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Posted: 6/29/2009 10:14:11 PM | Fresh fruit and vegetables aside, what is your favorite healthy snack? The idea behind this topic is to put out ideas for good snacks for those looking for options. Maybe its in our fridge and just need a reminder. If its something with a slice of bread, say which brand or kind of bread. Also use this thread to include metabolism boosters in the snacks too.
My recent snack of choice is a slice of 7 grain bread, cut in half, and then spread with hummous and sprinkled with chili powder. I dip it in about a tablespoon of olive oil.
The focus is healthy ones that are convenient to make and quick to eat. So a tossed salad with 8 ingredients probably wouldn't be preferred by busy people as much as a handful of All-Bran crackers. | |
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Posted: 6/29/2009 10:35:36 PM | Plain yogurt with vanilla whey protein mixed in (you can't taste it at all). Followed by almond slices, whatever fruit your heart desires, a broken up granola bar (optional) and a spoon of honey.
Voila. | |
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Posted: 6/29/2009 10:47:53 PM | | Almonds, or most nuts in general. You can get them roasted, salted, and now with random chip flavors (salt and vinegar and wasabi) or sweet ones (honey roasted and the like). In my opinion, nuts are the ultimate snack (inset dirty joke here). But in all seriousness, good fats, good protein, low carb. Does it get any better? And delicious too. | |
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Posted: 6/30/2009 12:27:13 AM | | That greek Oikos fat free yogurt is nice, and high in protein naturally, but its kind of $$$. I like to put flax seed in whatever yogurt I eat. Way tastier and healthier than granola. | |
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Posted: 6/30/2009 1:00:25 AM | | Ugh, healthy snack. This is a mean question. I guess I would have to say that I like a few chips and Picante salsa. Salsa's only downfall is sodium, and that just adds water-weight, big deal. The chips have some no bueno stuff, but not all that bad as I get full off the Salsa. ALso, I consider eggs, fish, and other things "snacks". | |
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Posted: 6/30/2009 4:25:37 AM | | Shaved turkey. Hard Boiled Eggs. Small salad with romaine and shaved red onions, olive oil and a little bit of vinegar. Hell, I eat every 2 to 3 hours anyway. Just pre make it all the night before and it is pretty easy. | |
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Posted: 6/30/2009 4:59:49 AM |
Salsa's only downfall is sodium,
Make it yourself with fresh ingredients.
One of my favorite snacks is hummus with vegetables and/or pita. Also, really liking trail mix as of lately. My mom gave me some pumpkin seeds that were too hard to eat by themselves, so I made a mix out of them. Kind of a nice after work out snack.
But my all time favorite is yogurt parfaits. With fresh fruit at the bottom, vanilla yogurt, then granola. Yum! | |
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Posted: 6/30/2009 5:14:37 AM | | Mystie~Not to sure if you like Salmon or not...I use Pumklin Seeds (just a little bit) I ground them up in a small coffee grinder and use them to "coat" salmon or chicken with ....sorta works as a "breading" without using all the bad ingredients! Just a thought...it ads a lot of flavor and nothing bad about them at all. Roast them in olive oil and salt in the oven first, grind them up and coat meat with them. Yummy! And you can use any nuts to do this..I just stick to Pumpkin or Pine nuts mainly for the flavor. | |
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Posted: 6/30/2009 7:18:04 AM | | Raisin bran muffins! Yum :) Granted it's not convenient to whip up a batch of muffins if you want one *now*, but I mix up the dry ingredients for three works worth of batches at a time and then whenever I want muffins I can scoop out two cups of dry ingredients, mix it with a mashed banana and some oil, and 15 minutes later I've got enough muffins for several days. Ta da! :D | |
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Posted: 6/30/2009 9:54:22 AM | | Werthers original. at 20 calories per candy and about 30 minutes of "suck time" its an amazing snack that allows you to have something sugary without having a lot of calories compacted into it. | |
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Posted: 6/30/2009 3:11:28 PM | | String cheese sticks ... I live off 'em. I also eat a ton of peanuts and my most recent daily snack has been these thin little multigrain cake things ( called "Thin Cakes" ) with peanut butter and jelly ... three of them is just 57 cals plus I use 1 tbsp of each pb and jelly spread out on all three so it's it like 200 cals and it's super yummy! | |
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Posted: 6/30/2009 3:40:06 PM | FAIL! EPIC FAIL!
