What snacks do you buy?
Iansmommy123011
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When you go food shopping what snacks do you buy to stay healthy?
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i usually get some nuts or a granola bar0
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Vanilla yogurt with banana granola, sunflower seeds, bananas, grapes, apples, carrots, almonds, kashi granola bars... I am trying to stkck to healthy stuff. Stuff to satisfy my sweet and salty cravings too.0
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fruit, raw cashews, pistachios, peanut butter, celery, baby carrots, hummus, lentil crackers, string cheese, roasted seaweed snacks0
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carrot sticks, a lot of veggies to roast in the oven and keep on hand, apples, peanut butter, frozen grapes, rice cakes to spread pb on, yogurts (I like siggi), low fat cheese sticks, tuna pouches, popcorn, bananas, fresh fruit cups from whole foods0
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fresh fruit, peanut butter, plain unsalted nuts, plain fat free greek yogurt0
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Mini clif bars (only 100 calories!), fresh fruit and veggies, hard-boiled eggs, light string cheese0
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I use to buy fresh fruit and veggies but not anymore. They are so EXPENSIVE. When we stopped buying them our food bill went down a lot. So we buy few things of fruit and when we eat veggies its from a can or frozen. I also buy those 100 calorie snacks from the keebler brands since I have a sweet tooth. I try to eat nuts as much as I can but they are expensive as well. Instead of having chips I buy pretzels. I eat yogurt. The thing suxs is that we live on military base and whole foods, or any health foods stores isn't located near us. We have to shop at the commissary or walmart.0
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I like to buy fresh fruit like cantalope and honeydew melon. I also like to buy granola and wasabi peas. My absolute fav snack is steam-bag edamame (soybean) because it has a nutty flavor like a boiled peanut0
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Celery and Peanut Butter
Sugar Free Pudding
Sugar Free Jello
Can of Mixed Nuts
BBQ Pork Grinds
Non-Fat Yogurt (not the low Fat)
Grapes
Pears
Kiwi
Meat and Cheese Roll ups
Beef Jerky
I have more I like to use. But these are what I have been using the last few weeks.0 -
Celery and Peanut Butter
Sugar Free Pudding
Sugar Free Jello
Can of Mixed Nuts
BBQ Pork Grinds
Non-Fat Yogurt (not the low Fat)
Grapes
Pears
Kiwi
Meat and Cheese Roll ups
Beef Jerky
I have more I like to use. But these are what I have been using the last few weeks.
Isn't BBQ Pork Grinds filled with fat? I always thought they were filled with fat.0 -
Well the whole concept of "snacks" and "snacking" change when you are shifting over to a healthier lifestyle. No snacking after dinner especially after 7pm. Snacks between meals are usually a carb with one protein to keep that full feeling. So for me it can be an apple and a hard boiled egg, or some other fruit or veggie with nuts.0
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Jiff Peanut Butter To Go (Natural or Chocolate Silk) with and apple
Jello Sugar Free Pudding
Wassa Crisp with 2 TBLS Jiff Natural Creamy Peanut Butter
94% Fat Free Popcorn (2 cups)
Yoplait Strawberry Greek Yogurt with Granola
Yoplat Honey Vanilla Greek Yogurt
Yoplait Very Vanilla Light Yogurt
I also buy fresh fruit and veggies at the Farmer's Market. I get enough for a family of 6 for $60 and sometimes it lasts two weeks.0 -
Celery and Peanut Butter
Sugar Free Pudding
Sugar Free Jello
Can of Mixed Nuts
BBQ Pork Grinds
Non-Fat Yogurt (not the low Fat)
Grapes
Pears
Kiwi
Meat and Cheese Roll ups
Beef Jerky
I have more I like to use. But these are what I have been using the last few weeks.
Isn't BBQ Pork Grinds filled with fat? I always thought they were filled with fat.
