Healthy low calorie snacks
debrag12
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I alwas read about people mentioning foods to eat to increase their calories and reach their goals. I am looking for the opposite.
I hate nuts, pb, yoghurt, rasins, celery, oranges, pears, tomatoes etc
Name things I can have around the flat or at work (work on a ward) to snack on. I need low calorie as I tend to have high calorie meals most of the time..
Should I stick to things like:
seeds
humus
rice cakes/rivita
muchrooms/brocolli/carrots
wasabi beans
crisps - sunbites/petzels/special k/velvet crunch
cereal bars
fruit
bread sticks - wheat
ham/chicken slices
I hate nuts, pb, yoghurt, rasins, celery, oranges, pears, tomatoes etc
Name things I can have around the flat or at work (work on a ward) to snack on. I need low calorie as I tend to have high calorie meals most of the time..
Should I stick to things like:
seeds
humus
rice cakes/rivita
muchrooms/brocolli/carrots
wasabi beans
crisps - sunbites/petzels/special k/velvet crunch
cereal bars
fruit
bread sticks - wheat
ham/chicken slices
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Snack on whatever you like. I snack on yogurt, peas in the pod, celery, fruits/berries, baked chips (occasionally), popcorn, cottage cheese, string cheese. Jerkey is another good option. A packet of oatmeal can be a good snack at work if you can get to a microwave.0
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popcorn ..... microwave packs, or make your own (with a brown lunch bag)
Snap peas (or snow peas)
Peppers - red & yellow especially
No sugar added applesauce0 -
People say have a cheese string, a square of dark chololate etc but I can't just eat 1 sqaure of chocolate, 1 cheese string, a few peas etc
10 snap peas are 17 calories
1 cheese string is 60 calories
I just need to learn what is right for me0 -
baked chips, smaller slices of cheesecake, just one resses peanut butter cup. : )0
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baked chips, smaller slices of cheesecake, just one resses peanut butter cup. : )
hate peanut butter0 -
Apple slices microwaved with cinnamon on top
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Apple slices microwaved with cinnamon on top
yuck, cooked fruit0 -
A bar of chocolate 100g has roughly 500-600kcal. Even for someone on an 1200kcal diet, they could easily snack on that throughout the day and finish the remainder of their cals on a full meal (dinner)."0
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Apple slices microwaved with cinnamon on top
yuck, cooked fruit
you need to widen your palette.0 -
A bar of chocolate 100g has roughly 500-600kcal. Even for someone on an 1200kcal diet, they could easily snack on that throughout the day and finish the remainder of their cals on a full meal (dinner)."
wait... what?0 -
I have been trying to add more nutrition to my diet. So I find a piece of fruit is a great snack and I have been trying to convince myself to have that piece of fruit before I have rice crackers, or crackers.
The suggestions you have are great ideas. Maybe you could mix them together? A piece of fruit, and a rice cake with cream cheese or hummus shouldn't be a ton of cals. You could have hummus and some carrot sticks. You could some veges that you mentioned broc/mushrooms/carrot with some chicken or ham slices, or a handful of nuts. Each of these suggestions has a little bit of protien. I would also try to try a cup of tea or a class of water with your snack as that will make you feel fuller. You could also measure out a little container of berries.
I suggest about things you like to eat, then measure out portions that fit into your day. If you have big meals and only have space for two 100 cal snacks, work out what a 100 cal serving looks like. Have a rough idea (or a list) of what each fruit you like is cal wise and then you can figure out how many crackers to eat with it.0 -
baked chips, smaller slices of cheesecake, just one resses peanut butter cup. : )
hate peanut butter
:noway: :noway: :noway: You crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!0 -
Apple slices microwaved with cinnamon on top
yuck, cooked fruit
you need to widen your palette.
Sorry never like fruit unless it's fresh0 -
I have been trying to add more nutrition to my diet. So I find a piece of fruit is a great snack and I have been trying to convince myself to have that piece of fruit before I have rice crackers, or crackers.
