When you are dieting, you need to eat healthy, low-fat, low-calorie snacks to keep your energy level up while losing weight. While you're taking Alli, opt for snacks such as low-fat cottage cheese or yogurt, cereals made from whole grains, hard pretzels, raisins or dried cranberries, suggests the Regents of the University of California. As you continue taking Alli, don't neglect your body's need for healthy, low-fat food, eaten on a regular basis.
Trail Mix
Mix one handful of walnuts with a pinch of chocolate chips and a pinch of raisins to make a healthy, sweet snack. Keep portion control in mind when you pour your trail mix into a bowl--one serving is about 1 oz. of walnuts with 1 tsp. each of raisins and chocolate chips, according to "Fitness."
Fruits and Vegetables
Fill your refrigerator's crisper bin with apples, oranges, melon, baby carrots, broccoli and berries, recommends the University of Illinois's McKinley Health Center. When you feel hungry, snack on a selection of fruits and vegetables. Fresh vegetables and fruit provide needed dietary fiber, helping you stay full for a longer time.
Shakes
Blend low-fat milk, fat-free yogurt and your choice of fresh fruit for a low-fat, nutritious yogurt shake, according to the Regents of the University of California. This snack is high in protein, calcium and vitamins.
Peanut Butter and Graham Crackers
Break a graham cracker into two squares and spread 1 tbsp. light peanut butter on top for a sweet and salty snack. The graham cracker helps satisfy your craving for sweets while the peanut butter helps meet your need for healthy protein and fat, helping you stave off hunger pangs until your next meal, writes "Fitness."
Mandarin Oranges and Whipped Topping
When you are really feeling a a craving for something sweet, serve 1/2 cup mandarin oranges with their juice and add 2 tbsp. light whipped topping. The oranges provide needed vitamin C and antioxidants. The whipped topping satisfies your need for a sweet indulgence, according to "Fitness."
More Snack Ideas
Stock up on dried cranberries, raisins, nuts--almonds, walnuts--low-fat peanut butter and whole-grain crackers, cups of yogurt and fat-free pudding, applesauce, rice cakes, frozen fruit bars or sorbets, sugar-free gelatin, low-fat popcorn and string cheese, suggests U of I's McKinley Health Center. Take snacks to work so you can eat a small snack before lunch and before you go home.
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