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What healthy foods are helping you curb sweet and salty cravings??? My disclaimer* make sure all food examples/advice we share fit your food plan before you try them.

Sweet:

fruit dipped in sugar free cholate Syrup

dannon lite n fit Greek yogurt

Salad greens, chicken, strawberries, blue cheese and pecans Skinny girl raspberry vinaigrette.

Roasted pumpkin and apple drizzled with sugar free maple syrup sprinkle with cinnamon, (small amount with your Protein goes a long way)

Salty:

Veggies dipped in hummus (cut calories by mixing plain yogurt in hummus)

Chicken fajitas or taco salad (no tortilla)

Parmesan cheese crisps

Cup of chicken broth.< /span>

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Sweet:

SF Jello Cups with a dollop of Grk Yogurt mixed with some liquid vanilla stevia

SF Popsicles

SF Buttermilk Lemon "Ice Cream" 35cals/serving homemade (frozen into a big ice pop)

Plain Grk Yogurt Mixed with vitacost Peanut Butter Slim powder topped with Walden Farms Blueberry pancake Syrup and 4g of sliced almonds or pumpkin seeds

Mocha chia yogurt made with hot coffee, cocoa powder, liquid vanilla stevia, then plumped and chilled and stirred with some Greek Yogurt (a dollop) mixed with liquid vanilla stevia

SF Lemon Match Greek Yogurt with Blueberries and Walnuts, Chia Seeds, Hemp Hearts, Pumpkin Seeds

1 square Lindt 90% Extra Dark chocolate and 1/2 oz walnuts or pecans

1 GG Brancrisp topped with Vitacost Peanut Butter Slim Powder (reconstituted with WF Marshmallow Cream) and topped with cocoa nibs, 1/8 thin sliced banana and a squirt of FF whipped cream in a can (Reddiwhip)

1-2 oz Granny Smith Apple with almond butter (1 tbsp)

1/2 oz Lily's SF Chocolate chips, 1/2oz Pecans on walnuts, 1/2oz frozen blueberries

Salty:

Pork skins + peanut butter or almond butter (the real deal)

2% Kraft Deli Deluxe cheese nuked into crackers and topped with almond butter, peanut butter or cashew butter

olives with pits

Cucumber topped with either ACV sprinkles or with Tajin seasoning

Jicama ice cold and crisp topped with lime juice and sprinkled with either smoked paprika or Tajin

Rosemary Bar Nuts (limit to 1/2oz per serving)

Jerky of any kind or sausage sticks like Ostrim

Seaweed Snacks

Edamame with salt

Quest Protein Chips

Kale chips

Zucchini chips (or buy cans of freeze dried zucchini and spice them in the oven)

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Sweet:

1) a dozen almonds with about a dozen raisins (big plump, homemade ones - really yummy).

2) frozen grapes

3) 1/2 milk with a couple TB Greek yogurt and a scoop of chocolate Protein Powder.

Salty:

1) rice cake with Peanut Butter or cheese

2) a few gluten free, whole grain chips with hummus

3) once in a great while (once a month) - some popcorn

4) cooked veggies (esp. squash or broccoli) with nutritional yeast sprinkled on (salty and cheesy tasting)

5) cottage cheese + salsa + Beans + a little shredded cheese with a few GF chips or veggie sticks.

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Oh yeah, Sweet OR Savory...

Coming soon...

Chaffles (yes I said it--another site is goin cray with the chaffles!)

Edited by FluffyChix

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Pistchios (sp?) in the shell (come in 100 cal snack packs). (Shelling slows down the time.)

Salted, roasted peanuts in the shell. (Takes a little time to shell)

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Mind you, some of my suggestions (almonds, raisins, frozen grapes, GF chips, peanuts, popcorn, pistachios) are NOT for the active weight loss stage. I started added these only as I approached goal weight. During weight loss stages, I relied on berries and small amounts of fruit integrated into a meal for sweets.

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On 9/17/2019 at 8:28 PM, AZhiker said:

Mind you, some of my suggestions (almonds, raisins, frozen grapes, GF chips, peanuts, popcorn, pistachios) are NOT for the active weight loss stage. I started added these only as I approached goal weight. During weight loss stages, I relied on berries and small amounts of fruit integrated into a meal for sweets.

Agreed! Some of mine aren't that great for WLM either!

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