I'm starving - what do people eat for snacks?

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String cheese, wasabi peas, fudge pops, cottage cheese, hard boiled eggs, hummus & veggies, protein bars, Greek yogurt, beef or turkey jerky, popcorn, apples & peanut butter

Generally, I look for snacks higher in protein to hold me over between meals. But others find different things satisfying, so play around and see what works for you.

I'm out of ideas too! Diabetic, so I try to stay low carb.

Hey, stop saying you're old! I'm "only" 43, but my husband just turned 51, and I'm sure as heck not married to an old man! LOL :-)

I find that especially when I'm eating healthy food, I need to make sure I have frequent snacks. In fact, I set my Outlook calendar at work to remind me to have a snack mid morning and a snack mid afternoon. When I'm at my best, I rarely have that "I'm starving" feeling that causes me to want to eat things I DON'T really want to eat!

I base my snack decisions on what my planned calories are for the rest of the day. If my breakfast is rather light, I'll have a heavier mid-morning snack to tide me over until lunch. If I know dinner's going to be on the later side because I have errands after work, then my mid-afternoon snack will be more substantial. But if I know I'm going out for lunch with colleagues, I might select one of my lighter snacks since I know I love a particular dish at the Mexican place close to our office, and getting a salad instead probably isn't going to happen. :-)

Here are some of my favorites:

• One or two low or no-salt rice cakes with natural peanut butter. Each rice cake, before PB, is only 35 calories. This is an absolute go-to for me.
• Unsalted roasted almonds - 22 nuts is a serving - with fruit. I find I need the combination....fruit alone doesn't do it, but neither do the nuts.
• Hummus and raw veggies (the hummus is nice and filling)
• Hard-boiled eggs, sprinkled with a little bit of sea salt
• An avocado half, also sprinkled with a little bit of sea salt
• Popcorn. I used to think I didn't like it until we started buying locally grown popcorn from our Farmer's Market. My husband cooks it in peanut oil - I know, everyone loves their air popper, but the amount he uses is minimal per serving, and the few extra calories are well worth the flavor.
• Halved cherry tomatoes with a sprinkle of balsamic vinegar and fresh basil. (I'd also add a little feta or fresh mozzarella, but you said dairy bothers you.)
• A serving of those Blue Diamond nut crisp crackers - I love the pecan ones. They feel like such a treat!
• I tend to prefer more savory food (dessert really doesn't make me feel satiated) but I just noticed these Dole banana slices covered with dark chocolate in our freezer at work, and it looks like a serving of four slices was about 100 calories. I don't tend to buy processed food, but this piqued my interest.

Hope that gives you a few ideas!

Well first you need enough protein, fat, and fiber, for your meals.

Then snacks for me are usually fruit plus nuts/nut butter or some yogurt or cheese.

Hard to fight that kind of hunger. I would figure out your TDEE then gradually step it down. If you went from TDEE+ to 1200 that might have been too big a decrease.

harrybananas wrote: »

Eat what you crave. It's much easier to sustain a diet that way.

This. I crave peanut butter, salt and savory creamy things, so I devise snacks that play to my tastes. Then I actually look forward to them! As long as the nutrients and calories balance out at the end of the day, I'm good.

I prelog my food for the whole day and usually have 100-300 calories for snacks.
You could try hard boiled eggs or combine fruit/celery with peanut butter.
I have things like popcorn, apple, orange, carrots, celery, cheese, pickles, cheese, fruit, trail mix, deviled eggs, peanut butter, granola bar, chocolate, or yogurt.

- whole pickles
- two flavored rice cakes
- spoonful of PB
- mini box of dry cereal (usually around 100 cals)
- granola bar
- pretzels with mustard
- celery and PB
- animal crackers

I have found that if I have a cup of coffee or lots of water with my snack it makes me feel more full.

Oh! I almost forgot my all time favorite- turkey pepperoni! :P

kommodevaran wrote: »

pvju wrote: »

Hi All,
I've been fighting to lose those few extra pounds for years and what always gets me is plain old hunger. Raw veggies don't stop the hunger pains. Dairy makes me break out like crazy even at my old age (52) and a piece of fruit is unsatisfying if my stomach is really growling. I end up grabbing nuts - which I know are highly caloric unless I eat like 8 or something even worse.

It's only midday and I'm hungry enough to eat all the calories I have left for the day - plus my workout is happening later, which is sure to add to my hunger.

If you are truly hungry, and not just craving, chances are you are under on calories, fat, and/or protein, and/or your timing of meals is off. If you only have a few pounds to lose, you need to set your goal to no more than 0.5 pounds per week, this will give you more calories/food than if you go for 1 or 2 pounds a week. You don't have to snack, but you have to hit your nutritional goals - calories, fat, protein and carbs. It is no wonder if just veggies or fruit don't stop the hunger, they are mostly carbs. Add some fat and protein to them. Eat the nuts, fruit and vegetables together. Instead of dairy, you can build up your meals with oil, eggs, fatty fish or fattier cuts of meat, along with grains and potatoes.

Cosigned.

I make sure my snacks have protein (plus fat and carbs). I eat a lot of cottage cheese - does all dairy make you break out? What about a hard boiled egg plus carrots or something with carbs and fiber?

My favorite snacks are 90% lindt chocolate and almonds. Are you eating enough protein and fats though? If you're constantly hungry you may want to up one of those.

Sometimes I drink diet hot chocolate!! It feels me up and I get my chocolate fix. It really does work

I like to roll up turkey and dip it in some freshly made hummus. When that gets old I reach for an apple and some protein peanut butter ($$ but it's yummy enough to keep me away from sweets). A brown rice cake with either a tablespoon of PB on top or some kind of animal protein and avocado mashed on top is super yummy and filling too for a snack. Or some kind of non-dairy based protein shake, since you're dairy sensitive.

Going for protein is my go-to snack. Keeps me feeling fuller much longer than anything else.

My evening sweet tooth craving is cured by half a tablespoon of peanut butter.