Fat in the diet suppresses hunger and is an important nutrient. If you keep your calories in check, then fat is actually good for weight loss. Sugary and carby stuff cause you to get more hungry, hence why you usually get hungry 30 minutes after eating Chinese food, which is mostly rice and noodles and all the meat's covered in sugary sauces.
I love to eat nuts, pork rinds, hardboiled eggs, canned fish and cheese for snacks. A small amount usually keeps me full until my next meal.0 -
Yogurt, granola bars, Special K stuff, produce. I try to mix things up every week, doesn't always work. And sometimes I find something I really like and eat it until I get burnt out on it :-/0
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I just bough fresh grapes not too long ago. I went into my fridge and they are rotten already. I hate buying fresh fruit and fresh veggies because they rot easy.0
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fruits, veggies and nuts! When I do granola bars I tend to stay away from the chocolate and yogurt covered stuff and go for the 'whole food' bars, such as Quaker Harvest Crunch, occasionally Oatmeal to Go, definitely Taste of Nature and that sort of thing0
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I have 100 calorie snack packs of pretty much everything, but it's working for me!0
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If the fruit is rotting then you are buying too much at one time. I will buy 2 apples, 3 bananas, 1 bunch of grapes, a small bunch of mixed greens etc. You don't have to take a big pack.
Hard boiled eggs are very cheap and good for you.
Nuts are expensive...but if you can find it in bulk - like at Walmart, then you can buy smaller portions. Remember - a serving is about 22 nuts so if you portion them out properly they will last a while.
I make sweet potato chips. Slice the potatoes super thin, toss with olive oil and bake. I lightly salt them and they are a great little snack.
Popcorn. The cook your own variety is very cheap. Just use a good oil.0 -
I am a chip kinda girl and the Special K Cracker Chips are so so tasty and only 80 calories a serving!0
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For on-the-go snacks, fruit is always great. Apart from that, I like to get roasted or fresh edamame.
As far as more packaged things go, my current favorites are:
-Pure Organic bars (I usually have 1/2 at a time to consider them snacks)
-Kashi crackers
-Veggie sticks
-Greek yogurt or soy yogurt
-Dried fruit, especially the ones from TJ's
-Roasted wasabi peas
-Almonds/mixed nuts
-Back To Nature cookies
-Bora Bora Food Bars0 -
I use to buy fresh fruit and veggies but not anymore. They are so EXPENSIVE. When we stopped buying them our food bill went down a lot. So we buy few things of fruit and when we eat veggies its from a can or frozen.
Wow! I'm not sure where you are shopping!
My boyfriend and I spend about $30 a week on groceries - most of it is fresh fruit and veggies! We buy things like beans and rice in bulk. But we eat like 90% veggies! And it's sooooo cheap.
Okay snacks...
fresh fruit
you can make homemade healthy granola bars
fresh veggies
Honestly, that's most of what I eat heh.0 -
apples, bananas, cheese and crackers, watermelon, pretty much any fruit that sounds good at the time... carrots and hummus, broccoli with ranch dip, vanilla greek yogurt and strawberries, cottage cheese, beef jerky, slim jims (not so healthy I know lol) I have a protein shake as a snack most days, a glass of white or chocolate milk...
I am more of a snacking kind of person rather than a big meal kind of person.0 -
Apples, grapes, string cheese, greek yogurt, pineapple, Costco trail mix (m&ms curb my chocolate craving and nuts are good for you), pretzel crisps.0
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Sugar free pudding cups, cool whip, WW snacks, special K snacks. I need a sugar treat once a day usually after dinner. The 1-2-3 cake ( recipe on MFP) is really good for 100 cals.0
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Laughing cow cheeses on veggie sticks
fruity granola
gala & fuji apples are incredible
Skinny cow candies and ice creams keep me off the streets
Fat free string cheese
Mio punch
Orville Redenbacher 100 calorie bags
dried fruit, particularly bing cherries & apricots
Triscuit crackers with Laughing cow cheeses0
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