I need easy snacks!!!

Kahlagrace
Kahlagrace Posts: 10
edited October 1 in Food and Nutrition
Hey fellow MFP's!! I currently work 2 jobs, and constantly on the go. I just started to run, today I did 1/4th of mile!! (EEEK!!!) I need some healthy and low calorie snacks that are easy to grab on the go!! Any suggestions?!

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  • Chunkabutt83
    Chunkabutt83 Posts: 461
    eek im in the same boat! im having a hard time finding lowfat and lowcal snacks that dont have TONS of sodium! Fresh fruit is always easy since it doesnt have to b refrigerated, and almonds!
  • charsauce
    charsauce Posts: 51
    Mini-Pretzels with Laughing Cow Cheese Wedge (135 calories if you do a 100 calorie pretzel pack and depending on the cheese you get, some are only 35 calories a wedge!)
    Kashi cereal bars
    Sugar Free Pudding cups
    Luna Bars (so filling!)
    Fruits

    Basically, creating your own snack sized grab and go baggys of an assortment of different things. Pre-weigh/measure them and store them for convenience. It's cheaper than buying 100 calorie bags! foods like: dried fruit, celery sticks, baby carrots and hummus, grapes, crackers, rice cakes, nuts, etc.
  • CavewomanCoby
    CavewomanCoby Posts: 253 Member
    Smoked paprika almonds (homemade) Just toss some almonds in a pan with some garlic, chilli, smoked paprika and your choice of healthy oil (I choose macadamia) Let them cool in the pan. Yum!
  • Chunkabutt83
    Chunkabutt83 Posts: 461
    Mini-Pretzels with Laughing Cow Cheese Wedge (135 calories if you do a 100 calorie pretzel pack and depending on the cheese you get, some are only 35 calories a wedge!)
    Kashi cereal bars
    Sugar Free Pudding cups
    Luna Bars (so filling!)
    Fruits

    Basically, creating your own snack sized grab and go baggys of an assortment of different things. Pre-weigh/measure them and store them for convenience. It's cheaper than buying 100 calorie bags! foods like: dried fruit, celery sticks, baby carrots and hummus, grapes, crackers, rice cakes, nuts, etc.

    great options! im obsessed with the laughing cow wedges, they are wonderful!! And i always buy big bags of foods and seperate them into mini baggies to grab when i want one, makes it so much easier to not overeat
  • flinchyny
    flinchyny Posts: 106 Member
    Yogurt. Bananas.
  • charsauce
    charsauce Posts: 51
    gosh, me too! They are so yummy, even just by themselves. Reduced fat string cheese are low cal/low carbs also!

    Almonds are great too. Emerald makes a delicious cocoa almond that is dry roasted! its delicious. I make my own 100 calorie bags using my scale. They also have dry roast cinnamon. yummm
  • ygrad2001
    ygrad2001 Posts: 230
    Fiber one bars, fiber one brownies, rice cakes, fresh fruit and veggies, laughing cow with pretzels, granola bars. I am learning that the key is planning ahead. Good Luck!!!
  • fastbelly
    fastbelly Posts: 727 Member
    Alpen Light bars (less then 70 calories per bar)
    Granola bars (170 cals +/- per 2 bars)
    Carr's Melts Original biscuits (20 cals per biscuit)
    Carrots
    Fruit
  • hifinm
    hifinm Posts: 42 Member
    Costco-Peggy's Premium - Edamame, 8 oz with pods

    140 calories

    11 carbs

    5 fat

    12 protein

    2 sugars

    4 fiber
  • stefbres
    stefbres Posts: 1
    diced fruit cups, jello 10 calories!, sugar free pudding, apple sauce, yogurt?, fruit, nuts with no salt, special k cracker/crisp 30 chips for like 130 calories? or something
  • muitobem
    muitobem Posts: 436 Member
    Atkins high protein bars...anything in chocolate!! lol they are under 200 cals..high in protein, which you need (like about 17 grams) and very low in sugar and carbs...the shakes too! (I don't miss my chocolate!!)

