Healthy snacks - that satisfy a pregnant lady!

[PostladyPat]

Hi

I am 16 weeks pregnant and have finally thought I need to stop eating so much rubbish! I am eating chocolate and crisps everyday. I do manage to eat lots of fruit as well but I definitely weigh more at this point than I did with DS1.

So any ideas for pretty healthy snacks that I can eat a lot of and take to work? I have been going for oatcake and peanut butter but they don't stop the chocolate binge at 3pm! Thanks in advance

If you need something sweet try yoghurt. Contains milk so good for you and is quite filling

my faves this week are:

chopped plums
chopped nectarines
chopped apples
ice ollies!l

was going for dried apricots and raisins but am off those this week.

Thanks LostMySocks I am quite fond of yogurt. Maybe I need to add some nuts and dried fruit to make it more interesting

I find cheese quite filling, and despite my high intake I'm not piling on the pounds! A couple of Babybels mid morning keep me going until lunch.

Dried apricots are good too, but be prepared for the wind!

Dried strawberries. They are as good as sweets!

Says me who's been eating toasted muffins with loads of butter as my main food for the last week.

dark chocolate instead of milk

Hmmm....some very good suggestions but now I want toasted muffins with lots of butter Madratlady...

I was having some yoghurt with some granola mixed in and chopped up banana - kept me going! So hard not to reach for the chocolate! I also recommend the dried apricots, edamame beans can be quite filling too if you fancy something savoury.

Its the ice creams at the moment....and milkshakes. I have decided to do something about it when I realised last week that I had consumed two Mars Bar Milkshakes in one day and not even blinked! (they were lush though)

I'm swearing by baked beans at the moment! Perhaps not the most healthy food but if you get the low salt, low sugar ones, they're not too bad. Full of protein and energy!

Dried fruit! My favourite is pineapple, mango & strawberry. I find they satisfy that sugar craving but so much healthier than chocolate or cake.

I love houmous - either with ryvita or with carrot/celery sticks for some extra vitamins.

Defo on the humous, and my personal favourite is an extra bowl of cereal in the afternoon. Lots of vitamins in cereal plus the calcium from milk, and is very filling. So many varieties to keep it interesting too!

For me the key is to pack my snacks in the morning (or plan them ahead if I am working from home), to prevent me reaching for buttered toast or crisps.

Im another one for cereal, at least 3 bowls aday. oops

Yup I second cereal too! Sometimes I just snack on it dry also dried fruit and nuts, ryvita and philadelphia, or hummus as others have said. Rice crackers with honey or peanut butter?

These are great! Thank you

Chunks of frozen mango - yum!

Nuts and seeds, cheese cubes, oatcakes. My drawer at work is just full of snacks!

My work snacks are:
Ryvita mini breaks packets
Baked stars crisps
Prunes
Nature valley cereal bars
Oatcakes
Yoghurt
Cucumber and salad cream
Marshmallows
Dried bananas
Choc milkshake cartons

Obviously not all at the same time... . I keep max 2 snacks in desk drawer and max 2 in handbag to avoid buying stuff whilst out.

Thank you, I am off to supermarket now! Did not even think of marshmallows!

Mm marshmallows am off to get some too - good tip!

Not sure they meet the healthy criteria mind, but who cares, we're pregnant!

almonds, brazil nuts, walnuts, babybel, rice cakes, fruit, raisins...

I can't get enough fruit at the moment. We spent a tenner on it yesterday - got apples, bananas, peaches, nectarines, grapes, cherries, strawberries, oranges... only oranges, bananas and a couple of nectarines left!

Today's highlight was a lemon curd yogurt with fresh raspberries mixed in. I also made a fruit smoothie with banana, nectarine, apple juice, cranberry and a dash of yogurt- that was SO good and kept me full for a few hours. I sometimes nibble those ryvitas that have raisins and seeds in them. They are surprisingly tasty and really filing too. I find if I eat a couple of those and wash them down with a glass of milk, I think the liquid makes the swell in my belly and they really fill me up!

I ate lots of brown/granary toast with peanut butter as I was diabetic and had to limit fruit as it sent my sugars sky high. Maybe a bowl of Cheerios or similar?