What is the best low calorie snack for runners?

If man made it, don't eat it.

Sliced cucumber with salt and pepper,

carrot salad (shredded carrots with vinegar, salt and pepper)

regular veggie salads with a healthier dressing like Italian

rice cakes with a little bit of almond butter, honey and cinnamon

Celery and gum? You’re talking about starving yourself. Not healthy.

Anyway, I like the Savory Salmon flavor Temptations. Taste great and under 2 calories per treat.

As much as I'd love to try those, I'll pass...

0% Plain Greek Yogurt mixed with chopped up fruit. No fat, no added sugar, and lots of Protein.

My lowest calorie snack is an ice cream sandwich. I just run more miles.

tbh, the more I eat, the more I run 😄

these are some outdated diet trends, trying to trick your body into fullness by eating low-calorie foods doesn't work, you're just going to be ravenously hungry in 1-2 hours, once your body digests the celery, or what have you. Then you may be tempted to refuel on highly processed foods (with low nutrition) some hours later. Rinse and repeat, it's a vicious cycle.

I think you need to fuel your body with actual food, not try to "trick your body" into being full with celery, low calorie jello, etc.

A whole watermelon.

Are you middle-aged? My weight remained the same despite eating large meals. I was extremely hungry every two hours, and practically ate whenever I wasn’t working out.

That video is titled 10 Outdated Weight Loss Tips You Should NOT Be Doing in 2023 but it's 2024 so it's ok to start doing them again.

I'm 16, haven't gained weight, but I fear it

AllieOisGreat,

You should really watch Allie O's youtube channel if you haven't. The thoughts you've shared here are indicative of a possible eating disorder, which will greatly harm your running in the long term. Allie O talks a lot about her struggle with disordered eating and RED-S.

Why would you want a low calorie snack if you're a runner?

Yeah, I know. It's not an eating disorder I have, I just want to maintain a healthy weight. I've watched a lot of her videos. Big fan!

I'd be more interested in the best high calorie snack. "The best" meaning still healthy, but loaded with good calories to help runners that are always teetering on being underfueled.

man if this is your idea of a snack you are missing out on one of the biggest benefits of being a runner.

That $hit sounds horribly sad.

I've switched over to stroopwafels... super easy to digest and good energy.

As a runner (particularly a teenaged runner), you shouldn't be restricting calories. Looking for low-calorie snacks means that you are trying to beat the hunger signals your body is giving you. Those hunger signals mean your body needs more energy. I'm not telling you to eat a bowl of ice cream every time you need a snack, but nutritionally dense snacks that contain energy (calories) are your friend. Think things like a handful of almonds and and apple, for example.