The suggestions you have are great ideas. Maybe you could mix them together? A piece of fruit, and a rice cake with cream cheese or hummus shouldn't be a ton of cals. You could have hummus and some carrot sticks. You could some veges that you mentioned broc/mushrooms/carrot with some chicken or ham slices, or a handful of nuts. Each of these suggestions has a little bit of protien. I would also try to try a cup of tea or a class of water with your snack as that will make you feel fuller. You could also measure out a little container of berries.
I suggest about things you like to eat, then measure out portions that fit into your day. If you have big meals and only have space for two 100 cal snacks, work out what a 100 cal serving looks like. Have a rough idea (or a list) of what each fruit you like is cal wise and then you can figure out how many crackers to eat with it.
Thank you thats what I need to get my head around. 25gs of something may be small but I can add things to it.0 -
Apple slices microwaved with cinnamon on top
yuck, cooked fruit
you need to widen your palette.
Sorry never like fruit unless it's fresh
i mean in general also. you seem to not like a lot of stuff.0 -
A bar of chocolate 100g has roughly 500-600kcal. Even for someone on an 1200kcal diet, they could easily snack on that throughout the day and finish the remainder of their cals on a full meal (dinner)."
wait... what?
TL;DR
Eat chocolate. It's nice.0 -
Apple slices microwaved with cinnamon on top
yuck, cooked fruit
you need to widen your palette.
Sorry never like fruit unless it's fresh
i mean in general also. you seem to not like a lot of stuff.
So far all I've said I don't like are: nuts, pb, yoghurt, rasins, celery, oranges, pears, tomatoes, cooked fruit. Forgot to add pineapple0 -
A bar of chocolate 100g has roughly 500-600kcal. Even for someone on an 1200kcal diet, they could easily snack on that throughout the day and finish the remainder of their cals on a full meal (dinner)."
wait... what?
TL;DR
Eat chocolate. It's nice.
your saying someone should eat half their calories from chocolate?0 -
A bar of chocolate 100g has roughly 500-600kcal. Even for someone on an 1200kcal diet, they could easily snack on that throughout the day and finish the remainder of their cals on a full meal (dinner)."
wait... what?
TL;DR
Eat chocolate. It's nice.
your saying someone should eat half their calories from chocolate?
Not at all.
But that's a marvellous idea, come to think of it.0 -
My favorite snack is Dr.Oetker's chocolate milkshake(or chocolate milkshake with a tsp of strawberry flavored one).With a cup of milk,it has about 130-180 calories(depending on the kind of milk).I also like to add half a tsp of instant coffee to it.It is sooo yummy and it has like 6 grams of sugar I think,which is not a lot in my opinion.
Of course,you can try some other stuff like flavored cappuccinos or something,but those milkshakes really work for me.0 -
There's many things I hate as well (mushrooms, cucumbers, tomatoes, cooked carrots, spinach, for example..), but I decided that if I want to lose weight, then I need to put on my big girl panties & eat them anyway. We make our children eat the vegetables they hate because it's good for them, dunno why we think that as grown-ups we're exempt from this.0
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There's many things I hate as well (mushrooms, cucumbers, tomatoes, cooked carrots, spinach, for example..), but I decided that if I want to lose weight, then I need to put on my big girl panties & eat them anyway. We make our children eat the vegetables they hate because it's good for them, dunno why we think that as grown-ups we're exempt from this.
yah. totally. I used to be picky, it kind of sucks. I caught a scollop yesterday whilst fishing and instead of throwing it back I cracked it open and ate it. it was fricken awesome.0 -
air-popped popcorn, with cinnamon or whatever I want to sprinkle on. even parmesan cheese sometimes. as long as the popcorn is piping hot, it'll adhere0
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A bar of chocolate 100g has roughly 500-600kcal. Even for someone on an 1200kcal diet, they could easily snack on that throughout the day and finish the remainder of their cals on a full meal (dinner)."
What chocolate bars have 500-600 calories? The highest I've seen is 300.0
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