Question:
Healthy Snacks?

Can anyone help me out with suggestions on healthy snacks? I am 4 months post-op and doing well but I don't want to get back into bad snacking habits, but sometimes need something to tide me over between meals.    — CROJAS (posted on August 6, 2008)

August 6, 2008
I usd dried peas (1/4 cup=6gr protein) or dried edamame (1/4 cup-14gr of protein). These are crunch, lite in wt, no refrigeration need, no cooking needed either. I put them in a small bowl at home, or place them in a zip lock snack bag for out of the house. They may or may not be available locally to you. I talk about them on my profile page. DAVE
   — Dave Chambers

August 6, 2008
Fruits, salad (w/ LF dressing) and raw veggies are always healthy snacks. Hummus, greek yogurt, soycrisps, turkey jerky or pepperoni, cottage cheese, lunchmeat and cheese wrapped around a pickle or string cheese, fried parmesan or cheddar cheese...pat off fat with a paper towel.(use like a chip) wasbai peas...edamame, roasted soynuts, NSA icecream with TVP crisps (textured veggie protein) Canned pumpkin mixed into SF vanilla or cheesecake pudding with vanilla protein powder for flavor and protein (add cinnamon and nutmeg...Iced coffee (use decaff if you are one of those!) and add protein powder and milk...Whip and drink with chopped ice and SF coolwhip. Ricotta cheese with SF banana or SF pistachio jello and a container of SF cool whip makes an awesome fluffy dessert...(Can use cottage cheese too, but whip the chunks out in a mini food processor) Cottage cheese is saltier than ricotta, but I personally can't handle the lactose in ricotta as well as the cottage cheese...Oh well! Make with SF cheescake jello and top with pureed strawberries. Almonds or other nuts...apples or celery with peanutbutter or cream cheese. Make egg bites in the oven...You start with a beaten egg (Or egg beaters) and add your fav ingredients and pour into bite size muffin pans. You can add pepperoni bits and mozz cheese with a bit of sauce for pizza egg bites...or make it more mexican with taco sauce and peppers bites...Or artichoke and parmesan cheese and spinach...or chicken and cheddar...You can just go to town with these...And pop a few for snacks...LF...easy and make a full pan of them for everyone to enjoy. So many ways to make healthy snacks...GET CREATIVE...LOVE your new way of life...It makes maintaining your weight living a normal life soooooo rewarding and fun and HEALTHY! Get out and peek at some cook books and don't be afraid to experiment...You can bake with protein powder...Try to make some cool snacks with it...and peanut butter and unsweetened cocoa or chocolate.
   — .Anita R.

August 6, 2008
Craving foods for RNY WLS Patients that I enjoy: Chocolate Fix: Melt 2 tablespoons of "no Sugar Added" Chocolate in the microwave and swirl into 4 -6 oz of plain vanilla "Low Fat" "no Sugar" Yogurt. Stir in a tablespoon of Slivered Almonds Crunchy Fix: Mix 12/ cup of "low Fat-No Sugar" Plain Yogurt ad Salas. Top with Chopped Fresh Cilantro and serve with some chips of baked corn tortilla or if you are less than 6 months out, try substituting sliced Bell Peppers, shredded carrots and celery. Comfort Food Fix: for 6 months out patients, Load a small bake potato with a mixture of 4 oz. of plain yogurt, 1 tablespoon of chopped red onions, and 1 teaspoon each of fresh dill and minced garlic.
   — William (Bill) wmil

August 6, 2008
For that TV watching hand to mouth fix, I eat sunflower seeds. One at a time I shell them and eat the seed. It's salty and believe it or not it curbs the hunger. I sit at night and fill a paper cup with the shells. Not exciting but they are tasty and fill the need to munch.
   — KristineMarie

August 7, 2008
Fresh edame is good too...just steam them and eat them. I like them hot or room temp. If I frigerate them after steaming them, I pop them in the microwave for a minute or two to at least take the chill off. They're very good, high in protein and very healthy....and if you get them still in their bean shell, then the time you spend 'shelling' them makes your brain think you're eating a lot (for the head hunger) when you're not.
   — Hollywog

August 7, 2008
Hi Cindy~I don't know which type of surgery you had, I had a DS and I was told I could eat just about anything that had zero to very low carbs and more protein than carbs so I would snack on string chease or pepperoni sticks they have 6 or 7 g of protein and they're less than 1g of carb you can also take slices of dry salami and spread onion and chive cream chease on it, roll it up and you have a nice little snack, there's 5 slices of dry salami per serving which is more than you'll be able to eat and the cream chease on it makes it better than just a plain piece of salami. I hope this has helped you...best of luck on your Journey~Melody~Lovin' my DS 09/05/2007 sw289/cw198/gw165/
   — purpleangel0909