I figured this would be the best place to ask this question. Does anybody have any suggestions for snacks that you can eat a lot of that don't have ten million calories?

I'm pretty okay with my weight, but I do fluctuate 10 pounds or so because I'm a chronic pain patient, which means I'm pretty sedentary except when I can drag myself to the gym on weekends sometimes (and that's chilled out for the past few months because I have a new issue with my asthma, yay?). It literally hurts to move sometimes. Unfortunately sedentary means I don't burn many calories. One of my bigger issues is that I have a huge oral fixation. Combine that with feeling even a little bit hungry and you have the perfect recipe for a grazer.

I'm not into things like raw veggies. I do enjoy peanuts (I usually grab the chipotle kind) but I tend to overeat them as well, and they're not very good for bulk eating anyway (yes, TMI but my bowel movements are not pretty after a long binge on peanuts). I also really enjoy pistachios, which I believe are a little better than peanuts but yet again we run into an issue of bulk. Right now I'm looking for something that is going to fill my stomach up. (Are there any safe supplements you can take to achieve this feeling? I know I've seen like..."expanding fiber" supplements before or something, but I've never paid attention to that before.) I love cooked spinach. Is there any detriment to eating a bunch of cooked spinach with some I Cant Believe It's Not Butter or another substitute just to flavour it up a bit? I could honestly probably eat a few pounds of it in a few days, it's that good. Cooked broccoli or cauliflower is also delicious. But I'm also looking for like...finger-food type things, something to substitute for eating a bag of chips or peanuts or something.

If anybody has any help or tips, it would be very appreciated. :) It can be hard to balance out your weight when you're in chronic pain, and while I think I've done a decent job of it so far, combining my oral fixation (I'm chewing gum right now, hah) with the fact that it can be just another discomfort to feel hungry while you're already in pain, and it's one of those issues where I'd like to nip it in the bud and have coping mechanisms in place.

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