What to do when hunger strikes?
Grab a snack of course.
It’s hard not to reach for that salty bag of crunchy goodness known as potato chips or say Ahoy! to Chips Ahoy. But what to do?
Here are some healthy alternatives from Self magazine that will curb the salty and sweet cravings..
Salty Samba
1/4 cup hummus, 3 carrot sticks: 80 calories
1 bag Baked! Cheetos 100 Calorie Mini Bites: 100 calories
1 cup unshelled edamame: 120 calories
1/4 cup Trader Joe’s Chili con Queso, 18 baked tortilla chips: 140 calories
2 oz Applegate Honey and Maple Turkey Breast wrapped around 2 bread-and-butter pickles: 80 calories
5 olives (any kind): 45 calories
1 Laughing Cow Light Swiss Original wedge, 3 pieces Kavli Crispy Thin: 85 calories
1 oz buffalo mozzarella, 1/2 cup cherry or grape tomatoes: 94 calories
1 Subway Turkey Breast Wrap: 190 calories
One 1-oz package of Planters NUT-trition almonds: 130 calories
Sweet Tooth
2 tbsp Better ‘n Peanut Butter, 4 stalks celery: 124 calories
One 100-calorie Balance Bar: 100 calories
1/2 banana rolled in 1 tbsp frozen semisweet chocolate chips: 123 calories
Half of a 1.08-oz container of M&M’s Minis mixed with 1/3 cup lowfat granola: 145 calories
1 bag Orville Redenbacher’s Smart Pop Butter Mini Bags topped with a spritz of butter spray and 1 tsp sugar: 126 calories
1 Jelly Belly 100-calorie pack: 100 calories
1 McDonald’s Fruit ‘n Yogurt Parfait: 160 calories
24 Annie’s Chocolate Chip Bunny Graham cookies: 140 calories
1 package Original Apple Nature Valley Fruit Crisps: 50 calories
1 Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino bar: 120 calories
Urban Girl Fitness Quote of the Day:
I like vending machines, because snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at the store, oftentimes I will drop it so that it achieves its maximum flavor potential. ~Mitch Hedberg
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