30 Craving Snacks-- a good-for-you list

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ChristieisReady
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http://www.self.com/fooddiet/2009/06/30-healthy-snacks?mbid=synd_yshine

30 healthy picks
Great snacks with less than 200 calories
By Wendy Giman
From the November 2006 Issue

Craving salty?

* 5 olives (any kind) (45 calories)
* 1 small Martin's pretzel (50 calories)
* 2 oz Applegate Honey and Maple Turkey Breast wrapped around 2 bread-and-butter pickles (80 calories)
* 1/4 cup hummus, 3 carrot sticks (80 calories)
* 1 Laughing Cow Light Swiss Original wedge, 3 pieces Kavli Crispy Thin (85 calories)
* One 1-oz package tuna jerky (90 calories)
* 1 oz buffalo mozzarella, 1/2 cup cherry or grape tomatoes (94 calories)
* 1 bag Baked! Cheetos 100 Calorie Mini Bites (100 calories)
* 15 Eden's Nori Maki Crackers rice crackers (110 calories)
* 1 cup unshelled edamame (120 calories)
* 50 Eden's Vegetable Chips (130 calories)
* One 1-oz package of Planters NUT-trition almonds (130 calories)
* 1/4 cup Trader Joe's Chili con Queso, 18 baked tortilla chips (140 calories)
* 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds in shell (143 calories)
* 2 pieces (30 grams) prosciutto, 4 dried figs (154 calories)
* 1 Subway Turkey Breast Wrap (190 calories)

Craving sweet?

* 1 package Original Apple Nature Valley Fruit Crisps (50 calories)
* 1 packet O'Coco's Mocha cookies (90 calories)
* 1 Jelly Belly 100-calorie pack (100 calories)
* One 100-calorie pack Trader Joe's Chocolate Graham Toucan Cookies (100 calories)
* One 100-calorie Balance Bar (100 calories)
* 1 Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino bar (120 calories)
* 1 package Back to Nature Honey Graham Sticks (120 calories)
* 1/2 banana rolled in 1 tbsp frozen semisweet chocolate chips (123 calories)
* 2 tbsp Better 'n Peanut Butter, 4 stalks celery (124 calories)
* 1 bag Orville Redenbacher's Smart Pop Butter Mini Bags topped with a spritz of butter spray and 1 tsp sugar (126 calories)
* 24 Annie's Chocolate Chip Bunny Graham cookies (140 calories)
* Half of a 1.08-oz container of M&M's Minis mixed with 1/3 cup lowfat granola (145 calories)
* 1 McDonald's Fruit 'n Yogurt Parfait (160 calories)
* 1 container Fage Greek Total 2% fat yogurt, 2 tsp honey (173 calories)

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  • leesey1
    leesey1 Posts: 104 Member
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    oh yeah, i am definitely going to refer to this often!
  • cuppycake22
    cuppycake22 Posts: 224
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    Bump!
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,293 Member
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    I would say good for weight loss, but many of these are not good for you as in healthy. Items in the list that are not healthy include, but are not limited to, the items below:
    * 1 bag Baked! Cheetos 100 Calorie Mini Bites (100 calories)
    * 1 Subway Turkey Breast Wrap (190 calories) (crazy high in sodium and meat is processed)
    * 1 packet O'Coco's Mocha cookies (90 calories)
    * 1 Jelly Belly 100-calorie pack (100 calories)
    * One 100-calorie pack Trader Joe's Chocolate Graham Toucan Cookies (100 calories)
    * 1 Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino bar (120 calories)
    * 24 Annie's Chocolate Chip Bunny Graham cookies (140 calories)
    * Half of a 1.08-oz container of M&M's Minis mixed with 1/3 cup lowfat granola (145 calories)

    These foods I would not consider good for you although they may help you lose weight due to being low in calories. I always see people, on this site and not on the site, that confuse healthy food with food that may help you lose weight. They are mutually exclusive and because it is one does not make it a part of the other group.
  • summerblunden
    summerblunden Posts: 184 Member
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    While I agree with you erickirb, these are also suggestions to help you from going on a bender, and eating everythign in sight. So while I'm with you on not suggesting these be consumed daily, if someone is craving something BAD, these are better options than, say, movie theater popcorn or a pint of Ben and Jerry's.
  • ashlee954
    ashlee954 Posts: 1,112 Member
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    While I agree with you erickirb, these are also suggestions to help you from going on a bender, and eating everythign in sight. So while I'm with you on not suggesting these be consumed daily, if someone is craving something BAD, these are better options than, say, movie theater popcorn or a pint of Ben and Jerry's.

    AGREED!!!
  • islandnutshel
    islandnutshel Posts: 1,143 Member
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    While I agree with you erickirb, these are also suggestions to help you from going on a bender, and eating everythign in sight. So while I'm with you on not suggesting these be consumed daily, if someone is craving something BAD, these are better options than, say, movie theater popcorn or a pint of Ben and Jerry's.

    AGREED!!!

    YIKES! The guilt. I had a date with Ben & Jerry this weekend. How do I get over them?
  • summerblunden
    summerblunden Posts: 184 Member
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    YIKES! The guilt. I had a date with Ben & Jerry this weekend. How do I get over them?

    They have the mini one-serving size b&j containers now. If you have to have it, just buy those, that way you CAN eat the whole container and not feel as guilty. I know someday I'm going to have to have one of those. Nothing replaces my Chunky Monkey!
  • tbrewer29
    tbrewer29 Posts: 25
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    Thanks for sharing! I copied the list for use when I have cravings or just want to try something new!
  • ashlee954
    ashlee954 Posts: 1,112 Member
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    YIKES! The guilt. I had a date with Ben & Jerry this weekend. How do I get over them?

    Oh no no guilt intended! I meant my "agreed" to be aimed more at the fact that these snacks wouldn't be wonderful if consumed all day everyday, as they may lack in other areas, but they are GREAT craving crunchers! Ben and Jerry's isn't bad every now and then either. We gotta reward ourselves sometimes, right? :)
  • ChristieisReady
    ChristieisReady Posts: 708 Member
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    Obviously, some of these are BETTER solutions than the others... but these are still good. Last I checked, I can't get celery out of a vending machine. And sometimes, sadly, you come upon hunger unprepared and the processed foods are the only ones available.

    But do check out the great, very healthy option included in the list (edamame, bananas, etc) as wells as the pretzels and Starbuck's bars.
  • recipe4success
    recipe4success Posts: 469 Member
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    good ideas :)

    my trouble is that if i was to eat most of the things from the sweet list, i find that it doesn't fill me up at all, and thus the calories are not warranted for myself...i'd rather eat something that fills me up :)

    however, i hope they do help some people!
  • ChristieisReady
    ChristieisReady Posts: 708 Member
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    good ideas :)

    my trouble is that if i was to eat most of the things from the sweet list, i find that it doesn't fill me up at all, and thus the calories are not warranted for myself...i'd rather eat something that fills me up :)

    Well, you're meant to snack BEFORE you're starving. These aren't meals, they're just meant to keep you holding on until it is time for a meal.
  • recipe4success
    recipe4success Posts: 469 Member
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    good ideas :)

    my trouble is that if i was to eat most of the things from the sweet list, i find that it doesn't fill me up at all, and thus the calories are not warranted for myself...i'd rather eat something that fills me up :)

    Well, you're meant to snack BEFORE you're starving. These aren't meals, they're just meant to keep you holding on until it is time for a meal.

    indeed...simply stating that for me, eating those things would not keep me holding on until the next meal.

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