Hi. New to site- Question about snacks
I stayed at under 800 calories until I was almost a year out. Then I started to add calories with heavy exercise routines. I now stay between 800 and 1000 calories most days. Some days I will go as high as 1300. My Dr said 800 to 1000 calories a day and eat 300 calories more if you exercise more than 300 calories worth of burn. I don't always add the calories. I found I had my best weight loss at under 800 calories a day with over 80 grms protein and under 40 grms carbs, and drinking 100 oz of water or more.
Hello BooBoo and welcome. If I need a snacky, salty treat I have some roasted, salted Soya nuts. I get mine from walmart and they are the Joe Traveller (? I think) brand. The have decent protein counts and are very filling (a 1/4 cup will do you) and they are cheap - $2 a bag, which will last for a long long time.
I just found a snack at Costco yesterday that is pretty good. They're called Snapea Crisps. They are toasted (or something to make them crispy) snap peas. They come in a box of 32 packages I think (I'm at work, so the box isn't here). They have small packages that are just the right size. They are nice and lightly crunchy and taste salty, although the packaging claims they're low in salt.
The 21 g package has 100 calories and 4 g of protein. By the time I get to the end of a package, that's all I want.
Dianne
HW 270 (Sept 2011); surgery weight 236 (Feb 6, 2012); current 167 (103 lb lost); goal set by nutritionist 148 (ha ha!!). Vertical sleeve gastrectomy at Obesity Control Center (Dr. Ariel Ortiz), Tijuana, MX. Self-pay, self-referral, 4-week wait. Abdominoplasty Aug 10, 2013 (Dr. K. Dolynchuk, Winnipeg - self-pay)