A lot of people consume more calories from snacking than meals, often 500-1500 calories per day. So simply planning for snacks or nighttime hunger and making deliberate satisfactory (satisficing) but still pretty enjoyable choices can go a long way - at home, in the car or on the job.
What are your favourite sensible snacks?
Beer.
Sorry to be boring, but it’s: an apple. I’m trying to maintain or maybe lose a few pounds, and those seem to be the only fruit I like enough to actually eat (as opposed to “buy, and let rot”).
Sometimes I’ll eat a handful of peanuts, but then sometimes I’ll eat another one, and another one…
What’s really good is an apple dipped in melted peanut butter. But that’s so much work, you know.
Nothing wrong with boring, and nothing wrong with beer.
I’ve been doing a few carrot sticks and a mix of nuts and raisins for a snack for my morning break at work. I will note, however, that I really do measure the quantities of nuts and raisins involved. Specifically, I have a 1/4 cup measure that I use to fill with mix - no smooshing things down allowed, only loose-pack! Add in a few carrot sticks and that’s it.
Either that, or a banana. Just one.
I love snacks, but I also am a firm believe in portion control.
Mine is cut up carrots & cellery.
Not all my go-to snacks are the healthiest. I enjoy small portioned bags of potato chips or cookies, which works way better for me than buying bigger bags. I also pay a premium to get tiny allotments of almonds or good cheese.
Things like no-sugar added chocolate pudding or fruit snacks are great. I do not much like protein bars, but some other forms taste pretty good. I never much liked the texture of dried fruit but am learning to overcome this.
I like pickles, peppers and carrots. Rice cakes or celery really require peanut butter, which should be a separate food group. Though I tend to eat smaller portions of spicy food, this applies to meals and not snacks.
Jerky is still the king of snacks though.
Yes, I need to work on my portion control.
My favorite healthy snack is fresh raspberries, but they aren’t always accessible because expensive and unreliable tasting in the off season.
When at the office, I keep Kind bars handy. If lunch was sparse, I break one in half and only eat the half. I find the nuts satisfying enough to get me through to dinner. If there’s no time for a lunch break or the cafeteria is closed, I eat a whole bar.
I need this thread.
If I could stop eating crap, I’d be skinny.
If I could stop snacking, I… wouldn’t be me. The family all tells how my favorite dinner at my grandparents’ house was a plate of snacks on the piano bench. I’d ride my tricycle around the house and pick a piece off the plate on every lap. So try as I might, I’ve had to admit that I WILL snack.
But the past year, I’ve been so close to the edge, that I’ve been doing ANYthing that’ll keep me sane and this side of depression. That includes sweet snacks. And a donut or three…
So I’ve got to make some changes… the biggest so far?
Well, my favorite midday snack is a PB&J. But I should cut back on carbs, so I switched the bread for…a carrot! Dip it in Trader Joe’s Nut Butter (Cashew/Almond/Walnut/Others), and it rings most of the bells that my noon sammich did. And it’s even crunchier!
Honestly, if you can snack healthier, which takes planning and effort, this goes much further than trying not to snack. I use rice cakes to fill my peanut butter needs, but a carrot is healthier still.
I call it my health bowl: Mandarin oranges, red grapes, cheese cubes, and carrot slices.
It’s not what, it’s how much. Take a bag of chips to the TV chair, you’ll eat a bag. Take ten chips in a bowl, you’ll eat ten. I alternate. About ten tortilla chips dipped in refried beans, or ten soda crackers with an ounce of sharp cheddar. Never go back for seconds.
I lost 40 pounds in a year or two, just by taking control of my eating.
A big factor was I had to give up driving. If you have to walk a mile carrying the replacement weight of everything you eat, see how choosy you get.
Almonds. Peanuts. Apple. Orange. Grapes. Pretzel log. I try to keep them all on hand and I make a real effort to not over-do snacking.
Two or three years back, I quit snacking after supper. Then I tried really hard to avoid the sweets that I love. Almonds were a life-saver early on, and now I do a lot better choosing one of the items I listed. Over those years, I’ve shed about 100# (but since November or so, I’ve regained and relost the same 5# many, many times…) The gains come when I reach for too many sweets. But I figure if I stay on that 5# seesaw, I’m still way ahead of the game.
And I haven’t given up on dropping another 30# or so eventually.
Depends what is meant by “snack” here.
I got pretty good results with muesli and/or porridge.
I know people think of these as breakfast things, but they stop me snacking too much and probably the milkiness aids sleep.
In terms of snacks to eat while eg watching TV, I like a low sugar popcorn (I prefer a light popcorn flavor-wise anyway, not just for health)
Apples, pears, clementine oranges, blueberries, rhubarb.
Eating that regularly should keep you regular. 
Fiber is exercise for the colon. My colon is my mightiest organ.
Moving to cafe society
I’ve totally given up snacking in between meals. I loved to snack, but it just got to be mindless eating after a while. If I’m really hungry before a meal, I allow myself to eat fruit - raspberries, pears, apples, melon, strawberries and blackberries are my favorites. I like bananas too, but one is part of my breakfast every day so I don’t usually eat one any other time.
After I quit snacking, I lost 10 lbs!
Popcorn. I just lightly coat the bottom of a 2-quart pot with olive oil, cover with a single layer of popcorn kernels, add salt and a pad of butter.