healthy diet meal plan

The key to a healthy diet is moderation. So many portion sizes are out of control and therefore many of us find it hard to eat healthy snacks. Something as simple as replace condiments with low fat, or fat free can make a huge impact in the amount of calories that we are consuming daily. Read the labels, track how many calories are being consumed before eating consciously, most likely, you will be shocked at the difference!

Snacking can be a dieter's worst nightmare and although snack companies are making it easier by creating smaller portion sized snacks in individual packaging - sometimes the dieter would like a little something different. Here are some ideas for fifty snack size friendly ideas, all fewer than 100 calories.

1. 1/2 cup of applesauce
2. 1 cup of broccoli
3. 2 medium cucumbers
4. Jello 5 Calorie Packages
5. 10 Jumbo black olives
6. 2 cups. fresh raspberries
7. 8 oz. lemonade
8. 1 head of romaine lettuce
9. 4 cups of popcorn
10. 2 cups of butter flavored popcorn
11. 8 large shrimp
12. 2 c. puffed rice cereal
13. 6 tortilla chips
14. 1 cup cheese popcorn
15. 2 small bananas
16. 1 cup cantaloupe
17. 17 grapes
18. 1.5 kiwis
19. 1 cup of. fresh pineapple
20. 4 tomatoes
21. 1 baked potato with fat free sour cream
22. 1 grapefruit with sweetener
23. 1/2 cup of caramel popcorn
24. 6 animal crackers
25. 1/2 of an English muffin
26. 1/4 cup of granola
27. 1 plain small sized bagel
28. 1 oz. of cream cheese
29. one slice of white or whole wheat bread
30. 2 graham crackers
31. 4 large pretzels
32. 1 cup of asparagus
33. 1 hard boiled egg
34. one Fudgsicle
35. 2 fat free pudding cups (to quell that chocolate craving)
36. 4 tbs. hummus
37. Nature's Garden 5 calorie pitas
38. one apple with caramel dip
39. 1/2 cup of blueberries
40. one medium corn on the cob with seasoning
41. 2 cups of watermelon
42. 20 peanuts
43. 2 pieces of wasa bread
44. one pear
45. 30 goldfish crackers
46. 1 oz. of bacon
47. 4 Hershey's kisses
48. 2 small plums
49. one medium orange
50. 3 small peaches

Just because a snack falls under the one hundred calorie line doesn't mean that it has to have little or no taste. Many of these snacks can be added together, for example - a serving of fresh fruit salad will contain less than one hundred calories. The key to dieting with success is to be creative, this way - the dieter will not get bored with the routine and seek something different or full fat.

Consider preparing these snacks ahead of time and store them in the cupboard, or in the refrigerator in the healthy portion sizes. This will encourage healthy eating as we become accustomed to smaller, healthy portions, and it becomes a part of our newly healthy lifestyle.

You see, there are options for low calorie foods. Some of these are surprising, the head of lettuce perhaps - combined with fat free caeser salad dressing and low fat croutons a small, low fat caeser salad is a breeze to make!