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Snack List - Choose & Lose Diet Plan™

Before we address snack suggestions, it's important to take note of your current cravings BEFORE choosing a snack so that the snack that you choose will satisfy those cravings. Are you wanting something salty? Sweet? Sour? Tangy? Sweet and sour? The following foods are snack suggestions that can satisfy these different cravings:

Sweet Buds

1/2 banana smeared with 1 teaspoon of peanut butter
1/2 small apple smeared with 1 Tablespoon of apple butter
Fortune Cookies
Gingersnap Cookies
Popcorn OR Rice Cakes
1/2 cup of skimmed milk whipped with 2-3 frozen strawberries
Frozen grapes

Bitter Buds

Diet lemonade or limeade served with a small slice of sponge cake
1 tart kiwi, sliced

Sour Buds

Boiled egg sprinkled with pepper juice, salt & pepper
Dill or sour pickle

Salty Buds

Saltine crackers & 1 slice of cheese
Sunflower or pumpkin seeds and a diet soda
Jerky
Fat Free Pringles

Enjoying Snack Time Wisely

We suggest allowing 300 calories worth of snacks per day so there is always something tasty to look forwards to. Enjoy snacks:

- mid-morning (100 calories)
- mid-afternoon (100 calories)
- bedtime (100 calories)

If you choose,  you may enjoy 2 rather than 3 snacks per day, but be sure to increase the 100-calorie snacks to 150 calories per snack. The following chart illustrates the importance of making the right snack choice for weight loss:

Calorie Count

Tiny Snack

BIG Smarter Snack

About 50 Calories

1/4 Strawberry Breakfast Toaster Tart

1 Cup of Strawberries

About 100 Calories

1/4 of a Banana Moon Pie

1 Fresh Banana

About 150 calories

2 Oreo Cookies

2 Caramel Popcorn Cakes topped with 3 teaspoons of Apple Butter

Choosing snacks wisely equals more snacking enjoyment for fewer calories. Here are examples of calories contained in popular snack foods with the healthier choices marked:

Snack Choice

Snack

Dietary Benefits

Calories

Corn Chips

 1 ounce (30 small)

Grain Group Benefits

155

Potato Chips

10 Chips (1 ounce)

Although often deep-fried, potato chips are built around a vegetable base.

105

Tortilla Chips

10 Chips (1 ounce)

Grain Group Benefits

150

Animal Crackers

5 Crackers (1/2 ounce)

Grain Group Benefits

56

Peanut Butter & Crackers

2 Crackers

Source of plant protein & fiber.

69

Graham Crackers

1 Cracker

Grain Group Benefits

55

Saltine Crackers

5 Crackers

Grain Group Benefits

61

Popcorn - Air Popped

1 Cup

Grain Group Benefits

23

Potato Sticks

1 Ounce

Although often deep-fried, potato chips are built around a vegetable base.

148

Pretzels

1 ounce

Grain Group Benefits, low in fat.

125

Rice Cakes

2 Cakes

Grain Group Benefits, low in fat.

70

Angel Food Cake

2 Ounces

Ultra low in fat & low in calories.

137

Sponge Cake

1 Slice

Ultra low in fat & low in calories.

196

White Cake

1 Slice

Grain Group Benefits (flour)

249

Yellow Cake

1 Slice

Grain Group Benefits (flour)

233

Brownie With Nuts

1 (about 3/4 ounce)

Grain Group Benefits (flour); nuts provide fiber dose.

93

Chocolate Chip Cookie

5 Cookies (2 ounces)

Grain Group Benefits (flour)

247

Fig Bars

4 (about 2 ounces)

Fruit Group Benefits + dose of fiber.

200

Gingersnaps

5 cookies

Grain Group Benefits (flour)

147

Nuts can be a very healthy choice for dieters as they have the fiber and fat necessary to satisfy the appetite for long periods at a time. The key is keeping them under control.

Filberts

1 Ounce

Packed with fiber.

179

Hickory Nuts

1 Ounce

Low in sodium, high in fat - but it is derived from beneficial fat which can help control serum cholesterol.

187

Macadamia Nuts

1 Ounce

Low in sodium.  Although high in fat, monounsaturated which regulates serum cholesterol.

199

Mixed Nuts

1 Ounce

Choose unsalted; good fiber & plant protein  source.

169

Peanuts-Dry Roasted

1 Ounce

Good source of fiber & protein.

164

Pecans

1 Ounce

Good source of fiber & protein.

189

Pistachio Nuts

1 Ounce

Very high in fiber.

164

Pumpkin Seeds

1 Ounce

Rich source of iron.

154

Sunflower Seeds

1 Ounce

Packed with thiamine, Vitamin B-6 and magnesium.  

162

Additional healthy choices for snacks include: skim milk, light fruit juices, fruits, & raw veggies.

50 Calorie Snacks

Need a snack that's under fifty calories?  Try one of these:

1 cup of fresh strawberries, 1/2 banana, 1 cup of seedless grapes, 1 plum, 3 medium apricots, 1/2 cup blackberries, 4 butter flavored crackers OR 2 smeared with a THIN line of peanut butter; 2 marshmallows; 1/2 cup of milk flavored with vanilla or rum extract; two cups of hot aired popcorn; 1 graham cracker; 2 pieces of melba toast.

100 Calorie Snacks

Need a snack that's under one hundred calories? Try one of these:

1 apple, 1 banana, 1 cup of pineapple, 4 gingersnap cookies, 2 cups of watermelon; 1 small papaya; 1 medium pear; 1 small mango; 2 ounces of jerky; 1 cup of most soups; 1 small salad with 1 teaspoon of LIGHT Mayo stirred in; 1 cup of skim milk; a single serving size of yogurt - non fat, sugar free; a large wedge of anglefood cake; five cups of hot aired popcorn; one granola bar; sugar free gelatin topped with 2 Tablespoons of non fat whipped topping; sugar free pudding.

Because all fruit calories aren't created alike, use this data base to determine fruit calories.

Shake It Up Baby!

We recommend a bedtime shake which basically incorporates 1 cup of skim milk, a bit of fruit or frozen fruit and a dash of an accommodating extract. Adding a bit of sugar substitute is also a-okay should you desire a sweeter concoction. Skim milk creates a healthy base as does the addition of fruit.

Diet Bites has a vault of diet shake recipes located here. Of course it goes without saying that bedtime choices should include shakes that hover around 100 calories.

 

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