It's not easy. Snacks I prefer fruit and nuts, Boars Head Low Sodium Swiss cheese (1 oz.) with 4 water crackers (I found a brand with only 10 mg of sodium per cracker), low sodium mini pretzels (17) with a light sour cream (2 Tblsp. 25 mg sodium) dip I make myself with spices, no salt nuts, and vegies (I keep the mini carrots and snap peas handy - quick and easy). I've come to like the No Salt Blue Chips with a homemade dip, as well.

I often bake chicken breasts with no sugar apricot preserves and balsamic vinegar (2-1 mix) and I have that in the fridge, if I'm looking for something a little more substantial. It's great by itself or with some vegies.

Good luck, I hope this helps!

Schwindel, really has mentioned so great ideas! If you are going to change, your taste have to change too! The best way to do this is first and foremost you need to decontaminate your house. Everything that is not healthy goes away. As Dr. Phil would say to a parent of a overweight kid, "who does the shopping?". Next understand that we eat the same 16 meals on a rotational basis, not everything has to change, you may find you like some things that are Ok. Make a list and circle the items that are problems, try to find something new to replace them. This can be an exciting time to explore beyond your safety zone, sort of like dating all over again, "you cant judge a book by its cover," remember? I know you are talking about snacks but snacks or meals its the same logic. Next, try to understand what happens to carbs in the body, that the more processed the faster they burn causing you to want more (hypoglycemia)! Now that dose apply to snacks. This may sound like a contradiction but, eat more fats! Eating a small amount of fat, shuts off the urge button in the brain. People on this site often mention nuts, I like small amounts of peanut butter. When I feel the urge to crave in I eat about 1/2 of teaspoon or have it on a sliced apple with raisins! We gave that to our kids and call it "apples and ants". Did you know there are over 2000 varieties of apples in the world, become a apple expert, explore!!!!!!

Have a blast," its not a surrender, its an adventure!" You never know, there maybe some bright eyed blueberry just waiting for you! Go to the local farmer market, get out, have fun!!!!

Blessings!

Rich

PS, I don't have diabetes but I only eat dietetic cookies. Why? Because they taste so bad who would want but a couple anyways. The good part is it got me off the sugar. I also want to mention to buy proportioned stuff, a 100 cal snack cant hurt you and you are highly unlikely to eat a bunch of it because you know they are expensive! I am happy they are!

Hi fishoinc. First of all, I totally relate. I now have Hashimoto's hypothyroidism and insufficient adrenal function, so I've recently had to make even more changes to my diet. I cut out all dairy, gluten and red meat, as well as the reduced sodium, sugar and caffeine I was already doing. It's not easy. It's like dieting and losing weight. I think we each have to experiment and find what works for us. Before I had to be gluten-free I made my own cookies, which was fun because I could put what I wanted in them. But I focused on including oatmeal and peanut butter, with very small amounts of sugar. Keep in mind that for a diabetic, as you've probably learned, white flour can be as bad as sugar. I recommend getting a book on Low Glycemic foods, if you don't have one. That can be a very helpful reference book. Two last thoughts: first, be careful of reducing your sodium too low. You may need to research or speak to a doc about what too low would be. Secondly, as hard as it is, trust that your tastes and habits WILL change. I still occasionally struggle with the no-gluten or sugar issue, but overall now that I've been doing this for 6 months its relatively easy. Good luck.

Oh...and you might try making popcorn at home the old fashioned way, in a pot with oil. Great high-fiber snack, fills up the belly, and you can control how much salt you put on it.

Found some salt free chips. I'm not a big chip eater but Lays has a no salt chip I found not bad .

i started juicein and i love it healthy and it fills u

Not sure how this affect diabetes, but I got the book Vegan before 6 about two weeks ago. So before 6 it's all fruits, grains and veggies. (to be honest for me it's not total vegan as for protein I eat boiled eggs). Then when I get home from work, I eat a normal meal but make the meat a side dish rather than the main course..and eat mostly veggies. as for snacks, there is a good frozen bannana desert, though it's dipped in chocolate. Also I have found some cookies in the health food section of the store made by Newman's own that are pretty good, it's all organic ingrediants. So far it's been a struggle to follow but I try different fruits veggies and nuts to try and keep away from the sodium and MSG. Also there is another book that was recommened to me that is call the Healthy Celluar Diet (I think that is the name), but I couldn't find it at the book store. But the main premise is if it is made by nature it's good to eat. As for meat (it's expensive), we have moved to eat the organic beef, pork and chicken. This has helped my fiance's stomach issues with meat...sorry to be long on this, but it's helping me so far.

Thanks for the information, jayhatt. It made me think that those of us trying to find a new way to eat are sure helping along the cookbook market! I am always looking for new information on how to look at cooking, as well as new delicious recipes. It is interesting that going organic has helped your fiance with meat.

How about low fat yogurt and banana smoothie. I bought a Bullet blender. It is small and manageable. Makes 1-2 servings. Throw in fresh strawberries too. Melba toast is crunchy. Weight watchers sell individual servings of snacks that are yummy.