Healthy snack suggestions?

drog2323

rice crackers and hummus. just don't eat too much hummus - the cals will add up. i find it filling though.

melsmith612

Almonds
Greek Yogurt
Berries/fruit
100 calorie bags of popcorn
baby carrots with your favorite dressing
cheese sticks
cottage cheese
rolled up deli meats/cheeses

sparrow70

sugarfree jello, SF coolwhip, chick peas roasted n oven w/ olive oil salt & pepper, cottage cheese, low cal/sf popsicles, pudding pie made w/ sf puddin mix in a graham cracker shell, pork rinds (if u can limit yourself & watch the calories- have no carbs etc), applesauce (I use sf). Fruit,veggies, low calorie candy (sf jolly ranchers etc). Those r some things i have as a diabetic. I also have reduced sugar cake w/ sf icing put out by pilsbury, but haven't lately because I find it hard to figure up the portion size, so have just avoided it. What about some low calorie cheese spread, laughing cow I think makes some.

jenadams1993

I 2nd the gum. Sucking a hard candy too.

Carrots
Brown rice cake, add pb
Babybel cheese
Apple with a slice of cheddar cheese/pb
Greek yogurt with berries and/or granola
Banana
Nuts
Kashi granola bar
Turkey & cheese roll-up

And drink tons of water. Tea is great as well.

These are all fab suggestions Thank you!
And I'm not a huge fan of water so I tend to drink cordial and fruit teas

KimberlyDCZ

hummus with pretzel crisps
fiber one bars ( I like the chocolate chip cookie ones best)
apple, grapes, banana
cucumbers
bell peppers dipped in light sour cream
carrots with peanut butter
string cheese and natural almonds (also breakfast on some days) or grapes instead of almonds

gogogulliver

Well, a shot of Jack Daniels is under 60 calories...



I hate to state the obvious, but... fruit! Have a banana or an apple or something. Lots of yoghurts are under a hundred calories a pot. Carrots are nice and crunchy...

melissafaith24

Popcorn

Not sure if serious...

Popcorn:
100grams : 382kcalories

what kind of popcorn is 382 cals??

The whole bag of popcorn kind.

they make 100 cal bags and whole bags for alot less cals.

zyxst

My faves:
- roasted, unsalted almonds (or walnuts, depends on if we can get to the Bulk Barn)
- string cheese sticks or BabyBel light (if latter is on sale)
- dried fruit (my fave fresh fruit is out of stock at the stores)
- air popped popcorn, provided I've got enough macros left for butter to top it

Lyerin

382 calories for popcorn??? That doesn't sound right. I occasionally eat air popped popcorn as a snack, and the only thing I add to it are spices. Tasty and low calorie.

Right now I'm eating almonds for a snack (I get the individual size packs so that I know I'm only eating a serving).

Fruit, yogurt, veggies - all good snacks.

jenadams1993

I really didn't expect so many people to make suggestions!
I wish I could reply to all the posts, but as some of them are overlapping I'll just say thank you sooo much for the suggestions on here! I'm going to make a list that I can stick up on my fridge for when I'm thinking of doing my shopping

jvdx

Popcorn

Not sure if serious...

Popcorn:
100grams : 382kcalories

what kind of popcorn is 382 cals??

"Snacks - Popcorn, air-popped, white popcorn"
from the MFP database!

Flowers4Julia

For me, a higher fat snack like bacon or hard boiled egg, really satisfies and takes away any sugar cravings....good fats and good proteins

melissafaith24

Popcorn

Not sure if serious...

Popcorn:
100grams : 382kcalories

what kind of popcorn is 382 cals??

"Snacks - Popcorn, air-popped, white popcorn"
from the MFP database!

ok....but thats not the only popcorn on the planet.

celticelff

I'm diabetic, and got these suggestions from my Tricare/Triwest (insurance) dietician/coach:
Less than 10 grams of carbohydrate
· 2 stalks celery, 4 bell pepper rings, cucumber slices with 2 tbsp. onion dip
· String cheese (1 oz.)

10-15 grams of carbohydrate
· Almonds or peanuts (½ cup)
· ½ cup Cheerios and ¼ cup milk
· 1 Graham cracker, 2 tsp peanut butter and 3 oz. milk
· Popcorn (3 cups)
· 7 Wheat Thins and 1 oz. cheese
· 4 oz. Light Yogurt
· ½ c applesauce no sugar added
· ½ cup sugar free pudding

15-20 grams of carbohydrate
· 1 small Apple and 1 tbsp. peanut butter
· 6-8 animal crackers
· ½ large Banana and 1 tbsp. peanut butter
· 2/3 cup Cheerios and ½ cup milk
· ½ cup Cottage cheese, ¼ cup pineapple chunks and 5 Wheat Thins
· 5 caramel corn mini rice cakes with 2 tbsp. peanut butter
· 1 slice toast and 1 oz. low-fat cheese
· 5 Triscuits and 1 oz. low-fat cheese
· Sun chips-10

25 grams of carbohydrate
· 1½ graham crackers, 2 tsp. peanut butter and ½ small banana
· 1 slice cheese melted on ½ English muffin and 6 oz. milk
· 1 packet plain instant Oatmeal prepared with 4 oz. milk, cinnamon & Splenda
· baked potato chips

