For optimal weight loss, you should be eating 3 meals and 2 snacks per day. If you are looking for the perfect snack, there are a multitude of options you can choose from. See the options below and enjoy!
Veggies ‘n’ Dip
• Carrot sticks or cucumber with 2 tbsp hummus
• Celery sticks with 1 tbsp almond or peanut butter
• 4 zucchini slices topped with 1 tsp pesto + 1 ounce of low fat cheese
• ¼ cup plain yogurt + favourite herbs + lemon juice w/ veggies
• Cucumber boats (scoop of out the seeds) + 2 tbsp hummus
• Sweet bell peppers, sugar snap peas or/and cherry tomatoes + 2 tbsp of Babaganoush
• Fennel slices (tastes like licorice) with favourite olive oil-based dressing
• Broccoli and cauliflower florets with 1 ounce low fat cheese, melted
Fruit (+ a bit of protein or fat)
• ½ cup plain yogurt or cottage cheese with ½ cup fresh berries
• ½ cup kefir with 1 sliced peach
• ¼ cup light ricotta cheese with sliced green apple
• ½ grapes with 1 light mozzarella cheese stick
• ½ green apple + 1 tbsp almond butter
• ½ cup apple sauce with 1 tsp ground flax seed
• 2 kiwis + 6 almonds or 2 clementines + 6 walnuts
• ½ cup watermelon or other melon + 2 tbsp roasted soy nuts
• 3 fresh apricots + 1 tbsp hempseeds
• ½ cup chopped mango or pineapple + 1 tbsp of pumpkin seeds
• 2 fresh figs (halved) wrap in 2 slices of proscuitto (halved)
Seeds, Nuts, Eggs & Dairy
• 10 almonds, walnuts, pecans or cashews
• 18 pistachios or peanuts
• 1 single serve 1% cottage cheese (i.e. Nordica)
• 1 single serve non-fat Greek yogurt (i.e. Chobani)
• 1 light Babybel cheese
• ¼ cup plain yogurt and 1 scoop chocolate whey protein powder
• 1 hard boiled egg, lightly salted or sprinkled with dill or paprika
• ½ cup Edamame or ¼ cup roasted soy nuts
• 2 tbsp pumpkin or sunflower seeds
• 10-12 tamari roasted almonds
Fun Ideas
• 1-2 cups kale chips
• “Mini pizzas” – 2 Ryvita crisps or 5 Mary’s Organic Crackers topped w/ 1 tsp tomato sauce + ½ ounce melted low fat cheese
• Frozen protein smoothie pops or ½ cup protein smoothie
• 1 Simply Bar, the Kind bar or Kashi bar
• Vitalicious VitaTops muffin tops
• Starbucks non fat latte
Dr. Joey Shulman is the founder of Shulman Weight Loss Clinics. Her latest release The Metabolism Boosting Diet is in stores now. For more information, please visit www.drjoey.com