Choose your snacks wisely

When deciding what to eat, choose your snacks and meals wisely. Balance your diet with fruits, veggies, beans, lean meats, and low-fat dairy. Just remember to eat moderate amounts of protein and fats, and fuel your body with foods that are high in fiber and low in sugar content. 

•  1 cup plain nonfat yogurt topped with 1 Tbsp. flaxseeds
   
• ½ cup 1% fat cottage cheese topped with 1 Tbsp. slivered almonds
   
• Whole wheat sesame flat bread (should have about 50 calories) topped with ½ Tbsp. all-natural peanut butter
   
• 1 cup blueberries and 1 brown rice cake
   
• ½ cup red and yellow pepper strips dipped into 4 Tbsp. hummus
   
• 1 cup mixed melon balls (cantaloupe, watermelon and honeydew) topped with 1/4 cup nonfat vanilla yogurt
   
• 3 oz. tuna, packed in water, served with 1 sliced plum tomato and drizzled with fresh lemon juice
   
• Smoothie made in a blender with: 1 cup strawberries, ½ cup vanilla soy milk and ice cubes
   
• ½ cup steel-cut oats (measured after cooking) topped with ½ cup red raspberries
   
• 1 brown rice cake topped with ½ Tbsp. almond butter
   
• ½ a sliced apple with 5 walnut halves
   
• ½ cup boiled edamame
   
• 1 navel orange with ½ cup nonfat plain yogurt
   
• ½ cup whole-grain breakfast cereal topped with ½ cup low-fat vanilla yogurt

• ½ a toasted whole wheat English muffin topped with 1 slice tomato and ½ a slice reduced fat Swiss cheese