30-35 grams of carbohydrate
· 1 cup Cheerios, 8 oz. milk and 1 tbsp. chopped walnuts
· 2 Graham crackers, 1 tbsp. peanut butter and 8 oz. milk
· 3 cups Popcorn, 1 small piece of fruit and 1 oz. cheese
· 3 RyKrisp crackers, 1 apple and 1 oz. low-fat cheese
· 1 cup strawberries & ½ cup vanilla yogurt mixed w/½ cup cottage cheese
· 1 oz. string cheese, 5 Triscuits and 1 piece of fruit
· 1 oz baked tortilla chips and ¼ cup salsa
· 2 fig cookies and ½ cup skim milk

Hope this helps, and keep up the hard work!

autumn4519

walnuts and a cut up apple

oatmeal with fruit or cinnamon

celery with peanutbutter

yogurt with a little granola

garden salad with baked beans as the dressing

cottage cheese and pineapple

Velum_cado

Popcorn

Not sure if serious...

Popcorn:
100grams : 382kcalories

what kind of popcorn is 382 cals??

"Snacks - Popcorn, air-popped, white popcorn"
from the MFP database!

Yeahhh, sounds like someone made a mistake when adding that one. :S If you Google, most websites are coming back with around 35 calories per cup. That's a pretty big discrepancy.

joanfitness

i like crunch so celery with a little peanut butter is great. low fat string cheese and turkey deli meat is good too. if it's quick and easy for a snack i like that. If you like yogurt there's several low fat.

Lyerin

Popcorn

Not sure if serious...

Popcorn:
100grams : 382kcalories

what kind of popcorn is 382 cals??

"Snacks - Popcorn, air-popped, white popcorn"
from the MFP database!

Ah, 382 calories for 100 g of popcorn. 100 g of popcorn seems like it would be quite a bit. One cup says it is 31 calories and one ounce says just over 100 calories - those sound like more reasonable serving sizes for a snack. 100 g is 3.53 ounces.

jenadams1993

I'm diabetic, and got these suggestions from my Tricare/Triwest (insurance) dietician/coach:
Less than 10 grams of carbohydrate
· 2 stalks celery, 4 bell pepper rings, cucumber slices with 2 tbsp. onion dip
· String cheese (1 oz.)

10-15 grams of carbohydrate
· Almonds or peanuts (½ cup)
· ½ cup Cheerios and ¼ cup milk
· 1 Graham cracker, 2 tsp peanut butter and 3 oz. milk
· Popcorn (3 cups)
· 7 Wheat Thins and 1 oz. cheese
· 4 oz. Light Yogurt
· ½ c applesauce no sugar added
· ½ cup sugar free pudding

15-20 grams of carbohydrate
· 1 small Apple and 1 tbsp. peanut butter
· 6-8 animal crackers
· ½ large Banana and 1 tbsp. peanut butter
· 2/3 cup Cheerios and ½ cup milk
· ½ cup Cottage cheese, ¼ cup pineapple chunks and 5 Wheat Thins
· 5 caramel corn mini rice cakes with 2 tbsp. peanut butter
· 1 slice toast and 1 oz. low-fat cheese
· 5 Triscuits and 1 oz. low-fat cheese
· Sun chips-10

25 grams of carbohydrate
· 1½ graham crackers, 2 tsp. peanut butter and ½ small banana
· 1 slice cheese melted on ½ English muffin and 6 oz. milk
· 1 packet plain instant Oatmeal prepared with 4 oz. milk, cinnamon & Splenda
· baked potato chips

30-35 grams of carbohydrate
· 1 cup Cheerios, 8 oz. milk and 1 tbsp. chopped walnuts
· 2 Graham crackers, 1 tbsp. peanut butter and 8 oz. milk
· 3 cups Popcorn, 1 small piece of fruit and 1 oz. cheese
· 3 RyKrisp crackers, 1 apple and 1 oz. low-fat cheese
· 1 cup strawberries & ½ cup vanilla yogurt mixed w/½ cup cottage cheese
· 1 oz. string cheese, 5 Triscuits and 1 piece of fruit
· 1 oz baked tortilla chips and ¼ cup salsa
· 2 fig cookies and ½ cup skim milk

Hope this helps, and keep up the hard work!

Wow! That's a lot of brilliant suggestions! Thanks a lot!

melsmith612

Popcorn

Not sure if serious...

Popcorn:
100grams : 382kcalories

what kind of popcorn is 382 cals??

"Snacks - Popcorn, air-popped, white popcorn"
from the MFP database!

Yeahhh, sounds like someone made a mistake when adding that one. :S If you Google, most websites are coming back with around 35 calories per cup. That's a pretty big discrepancy.

This is true but you have to be careful of how many cups of popped popcorn are in the bag because it's not going to be the same as the number of unpopped servings. That's where a lot of people mess up when entering them into the database. I wish MFP would monitor that stuff a bit more because unless you have the nutrition information directly in front of you, you have no idea if the entries in their database are correct.