Ever find yourself lounging around the house, twiddling your thumbs desperately in a food-based panic in the midst of your latest diet attempt? Snacks are killers. It’s too easy to toss back mega-calories just killing time between meals. It’s time to stop licking asbestos and nibbling lead paint chips. Here are some ideas for a handful of pretty tasty snacks that only contain about 150 calories each.

No one will try to tell you these are the same as a fudge brownie delight or Philadelphia style cheesecake with all the toppings but one of the following might accidentally get you through a moment of craving in the daily food battle.

* Lightly salted peanuts, 30 pieces

* 6 oz. low fat yogurt

* 3 cups of plain popcorn, covered lightly with spray olive oil, then sprinkle parmesan cheese on top.

* Small apple with Nutella spread

* ½ whole grain pita with hummus

* Follow this link here to the VitaTops website. Use the 10% off coupons to order and keep on hand these 100 calorie chocolate treats – just remember – eat 10 of them and it’s still a thousand calories!

Let’s take a moment to re-visit the fifth item on the list up there – hummus. Not everyone is intimately familiar with this food product so here’s a little info to get you up to speed. Hummus is one of the oldest recorded foods dating back to ancient Egypt. It’s nothing more than a dip or spread made from chickpeas. In fact, hummus is the Arabic word for chickpea. Some recipes call for garbanzo beans but don’t get bent out of shape about that. Garbanzo is the Spanish translation for chickpea. In Italy they are known as cece beans. Hummus is also quite popular in Greek culture.

So get out there and chomp some low calorie snacks!

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