peanut butter spread on it
    Toast with lowfat cream cheese
    Toast with peanut butter
    1 sugar free fudgesicle
  • steffihoney
    steffihoney Posts: 392
    I am a very picky eater compared to most people. For example, I will eat a salad, but I don't like the sound of lettuce, so I won't put it on a sandwich. lol

    I like tomatos...they are like no calories or anything. I eat cherry ones with feta or laughing cow cheese. They are so versatile. Also, for dinner, I slice a regular tomato in half put either pesto or salt and pepper on them and pop them in the broiler and eat as a veggie. I have also discovered, accidentally, Phinea and Ferb pretzels made by Utz. They are only 50 calories a little pack. Sometimes I dip them in hummus. Fruits and veggies are a great, low cal snack. Hummus is low cal, and they make so many different kinds now. I have a Tex Mex flavor now, and I love it!!

    Lots of luck!!!
  • steffihoney
    steffihoney Posts: 392
    Jameslemond...

    Thank you for that list!!! I am printing it out as we speak!!
  • Jameslemond
    Jameslemond Posts: 60 Member
    Jameslemond...

    Thank you for that list!!! I am printing it out as we speak!!

    anytime :-)
  • tashaa1992
    tashaa1992 Posts: 658 Member
    Apple slices dipped in yoghurt(I like activia strawberry yoghurts for this one).
    Oats, I've been having them for lunch but you could easily have it for a quick, filling snack.
    Cucumber or carrots with a mild salsa, I used to love this one, ate it everyday for a year lol.
    Fruit salads, I love pineapple and strawberries, one good thing about summer lol.
  • marzinator13
    marzinator13 Posts: 149 Member
    Thanks everyone ... these are great ideas!
  • 2Bgoddess
    2Bgoddess Posts: 1,096 Member
    bread sticks and a flavored hummus and veggies on the side
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