Hey HTide. I have the laughing cow wedge all the time with carrots, celery, even cucumber....very yummy'

if u like chocolate, which i kno I'm infatuated with! Dove has made a new chocolate vitamin bar, its packed with B6, C etc etc. its got great antioxidents! its only 80 calories, and its just like a candy bar

 dried fruits (minus the added sugar) are great to munch on. 

baby kosher dill pickles, yummy!! only 5 cal a pickle!

There are some great suggestions here! I've recently discovered this and it works wonders -

Make tuna (canned and contained in water) salad but use fat-free sour cream (20 calories per 2 tsp.!) instead of mayonnaise. Chop up some onion, celery, and pickle and season it well with salt, pepper, garlic powder, celery salt, cumin, whatever sounds good! I love banana peppers and mustard on my tuna. Then, slice a cucumber and top it with a bit of tuna salad. Super healthy, protein-rich and low-calorie.

Also, never underestimate a smoothie - just use lots of low-cal fruit, maybe a little tofu or wheat germ to keep it filling, and go light on any processed sugar or fat - use either fat-free or soy milk or low-calorie juice.

For beverages, I drink Arizona Diet Green Tea by the gallon - literally. It's like $2.50 for a gallon and calorie-free, plus it's delicious and surely must have some of the health benefits of green tea. Since it's sweet it helps me when I'm having a sweet tooth.

http://www.medicinenet.com/artificial_sweeteners/page8.htm

One thing I'd like to mention - I hear a lot of people talking about sugar-free stuff. While Splenda (sucralose) is more or less ok thus far, I'm not sure anyone realizes how bad aspartame (Nutrasweet or Equal) is for you. It's in a lot of diet stuff, like diet soda, Sobe, Snapple and diet jello... It doesn't affect everyone, but watch out - I used to get headaches all the time, like every day. I also drank diet soda every day. Then I came upon this website where hundreds of people had sent in their complaints about negative health affects from Aspartame. People would get headaches and eye problems. I know it may sound silly, but I've been aspartame-free for nearly 2 months now and my headaches only come once every two weeks. They stopped almost 2 days after I stopped drinking diet soda. Just check out the label - if it has aspartame in it, don't buy it. There are tons of other things you can get that are still diet but aren't the same chemical.

Here's a good web site if you want more information - think about it. It might really be affecting you more than you think.

http://www.medicinenet.com/artificial_sweeteners/page8.htm

Btw, for some reason it keeps putting an extra space in the word sweeteners that messes up the link, so make sure there are no extra spaces if you decide to look :)

Oh, AND another great one - in the summer, a typical Mexican snack would be:

*watermelon, as much as you want - drizzle with fresh lime juice, salt and a little hot sauce - Valentina or Buffalo brand is best.

Also, what they do sometimes is make a salad the same way:

*watermelon, oranges, jicama, mango, papaya, and whatever else you want soaked in a ton of lime juice with salt and hot sauce. If that's too hot for you, you can always try a milder sauce to get a similar flavor.

Many Mexican dishes make fresh, cool food using lime juice:

*tuna with lime juice is great! Make Mexican-style tuna salad with lime juice, salt, diced onion, jalapeno or other peppers, cilantro and some hot sauce. It's as low-calorie and high in nutrients as you can get!

Or, make a pico de gallo. It's not actually meant to be eaten on chips, but rather to be "picked" like with a toothpick - hence the "pico". You can do savory with tomatoes, peppers, onion, cilantro and lime juice or:

*mango pico de gallo; dice some mango, sweet yellow onion, jalapeno pepper, cilantro - jicama and bell peppers optional. Soak in fresh lime juice, add 1 tsp. honey and season with salt and pepper.

spinach, celery, and cucumber are all VERY low calorie. a WHOLE cucumber only has like 34 calories or something!

for a little flavour you could add a little salt, pepper, vinegar or all of the above - or even salsa; the kind i buy only has 8 calories for 30g and its GOOD.

and also, raspberries only have 1 calorie per berry.

you could also try tea?

Original Post by shacurington:

sliced raw red bell peppers. they're crunchy and sweet and only 30cal/serving.

try roasted red pepper. 30 cal/serving. soooo good.