100 Calorie Snacks

It's hard to include your favorite snacks into your diet, it's even harder to keep track of their calorie count. Keeping low calorie snacks available are a good way to suppress your hunger temporarily. Try to avoid going long periods of time without food, it is more likely that you will eat extra during your next meal - Its better to eat ten 200 calorie meals in one day, than two 1000 calorie meals. Eating smaller meals more often will boost your metabolism and get your body to burn fat more efficiently.

Here's a list of 100-calorie pick me up snacks that you can mix and match, they are all relatively quick and easy to prepare and they're great to take with you to work or school plus you know exactly how many calories you're eating!

[ Vegetables ]

  • medium veggie burger, no buns or sauces (the frozen kind, not fast food kind)
  • 3 raw carrots
  • 1/2 a can of kidney beans
  • 1 can green beans
  • 1 small corn on the cob (frozen)
  • 1 small boiled potato
  • 3 green peppers with 3 tbsp tuna paste
  • 100g of fried mushrooms
  • 10 pickles
  • 1 Caesar salad with no chicken (no sauce or croutons)



[ Fruit ]
  • 1 medium banana
  • 2 large peaches
  • 2 plums
  • 20 fresh cherries
  • 20 rasins
  • 12 green olives (in brine)




[ Dairy/Egg ]

  • 1 medium hard boiled egg
  • 5 large egg whites
  • 180g (1cup)muller light yoghurt
  • 30g of goat cheese
  • 28g of blue cheese
  • 80g of ricotta




[ Meat ]

  • 50g (roughly half a small can) of tuna in water 1 cup of boiled spinach and 1 tbsp of capers
  • 1 thin fillet of steamed white fish ( bass, cat fish,cod or haddock)
  • 1 fish cake
  • 2 fish fingers
  • 8 mussels
  • 2 medium slices of smoked salmon
  • 2 tbsp of caviar
  • 2 slices of bacon w/o white fat (use canola oil to fry)
  • 2 and a half slices of turkey ham
  • 3 slices of smoked ham
  • 1 slice beef luncheon meat
  • 10 slices of Hormel pepperoni
  • 1 boiled or roasted chicken drumstick without skin
  • 2 chicken necks no skin
  • 2 chicken wings no skin
  • 2 chicken nuggets
  • 65g of poached chicken breast ( small portion)
  • 30g of canned corned beef





[ Wheat products/Sweets & Snacks
]

  • 1 crumpet
  • 16 peanuts
  • 2 medium sized rice cakes and 1 tomato
  • 1 average size slice of bread with light cheese spread
  • 1 biscuit of weetabix with skimmed milk
  • 2 fingers of Kit Kat(regular/original)
  • 1 Special K cereal bar
  • 3 handfuls of unbuttered popcorn
  • 4 rolos
  • 1 packet of skips
  • 1 packet of quavers
  • 6 ritz crackers
  • 1 pack super chicken noodle soup by knorr (this is about 500ml of soup- very tasty)
  • 5 medium cups of diet jelly

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