In-between meals can be the most difficult time to maintain our diets. Instead of foods that are high in fat, calories and low in vitamins and nutrients you can use these options to create healthy snacks that won’t break the calorie bank. After all, so many of us are counting calories that it can make it difficult to stick to our diets when we are bombarded with high fat snacks!
Fruits and Vegetables make great snacks. Although some are higher in calories than others, they are a great way to work the six to eight recommended servings into your day as well as loading up on vitamin C and other great nutrients which are found in fruits. When trying to keep your snacking to a minimum, here are some fruits and vegetables that fall under the 100 calorie mark.
·        3 large Carrots
·        15 stalks of celery with fat free salad dressing
·        4 medium tomatoes
·        3 small plums
·        1 medium orange
·        1 pear
·        2 small nectarines
·        Unlimited cups of lettuce
·        2 cups strawberries
·        1.5 cups raspberries
·        1 cup fresh pineapple
·        ¼ cup dried fruit
·        1 cup canned mandarin oranges
Sometimes juice can be just as satisfying as a serving of fruit and contains just as many vitamins and nutrients. Juice can add up quickly in calories, therefore it is important to limit the amount of fruit juices which are consumed throughout the day – they have a way of drinking up your calories. These juice portions are less than 100 calories:
·        2 cups reduced sugar cranberry juice
·        1. 5 cups of orange juice
·        2 cups tomato juice
·        ½ cup grape juice
·        ½ cup apple juice
·        1 cup grapefruit juice
·        ¾ cup of apple juice
Sometimes juice just doesn’t cut it! For these times you can hit the snacking cupboard at home, or at work. Here are some popular snacks that will fall under the 100 calorie snacks:
·        4 cups of microwave popcorn
·        1.5 cups of cheese popcorn
·        10 large tortilla chips
·        6 snack crackers
·        ½ cup caramel popcorn
·        6 animal crackers
·        5 melba toast
·        ¼ cup of low-fat granola
·        2 cups of puffed rice
·        6 sections of graham crackers
·        ½ English muffin
·        ½ bagel with low fat cream cheese
·        ½ bran muffin
·        1 slice of whole wheat bread with 1 fat free cheese slice
·        ½ cup of cooked oatmeal with skim milk and sweetener
·        8 baked potato chips
Rest assured, snack time just got a little easier with this list. Print it out, make notes and combine snacks. Put a copy on the fridge, or bring a copy to the grocery store with you to make sure you are on the right track. Soon, you will have reached your goals and not only have found low calorie alternatives; you will have taken the first step to a healthier you.
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