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After school snacking

bethdisdel3
bethdisdel3 Posts: 2
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
hello!

At school I eat my lunch at around 12:45 (this usually consists of an apple, a banana and an Eat Natural bar). At around 3:00 I start to get really hungry, and as soon as I get home from school I raid the cupboard because I'm so hungry. Does anybody have any ideas on how I can stop this habit? I'm trying to lose weight and this is not helping!

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  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    How old are you? If you're a teenager still in high school I'd suggest registering on SparkTeens. MFP is a site designed for adults, and the program here isn't designed to work for you.
  • SingRunTing
    SingRunTing Posts: 2,604 Member
    edited February 2015
    Eat more/different macros for lunch. Protein and fats are for satiety (meaning they keep you fuller for longer), so add some of those to your lunch. Meat, eggs, yogurt, nuts, etc will all keep you feeling full for much longer.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    edited February 2015
    Eat some protein for lunch. Protein keeps you fuller for longer.
  • SingRunTing
    SingRunTing Posts: 2,604 Member
    edited February 2015
    Loozin4Goood wrote: »
    SingRunTing wrote: »
    Eat more/different macros for lunch. Protein and fats are for satiety (meaning they keep you fuller for longer), so add some of those to your lunch. Meat, eggs, yogurt, nuts, etc will all keep you feeling full for much longer.

    I don't think she's old enough to use this site...

    She could be 18 and be a Senior in high school. What do I know? There's nothing wrong with protein for teens too.
  • Laurend224
    Laurend224 Posts: 1,748 Member
    Eating more protein/fat will keep you full longer.
    Are you eating enough?
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    SingRunTing wrote: »
    She could be 18 and be a Senior in high school. What do I know? There's nothing wrong with protein for teens too.

    Yeah but unlikely. Usually these profiles turn out to be created by 12-year-old girls trying to starve themselves to get skinny.
  • FatFreeFrolicking
    FatFreeFrolicking Posts: 4,252 Member
    That's a whole lot of carbs and not a lot of fat or protein.

    Pack a lunch that is full of protein and fat like deli meat rollups, nuts/seeds, a rice cake with nut butters, avocado and black bean salad, grilled chicken, etc.
  • Laurend224
    Laurend224 Posts: 1,748 Member
    segacs wrote: »
    SingRunTing wrote: »
    She could be 18 and be a Senior in high school. What do I know? There's nothing wrong with protein for teens too.

    Yeah but unlikely. Usually these profiles turn out to be created by 12-year-old girls trying to starve themselves to get skinny.

    That makes me so sad.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    bethdisdel3 wrote: »
    hello!

    At school I eat my lunch at around 12:45 (this usually consists of an apple, a banana and an Eat Natural bar). At around 3:00 I start to get really hungry, and as soon as I get home from school I raid the cupboard because I'm so hungry. Does anybody have any ideas on how I can stop this habit? I'm trying to lose weight and this is not helping!

    I) that is not a lunch, it's a snack...eat a proper nutritious lunch

    2) when you come home eat a decent after school snack ...I have cottage cheese on toast with avocado and tomato a lot, or egg white, mushroom, cheese on toast ...basically around 200 calories or sometimes Greek yogurt, berries and cereal
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