I need suggestions for low calorie snacks. I get very hungry between meals and I don't know what to eat to tide me over. If I don't have something, I overeat at mealtime...any helpful tips?

I sometimes snack on a frozen mix of berries: blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, raspberries, etc. I just grab a few from the freezer and pop them in my mouth. Sometimes I snack on some spinach leaves with a very little bit of hummus too. Those help stop my cravings for a while.

If I am really hungry, I find a small handful of plain roasted or raw almonds, along with a big glass of water will somehow fill me up. I also snack on tomatoes - either cut a big one in wedges, or I like the small grape tomatoes, or I heat a cup of no-salt-added chicken broth, and drink like a cup of tea, but it feels like a bowl of soup! Or an apple, or a hard boiled egg.
Don't forget to drink lots of water too - I read somewhere that often when we think we are hungry, our bodies really just need to be properly hydrated.

Jude

I eat a LOT of celery with just a tiny bit of peanut butter on it. All that fiber is filling, and you get the crunch satisfaction.

I also will snack on a HB egg OR one of the mini low-carb (low sugar) yogurt cups. You really have to read the sugar/carb contents on yogurt -- they're all over the board!

For me, I need a snack with protein to tide me over.

Thank you for all the suggestions...I really need to stop mindless, unhealthy snacking.

Okay! 20-30 pounds. This sounds like a good place to start. I am 246 now down from 315. I want to shed another 20 to 30 this summer. I think this is reasonable.

I'm buying a juicer soon. Need to get my fruits and veggies in a simpler way since I am a busy girl!

I drink lots of water and exercise every day for an hour or two.

Jeannie

Welcome Jeanie!! Glad to have you join us. I think you will find that this is a very supportive group. We usually weigh-in once a week to share any successes made, and to figure out new ways be successful in maintaining a new healthy lifestyle. We look forward to sharing with you.

Today's weigh-in for me was no change. That is good though for now. Wishing the rest of you a bigger improvement.

Down .6 for me.....not much, but in the right direction.

Hi Jeannie

Start 1/20 @223.1# & Target = 198.1
4/21 = 215.4, -.2 this week = -7.6
4/26 = 215.2 = -7.8
5/4 = 214.8 = -8.2
5/10 = 214.5 = -8.5
5/17 = 214.1 = -8.9

Today's weigh-in - down 3.4 lbs.. More than I thought, but I will definitely take it.

AAD and Renee - Good job on the losses. Steady works!!!

Corinna - I think that since you don't have much to lose, it may be coming off
slower at this point. I'm sure it will come.

Jeannie - Welcome! Sounds like you have a good plan in place already.
Congratulations on your weight loss so far. Most of us weigh in on
Saturday, but whatever works for you is good.

Jude

Great weight loss, Jude!

Jude-your doing terrific!!

I have reset my weight loss goal. I once had it at 130 but b/c I have gotten my addiction under control I realize that my weight loss can what I weighed BACK when I was 20 years old, before I became a sugar/carb addict.

Wow, being that thin you really must look like a young chick!