I saw my doctor recently and while talking about what a lazy fat-ass I am, he mentioned something about replacing the crap I usually snack on with healthier snacks like seasoned air-fried cauliflower or something like that. So what are your favorite healthy-ish snacks that can be made relatively quickly when I feel like shoving food in my face for no reason other than boredom and force of habit?

  • doyun@lemmy.world
    3·
    1 day ago

    Sometimes for a late night snack I’ll do a tube of silken tofu with soy sauce and chili oil. Very few calories, a few grams of protein, and it feels kind of nice and refreshing out of the fridge. Basically works with any seasoning too

  • kewjo@lemmy.world
    3·
    1 day ago

    some type of bean salad with a bunch of veggies, tomatoes and a vinegar dressing, maybe some cheese? make a giant bowl that lasts a week and gets better each day. just leave it in the fridge and grab a small bowl as a snack when you’re hungry. also works great as a quick meal/side

  • WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today
    3·
    1 day ago

    Peanuts are apparently healthy, just not the salt that comes with them. I also really like peanut butter.

    I used to straight up eat flaxseed with a spoon, and I felt better, until it made me sick.

  • unicornBro@sh.itjust.works
    31·
    1 day ago

    A can of tuna mixed with sweet relish, mayo, salt, pepper, and a few minimally salted crackers.

    Red seedless grapes.

    Imitation crab meat with cocktail sauce on the side. Maybe cheddar slices or olives on the side.

    I consider these healthyish at the moment.

  • BreadOven@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 days ago

    I like popcorn. I can make a bunch with like 2 tbsp of oil and 1 tsp of finely ground salt. Look up “popcorn” by Bryan David Gilbert. I don’t usually use the lao gan ma, but it’s nice if you want to. Also I prefer a flat-bottom pot to the wok.

  • Grace_Schlick@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    7·
    2 days ago

    Fizzy water. When you feel like a snack, drink some carbonated water. I found a lot of time I wanted water and flavor more than the food.

    And high fiber/bran stuff fills you up. Get stuff made of whole grains like popcorn, whole wheat (or real corn) tortillas, fruits with peels on, and the like.

    Blueberries freeze really well, spread em on a baking sheet so they stay separate before you bag them. Muffins are pretty easy to bake at home and with a little practice you can make a whole wheat muffin with sunflower seeds fucking tasty.

    The pain in the ass is that healthy ingredients go bad much faster. Whole wheat flour goes stale in a hurry compared to AP flour.

    One thing that worked for me was fasting. It is far easier for me to skip a meal than to eat in moderation. I figure I want to eat a 2000 calorie meal every time i sit down, maybe that’s a sign I should only do it once a day, very much ymmv on that one, but I lost 50# in a year just … eating until I was full, but only once a day.

    As a nice side bonus, your bathroom schedule also becomes very predictable, which is handy for scheduling,

  • starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works
    7·
    2 days ago

    This is probably my #1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crispbread Either plain or with low calorie butter

    Good suggestions for snacks but I think a lot of people missed the “when I want to shove something in my face as a force of habit.” You really want to get the lowest calorie thing possible, ideal would be lettuce and celery since those are basically nothing but still give you something to eat. Next would probably be apple slices, berries have surprisingly low sugar, egg white is basically pure protein but a full egg is fine too. Sprouts can be good if you grow them right. I sometimes just slowly eat a spoonful of peanut butter over like an hour but…

    I would also recommend having random drinks you can go between, like tea soymilk coffee, even diet soda. Just avoid anything with sugar or fat. Things like nuts are healthy but not a great constant snack food because they do have a lot of fat, so that should be an intentional thing rather than something to reach for.

  • DagwoodIII@piefed.socialEnglish
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    3 days ago

    It’s also important to change how you eat.

    Do you tear open a box/bag of something and gun it down in front of a screen?

    Try making yourself actual meals. Use napkins and silverware and non-paper plates. Make a protein, a carb, and some greens. Sit at the dinner table, not in front of the TV.

    Even if it’s just a snack you can present it nicely. Cut the apple up and lay it out with bits of cheese.

    Make the meal seem special.

    • Lemming6969@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      Most people have gluttony eating disorder. They cannot stop eating and cannot fathom suffering with hunger… Which is required to lose weight. They will make 6 fancy meals a day instead of snacking, if they change habits at all.

      Eating air fried cauliflower will fix nothing, as they will eat 800 calories of it in a sitting, and cannot imagine that they need 1500 calories a day for 3 years to not prematurely die in the next 5-10 years.

      It’s the worst epidemic we have.

        • Lemming6969@lemmy.world
          1·
          23 hours ago

          https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/research-news/12328/

          "About 74 percent of adults in the U.S. are overweight, according to the CDC

          That includes nearly 43 percent who are considered obese. "

          I mean, look around… And it’s a disorder because they cannot stop, they cannot help themselves no matter what education you give them, and it’s directly connected to universally understood negative medical outcomes. It’s a disease based on addiction psychopathology.

      • DagwoodIII@piefed.socialEnglish
        18·
        3 days ago

        There was a cartoon. One person says that the only time they clean their apartment is when someone special is coming over. The other says “Don’t you think you’re special?”

          • undeffeined@lemmy.ml
            4·
            1 day ago

            Damn, thats tough, you have strict limitations on the level of physical exertion you can do. This means that your diet is really the only realistic way to manage your weight.

            You mentioned you already eat healthy snacks but if you are still overweight, you have been eating more kcal than you use, over a long period of time. Tracking calories is not fun but have you tried it? Its not something you need to do forever, just long enough to have an understanding of what you need to eat.

    • worhui@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 day ago

      I take the cherry tomatoes and cut them in half, then add a dressing of balsamic vinegar, powered soup base, chicken flavored, olive oil and basil. The leftover taste even better the day after.