Satisfy Your Cravings Without Guilt

These are lower calorie, healthier ways to satisfy your cravings.  These foods should be eaten in addition to a healthy diet, not in place of one.   If you crave something specific it is best to have a little of that before you eat anything else.

If you crave fries, bread or chips try:

Baked fries

Baked Potato with a little ranch or blue cheese dressing or fat free yogurt and butter

Baked Sweet potato with salt, brown sugar, and butter

Sweet potato fries

Baked chips

Plain corn chips with low fat bean dip and salsa

Low fat popcorn

Soy Nuts

Nuts (small handful)

Hummus and whole wheat Pita bread

 

If you crave sweets try:

Fruit Smoothies

Fruit- dried, frozen or fresh

Hot tea with honey

Cereal- Kashi, Oatmeal, Uncle Sam, Cheerios, Shredded Wheat, Granola

Frozen yogurt or low fat ice cream

Ice cream sandwiches

Low fat pudding

Cinnamon Toast

If you crave chocolate try:
Hot chocolate

Fudge sickles

Chocolate milk (soy, skim or 2%)

HotCocoa(milk, sugar, cocoa)

Semi-sweet chocolate chips

Plain milk chocolate- 5 kisses, ½ Hershey Bar

 

If you’ve just got the munchies:

Hot tea

Cider

Carrot sticks or other vegetables

Fruit

Try anything listed above