When you want something sweet…

Instead of cake, cookies, or ice cream, try:

• Sugar-free jello or hard candies (but always read the Nutrition Label on every food for serving size information)
• Sugar-free hot cocoa
• Fruit with cool whip
• Lower fat cookies like ginger snaps, vanilla wafers, graham crackers, animal crackers (again, observe serving size)
• No sugar added pudding or fudgsicles
• Eating very small portions of your favorite treat

When you want something salty and crunchy…

Instead of potato chips or tortilla chips, try:

• Low-sodium pretzels
• Air-popped popcorn
• Baked chips or baked tortilla chips
• Cut raw veggies with low fat dip, salsa, or low fat cream cheese
• Pickles

When you want something to drink…

Instead of soda or fruit punch, try:

• Diet soda
• Crystal light or other sugar-free beverages
• Seltzer with just an ounce or two of fruit juice
• Water with lemon juice

When you want fast food…

Instead of hamburgers or hotdogs, try:

• Grilled or broiled chicken sandwiches
• 1 slice of thin crust veggie pizza
•  Low fat sub sandwiches

When you want “comfort food”…

Instead of high-fat, high-carb choices, try:

• Macaroni and cheese cooked with fat-free evaporated milk, low fat cheese, and egg substitute
• Mashed potatoes made with trans-fat free margarine and fat-free milk, or replace part of the potato with pureed cauliflower
• Meatloaf made with ground turkey and egg substitute
• Beef stew made with round cut beef, fewer potatoes, and more non-starchy vegetables like carrots, onions, green beans, and spinach