Hi!

I recently came across the same dilema!

I have recently changed my packet of crisps that I used to have mid afternoon, for rice cakes from Holland & Barrett! These are a much healthier option and 1 large cake only equates to about 32kcal, which is awesome! Also I think I stay fuller for longer on them, although the yeast extract flavour ones I have at the moment, probably don't go down to well with my colleauges! :ohwell:

I like rice cakes too, they come in all different flavours and are surprisingly tasty. I tend to do like you at work and just bring fruit in for a snacks, I also sometimes have hot bovril, but that is quite high in salt.

Today I've brought in some Laughing Cow Light cheese triangles which are only 25 calories each.

popcorn and carrot. Munching on a carrot stick is time consuming and filling!

I work in an office desk-bound too! I've swapped my low fat crisps on most days - for plain unsalted cashew nuts or peanuts. I weigh out 25g into a small tupperware thing so I can't eat too many. But I know what you mean at how few you get as 25g equates to about 145 cals. Pistachio nuts are a good option as you have to take the shells off them so take a bit longer to eat, but can get a bit messy. I like the Healthy Snack section that Tesco do in their fruit section, different snack options in small bags, mixed dried fruits, nuts, seeds etc. I especially like their seaweed peanut crackers and black pepper rice crackers, and the savoury seed mix.

As well as one of the above options I also take usually an apple, a banana, cereal bar (I like the Nature Valley oat ones and also Alpen Light), satsumas - as you can see, i'm a bit of a grazer when I'm at work!!!!

For a sweet treat, I've found that chocolate philadelphia (sound awful, tastes great) sandwiched between 2 icecream wafers, does the trick for under 100cals.

Even better, the philadelphia comes in single portion mini pots - no temptation to eat too much!

Alpen light - choc & fudge - think its 65 cals and 1g fat
Snackajacks- from multipack- around 90 cals & 2gfat
Weightwatchers yoghurt- 46 cals and 0.6g fat - Also alot of the WW snacks are low cal/low fat liek the crisps etc
Soups- Heinz/Soups
The WW bagels ( 156 cals ) are also yummy when toasted with light cream cheese or nutella

Hope that helps
x

I like the alpen light cereal bars at under 70cals each. Particularly reccommend the chocolate orange one.

And if you want something really chocolatey try the cocopops cereal bars, they are about 90cal each.

From peoples suggestions though, think I'm going to have to dig my popcorn maker out of the back of the cupboard. Love it, but it was really high syns on slimming world, which I was doing, so gave up on it.

I know some people snack on dried cereal like Cheerios, corn flakes etc.

My personal favourite is 70-85% cocoa chocolate. You can buy this from Tesco. As its lower in sugar it releases energy slowly

I like the fairtrade Geo bars - apricot one is about 115ish cals, I think.

My husband (who's on here too) eats bananas like they're going out of fashion. About 100 cal for a banana, he says.

Yoghurt is nice and filling.

95 cal packs of cheese Wotsits aren't filling at all but are a treat. Ditto one Jaffa cake for about 50 cal.

I switch up the fruit - had heaps of cherries today.

And I drink lots of coffee 'cos I find a hot drink soothing and filling. (I should really take a jar of decaf to work and use that!)