Avoiding HUNGER now and OVEREATING later!!
Simple, healthy
snacks you can make at home or in your dorm the night before to satisfy mid-day
hunger and keep you energized when you are on the run.
Cut up fresh
bananas and apples
Amount:
1 piece of fresh fruit or 1 cup of chopped fruit or berries
Calories: 80-120, depending on
the fruit
Light
microwave popcorn
Amount: 2 cups
Calories: 62
(air-popped with no condiments added)
Just pop, pack
and take with you!
* Try to avoid
pre-packaged popcorn that often has added calories and trans fat
Trail
mix
Amount: portion
about 1/4 to 1/3 a cup in
baggies.
Make your own
recipe!!
Ingredients in
your trail mix could include:
-
Nuts
(especially walnuts and almonds)
-
Dried
fruit
-
Seeds
-
Pretzels
-
Crackers
-
Fiber
rich and low-sugar cereals (Kashi GoLean, Total, Cheerios, All-Bran, etc)
Raw Mixed Nuts
Serving shown:
30g / ~1oz (about a handful)
Calories: 178
Cut
Up Veggies
Amount: About a
cup
*Veggies are
very healthy & low-cal so
there’s no strict limit!
Carrots, celery,
grape tomatoes, peppers and/or other fresh veggies.
Peanut
Butter Sandwiches
Take
two whole wheat crackers or triskets.
Spread peanut butter on one cracker and top with the second.
Amount: Make about
4 sandwiches (depending on the cracker)
Food
for thought!!
Use
Nabisco Triskets (6triskets plain provide: 98 calories, 2g fat, 135mg sodium, 3g fiber) or Mini
rice cakes
Red
peppers and hummus
Put in a
Tupperware and bring with you to class to munch on
Amount:
unlimited veggies and 1/4 cup hummus
Calories: About 100
Soy
Crisps
Buy
these at the grocery store or out around campus (i.e. Trabant!!)
Amount:
1 2-serving bag (eat the whole thing!)
Calories: 140
Listen to your body
when it tells you that you’re hungry. Having a small snack to keep you going
can prevent over-consumption of too much food later.
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Created by:
Kate Coleman
Sources:
http://www.blisstree.com/articles/top-10-healthy-breakfast-cereals-115/
http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/recipes/snacks/healthy/11-energy-boosting-snacks/