410 lbs on my way to 250!

Veggies and dip, triscuits with reduced fat cheese, fruit, almonds, walnuts, pistachios, cashews, apple and pb. If I really want potato chips (I love these things lol) I buy Lays Baked. They're about 120 cal a serving and lower fat. I love the sugar free puddings and jell-o. Hmm..that's all I can think of at the moment!

Btw, welcome to MFP!!! Congrats on your progress so far and good luck to you!!

Chips are huge for me too!!!! I love Blue Diamond brand Nut Thins (the pecan ones are my favorite). They are gluten free (I'm a Celiac) rice & nut crackers. Nutritionally they are a bit better than chips - and they satisfy that chip/cracker thing.

The Special K baked crackers are really good. I like the whole wheat ones dipped in 1% fat cottage cheese, or I dip them in a wedge of Garlic and Herb Laughing Cow cheese. I am not a big chip eater, that was never the problem, but the Baked Sour Cream and Onion Lays are delicious. One of my favorite snacks is half a banana sliced on top of a toasted Special K Low Fat waffle with a smear of reduced fat peanut butter. Satisfies the sweet tooth every time!

If you're looking for a substitute for chips and dip, try pita chips and hummus - they are really good for you and they've satisfied my chip craving. You could also try low fat wheat thins or lentil chips - I found them in the natural foods section - for a 22 chip serving, they're only 100 calories, 3 grams of fat and a lot of fiber and protein so that's a snack that will keep you full (especially along with the hummus).

I also heard that Special K just made some chips that are supposed to be really good for you. Hope this helped, good luck!

@Skinnyby29 I will have to look for the pecan/almond crackers. I haven't tried/seen those yet.

Not sure if your stores carry much in the way of 100 calorie packs, but around here we have a variety. Ritz Toasted Chips - they have original and sour cream and chives flavors; Baked Cheetos; Cheetos Cheese Balls. They are also selling a baked type of pringles now in individual servings. I like the 100 cal packs because of the portion control. You can probably buy a larger package and divide them yourself into single servings, but when I in a hurry to head to work, it is awfully convienent. I allow myself 1 100 calorie pack per day of my favorite chips or crackers as a snack. Keeps me in control.

I wish you the best of luck with your journey. Feel free to add me as a friend for encouragement. We started at close to the same weight, so I understand the struggles.

i actually just found a great low-calorie snack that i had never even heard of before.... potato straws! they're baked, all natural and you can eat 38 of them for around 140 calories. i tried the cheddar flavor and they are y-u-m-m-y!

other filling and yummy snacks that I love... microwave popcorn, vitatops vitamuffins, hard boiled eggs, sugar free fudgesicles

My 'treat' sometimes is an apple with 2 tbsp of peanut butter.

Or a mango

Or carrots with horseradish (HAHA I'm weird).

I would def. recommend the crackers that evryone is recommending. For me, the chips are my weakness. I don't really get cravings for anything sweet but its the savory & salty stuff. So having that crunch would fool my tastebuds into thinking that it is actually a chip.