Snacks!

[Sarah-88]

Just wondering what sorts of things you eat for snacks?

[YellowRose55]

Hi Sarah-88

Have a look at the Daily Diary where other members are sharing what they eat on their plan which includes their snacks.

I myself will have Yogurt, fruit, nuts, yogurt covered cranberries if I want something sweet. If I want a biscuit I have the Go ahead one at 176 for 3 biscuits or Snack a jack rice cakes at 101 cals for a packet.

Hope that helps you.

Rose

[Sarah-88 in reply to YellowRose55]

Yes thankyou, those sound like good snacks, I have had a little look and will continue to look but I just thought it would b a good thread to have a quick look rather than scrolling through all the diaries 😊

[YellowRose55 in reply to Sarah-88]

If you have a look under Topics there is a section called "Recipes/Meals/Snacks" you may find some ideas there too.

[Sarah-88 in reply to YellowRose55]

Ok thankyou will try there

[allycan]

i try first to top up with fruit or carrot sticks with houmous....if i fancy something chocolatey i try a choc chip rice cake or my new found love is choc drink (40cals for options Belgian choc!😮 and it gets me past that craving!) something else is trail mix which i weigh into 45g portions and have them to hand. Yogurts are also good and best of all is water to fill up between meals!

I'm getting used to drinking water now, before id only ever have one glass a day (400ml) most of the time i take 5 glasses now, as long as i have 3gone by lunch time i know ill have two at dinner!

good luck!😉

[Sarah-88 in reply to allycan]

Great thankyou, hadn't thought about the hot chocolates, might have to try them

[kalahuchi]

Hi there,

I eat fresh fruit or sometimes a handful of almonds and dried fruit. Occasionally I treat myself to a Nakd cocoa crunch or a bag or Tesco apple crisps but my favourite is Aldi Moser Roth 85% dark chocolate ..... yummy! My personal rule is I only eat snacks that are wholesome and free from added sugar and low in salt and also they have to have a calorie content of less than 200 calories. Happy snacking x

[Sarah-88]

Added some fruit and nut shots, full fat yoghurt, chocolate/yoghurt coated raisins and highlight hot chocolates to my shopping 😍 thankyou for the ideas 😊

[bikegrrrl 1lb]

The glib answer is "whatever I like, as long as I can fit it into my calorie allowance". (I calorie-count everything.)

The realistic answer is: Mostly fruit. Also carrot sticks. In this weather, the odd 50-cal ice lolly, or an ice pole. Sometimes a teeny amount of popcorn.

But I do have the occasional bag of crisps, and last week I had a Krispy Kreme sugar-glazed doughnut (200 cals - wouldn't do it every day!)

[Sarah-88 in reply to bikegrrrl]

I agree, it's better for us to have healthy snacks but realisticly we will want something unhealthy at times and we have to treat ourselves occasionally 😊 luckily for me the nearest krispy kreme donut shop is miles away lol

[Janecad in reply to Sarah-88]

Oh how I wish doughnuts were the on!y snacks available.......I couldn't eat one if there was a £5 note to go with it.

Don't know why just YUCKY (and I do have a sweet tooth at times)

[Sarah-88 in reply to Janecad]

They are very sickly, I've not had many tbh 😊

[Fran182716]

My go to snacks are

up to 100 cals: apples, bananas, peaches, half can Amys tomato soup

100 to 200 cals range: yoghurts, especially the alpro soya dark chocolate one, slice of toast with marmite, mug of cocoa made with hot semi skimmed milk, nakd bars, half tub cottage cheese with berries or pineapple, or other fruit.

200-300 cals range : porridge sachets (oats so simple) , banana egg pancake, toast with almond or hazelnut butter

There are others but these are the ones I have often, I tend to plan my 3 meals in advance then fill gaps with snacks depending on how many calories are left over

[Sarah-88 in reply to Fran182716]

This is really helpful thankyou x

[Gaynor123]

I have snack a jacks,strawberries,low calorie Jelly for snacks,I also chop fruit up and put natural yogert in ice cubes then freeze like a lolly.