Need help with snack ideas!

jenga727

I work a full time desk job 30 hours a week! I am very good about not snacking when I get bored which is very common for my job! I like to eat a snack or two in between meals so that I dont over indulge during lunch or dinner! I love fruit and things like wheat thins and pretzels! I have heard that if you snack in between meals it keeps your metabolism going throughout the day! I would love to get more ideas on healthy things to snack on during the day that will hold me over till the bigger meals of the day! Thanks in advance!

jenga727

Bump!

kareinlib

Stuff I like to snack on:

chips (tostito's blue corn chips are really good and not bad calorie-wise) and salsa; pita bread, carrots, or celery with hummus; small containers of applesauce; and bananas. Bananas usually hold me over until whenever I eat next, and chips and salsa or anything with hummus fills you but still satisfies the want of eating continuously because they are good for dipping.

kareinlib

Oh, and granola.

verptwerp

I bring snacks to work each day ..... some of my choices are .....

part-skim cheesestick
raw vegetables with Laughing Cow cheese, or salsa, or hummus
cottage cheese
low-fat plain yogurt & SF jam
portioned out paks of nuts
Wasa crackers
fruit
HB eggs
square or 2 of dark chocolate


Hope this helps !

FrugalMomsRock75

I've been packing lunches and snacks simply because I spend my day an hour from home (though I don't have a job that pays in anything but love-I'm a SAHM). I love carrots with peanut butter, grapes, graham crackers with peanut butter, raw almonds, dry roasted low salt peanuts, plums, peaches, granola bars (there's recipes to make your own even, so you can control the sugar in them), string cheese, Greek yogurt, etc.

clowdusc

I stumbled upon this the other day:

http://www.bettycrocker.com/menus-holidays-parties/everyday-meals/snacks/the-betty-100-snacks

I'm taking these as ideas though, because I know that a lot of these have healthier alternative ingredients to them.

MichelleLaree13

I have two jobs that are both 12 hours so snacks are pretty necessary.
At job number one, I work in corrections so there are a lot of complications. If I want to go on a little break, I have to go through all of the security to get in and out so I normally eat snacks at my desk. I also cant have glass containers at my desk so I try for baggies of snacks like grapes, carrot sticks, crackers and mini bell peppers.
At job number two, I take all my breaks in the lunch room/lounge. We are not allowed to eat at our desk. I normally bring a couple dishes of fruit, salad, garbanzo beans, greek yogurt w/granola and assorted veggies for my breaks.
At both jobs I bring lots of drinks like tea, coffee w/ creamer, energy drinks, water and/or soda water.

skinnyme47

Frozen grapes, frozen yogurt. Also if you set up your meals to include a snack in between meals that helps also.

strivingfor130

tortilla chips and guacamole
nuts
any kind of fruit
carrots,peppers, broccoli (etc) to dip in hummus
celery and peanut butter
apples and peanut butter
yogurt and berries/honey
string cheese
triscuits with cheese...i love the roasted garlic kind with colby jack cheese
cottage cheese plain or you can add pineapple or some fruit
smoothies