Restricting calories and constant dieting isnot a great idea. It’s always best to eat everything you want butin moderation. However, we all have those days where we definitelyate enough but we still want to munch on something late at night. Andyou know chocolates, sweets or chips are not a great idea. Those willonly make your skin break out and are very likely to turn intounwanted pounds on your body. So here are some foods that containvery little calories, so you can munch on them guilt-free and notworry about the scale.
1.Cucumber
Cucumbers contain very little calories so theymake for a great snack at any time of the day. It’s essentiallycrunchy water. Refreshing, good for your skin and if you’re notinto drinking 8 glasses of water a day you can load up on cucumbersinstead.
2.Celery
Next time you feel like having buttery popcornwhile watching a movie at home – we suggest you just cut up celerystalks into small pieces and crunch on those instead. Becausehonestly, popcorn is empty but bad calories, while celery is very lowin calories and it’s good for you.
3.Carrots
Carrots make a great snack, especially if yougrab a bag of baby carrots instead of a bag of chips. They’refilling, delicious and full of vitamins. You know how your mom toldyou carrots are good for eyesight? Well, she wasn’t lying.
4.Cabbage
Cabbage is a great vegetable to use whenbulking out a meal or a salad. It contains only 22 calories per 100grams and believe me, 100 grams might not sound like a lot, butcabbage is light, so you’ll struggle to eat more than that.
5.Broccoli
Growup, broccoli is actually delicious and can be eaten cooked and raw.It’s one of the most nutritionally packed veggies out there andjust 100 grams of it has all the vitamin C you need in a day. That’sright, lots of people think citrus fruits have the monopoly onvitamin C, but that’s not true.
6.Apples
100 grams of apples contain only 52 calories,and the much needed 3 grams of fiber which makes them a very fillingsnack. They’re a great alternative to candy since they’re sweetand juicy.
7.Arugula
We all need to eat more greens. Arugula has aspecific taste that you will either love or hate. But it’s great insalads and it has almost zero calories yet it contains protein,calcium, potassium and vitamin K.
8.Iceberg Lettuce
If you don’t like the taste of arugula, youprobably don’t mind iceberg lettuce. It’s crunchy and has arefreshing quality to it. It’s great as a salad base, or as a wayof adding crunch and freshness to a sandwich or burger.
9.Kale
This dark leafy green packs a surprising amountof vitamin K, double the daily amount of vitamin C, it’s a greatsource of magnesium, iron and Vitamin B-6. It might be a bit tougherto chew than most leafy greens but massaging the leaves with lemonjuice and olive oil and sprinkling them with some salt will make theKale softer and provide a great dressing for your salad.
10.Mushrooms
Mushrooms are generally low in calories and therefore are great for bulking out stir-fries or even salads. You can also use them as a substitute for meat. Because of their spongy texture, they absorb flavors easily and you can season and make them taste like meat.