Diet Snacks That Help You Lose Weight!
Diet snacks are the perfect thing to help fight the munchie-monster! Many people believe that daily snacking will contribute to your belly fat. The truth is that its not the snacking itself that causes weight gain, but the size and amount of the foods that ad up! Diet snacks are actually a good thing to help your metabolism burn calories and lose fat!
Eating the right kind of diet snacks in between meals can equalize your metabolism and help your body burn calories more efficiently. Also, eating the correct snacks can keep you from over-eating at mealtimes. But the key here is to make sure that you don’t over do it on the portion sizes.
To keep your diet snacks under control, try and keep them under 150 calories. Also, snacks should be less than 30% fat -- and, should not be loaded with sugar. The right kind of snack will satisfy your hunger pains and will also reduce the amount of food that you will eat at the next meal!
Below are some diet snacks that will satisfy both your hunger, and your nutritional needs.
- All of the following snacks are under 100 calories
- 1 Large Stalk of celery with 1 teaspoon of peanut butter
- 1 cup of Raw Veggies
- 6 Baby Carrots
- 2 cups air popped popcorn
- 1 cup grapes
- 1 cup sliced bananas and raspberries
- 1 inch x 3 inch cut of cheddar cheese
- Fat free pudding cup
- 1 oz salted pretzels
- 1 cup cherries
- 1 cup cranberries
- 1 orange
- 1 6 oz cup of no fat or low-fat yogurt
- Check out these 100 calorie snack packs from Nabisco
- Lance toasty crackers with peanut butter
- 10 cashews
- 10 almonds
- Half of an avocado
- 3 ounces cooked whole grain noodles with 1 fresh tomato and ½ ounce of cheddar cheese.
- 4 mini rice cakes with 2 tablespoons of low-fat cottage cheese
- 8 baby carrots with ¼ cup of fat free ranch dressing
- 1 baked potato with ½ cup of salsa and 1 tablespoon of fat free sour cream
- ½ cup of frozen orange juice eaten as a slushy
- 2 graham crackers with 1 teaspoon of peanut butter
- A small salad. 6 total ounces of lettuce, tomato, cucumbers Top with ¼ cup fat free dressing.
The following snacks are between 150 and 200 calories.
- ½ cup frozen yogurt with ½ cup blueberries
- 1 Apple with 1 tablespoon of peanut butter
- 1/2 cup of granola
- 1 cup low fat cottage cheese with ½ of a peach
So remember, the key to healthy diet snacks is to eat the correct portion size, and do not overdue it with the calories.
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