Healthy snack share and more!

Happy Tuesday everyone...lol. Three more days until the weekend! Yay! I wanted to update everyone on my exercising. My legs are still killing me from that dang Jillian Michaels (I now know I should have listened to you, Ace)...(for Kasey's question, I still haven't tried Cardio Max due to my knees and all but I will try soon).Well...It really got me upset that I missed about 3 days of exercising so you know what I did? I got my happy butt on the exercise bike at home and rode for 25 mins straight and THEN I went in and turned the TV on the XM Dance music channel and did some cardio of my own--Tara style! I did some boxing because it is great cardio for someone with lower-body injuries (such as mine) or so Jillian says. I have to say, it did elevate my heart rate. Then...I added some hand weights. I did that for another 25 mins, so I worked out for a total of 50 mins yesterday despite my leg pain. No leg pain is gonna get me down, darn it! LOL! I was so proud of myself that I rewarded myself with a piece of fresh pineapple. If you haven't had pineapple that is fresh and only the kind that is in the can you are definitely missing out! After working out I took a really hot bath with some muscle ache oil in the water...it helped a little and then slathered myself down with Icy Hot! LOL!!

I gotta share some of my newest, healthy snacks with everyone.
100 calories of pure goodness...Newton's Fruit Crisps. I don't like Fig Newton's at all and I love these. They come in Apple Cinnamon and Mixed Berry. I have had the Apple Cinnamon ones and I heated mine up for about 20 seconds...tastes like Apple Pie, no kidding! The crust is crispy and in the middle is fruit-filled goodness...I can't believe they're only 100 calories! And...there are two in a pack! Can this be true? Surely they are lying about the calories in these?!

OMG!! These things are sooo yummy! They're popcorn clusters with caramel, chocolate cookie bits and pecans. I feel so bad when I eat these cause they're so good! I feel like I'm going back on my diet, but no fear...only 120 calories! You can find these at Wal-Mart.

Now, I don't always eat stuff like this, only when I want something sweet. I try to include a lot of protein in my diet now so I feel fuller, longer. I like to munch on almonds alot and I eat a lot of veggies and fruit.

As for Dr. Peppers, I have quit them...but thanks to Coke Zero I can still have my carbonated goodness. If you hate diet drinks, you have to try Coke Zero...it's seriously the best diet cola I have ever tried. I always said I would never drink diet drinks but I actually crave this stuff!

So, could you all recommend me some healthy snacks you eat and what about diet drinks? Am I missing out on some good ones that I have been too scared to try!? Let me know!