Need some halthy snack ideas

The following list came from my dd's dietician:

Apple with a low fat cheese slice or string cheese
Whole grain crackers and hummus
Crackers and peanut butter
Yogurt
Yogurt and fresh fruit
Celery topped with peanut butter and craisins or raisins
Pretzels and a cheese stick or peanut butter
Blended yogurt and fruit (smoothie)
Assorted cut up vegetables (carrots, cucumbers, bell peppers, snap peas, cherry tomatoes, celery)
Half of a sandwich
Cereal with milk
Unsweetened applesauce
Banana with nut butter
Popcorn (light)
Edamame
Frozen grapes
Hard boiled egg
¼ cup trail mix
1oz nuts
Mini rice cakes and cottage cheese
Graham crackers and peanut butter
Rolled deli slices (turkey, lean ham etc)
Pumpkin seeds
Cottage cheese and fruit
Soup (light)
Dried fruit
Salad with low fat dressing
Small portion of dinner leftover

A lot of what Robin said was awesome. But you have to watch the type of cereals and yogurts. A lot of them aren't good for you. And watch out for artificial sweeteners. They can make you crave sweet, which can be detrimental to your diet.

If you like peanut butter apples and peanut butter are good. After weighing and measuring everything for the past 5 months, I've found I don't need a lot for a snack. 6 months ago I would have had an apple, and some peanut butter, then a couple of string cheese. Now the apple is perfect.

- Oikos greek yogurt (tastes really good) - fruits to make fruit salad (portion out into containers and keep in fridge) - string cheese - Special K chips (portioned out into containers) - Portioned out cereal with soy milk - Pretzels (portioned out)

Things to avoid: - fruit cups in syrup, "juice" - Things you will not eat (celery, carrot sticks...etc.) - Sports drinks - "lowfat yogurt" Check labels, most of these non fat lowfat things have more sugar than the regular - Foods that don't have any color (bread, white rice, flour, cakes...etc.) - Processed foods - Foods you can't pronounce the first 3 ingredients Good luck to you on your weight loss.

yogurt and fruit cups can be high in sugar. get fresh fruit - stuff that is in season. apples, peaches, nectarines, pears, kiwi, apricots, cucumbers, etc. the important thing is to combine fiber and protein to make a snack more filling - a string cheese with the apple, or peanut butter to dip it in. some lean turkey or chicken breast along with whole grain (make sure the first ingredient is 100% whole ___). and plenty of water! the hardest thing for me while using the shakes (i am doing bbv too) is not drinking enough water!

I love cutting peppers (green, red, yellow, orange, whatever your preference:) into triangles & eating them like chips with salsa. You can also make fat free dip with Greek yogurt (use it like you would sour cream) and do the same thing with peppers &/or other veggies. Anna is right about the right combo of protein and fiber...so you can eat "southwest style salsa" that has beans in it (make it yourself for more control over the ingredients! or make a low fat bean dip) for example... & try to keep your snacks to "whole" foods (e.g. NOT processed) or minimally processed whenever possible. fruit cups can be an acceptable back up if it will keep you from say, having a doughnut but, try to stick with fresh fruits, veggies, nuts, whole grains, dairy, etc. as your first choice & start treating sweet yogurts or fruit cups like "treats" that you can use to manage cravings..at least that is what I try to do!
Hope that helps!

you sure can.

Watermelon and Cucumbers are my Go-To healthy snacks!! Contain lots of natural water and pretty much "Free" foods !!