1200 Calories seems impossible for me..Help!

nuts. they are high in calories
dried fruit
crackers and cheese
carrot sticks and dips
fruit
peanut butter on crackers

Nuts, natural peanut/almond butter, smoothies (easy for mornings, healthy, and depending on what you put in them- high calorie), whole grain pasta with olive oil, whole grain bagels/breads, eggs, sweet potatoes, accompany meals with greek yogurt, avocados, and I HIGHLY suggest you try Larabars. 200 + calories typically only 5 ingredients. There are a lot of calorie-dense healthy foods, you just have to do a little prep to fit them in.

Protein shakes are great alternative, especially when on the run, you canfind anywhere from 110-300 cals per shake, and some great tasting ones. Peanut butter is a good nutrient dense easy snack, on apples, crackers, toast, or a half sandwhich but it higher in fats. Smoothies are also great, I blend rozen berries, orange juice and protein powder for mine. The smoothies are great in addition to a smaller meal too, my smoothies makes around 16ozs and packs on average 350 cals. Add a few ounces of yogurt for extra tang and a few extra cals

Walnuts, avocado or boiled eggs to eat on the go.
Get a blender, put some water in it and blend up some spinach, squash etc. I don't like it, but it gets my "green" requirement out of the way quickly.

Zone bars, or Luna bars. They taste really good, high in protien. Luna bars are lower in calories..completely different kind of bar. But easy to carry around. Good luck!

I always fill in the gaps with almonds. So good for you, loads of calories but good fats, plus they are tastly without roasting or salting. And they keep for a long time. I have little baggies of almonds in my car, my desk, my purse, lol. And you can get them cheaper in stores that sell bulk foods.

if you get the salt free nuts there no sodium
Brenda

I wouldn't go for dried fruit because of the really high sugar content.

Try natural, unsalted almonds, or a protein bar. I eat a protein bar every day, it's low in calories/carbs/sugar and tastes really good.

You can get any kind of nut unsalted. If they don't have them at your grocery store, you can order them online. If you really don't want to eat much more and want calories...macademia nuts pack a caloric wallop. A wallop! I know, because I just ate too many (doh!) They are little fat bombs. But not to worry...they have achieved almost superfood status because its all good fat, like avocados. But unlike avocados are grabbable and portable.

But basically, any high density food would work. Cheese, yogurt, nuts. All high calorie, low density, and nutrient dense. Which, perhaps, you could trade out some of your low calorie foods for. And I'd try these before going for processed protein bars. We all choose shortcuts in a pinch, but I wouldn't want to make these a regular part of your diet. If you really had to go for a bar, try Lara bars...they are minimally processed. Fruit and nuts are their ONLY ingredients.

Cheers.

If you drink coffee, throw a scoop of protein powder in it. I used Muscle milk vanilla creme (yummy!) Also, blue diamond has some really yummy almonds (my favorite are the butter toffee and the cocoa dusted).