Your plan: Eat more to weigh less. Really? Eat more mini-meals throughout the day, and you won't starve or deprive yourself of treats, recommends Omaha registered dietitian Pam Carter.
Try these light snacks – all with fewer than 100 calories:
For your sweet tooth:
- 1 small banana
- 16 strawberries
- Half a grapefruit
- A medium pear, apple, navel orange, kiwifruit, plum, peach, or tangerine
If you're into crisp and crunchy:
- 1 head of lettuce (no kidding, but no dressing)
- A medium cucumber, tomato, or bell pepper
- 7 red radishes
- 1 cup of carrots or cauliflower
Sip these slimmers:
- An 8-ounce can of V8® juice
- A 6-ounce can of pineapple juice or tomato juice
- Campbell's Soup at Hand®, chicken & stars
- Bottled water (zero calories)
Simple does it:
- 8 almonds
- 14 pretzel twists
- 1 cup of Post® Honeycomb cereal
- 2 rice cakes
Need protein:
- A hard-boiled egg
- 1 "string" of string cheese
- 4- or 6-ounce container light yogurt
- 1 cup skim milk
- Chicken of the Sea®, water-packed tuna, 3-ounce can
Try chilling and filling:
- Popsicle
- Yogurt-to-go tube
- Jell-O® fat-free pudding snacks or Hershey's® portable puddings
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