Healthy snacks ideas

I struggle with snacks too. Mostly in the evening. I've got a couple tricks that have been working for me this past week or so.
Log your food and evening snack and close your diary after dinner.
I log some veggie snacks for my snack later or a bit of popcorn or whatever fits.
I turn off the tv earlier and go to bed and read and eat my veggies.
And if I'm starving I eat a pickle! It works everytime...so far.

My snacks are usually fruit: two clementines, a cup of berries (any and all!), A green apple with a tablespoon of almond butter... Sometimes I'll grab a small handful of mixed nuts and eat them slowly. I'll also stock up on healthy bars (and just stash one in my bag so that I have something if I'm feeling hungry on the go)! I also have a thing of protein powder at home always, and I'll blend up an icy shake. That's my breakfast everyday, actually, just because it's easy! Hope this helps

A heaping teaspoon of peanut butter -- makes it look like it's more than it is with a cup of unsweetened hot tea with a splash of half and half. Sometimes I'll have peanut butter with a wedge of dark chocolate (76% cacao). Other times I make a "cocoa latte". Whip 2.5 oz half and half and heat in microwave. Heat 10 oz. water to boiling and stir in the powdered cocoa. Top with the steamed half and half, Dip the spoon all the way down to the bottom and drag it cross ways to mix to keep foam on top. Sometimes a slice of cheese folded into quarters and 4 crackers.

For snacks I eat Halo Top or Arctic Zero ice cream. Or a serving of Triscuits with cheese. I also like the EatSmart Veggie Chips - you get a bowl full for 140 calories. Same goes for Nilla Wafers. Then there's Dannon Light and Fit yogurt if you need protein. Or a simple carrot stick. My husband likes to snack on turkey jerky.

Veggie crudites (cucumber, bell pepper, carrot sticks) and low fat hummous, slices of apple and grapes with a small portion of blue cheese or brie, low fat hot chocolates in the winter or chocolate mini milk ice lollies in the summer for my chocolate fix. Miso soup broth with a few spring onions chopped over, butternut squash wedges seasoned in paprika and cayenne pepper, sprayed with fry light and oven baked. Air popped popcorn with different sweet and savoury seasoning. Pickles.

It is hard to stick to meals with zero snacking and not everyone has the willpower its good to have a few things in the arsenal especially if you're with friends who are snacking on crisps and salty greasy goodness if you're watching a movie. Or if you're like me and because of work might have to wait 7-8 hours between lunch and dinner.

It might help if you include an idea of calorie wise what a snack is to you, just so you get ideas that are easily applicable to your own needs.

I eat a lot of grapes and pretzels, greek yogurt with some sort of fruit, popcorn, pepperoni/salami sticks, cheese string, apple and dark chocolate with sea salt. I'm big on sweet and salty in the same snack since those are the two flavours I tend to crave. Lots of people will suggest protein bars that are desert flavoured like Quest bars, but they're pretty expensive snacking.

If you find calorie wise that your snacks are getting in the way, make sure that you're budgeting for them -- I snack in the evening so I tend to leave 1/4 of my calories aside-- and aim for higher protein snacks since they're more satiating, so you're less likely to grab another snack after.

At the end of the day, you've just got to find what works for you

Handful of nuts or trail mix.

Apple with almond butter.

String cheese.

Sometimes I'll just have a glass of lowfat milk.

Strawberries drizzled with a TBSP of fruit infused white balsamic vinegar; 4 dark chocolate covered almonds or pecans; apple slices softened in microwave and then drizzled with a TBSP of honey and a dash of cinnamon; apple slices with a TBSP of crunchy peanut butter

I'm on Day 16 of a Whole45, so I try not to snack at all, and usually don't want/need to. If I DO need something, I'll eat a hardboiled egg, a banana with raw cashew butter (sometimes with cocoa nibs on top), or a Larabar.