Healthy snack suggestions?

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  • jvdx
    jvdx Posts: 57
    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
    Flowers4Julia Posts: 521 Member
    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 :wink:
  • melissafaith24
    melissafaith24 Posts: 251 Member
    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
    celticelff Posts: 4
    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
    autumn4519 Posts: 2 Member
    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
    Velum_cado Posts: 1,608 Member
    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
    joanfitness Posts: 2 Member
    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
    Lyerin Posts: 818 Member
    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
    jenadams1993 Posts: 12
    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
    melsmith612 Posts: 727 Member
    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
    Maddalen101 Posts: 307 Member
    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
    Marie31450 Posts: 96 Member
    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
    fancyacuppa Posts: 66 Member
    Mmmm rice cakes - either sweet with cottage cheese & fruit, or savory with edam tomato & cucumber
  • bellalavita11
    bellalavita11 Posts: 4
    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
    strivingfor130 Posts: 221 Member
    Bump!
  • nikkinoonarr
    nikkinoonarr Posts: 101
    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
    2boypeas Posts: 70
    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
    jenadams1993 Posts: 12
    Bump?
  • kenny_johnson
    kenny_johnson Posts: 108 Member
    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
    smtillman2 Posts: 756 Member
    Popcorn

    Not sure if serious...

    Popcorn:
    100grams : 382kcalories

    Totally serious. I get those 100 cal bags and they are perfect for a snack.
  • HorizontallyImpaired
    HorizontallyImpaired Posts: 58
    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
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
    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

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