The best advice I have received during my weight loss journey is to always have quick, easy and healthy foods to just grab and go. My biggest downfall used to be getting so hungry I’d just grab whatever was at hand and it was usually something unhealthy.

Now I stock up my fridge and cupboards with these alternatives so when hunger does strike I can snack a little healthier.

Grab Snacks:

Crab sticks (free)

Babybell Light (2syns each or x3 HEA)

Ringos Cheese & Onion (12.5g bag 3syns)

Pom Bear Original (13g bag 3.5syns)

French fries crisps (18g bag 4syns)

Rye crackers (1.5syns each or x4 HEB)

Melba Toast (half a syn each)

Laughing Cow Light (1.5syns each or x4 HEA)

Pickled Gherkins (free)

Pickled Beetroot (free)

Pickled Onions (free)

High Fibre Cereal bars (3 each or x2 HEB)

Muller light yogurts (half a syn each)

Lindahls Kvarg yogurts (half a syn each)

Gallon sugar free Maria biscuits (1Syn each)

Broghie crackers (1Syn each)

Fat free cottage cheese (free)

Sliced ham (free)

Carrot sticks (free)

Celery sticks (free)

Sliced peppers (free)

Apples (free)

Pears (free)

Grapes (free)

Oranges (free)

Bananas (free)

Strawberries (free)

Sliced Melon (free)

Then there are things you can make in batches the night before or at the weekend to have loitering around your fridge ready to grab and go:

Batch cooking

Boiled eggs (free)

Homemade healthy Rice pudding (free)

Salads (free)

Crust free quiche (free)

Boiled new potatoes (free)

Gammon ham (free)

Sugar free jelly (half a syn)

Diced salsa (free)

Tomato Pasta (free)

Cheesy Pasta (free HEA)

For times when I’m slightly hungrier and need something a little more substantial I go for these quick and easy lunches that I can stick in a microwave:

Light bites & lunches:

Steam bags of vegetables (free)

Steam bags of plain rice (free)

Baked beans (free)

BBQ baked beans (free)

Heinz bean creations (1-2syns)

Scrambled egg (free)

Wholemeal Pitta (6syns or HEB)

Tinned new potatoes (free)

Tinned tomatoes (free)

Jacket potato (free)

Or if I have some leftover salad left in the fridge and I really don’t fancy salad again I try mixing it up by adding a few interesting extras:

To add to salad:

Tuna (free)

Couscous (free)

Sweetcorn (free)

Garlic salt (free)

Lemon juice (free)

Balsamic vinegar (free)

Raw tender stem diced broccoli (free)

Boiled egg (free)

Pickled beetroot (free)

Pickled gherkins (free)

Jalapeños (free)

Rice (free)

Radish (free)

Grated carrot (free)

Beans (free)

Boiled new potatoes (free)

Fat free cottage cheese (free)

Ham (free)

Chicken (free)

Turkey (free)

Quorn ham (free)

If you have a bit of a sweet tooth why not swap out your usual treats for one of these?

Sweets:

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Matchsticks (1syn each)

Skinny whip (4.5syns)

Chocolate Pringles (1syn each)

Pink & Whites (2.5syns)

Mikado (half a syn each)

Halo Top Caramel ice cream lolly (4syns each)

Halo Top Cake ice cream lolly( 4syns each)

Halo Top Strawberry ice cream lolly (4.5syns each)

Mini Vienna ice cream lolly (4syns each)

Jaffa Cake (2.5syns each)

Jaffa Cake nibbles (25g 5.5syns)

Mini Jaffa Cake (1syn each)

Dairy Milk Chocolate Fingers (1.5syns each)

Tea Cakes (5syns each)

Digestive Thins (1.5syns each)

Chomp (12g bar 3syns each)

Freddo (5syns each)

Kitkat (2 fingers 5syns)

Malteasers (19.5g 5syns)

Rolos (x2 2.5syns)

Werthers original candies sugar free (half a syn each)