Healthy Snacks List to Stop You From Pigging Out!

In between meals, we might get hungry, and that’s okay, but we need to be extra careful what we eat at these times.

[ Mmm, I do love me some hand cake. Having a healthy snacks list available for emergency situations can save you from ruining your day.]

Keep reading to have your healthy snacks list ready when your hunger strikes…

Self control and determination can make or break your success at weight loss. A lot of times, your amount of self control is determined by the situation you are in.

You can take control of your situation by not allowing temptations to enter your house. In other words, it wouldn’t be smart to load your cupboards with bonbons and cheetos.

Admittance to the Healthy Snacks List

In order to be admitted to the healthy snacks list, these foods need to meet certain requirements. They have to be healthy but also satisfying.

It is important to keep your snacks under 200 calories. This way it stays a snack, not another meal. Also, you want to look at where those calories come from. You don’t want 200 calories of fat. Your healthy snacks list should be comprised of foods that will give you some nutrition to keep going.

Good things to have in your snacks are protein, vitamins, fiber, and all natural ingredients.

You also want to look at the satisfaction factor. Will this snack keep you satisfied until your next meal? Or will you be grabbing for something else in 10 minutes?

Keeping those things in mind, we have come up with a diverse and delicious healthy snacks list to get you started. It is just the tip of the iceberg but hopefully it will get your creative juices flowing and give you an understanding on what makes your snack worthy of being on the healthy snacks list.

TFLA’s Healthy Snacks List

• Jicama with lime juice
• part skim cheese stick wrapped in 1 slice of fat free turkey breast
• 1/4 cup hummus with red pepper
• 1 oz of almonds
• celery or carrots in ranch
• frozen banana dipped in yogurt
• handful of dried fruits
• our delicious strawberry smoothie recipe
• a mini bag of popcorn
• 1 hard boiled egg
• a dill pickle
• dried peas
• 1/2 cup low fat cottage cheese with halved cherry tomatoes
• wholegrain waffle with 1 oz nutella
• vegetable spring roll with 1 oz peanut sauce
• a fruit of your choice
• 1/4 cup of salsa with 10 whole grain tortilla chips
• 1 oz of the darkest chocolate you can find
• 1 Tbsp of guacamole (recipe on our avocado nutrition facts post) with 1 quesadilla made of 1 corn tortilla and 1 slice of part skim mozzarella

Crackers Worthy of the Healthy Snacks List

Crackers are a very popular snack food but you have to be careful of which crackers you choose. Most are full of sodium and fat, and some are wolves in sheep’s clothing, making you think they are healthy when they really aren’t.

Here are those that made the cut: (1 oz of each)

• Nabisco Whole Wheat Triscuits
• Ak Mak’s Whole Wheat Sesame Crackers
• Carr’s Whole Wheat Crackers
• Finn Crisp Rye
• San J’s Black Sesame Rice Crackers

Cookies Worthy of the Healthy Snacks List

As you can guess, there aren’t many cookies out there made from natural ingredients and aren’t loaded with sugar, but we searched the cookie aisle to find you a choice for your healthy snacks list:

• South Beach Living PB Cookies
• 100% Whole Grain Fig Newton
• Kashi TLC Oatmeal Dark Chocolate Cookies
• HoneyPot Ginger Cookie Mix by SimplyOrganic
• Any flavor Almondina Cookies

Don’t forget that with every snack you consume, eat it with a nice tall glass of ice cold water or unsweetened ice tea. Many times when we think we are hungry, we are just thirsty. Drinking lots of pure liquids will keep you from getting out of control and snacking only from the healthy snacks list.

To learn more about how the right foods can help you lose weight, look at our review of the Fat Burning Furnace.