I left the gym to go buy a book as I am wont to do, and low and behold, what do I see (other than the amazingly well-shaped body and intimidating smile of the girl behind the counter at the starbucks in Barns and Noble)? A CHOCOLATE BROWNIE!!!! YAY!!!! I had one. Now I feel bad.
I think I am goingto start wearing a rubber-band around my wrist and every time my beady eyes spy something like that, I am going to snap that rubber band! | |
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Posted: 6/30/2009 5:26:42 PM |
A CHOCOLATE BROWNIE!!!! YAY!!!! I had one. Now I feel bad.
Ahhh... but when was the last time you had a chocolate brownie? Or anything of the like? How big was it? Did you get a cappuccino with it? No, it is NOT the healthiest choice.... at all. LOL!..... BUT... consider the last time you had one?
Losing weight and living/eating a healthy lifestyle is about eating smarter. Denying ones self these sweet treats ALL the time will only make you want them more. | |
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Posted: 6/30/2009 5:29:10 PM |
Mystie~Not to sure if you like Salmon or not...I use Pumklin Seeds (just a little bit) I ground them up in a small coffee grinder and use them to "coat" salmon or chicken with ....sorta works as a "breading" without using all the bad ingredients! Just a thought...it ads a lot of flavor and nothing bad about them at all. Roast them in olive oil and salt in the oven first, grind them up and coat meat with them. Yummy! And you can use any nuts to do this..I just stick to Pumpkin or Pine nuts mainly for the flavor.
Thank you very much for the suggestion! Yeah, eating them by themselves was kind of like eating paper. But the package said they had 16 grams of protein. I couldn't throw them out then! | |
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Posted: 6/30/2009 5:42:50 PM | Almonds, peanuts, pecans, sunflower seeds....I have to limit them because you can eat a lot of calories.......I like a slice of toast with peanut butter a couple of times a week...keeps you from being hungry for several hours...I second the hard boiled eggs with a slice of toast, also.
Cook up a chicken every week and eat on that as well...cottage cheese is another good one. | |
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Posted: 6/30/2009 8:58:24 PM | I make my own pico de gallo, with only onions, tomatoes, cilantro and jalapenos. No salt, or anything else.
Trouble is I have a hard time eating a whole batch before it spoils, so I have to have a party or picnic or something on the cards before I can really make it.
Another good snack, cottage cheese - as above - with fresh blueberries. yum! | |
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Posted: 7/1/2009 7:15:23 PM | That greek Oikos fat free yogurt is nice, and high in protein naturally, but its kind of $$$. I like to put flax seed in whatever yogurt I eat. Way tastier and healthier than granola.
Who are you to judge my snack lol? | |
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Posted: 7/1/2009 7:55:00 PM | I'm enjoying an oatmeal banana shake right now: I put 2/3 cup oatmeal in a Magic Bullet blender w/ 1/2 tsp cinnamon and blend until the oatmeal is almost flour-like. Add 1 frozen banana (cut in slices), 1 cup milk and 1/2 tsp vanilla and blend until frothy. Yum! | |
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Posted: 7/2/2009 4:51:20 AM | snip >
I cant agree more. I have some dark chocolate every carb load...about every 7-10 days. This lets me feel mentally satiated and self indulgent.
Fruit and whole grain cereal are my junk foods, again I only indulge in these during my refeed. I otherwise eat pretty darn clean, and protein-centric.
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Posted: 7/2/2009 7:49:32 AM | | I love pineapple and a small piece of cheese as a snack. | |
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Posted: 7/2/2009 8:50:56 AM | | You're the one who takes Alli diet pill to control your calories? If in fact you are the one who posted that some time back I'm wondering why you do not reduce your fat intake by 5% rather take the pill. | |
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Posted: 7/2/2009 9:16:38 AM | VPX Zero Impact bars, to me those are cheating !!!!
Pumpkin Supreme
Peanut Butter and Jelly <--- favorite
Toasted Coconut
Chocolate Peanut | |
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Posted: 7/2/2009 9:42:56 AM | | Cottage cheese (haha yeah most people hate it but I actually enjoy it) | |
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Posted: 7/2/2009 11:30:13 AM | | I like cottage cheese but not the low fat stuff which is ok since I dont eat much of it anyways. I hate the low fat version makes me sick. | |
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Posted: 7/2/2009 12:59:38 PM | No fat cottage cheese or cream cheese....no... | |
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