pickles, cucumbers, carrots, peppers. nice and crunchy, basically zero cal, they take some time to eat (unlike nuts that you can pop by the handful).

but yeah for shovelling, dry popcorn is a good option

Yeah, I used to get nuts, but I go through them quickly, easily eating more calories at a faster rate than if I get grabbed some Cheetos^(tm).

Now, I air-pop my own popcorn. The additional effort is a helpful chance to ask myself if I really want to snack, and a full half cap of kernels (which is a lot of popped corn) and as much EVOO as I care to dose it with is still a lot fewer calories than I would get from nuts, and it takes longer to eat.

Very true. I was speaking for myself a bit. I can't eat too many nuts, they hurt my stomach so u just use them to satiate the crunch craving on the go, during the week.

On a Friday night when ive got the munchies all bets are off. And popcorn is absolutely on my rotation of brain off snacking.