Lose 10 Pounds Diet Plan

Healthy Snacks

Each snack is about 150 calories; eat two a day.

Gnu Foods Peanut Butter Bar and a flavored seltzer

1 Skinny Cow Vanilla with Caramel Ice Cream Cone

1 cup applesauce with 2 graham cracker halves

1 cup Spicy Hot Low Sodium V8 with 4 celery sticks dipped in 1 tablespoon blue cheese dressing

1 small mango, sliced and sprinkled with cayenne and lime juice to taste, and 2 gingersnaps

Hot chocolate, made with 1 packet fat-free hot-chocolate mix, and 1 medium pear

2 tablespoons guacamole with 8 whole wheat pita chips

Smoothie, made with 2/3 cup nonfat Greek yogurt blended with 3/4 cup frozen strawberries and 1/3 cup skim milk

3/4 ounce cheddar cheese and a small apple

1 Kashi TLC Cherry Dark Chocolate Chewy Granola bar and 1/2 cup skim milk

1/2 cup cooked shelled edamame with 1 teaspoon olive oil and a sprinkle sea salt

1 ounce Kettle Brand Baked Hickory Honey Barbeque chips and 1 cup seltzer with 2 ounces fruit juice

1 ounce whole-grain pretzels with 2 tablespoons tzatziki

1 small nonfat cappuccino with sugar-free vanilla syrup and 1/2 Hershey's Special Dark chocolate bar

Originally published in FITNESS magazine, January 2011.