Low-Cal Snack Ideas??

I like protein in my snacks -

Cheese sticks - 60-100 calories.
PB2 on an apple - 100-150 calories
PB2 by itself (Yum!) - 45 calories
Granola bars (try to find the less sugary ones) - 120-200 calories
Oatmeal (again try for less sugary kind) - 100-150 calories
Greek yogurt - 100 - 150 calories

Yogurt
Half a Peanut Butter Sandwich
Popcorn
Nuts


and sometimes I just have to have a small bag a chips... the 1 ounce bags...

Blue Diamond almonds- my personal favorites are jalapeno smokehouse, honey roasted and wasabi. You can eat about 28 of them for under 200 calories.

Larabars- they are pretty easy to make yourself if you have the time because of the minimal ingredients, about 220 calories per bar

Van's Gluten free cheese crackers- They are made with quinoa and all of that good stuff, and you get 30 of them for under 200 calories

Frozen banana, half chocolate almond milk, half unsweetened vanilla almond milk and blend - tastes just like a chocolate banana shake and that's under 200 calories

Strawberries and half a coined banana dipped in enjoy chocolate (it's gluten free, soy free, dairy free, etc), and I'll melt a little of that, dip my fruit in it and refrigerate it to harden. Less than 200 calories

Smartfood Selects - My personal favorites were the brown sugar and the feta and herb chips, they are about 15 for less than 200 calories.

Banana, shredded coconut with a couple tablespoons of walnuts with a quarter cup of vanilla almond milk all in a bowl like cereal- less than 200 calories (you can obviously mix up what fruit you prefer)

Those are my favorite snacks right now, with including of course, plain ol' fruits and veggies. Hope this helps.

Rice Cakes, Satsumas and Fat Free greek yoghurts for me.

I am a big fan of snacking as well. If I'm craving something bad for me I'll look up an alternative recipe from Hungry Girl. THere are tons of low calorie alternatives on her website.

An even better site for recipes is www.skinnytaste.com!!

I just looked up the skinny taste website, I loved it! Awesome suggestion!

I've started buying chocolate bars which contain at least 70% cocoa. I can only take about 2 squares because the flavour is so strong, but it's enough to give me the feeling that I've had some - and the flavour stays on your tongue for a good while.

I'm also doing the same with cheese - buying strongly flavoured ones so that I don't need to eat as much.

I have a serious sweet tooth too. I like the jello thing too (I get sugar free). I also buy the sugar free jello pudding mix and mix it w/ skim milk. It's ready in 5 minutes or less and there are a ton of flavors. You can portion it out into 1 cup servings and keep in your fridge.

I also like low cal chocolate milk like a low fat chocolate soy milk or chocolate almond milk. Or sometimes I'll do plain unsweetened almond milk with a few strawberries. You could also blend that into a little smoothie/shake.

Also try blending some frozen fruit with just a little water to get it to mix and it's sorbet. It tastes sweet but if it isn't sweet enough you could always add stevia, honey or a little maple syrup.

For salty I like popcorn (low fat, low butter), pistachios that you peel yourself (so you eat less of them), peanut butter on celery, string cheese (I get a weight watchers smokey white cheddar or something), hummus and carrot or celery sticks, peanut butter on a banana (but this isn't as low cal as others). I don't love almonds but I'm trying to add those as a snack since they're so healthy

I definitely try to keep it to something healthy (as opposed to a low cal sugary food) because if it's high sugar, it'll make me want more sugar later....vicious cycle!

When I am idol, I snack. My favorite low cal are almonds and air popped corn. I think I am going to add the PB Cheerios.

Emerald Brand dark cocoa dusted almonds. They are quite tasty, very fillng, and give you the sweet-salty-chocolatey fix you need.


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First off, my suggestion is evaluate what you are eating. If it is processed or frozen or "Sugar Free" or "Fat Free", chances are they contain an artificial sweetener., Artificial sweeteners tend to enhance cravings more often. Second, if you work out, you need to bulk up your protein rich foods (chickpeas, boneless skinless chicken, almonds etc). I would also suggest, when you get a craving, immediately chug a minimum of 8 oz of water. Not Diet Soda or fruit juice...simply clear, nothing added to it water and wait 10 minutes. If you have the craving still, carry natures candy with you (clementines, almonds, apples, bananas, or simply dried fruit, etc) and enjoy one of those. Sometimes cravings are your body's way of asking you for something it needs at that time (sodium, fat, carbohydrate, etc).

Snacking on the wrong things can derail your successes, ergo causing you to get fed up and quit. When I started my journey, I gave up ALL processed foods (diet soda included) from a traditional grocery store, went gluten free, and eat everything raw with the exception of meat and some veggies. I dropped 23 pounds in 3 weeks.

My advice nix the breads and starchy veggies, diet sodas, anything labeled "healthy" in your grocers freezer or shelves. Everything you need can be found along the outer walls of the grocery store. Just my 2 cents.