I touched on this on Tip 4, but I want to elaborate on it because it’s Sunday. You see on Sundays I prepare snacks for my husband for the week. And now I am prepare twice as many so I have some also! I thought I would share what I do.
You will need either ziplock bags or small snack containers.
Each Sunday I divide up serving size amounts of fruits, nuts, vegetables and cheeses.
Now I don’t prepare all of these, but I do try for a variety of 4 or 5 different ones so that we have something interesting to eat.
A serving of
Carrots is 35 calories.
Grape Tomatoes are 50 calories for 10 tiny tomatoes.
Celery cut into bite size chunks. One cup is 16 calories.
20 grapes are 60 calories
Canteloupe chunks, 1 cup is 54 calories
Watermelon chunks, 1 cup is 46 calories
1 large apple (do they even sell small apples anymore?) is 116 calories
1 large banana is 121 calories
Pineapple, raw, 1 cup of chunks is 82 calories
Strawberries, cut in half, 1 cup is 49 calories
Almonds raw or lightly salted, ¼ cup is 207 calories
Pecans, ¼ cup is 188 calories
Walnuts, ¼ cup is 200 calories
Peanuts, ¼ cup is 207 calories
String Cheese Sticks, one stick is one serving is 80-100 calories
Cheddar Cheese slices is 113 calories per ounce.
Low Fat Cottage Cheese is 90 calories per ½ cup.
Fat Free plain yogurt, 1 cup is 100 calories.
Popcorn is approximately 146 calories for 2 Tablespoons unpopped kernals. When popped the yield is 4 to 5 cups. (I don’t use salt but instead pop in the microwave in a bit of butter and sprinkle with taco seasoning.)
It’s Sunday so it’s a good time to look around your kitchen and see what you have for snacks this week. Make sure there is a variety so you don’t get bored with your snacks. If you have them prepared in advance then it will be easy to grab and go each day and you will be less likely to go off your diet!