low fat or no fat snack ideas......help!

joanhtaylor
joanhtaylor Posts: 1
in Food and Nutrition
I am filling out the food log regularly and seem to come up short on the calories each day, but over in the fat category. I need to come up with some foods that are nutritous and have some calories, but little or no fat. Any suggestions?

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  • myrtille87
    myrtille87 Posts: 122 Member
    Fruit is an obvious one - high in natural sugars but not high in fat. Bananas are a bit more filling and have more calories than most other fruit.

    For breakfast I have oats mixed with 0% fat Greek-style yoghurt and strawberries/blueberries. That could work as a snack (and has more calories than just eating the fruit on its own).

    Popcorn made with little/no added fat.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    It's fine to be over in fat, for the record.

    Maybe some Greek yogurt with fruit.
  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,899 Member
    What is your fat set at, out of curiosity?
  • Cjmi427
    Cjmi427 Posts: 26 Member
    I just had half a red pepper dipped in 1/2 cup low fat cottage cheese. The cottage cheese has 1.5 grams of fat and 13 grams of protein. So awesome!
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    Do you eat full fat dairy? Perhaps there is one dairy item that you can go low fat or even non fat. I eat non fat greek yogurt which makes more fat grams available for full fat cheese and whole eggs.

    Can you use leaner cuts of meat? That is another way to cut down a little.

    I agree that there is nothing wrong with fat but if you want to stick close to your macros, these are a couple of ways to do it.
  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
    It doesn't really matter if you're over on your fat (as long as you're not over your calories!), fat is an essential! There isn't an optimal macro ratio, so going over doesn't matter all that much.

    But for the snack ideas, fruit and vegetables are a good pick. As Myrtille87 said, bananas are filling as they aren't made up of water mainly (I think?). Things like oranges may not keep you full for long. Salads are low in calories and keep you satisfied until the next meal.

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