low cal (but not diet) snacks

chrisilouhoo
chrisilouhoo Posts: 73 Member
in Food and Nutrition
What do you snack on that is low cal but doesn't have diet-additives?

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  • Kristy_Elizabeth
    Kristy_Elizabeth Posts: 435
    Trail mixes, pistachios, Greek yogurt, granola, fruits, frozen yogurt, and celery and humus.
  • kaji13
    kaji13 Posts: 172 Member
    I eat these things almost every day at work:

    Pistachios
    Raspberries/blueberries/strawberries
    Baby Carrots

    Those are my staples! Great to munch on throughout the day
  • Skeena4
    Skeena4 Posts: 209 Member
    Grape tomatoes
    Celery
    Snap peas
    carrot sticks
    air popped popcorn
    babybel cheese (only one at a time - trust me if I could I'd eat 3 or 4)
    apples with peanut butter (I use light PB)
    almonds (1/4 cup at a time - it's NOT low fat or low cal but fills you up)
    detour protein bars (170-190 cals each)
  • coachblt
    coachblt Posts: 1,090
    :mad: Recently...my fingernails. :mad:
  • Moviedust
    Moviedust Posts: 110
    For a sweet pick me up without a lot of calories I have some chocolate covered acai berries (90 calories for 12 pieces) or a weight watchers granola bite (I think it's 50 calories) and it's like a dessert, not super low calorie, but curbs my super sweets cravings.
  • penpen96
    penpen96 Posts: 20 Member
    Pickles, chips with salsa, frozen unsweetened berries with a little cool whip...yummy!
  • hooah_mj
    hooah_mj Posts: 1,004 Member
    Popsicle and pickles :tongue:
  • mdmomof4
    mdmomof4 Posts: 61 Member
    :mad: Recently...my fingernails. :mad:

    Ouch!
  • avega12
    avega12 Posts: 17
    LOL....I can relate!!
  • avega12
    avega12 Posts: 17
    I love natural/no-salt almonds (good brain food/give you energy), I'll pack baby carrots in a snack bag and take 1 tablespoon of natural peanut butter in a container as a snack combo, hummus and celery is great, the "original" no sugar rice cakes are great to spread peanut butter or hummus on, I also love chedder cheese sticks with nuts. You have to also consider how many carbs your snacks are so don't just focus on calories for example (yogurts are low cal but alot of them have 25-33+ carbs so look for the light yogurts). Hope this helps!
  • dawnrenee567
    dawnrenee567 Posts: 292 Member
    baby carrots (with a TBSP of peanut butter), cucumbers, grape tomatoes, a banana, apple, pear, kiwi fruit, a piece of string cheese, almonds, kids cliff bar, raisins.
  • carolhconway
    carolhconway Posts: 1 Member
    Watermelon!
  • jennieodwyer
    jennieodwyer Posts: 1,036 Member
    hummus with raw veggies
    almonds
    hard boiled eggs
    tuna
    fruit
    greek yogurt
  • SunKissed1989
    SunKissed1989 Posts: 1,314 Member
    For me its nuts and nut and raisin mixes.
    I also get graze snack boxes every week which are amazing!

    Oh, and nothing beats a cup of tea :smile:
  • isisbryan
    isisbryan Posts: 105 Member
    Here are some ideas. I use Weight Watchers as well. So I will be adding point values

    Snack Pack Almonds (3) and Pistachios (4)
    Berries, Peaches, Watermelon, apples, pears, bananas, oranges, clementines (0)
    Salad in a Jar! (2) - look for it on pinterest.com
    Hunts and Jello Fat Free Pudding cups (2)
    Beef Jerky (2)
    Wasa Crackers (1) with Laughing Cow Cheese (1) or 1 tbsp Peanut Butter (3)
    Lay's Classic Lite Chips (in the blue bag) (2)
    Popcorn (3)

    Sometimes, we get hungry because we are dehydrated. So I drink tap water with lemon or lime slices. I'm considering cucumber slices. (I 'm trying not to use bottled water for environmental purposes)

    When all of these things fail or I don't feel like eating these things, I will drink coffee with fat free milk/half and half (0) or some hot tea.
  • isisbryan
    isisbryan Posts: 105 Member
    For me its nuts and nut and raisin mixes.
    I also get graze snack boxes every week which are amazing!

    Oh, and nothing beats a cup of tea :smile:

    What are "graze snack boxes"?
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Low sodium V8
    fruit

    I don't know how low calorie you are looking for but also:
    - apple slices with hummus
    - almonds
    - carrot/celery sticks with peanut butter
    - Kashi TLC chewy granola bars
    - dry roasted edamame
  • SunKissed1989
    SunKissed1989 Posts: 1,314 Member
    For me its nuts and nut and raisin mixes.
    I also get graze snack boxes every week which are amazing!

    Oh, and nothing beats a cup of tea :smile:

    What are "graze snack boxes"?

    It's from a website - graze.com. You can order snacks (nuts and seeds, dried fruit, breads, dips etc) in handy, ready-made potrions and have them delivered when you like (weeky, fortnightly...). Not sure if this classes as advertising so I best be careful- check out their website, there's a lot of nice things there:smile:
  • betteringmyselfeachday
    betteringmyselfeachday Posts: 99
    I go for:
    *apples sliced
    *berries: strawberries, black berries, blueberries, rasberries
    *celery with low cal pb
    *kiwi
    *pineapple (i buy it precut from the store)
    *cottage cheese (they make some that are actually healthy)
    *string cheese (again go for the healthy kind)
    *Zucchini with a little bit of parmesan cheese, stick them in the microwave for to make them soft, and enjoy
    *bell peppers
    *steamed broccoli


    hopefully you can find something you like!
  • betteringmyselfeachday
    betteringmyselfeachday Posts: 99
    I also forgot sugar free jello!
  • toomuchsweetness
    toomuchsweetness Posts: 168 Member
    fiber one 90 calorie brownies with a tablespoon of peanut butter on top... my new favorite!

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