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running out of snack ideas

clewliss
clewliss Posts: 640 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
With my job, I eat my oatmeal and out the door before 6:40 am! By 10:00 I am starting to get a little hungry and I bring crackers and cheese usually to work with me for a snack and usually soup or salad for lunch, but this cracker thing is getting old and I also realized that it's a 200 calorie or more snack when I feel like I've had nothing! Any ideas?

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  • 123456654321
    123456654321 Posts: 1,311 Member
    Fruit!
  • reneelee
    reneelee Posts: 877 Member
    greek plain yogurt 1c. 120 cal
    1 tsp. honey 30 cal
    1/2 c. bluberries 40 cal
    splend packet
    cinnamon
    vanilla extract total 190 cal filling, satisfying, and diegesting the protien keeps you full long.
  • poisongirl6485
    poisongirl6485 Posts: 1,487 Member
    I like to bring a baggie of one or two cups of dry cereal with me to work. Gets rid of the 'munchies' craving, and if you get a cereal that's healthy then the calorie count isn't too bad.
  • doutri2
    doutri2 Posts: 186 Member
    Yogurt
    Sliced roast beef wrapped around string cheese
    Peanuts or tree nuts
  • phyllisbix
    phyllisbix Posts: 6
    i like to pack a hard boiled egg, and fruit or veggies that are cut and in a cute little baggie. I then munch all day long. Hope this helps!
  • elleeymae
    elleeymae Posts: 2
    Baby carrots dipped in hummus. wonderful together.
  • DPruneda17
    DPruneda17 Posts: 124 Member
    I eat applesauce and string cheese. Try and find a lean protein (hard boiled egg, low fat yogurt, light cheese, fat free hot dog etc) to eat along with a fruit. It makes a good snack! And the protein helps to keep you full longer.
  • twooliver
    twooliver Posts: 450 Member
    If I stick to protein snacks I tend to not get as hungry as quickly as when I eat carbs or fruit...

    I've created my own nut and dried fruit mixture and eat 1/4 cup inbetween meals. It's about 150 cal. A boil egg would work also or high protein bars like Balance.

    hope that helps;
  • terrivision
    terrivision Posts: 58 Member
    Greek Yogart around 120 cal
    Fruit (if you have a small belender you can make a fruit smoothie)
    cheese sticks (the one I have is 80 calories)
    nuts
    granola or trail mix
    veggies (carott sticks, celery sticks)
    smoked salmon slices
    deli meat slices

    Hope that helps.
  • KadieA
    KadieA Posts: 167
    Great advice! I'm always looking for alternatives too.
  • getfitdiva
    getfitdiva Posts: 1,148 Member
    Many people have named some of my go-to snacks:

    -1/2-1 cup of blueberries
    -mozzarella string cheese (low-fat)
    -clementines (cuties)
    -planters NUT-rition (south beach diet packs)
    -hummus and pretzels
    -1 to 2 hard boiled eggs (I love this w/ string cheese)
    -Kashi heart to heart cereal (I usually put 1 cup in a snack baggy)
    -Fiber One original cereal
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