My new diet

staceyh8989
staceyh8989 Posts: 34 Member
edited November 24 in Health and Weight Loss
Hey guys,
So after my post the other day and fellow MFP telling how wrong it was, I am now on a normal diet just cutting out chocolate, cakes, crisps,fizzy etc
On day 5 and doing really well.

I need healthy snacks can anybody help?
Tia

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  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    What does "healthy" mean to you? What are you snacking for - hunger? Boredom? Fuelling training?

    I personally stopped snacking, to save calories for meals. I'm more satisfied eating less, but larger meals than I was when eating lots of "mini meals" throughout the day...
  • pcw65
    pcw65 Posts: 31 Member
    I know that most will say any snack is OK as long as it fits inside your calorie limit but I have tried to steer into having piece of fruit, an apple for a mid morning snack and a banana or a banana/honey muffin in the PM. I make a bunch of them each Sunday and they last me the week. Low in calories/protein (I need to watch my protein intake) but filling. From time to time I used to have a hard boiled egg/handful of cashews as a snack but I have stopped to try to lower my protein intake.

    I know the fruit wont work for many as they aren't the most filling!
  • staceyh8989
    staceyh8989 Posts: 34 Member
    Well I’ve been having an Alpen light bar or a salt & vinegar rice cake but wondered if there was anything healthier I have been having fruit but its not keeping me full for long
  • MichelleSilverleaf
    MichelleSilverleaf Posts: 2,027 Member
    So find what does. I like having a serving of sunflower seeds, or some veggies and hummus (sometimes swap the hummus out for a french onion dip if I plan for it), small bowl of cereal, a nice sized apple will also do. Sorbet if I want something sweet (80 cal a serving, I can double that and still have a nice sweet treat and not break 200cal). Snacks don't always have to be "healthy" though, if you're eating a varied balance of stuff throughout the day you're good. You don't have to be "healthy" 100% of the time.
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    staceyh8989 wrote: »
    Well I’ve been having an Alpen light bar or a salt & vinegar rice cake but wondered if there was anything healthier I have been having fruit but its not keeping me full for long

    Perhaps you need to consider the healthiness of your overall diet, not individual foods.
    All of the options you've mentioned are pretty much all carbs - without protein or fat, they wouldn't keep me feeling full long either. Their also miniscule, so if it were me, I'd rather eat nothing.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    edited February 2018
    A normal diet does not usually mean cutting out treats completely.

    We can do almost anything for a short while. A lifestyle change is pointless unless you can do it for life.

    You don't need healthy snacks. You need a healthy diet, and you can choose to snack or not snack. You can eat anything you want as long as you get in everything you need every day and not too much of anything over time.
  • fr33sia12
    fr33sia12 Posts: 1,258 Member
    If you keep changing your diet everytime someone says it's wrong, you'll never stick to anything for long. Do what works for you, just keep logging what you eat and eat less calories than you burn. People have told me in the past I'm wrong for cutting down on added sugar, I'm not eating enough protein, cutting out food won't work. I didn't listen to any of them and did what works for me. I'm 14lb down and feeling great. There's a difference between taking advice and doing exactly what others tell you to do.
  • Maxxitt
    Maxxitt Posts: 1,281 Member
    When I am wanting a salty snack, I put about 30g of salted soy nuts and 14 g of almonds in a little bowl. It's 150 calories, about. When I am wanting a sweet snack, I have a greek yogurt with fruit (currently I am eating a lot of Fage yogurt but I also like Chobani), or mix some plain greek yogurt with fresh fruit, or if I am in a protein deficit mix some plain greek yogurt with 28g or so of a vanilla whey powdered product along with 2 TBSP of cocoa powder. Then there's fruit - apples are relatively filling to me, but bananas, clementines, grapefruit not so much. Mixed nuts make a great snack but I ALWAYS want more than one ounce which makes them calorie-heavy. Another snack option I have had, but not recently, is chopped fresh vegetables with a couple of tablespoons of hummus. If I am feeling snack-ish but have no calories available, I might have a hot tea with a bit of milk. So it goes :)
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Some of my go-to snacks are: string cheese, nuts, wasabi peas, fudge pops, cottage cheese, hard boiled eggs, hummus & veggies, protein bars, Greek yogurt, beef or turkey jerky, popcorn, apples & peanut butter, fruit
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    I like edamame with a sprinkle of salt.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    staceyh8989 wrote: »
    Well I’ve been having an Alpen light bar or a salt & vinegar rice cake but wondered if there was anything healthier I have been having fruit but its not keeping me full for long

    Fruit doesn't work for me as a snack either, I usually go for something protein based.

    Boiled eggs, reduced fat cheese, protein flapjack
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