Weight Watchers - late night, low point ideas

I just started WW yesterday and am determined to actually stick with a plan for once. I get the worst cravings for junk at night and this is how I've failed at so many plans. Anyone have ideas of easy, satisfying snacks 3 pts or less? Thanks!

Baked tostitos scoops and salsa..14 scoops and salsa = 2 pts
those new amazing special k crackers, 17 crackers for 2 pts
sugar free jello, 0 - 1 point
carrots and hummus - 2 points

thats all i really eat..hope that helped!

Hi Michelle, Congrats on starting WW!

Lately I've been really into melba toast dipped in salsa..It satisfies the chip craving and it's only 1 pt per 5 melba toasts. I know it seems like a sad alternative to actual chips, but I've actually come to really like it. It's lower in sodium, too.
I also like the WW black bean dip (1 can of black beans, salsa to taste, and i add some cilantro in, too..) It's 0 points per 2 Tablespoons, according to the week one book! That's my kind of snack :) You could put it on a pita or a low point wrap if crackers aren't your thing. If you like dips, check out the WW website- there are lots of 0 point dip recipes!
I tend to crave protein, so my other go-to snack is one of those small cans of flavoured tuna (I like thai chili or tomato onion). I usually eat it with 5 melba toast (3 pts total).

Other ideas:
- laughing cow cheese (light) (1 pt per triangle)
- popcorn (depends on the brand, but usually 1- 3 pts)
- pita (1 pt) and hummus (3 pts per 1/4 cup) or tzatziki (1 pt per 1/2 cup)
- 1 cup plain FF yogurt (2 pts) with 1 cup berries (1 pt) and sweetener, if you like...

If I want something sweet, i keep skinny cow ice cream sandwiches (2 points) and fibre 1 bars (2 pts) on hand...both delicious, and don't taste like diet food! I honestly can't tell the difference between skinny cow and a regular ice cream sandwich...

I hope you like WW :) Good luck!

This one you'll probably think is weird but I SWEAR it's awesome and if you're starving it will keep you for hours:

1/2 oatmeal (measured dry) = 2 points
1 packet of sf/ff hot chocolate mix = 1 point

Cook the oatmeal in water, add the hot chocolate mix. You may need to add a bit more water after. Three points, kind of desserty, and incredibly filling!

I'm a HUGE popcorn person!!!!

If you're wanting something that seems like a meal instead of a snack, the WW endorsed Light Progresso soups! Half a can (1 cup) is 0pts for many of them, and 1 pt for others. Even if you eat the whole can of the 0pt soups, they're usually less than 3pts, and its very filling!

Quaker reduced-sugar oatmeal - filling, good for you and only 2 pts.

Thanks everyone! great ideas! I especially love the sound of the oatmeal and the sf cocoa!!!

I do the laughing cow cheese on Reduced fat or Whole grain wheat thins.. comes to 4pts... but I do like the idea of the melba toast.. although the wheat thins generally have some good fiber in there...
The bean dip sounds simple and yummy!
Thanks for making this thread.. It's giving me some ideas :)

I like celery hearts dipped in salsa. MMMm.

This one you'll probably think is weird but I SWEAR it's awesome and if you're starving it will keep you for hours:

1/2 oatmeal (measured dry) = 2 points
1 packet of sf/ff hot chocolate mix = 1 point

Cook the oatmeal in water, add the hot chocolate mix. You may need to add a bit more water after. Three points, kind of desserty, and incredibly filling!



This sounds sooo good!

sliced tomato with seasoning that you like and top with low-fat or ww mozzarella cheese and pop in the microwave until it melts. With the ww cheese it's a 2pt. snack..

baked cheetos... you get 34 cheetos for 3 points.

Here are my latest.
1 T Kraft Roka blue cheese dressing (the real stuff) + 1T Fat free sour cream = 2 pt. Use as dip for celery.

1 Arnold sandwich thin = 1 pt for top and botton. Cut into 8ths makes 16 dippers. Dip in 2 tsp olive oil sprinkled with your choise seasonings = 3 pt snack and your healthy oil for the day.

Depends on if you want salty or sweet. I usually go for the sweet. My favorite dessert is a vitatop, with 1/2 a cup of Breyers double churned fat-free vanilla (1 pt.) and sometimes I'll even add fruit. Either a 2 or 3 pt. dessert, depending on whether or not you add the fruit.

I'm a big popcorn person, too. I also like to keep a box of the Weight Watchers 1 point mini bars on hand.

I found the 1pt mini bars, they help my chocolate craving..
I also choose one snack a day that I really want. Maybe some chocolate.. but the full calorie snack.. and I eat it. I have a pt or 2 worth. Once a week I eat real ice cream.
Also eating some beans.. generally 90cal for 1/2 cup gives 6g fiber and 7g of protein, which helps fill you up!! That comes to 1pt... maybe add salsa or make it into a little hummus..

I posted above about mixing the ff sour cream with blue cheese, well last night I tried another combo and it was great....

1 T lf sour cream
1 T peanutbutter
use it as dip for apple slices

Delish! 2 pt for dip + 1 pt for apple slices = 3 pt snack
Enjoying finding new combos for dips.

I like making pumpkin brownies just mix a 15 oz can of pumpkin with a pack of brownie mix, and you have rich gooey brownies that are low fat amazing, and only about 2 or 3 points a piece, depending on the mix you use.

I love the skinny cow mint ice cream sandwiches, and if you put it in a little bowl, and add light whipped topping, it is like a sundae. Yum! 2-3 points, depending how much topping you use... it can be 0 points, but I like it A LOT and have more than a serving, so I count it as one. And don't forget chamomile tea. :)

I like a rice cake with 1oz ff cream cheese & 1/2 Tbsp of my favorite jam. Total 1.5 points.

Popcorn is a big staple of mine, plus the Klondike no sugar added crunch bars are only 3 points.

Love the oatmeal and sf/ff hot chocolate idea above

This one you'll probably think is weird but I SWEAR it's awesome and if you're starving it will keep you for hours:

1/2 oatmeal (measured dry) = 2 points
1 packet of sf/ff hot chocolate mix = 1 point

Cook the oatmeal in water, add the hot chocolate mix. You may need to add a bit more water after. Three points, kind of desserty, and incredibly filling!
That sounds really good, I am going to try that.

I like the 98% fat free microwave popcorn, I can have the whole bag (5 cups)for 1pt. I add Kernel Season's Popcorn Seasoning-White Cheddar (the kind they have at the movie theaters), 1 T of that is 24 calories/0 fat/0 fiber and I count that as 1 point even though it comes up as 0 on my WW calculator.

I just started WW yesterday and am determined to actually stick with a plan for once. I get the worst cravings for junk at night and this is how I've failed at so many plans. Anyone have ideas of easy, satisfying snacks 3 pts or less? Thanks!

I have been doing WW for two years and have lost 82 lbs and to answer your question about low point snacks.. I love ice cream and I found that the Giant Fudge Bar (WW) of course, is a great way to cruve my sweet tooth and is low points just 1 point. Now if your are not an ice cream freak like me but need a sweet fix try the WW carrot cake, choc. cake, lemon cake these are 1 point also. I hope that will help. Check out some of the popcorns for low points too.:):newyear: