Healthy snack suggestions?

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.

Maddalen101

Baby carrots. 3 oz bags (or make your own 3 oz bags). They are sweet and crunchy, and they help.
Plain greek yogurt mixed with a diced plum, peach, or nectarine. Outtasite.
Packet of oatmeal (plain), with a box of raisins and a sprinkling of pumpkin pie spice (or even just cinnamon).
8 oz kefir (seems to fill me up). Pick a nice fruity flavor - I like the blueberry-pom-acai.

The hard way, I've learned not to have the following, even though they are ostensibly healthy:
Dates, figs, other dried fruit - they are good for you, but it's easy to binge on them if you have a sweet tooth. And the calories can really pile up.
dense "healthy" snacks, like date-sweetened bars, chocolate-date-coconut-nut clusters, etc: These are all ostensibly good for you, but they're really little calorie bombs, just waiting to explode your food plan. Treat with CAUTION!

Marie31450

I have several favorites...
A sliced apple with peanut butter
Mini rice cakes with peanut butter
Sliced strawberries,blueberries with Greek yogurt
Laughing cow wedge with wasa rye crisp
Popcorn
Frozen banana blended into ice cream consistency
A fiber one brownie or protein bar

fancyacuppa

Mmmm rice cakes - either sweet with cottage cheese & fruit, or savory with edam tomato & cucumber

bellalavita11

Go to bodybuilding.com and check out the diets from some of the amateurs of the week. From that site I've learned alot about portion sizes, how often to eat and what to eat, as well as workouts. I eat about every 3 hrs and my favorite top three snacks are: 1/2 cup low fat cottage cheese with cherry tomatoes, 3 oz of fage yogurt with flax seed, berries, & peanut butter, or 1/2 protein shake with almond milk and 1/2 banana.

strivingfor130

Bump!

nikkinoonarr

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.

I love popcorn, The value of 382 cals is correct for a 100g bag of Popz microwave butter popcorn after it is popped. To be fair you would have to be really hungry or greedy to eat a whole popped bag of it yourself. I share it with my 3 children. 25g fills a standard cereal bowl piled high and is way plenty for 1 person and is 95 cal!

Brilliant snack.

2boypeas

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.

ORVILLE REDENBACHER'S

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size about 6 cups popped (40g unpopped)
Servings Per Container about 21
Amount Per Serving
Calories 120Calories from Fat 10
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1.5g 2%
Saturated Fat 0g 0%
Trans Fat 0g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 0mg 0%
Total Carbohydrate 29g 10%
Dietary Fiber 6g 24%
Protein 4g

jenadams1993

Bump?

kenny_johnson

I often keep cuties (small mandarin oranges) at my desk.
I regularly buy pistachios
I absolutely love beef jerky

These are my main snacks... but at home I'll have other fruits (berries, grapes, bananas, etc).

I also have less healthy snacks on occasion too.

smtillman2

Popcorn

Not sure if serious...

Popcorn:
100grams : 382kcalories

Totally serious. I get those 100 cal bags and they are perfect for a snack.

HorizontallyImpaired

sugar free popcicles, sugar free apple sauce or jello pudding

I also enjoy watermelon and grapes.. It is a easy way to get fluits in while eating and is low in calories.

ValerieMartini2Olives

What I usually have for snacks:

Mixed fresh veggies with light ranch
Pretzels (or crackers) and a cheese stick
Pretzels with mustard
Pretzels (or crackers) with peanut butter
Cup of sugar free pudding
100 calorie pack of cookies
Glass of soy milk
Glass of soy milk with a half scoop of protein powder