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“Cereal is filling and a great pre-workout snack if you’re going to the gym,” Schapiro says. “A lot of people think of cereal as forbidden when it comes to weight loss, but you don’t need to deprive yourself.”

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Satiate your Saturday morning snack attack with a bowl of whole-grain cereal and milk. To get this right, pass on the marshmallows and sugarcoated flakes. The ideal cereal has three grams of fiber or more, eight grams sugar or less, and should register at 150 calories per serving, says Schapiro. That’s about 100 calories for three-quarters cups of cereal and 50 calories for a half-cup of milk, she says.

At just 30 calories per cup, you could have three or four cups of popcorn as a snack and still reach your goals, Schapiro says.

“Plus, popcorn is high in fiber, which makes it an appetite-suppressing snack,” she says.

Just steer clear of the butter-drenched, super-salty movie theater popcorn and pop your own kernels, says Schapiro. You can even get fancy by giving your homemade popcorn a spritz of olive oil and a dash of pink Himalayan salt, she says. (Get closet to your weight-loss goals with Women’s Health’s Body Clock Diet.)

For a different spin on the snack dietitians love, try three cups of air-popped popcorn sprinkled with one tablespoon of nutritional yeast, says Alison Massey, R.D., director of diabetes education at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland.

“Sprinkling the popcorn with nutritional yeast flakes gives it a cheesy flavor without all the fat,” says Massey.  “Plus it adds about four to five grams of protein per tablespoon.”

Bananas sometimes get a bad rep for being so sugary and starchy, but they can actually be a huge help when it comes to weight loss. Just get ’em before they’re super ripe. 

“Green bananas are high in resistant starch, which is digested much slower than refined starches or sugars,” says Shapiro. “It’s packed with that good starch before it begins to ripen and become sugary.” 

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Resistant starch also increases satiety, which keeps you fuller longer, says Schapiro. Top an unripe ‘naner with a tablespoon of peanut butter for a filling snack.

Besides being crunchy, savory, and satisfying, chickpeas and other pulses, like beans, lentils, and dried peas, are packed with fiber-rich carbohydrates and protein, says Lyssie Lakatos, R.D., co-author of The Nutrition Twins’ Veggie Cure.

“They give you energy and keep you feeling full, so you won’t end up at the vending machine an hour later,” says Lakatos. Plus, unlike other carby snacks like chips and crackers, roasted chickpeas are naturally low in calories without added sugar or fat.

Mixing up a DIY trail mix using a handful of pistachios and whole-grain cereal is an easy way to cure the afternoon munchies and keep them from coming back, says Lakatos Shames.

“Pistachios are the skinny nut,” she says. “You can have 30 of them for just 100 calories, and they’re a good source of fiber and protein to help that whole-grain cereal stick with you longer.”

“This snack is light, but it satisfies your sweet tooth without many calories or sugar,” says Diana Cuy Castellanos, Ph.D., R.D., an assistant professor of nutrition and health at the University of Dayton.

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Just blend a half-cup of water, a dozen strawberries, and one banana together. Then, pour the mixture into four molds and freeze.

Since it’s rich in whole-grain carbs and packs a punch of protein, a parfait is the ideal way to refuel your body after a long workout, says Jackie Newgent, R.D., author of The All-Natural Diabetes Cookbook and spokesperson for KIND Snacks.

In a small cocktail glass, layer granola clusters with fresh or thawed frozen berries and a couple dollops of plain Greek yogurt, says Newgent.

The combo of protein and fiber-rich carbs will keep you satisfied, which is beneficial for managing weight, she says. Her granola pick: Kind Healthy Grain Clusters—a 50-gram serving has 32 grams of energy-boosting whole grains.