Healthy Snacks for the Holidays

Great snacks with less than 200 calories

Craving salty?
•5 olives (any kind) (45 calories)
•1 small Martin's pretzel (50 calories)
•2 oz Applegate Honey and Maple Turkey Breast wrapped around 2 bread-and- butter pickles (80 calories)
•1/4 cup hummus, 3 carrot sticks (80 calories)
•1 Laughing Cow Light Swiss Original wedge, 3 pieces Kavli Crispy Thin (85 calories)
•One 1-oz package tuna jerky (90 calories)
•1 oz buffalo mozzarella, 1/2 cup cherry or grape tomatoes (94 calories)
•1 bag Baked! Cheetos 100 Calorie Mini Bites (100 calories)
•15 Eden's Nori Maki Crackers rice crackers (110 calories)
•1 cup unshelled edamame (120 calories)
•50 Eden's Vegetable Chips (130 calories)
•One 1-oz package of Planters NUT-trition almonds (130 calories)
•1/4 cup Trader Joe's Chili con Queso, 18 baked tortilla chips (140 calories)
•1/2 cup pumpkin seeds in shell (143 calories)
•2 pieces (30 grams) prosciutto, 4 dried figs (154 calories)
•1 Subway Turkey Breast Wrap (190 calories)


Craving sweet?
•1 package Original Apple Nature Valley Fruit Crisps (50 calories)
•1 packet O'Coco's Mocha cookies (90 calories)
•1 Jelly Belly 100-calorie pack (100 calories)
•One 100-calorie pack Trader Joe's Chocolate Graham Toucan Cookies (100 calories)
•One 100-calorie Balance Bar (100 calories)
•1 Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino bar (120 calories)
•1 package Back to Nature Honey Graham Sticks (120 calories)
•1/2 banana rolled in 1 tbsp frozen semisweet chocolate chips (123 calories)
•2 tbsp Better 'n Peanut Butter, 4 stalks celery (124 calories)
•1 bag Orville Redenbacher's Smart Pop Butter Mini Bags topped with a spritz of butter spray and 1 tsp sugar (126 calories)
•24 Annie's Chocolate Chip Bunny Graham cookies (140 calories)
•Half of a 1.08-oz container of M&M's Minis mixed with 1/3 cup lowfat granola (145 calories)
•1 McDonald's Fruit 'n Yogurt Parfait (160 calories)
•1 container Fage Greek Total 2% fat yogurt, 2 tsp honey (173 calories)















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My son Kent

My son is 38 years old and has lived as a homeless person on the streets of LA for at least 6 years. How did he get out there and why did he decide on this life is a mystery to me.

It all started after high school when he met someone online and wouldnt stop until I gave him a round trip ticket to San Diego for Xmas. The relationship didnt workout but he fell in love with California. Several times he traveled to LA and lived on the streets. Once he called and wanted to go to rehab and came home, only to return 4 months later.

He is 38 and has never had a job and I am sure has not had a sober day in twenty years. I cannot save him. All I can do is pray for him almost constantly.

I have an 800#. SOme people think it is a business thing, but it is for Kent. So he can call me anytime to let me know that he is still alive. I dont know what is worse to hear his drunk voice mumbojumbo or not to hear anything.

When he first went out to LA, I was frantic. I called the LA police everyday until they assigned a detective to my "missing" persons case. I finally heard from Kent. He was OK and had melted into the homeless community - he was one of them, his new friends, his new home, his new life style.

Well it probably wasnt a new life style. He was probably on drugs and drinking at an early age. Now that I look back I see that there was HUGH red flags...why didnt I see them then. I probably didnt want to see them. I too was in my own little world hurting.

motherhood

Its always sad when your kids dont turn out like you would have liked. Sometimes we blame other people, situations, and sometimes we blame ourselves. I still blame myself but then again I have learned to forgive myself and move on...we can never go backwards...only foward.