    apple slices and peanut butter - PB is great for protein AND curbing your appetite
    Yogurt-yoplait light fat free
    cottage cheese - low fat
    the little packages of buddig meats - high in protein - throw them on a sara lee mini-bagel (whole wheat) with a little mayo or mustard...YUM!
    Cheese sticks...sargento's...great to have for a pinch and low in cals..
  • JessicaMarie9382
    JessicaMarie9382 Posts: 197
    bump
  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,423 Member
    Chop up veggies like carrot, capsicum (bell pepper), cauliflower and have them ready in the fridge, plus snow peas and cherry tomatoes. Crunchy and delicious on their own or with dips like hommous or tzatziki.
    String cheese, babybel cheese, crackers (watch the sodium)
    Almonds or other nuts are great if you have the calories. I've been buying snack sized boxed of almonds and cranberries which are great, or you can just bag up your own portions.
    Air popped popcorn
    Small tubs of fruit in natural juice (watch the sugar!)
    Fresh fruit (2 serves a day is the Australian recommendation) - mandarins are my current favourite
    Muesli (granola) bars are good if you can find ones that aren't overly processed or too high in sugar, I'm cutting back on those, but want to experiment with baking my own with lower sugar levels.
  • TrishJimenez
    TrishJimenez Posts: 561 Member
    I know almonds are not low calorie but I have found they are VERY satisfiying and carry me for quite awhile as a snack or even a mini meal and have so many health benifits. The other things I pack for work is fruit and string cheese.
  • charsauce
    charsauce Posts: 51
    I know almonds are not low calorie but I have found they are VERY satisfiying and carry me for quite awhile as a snack or even a mini meal and have so many health benifits. The other things I pack for work is fruit and string cheese.

    healthy fats! and low carb. they are perfect. so glad someone else on MFP agrees!
  • KeepOnMoving
    KeepOnMoving Posts: 383 Member
    For carb munchies: air popcorn or thin crackers (paper thin) 12 calories for one big piece. Most of these thin, low calorie crackers or tea biscuits can be found in the Ethnic food section of the grocery store. My favorite are products from Norway. Low sodium, low calorie. Not like the excessive sweet and salty, big fat flavored processed food from US.
  • Cott415
    Cott415 Posts: 2 Member
    Has anybody mentioned Trader Joe's Turkey Jerky? Easy, satisfying and savory! My favorite. Mini Babybel cheese rolls and yet another favorite: Hummus with pretzels - heavy on the hummus. It's definitely not as easy as I'd like, if the calories and carbs don't get you, the sodium will for sure. One piece of advice I retained from watching one of those reality "Biggest Loser" type shows, was that when you're struggling between two healthy options, always go with the lower sodium regardless of the calories/carb/fat content.
  • missmiller1
    missmiller1 Posts: 131 Member
    Bananas
    Golden Delicious Apples (they're my favorite and I'm not much of an apple fan)
    Raw Almonds
    Grapes
    Seasonal fruit like Peaches, Nectarines, Blueberries, Strawberries, etc.
    Cherry tomatoes
    Carrot sticks and hummus
  • TrishJimenez
    TrishJimenez Posts: 561 Member
    I know almonds are not low calorie but I have found they are VERY satisfiying and carry me for quite awhile as a snack or even a mini meal and have so many health benifits. The other things I pack for work is fruit and string cheese.

    healthy fats! and low carb. they are perfect. so glad someone else on MFP agrees!

    they way I see it food, especially snacks should not just fill a gap in the stomach but actually make me feel better by being yummy, something I like and be an actual food and fill a nutritional need, at least partially :)I agree 100%
  • Arietmis
    Arietmis Posts: 17 Member
    Bump! Thanks for the ideas. I'm going back to school in a few weeks and I'm starting to stress about what to eat! I have my usuals: string cheese + apple, wasa cracker + Laughing Cow cheese, 1 oz serving of almonds, tomato slices + hummus, or any kind of vitamuffin!
  • Kahlagrace
    Kahlagrace Posts: 10
    Thanks everyone those are great ideas. (: Have you all shopped at Trader Joes? Ive never been there. Can someone explain there store to me. Is it all natural food, or what?!
  • medwards89
    medwards89 Posts: 97 Member
    kahla, lets to to TJs together!!! I've wanted to go forever anyhow!

    I snack on the Fiber One 90 calorie bars and brownies a lot,
    raw unsalted almonds
    carrots
    celery
    rice cakes
    mini baby bell cheeses
    string cheese
    special k crackers
    special k fruit crisps

    looking at my logs, I eat the same things all the time, but that's what works for me. These things have become my favorites and I don't have to worry or feel guilty about them.
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