low calorie snacks.... I need help

lol...I woke up with a leg cramp today and immediately grabbed a banana
It depends on what kind of snack you are looking for. Air popped popcorn is great and you can season it. I love frozen grapes! Laughing cow cheese wedge with low fat crackers. Pretzels. Celery, peppers and hummus. Sugar free fudgesicles.

Reduced fat colby jack cheese sticks (60 calories), almonds (no salt), boiled eggs, low sodium turkey slices, greek yogurt - just a few examples. You can take magnesium pills/tablets will help with your cramps too without the extra calories of a banana.

Light string cheese
Fruit
Raw Veggies
Pretzels (watch out.... carbs add up)
yogurt
Edamame
Turkey Peperoni

Greek yogurt is amazing, and fills you up. Also veggies (or pretzel thins) and hummus is a great snack to fill you up as well!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/588804-88-snacks-under-100-calories

Another user posted this the other day which Ithoght was pretty amazing! there are loads of things to stop you getting bored. Happy snacking...

I suffer from the same leg cramp issue at night when I'm sleeping. The cramping is the reult of a potassium deficiency. Try about a 1/4 cup of dried apricots per day...provides 480mg of potassium and they're only 100 calories. It worked for me!

We eat Fudgesicles - the sugar free ones are 30 calories. We keep Rolos - 25 calories and the snack size York Peppermint Patties in the fridge - 50 calories. It's something sweet that hits the spot when you need it. I would think the leg cramps are caused by low potassium. Pick up some potassium pills and stop eating the fattening bananas. Another thing we have switched to is Egg Beaters and the lower calorie bread - 35 calories a slice. And The Lay's chips that are fat free with Olean....75 calories for 20 chips. They are better than regular chips. There are ways to adjust - keep working at it and stick with it.

carrots with hummus
lots of fruit
sugar free pudding snacks
sugar free low cal yogurt, high protein ones like Chobani
celery
pretzels
low fat cottage cheese
AND FILL UP ON LOTS OF WATER!!!

Hummis w/ carrot and peppers LOW Cal and all natural 164 calories


Pecan Vannila Yougurt Crunch
1 cup plain nonfat Greek yogurt
Dash of vanilla extract
1 TBS chopped Pecans
mix and eat 164 calories

almond butter and celery stalks YUMMO 236 calories


these are a couple from the Jillian Michaels BODY REVOLUTION

I have trouble getting potassium too... Did you know that corn and potatoes are a great source of potassium? You could add potassium rich food into your meals and free up some of your snack calories. Just a thought.

you can buy potassium pills at your local walmart for around $5.oo

here is from a blog I posted about 100 calorie snacks, hope this helps! Nicole

Best Snacks 100 Calories or Less
-5 Nabisco Nilla Wafers
-1 Whole Foods Market Two-Bite Brownie
-1 Healthy Choice Mocha Fudge Swirl Bar
-9 Tootsie Roll Midgees
-1 pouch Keebler Sandies Right Bites Shortbread Cookies
-½ cup Sharon's Lemon Sorbet with 1/4 cup blueberries
-1 Skinny Cow Fat Free Fudge Bar
-1 Nestlé Butterfinger Stixx
-12 vanilla Miss Meringue Minis
-4 Country Choice Certified Organic Ginger Snaps
-1 Vitamuffin Vitatop

Savory Bites

-29 pistachios
-60 Pepperidge Farm Baby Goldfish Crackers
-1 Jolly Time Healthy Pop 100 Calorie Mini Bag popcorn
-25 EatSmart Café Fries
-12 Back to Nature Sesame Ginger Rice Thins
-12 Quaker Quakes Cheddar Cheese Rice Snacks
-40 Rold Gold Classic Style Pretzel Sticks

Dairy Delights

-1 Laughing Cow Light Creamy Garlic & Herb cheese wedge and 3 Triscuits
-1 Kraft Polly-O Superlong Twist-Ums string cheese stick
-1 Yoplait Light Smoothie
-½ cup low-fat cottage cheese with 5 strawberries

Hearty Helpings

-Campbell's Soup at Hand Blended Vegetable Medley
-1 hard-boiled egg with 1 slice Melba toast
-4 slices Sara Lee Honey Ham with 2 teaspoons honey mustard, rolled in lettuce leaf
-½ mini bagel with 1 ounce smoked salmon

Fruits & veggies

-2 cups raspberries
-28 grapes
-1 cup blueberries
-1 cup mango chunks
-½ medium cantaloupe
-15 strawberries dipped in 1⁄4 cup Cool Whip Lite
-45 steamed edamame (green soybeans)
-2 tablespoons each of mashed avocado and chopped tomatoes stuffed in 1⁄2 mini pita
-½ red bell pepper dipped in 3 tablespoons hummus

I didn't get to read all the replys but I saw some great snack ideas. Also, I think I'd go w/ a supplement and do the 1/2 banana in the am, the other 1/2 in the pm. I like the fruit smoothie ideas, cheese wedges, yogurt, fruit or veggies etc. But here's one I do if I'm still hungry at bedtime and my calories are gone for the day, I fry two egg whites w/ non stick cooking spray. Sometimes I have to take a fiber supplement with it so I can atleast fall asleep before the growlies come to get me. Ha ha! I add it to meals that just aren't filling enough too. It's my lil go to 32 calorie trick. But alos it seems like you may be able to make some cuts on your breakfast, possibly even lunch. What are you eating.

a few examples for breakfast:

2 egg whites
1-2 toast on Sara Lee 45 cal whole grain bread
1 tsp of 1/2 sugar or SF grape jelly

or
oatmeal
2 egg whites

1 turkey sausage patty
1-2 pieces of 45 cal toasted bread

lunch:

ham or turkey sandwich plain on WG bread
small salad, light dressing

or

1/2 chicken breast
fresh green beans
small salad, light dressing

or

a lean meal 290 calories

or
protein shake with 1/2 banana

snack ideas:

Berries are extremly low in calories however you want to incorporate them.
also good w/ a lil light whip cream mixed with 1 tbsp of FF cream cheese & a vanilla splenda.

or

carrots sliced and baked w/ non stick cooking spray, (taste like sweet potato fries)

another good idea, sweet potato w/ spray butter

miniture box of raisins

Some days I don't eat meals but I eat 10-12 mini HEALTHY snacks all throughout the day. It feels like I'm eating once an hour. I probably am. I stay very satisfied that way. I've learned one wrong choice can just blow the rest of your day.
Hope that helps.