Snack Help

Another struggle that I had when I first started doing WW was finding snacks that were both filling and low in pp.  I have decided that I won’t buy snacks unless they are around 3pp.  Here are a bunch that I have found by scouring shelves that are great!

Pop Chips-3pp per serving, there are a lot of flavors like barbeque, cheddar & sour cream & onion and they taste amazing.  They are big round chips that are made from popcorn to make them healthier & higher in fiber to fill you up.  They are a little tricky to find, I have found them at Target and BJ’s near me.

Fiber Plus Antioxidants Caramel Coconut Fudge-3pp & it tastes exactly like a Samoa Girl Scout Cookie!  They do have other flavors also.

94% Fat Free mini bags of popcorn-3pp, very filling, there is a lot in the bag.

Pretzels-usually 3pp for a serving, but just check the bag you get.  My husband is addicted to them as a snack, between him and my son I cannot keep them in the house!

Pretzel Crisps-3pp for a serving, a good alternative to pretzels, they are bigger and they come in a lot of flavors like Everything which tastes like an everything bagel, garlic parmesan & buffalo wing.

Chip Ins-3pp for a serving, they look like Doritos & they come in cool flavors like buffalo wing & jalapeno ranch.  I had been finding them at Wal-mart but I haven't seen them in a while.

Pringles Baked Wheat Stix crispy cracker sticks-only 2pp!  They look like long pretzel sticks and they come in neat flavors like jalapeno & pizza.  They come in individual packs.

Kellogg's Special K Cracker Chips-3pp for a serving & very similar to Pop Chips, they come in sea salt & sour cream & onion flavors.

Skinny Cow Ice Cream Sandwiches-4pp and they taste awesome, obviously more than 3pp, but they are soooo good!  My favorite is cookie & cream.

WW desserts are really good, just look in the frozen ice cream section.  They have ice cream cups that my husband literally eats one everyday, and all kinds of other ice cream bars.  Also on the cracker & cookie aisle there are WW desserts like little cakes.  Obviously they all have the pp on them, but just be sure that they have the new pp on them, otherwise just calculate the new pp from the nutritional information.

Fruit is free so eat it up!

Vegetables-most of them are free.

A great dip for veggies is to get a 16 oz. container of plain nonfat Greek yogurt and pour in a packet of the ranch dressing mix (powder).  There are a lot of different flavors.  The dressing package says to mix it with a 16 oz. container of sour cream, so using Greek yogurt just bumps up the protein so it will fill you up and it is lower in pp.  The dip is 0pp for a couple of Tbsp.  It keeps really well for a while in the fridge.

Laughing Cow cheese-1pp per wedge, you can dip veggies or anything in it and it comes in a bunch of different flavors.

Reduced Fat Fiber Selects Wheat Thins are 3pp for about 16 and is great with the laughing cow cheese.

100 calorie packs of anything are 3pp.  You can make an awesome dessert with some cookies, sugar free pudding-about 2pp for 1 package and top with fat free cool whip which is 0pp for 2 Tbsp.  So, 5pp total for a HUGE dessert bowl!

Veggie Straws, Potato Straws, Apple Straws, Veggie Chips-3pp, crunchy and delicious alternative to chips that are much higher in pp for a much smaller serving.  They look like Cheetos.

Fiber One Yogurt-1pp-the lowest pp yogurt I have found.  I eat this a lot in the morning with a banana before I go to the gym.

Smoothies-in the freezer section right beside the frozen fruit are bags of Yoplait smoothie mixes that have fruit and yogurt frozen in the bag.  You put the frozen bag in a blender with a cup of milk and blend it up.  It is 3pp for half a bag.  They come in a bunch of flavors like Triple Berry, Strawberry Banana & Blueberry Pomegranate.

Jamba all natural smoothies mix is the same, the fruit and yogurt is frozen in the bag and you mix it with apple juice for 2 pp for half a bag.  They have cool flavors like Razzmatazz & Mango.

Muscle Milk Lite is 100 Calories, so 3pp, it comes in a little milk box like kids would drink.  I have heard that it comes in a bunch of flavors like cookies & cream, but I think you have to order them online.  I have found chocolate & vanilla near me.  You would think they wouldn't taste good, like chaulky, but they are actually really good.  They have a lot of protein in them and they are great for after you workout if you are feeling really hungry and drained but you aren't near a meal and you need something really fast and easy.

Today I did boot camp with Boot Camp Moms.  We did a lot of really cool stuff, including TRX, if you've never heard of it, you need to check it out.  It is a suspension system that uses your body weight, and it is a lot harder than you would think!