Dieting during medical marijuana smoking

ghosthost6

I live in California where smoking prescription pot is legal. Problem is...MUNCHIES!! Does anyone have tips on how to overcome munchies when dieting and actively smoking marijuana?

karyabc

I don't know why I will be looking forward for the comments

BWBTrish

ghosthost6 wrote: »

I live in California where smoking pot is legal. Problem is...MUNCHIES!! Does anyone have tips on how to overcome munchies when dieting and avidly smoking marijuana?

maybe the problem is in the smoking, which make you lose control?

Annie_01

LOL Me too! I bookmarked it.

OP...All I got is the most obvious...quit smoking.

arditarose

I don't know. Don't have a high volume of calorie dense snacks in the house? Load up on fruits/veg, have things portioned out, and try to snack on that instead? That's hard.

daniel_parrett

smoke up before meal time and eat a normal meal... probably more satisfying than eating random junk food.

"ever worked out... on weed??"

PaulaWallaDingDong

Can you replace peanut butter cups with celery and peanut butter, and have it pre-portioned? Sorry. That's all I got.

Merkavar

That's like a post saying you get drunk then eat 2 pizzas and make a fort out of the boxes.

The food isn't the issue its the loss of control from self inflicted drug use.

Or maybe plan a head and have healthy snacks layed out on a plate.

I recommend carrot and celery sticks, soak then in water and different food colouring so when your high you think your eating music or colours. Job done.

tomatoey

karyabc wrote: »

I don't know why I will be looking forward for the comments

Lol, me too. I have never occupied the space on the venn diagram where "smoker" and "dieter" overlap.

Maybe 38 goldfish crackers (#72 on this list of snacks under 100 cals)

http://greatist.com/health/88-unexpected-snacks-under-100-calories

They have to be EXACTLY 38, though, have to count them right

eatgoodeat

senecarr

Interestingly, population studies have shown marijuana users tend to have lower weight than non-users.

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slaite1

senecarr wrote: »

Interestingly, population studies have shown marijuana users tend to have lower weight than non-users.

Any theories why?

kf_martin

If you eat before you smoke you won't have the munchies as bad, and when you do have the munchies choose healthy snacks like fruits and veggies and of course counter act some of it with working out at least a little everyday

arditarose

kf_martin wrote: »

If you eat before you smoke you won't have the munchies as bad, and when you do have the munchies choose healthy snacks like fruits and veggies and of course counter act some of it with working out at least a little everyday

I don't think it works that way. Nothing gets in the way of the munchies.

iron_jj

All in your head. Maybe I've been smoking too long I no longer get the munchies

Efemral

I heard, from... a friend... that vaping caused less of the munchies than using a bong. But that is just one person's experience. Another idea is to buy really healthy snacks so that when you do get the irresistible urge to eat, it's going to be carrots you're raiding the fridge for. (Also, if possible, go out and do something interesting when high, it'll take your mind off your hunger.)

eatgoodeat

pretty sure geeking tightens abs doe

tomatoey

or, just thinking out loud, hypothetically, maybe a small chicken shawarma, w just a little garlic sauce and tahini might be suitable for some other person who did that

senecarr

slaite1 wrote: »

senecarr wrote: »

Interestingly, population studies have shown marijuana users tend to have lower weight than non-users.

Any theories why?

To date, only conjecture, no real tested hypotheses that explain the phenomena. Short term appetite increases (the munchies) are clinically true which is why it seems paradoxical, yet it remains - marijuana users tend to weight less.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4204468/

roselemonade

slaite1 wrote: »

senecarr wrote: »

Interestingly, population studies have shown marijuana users tend to have lower weight than non-users.

Any theories why?

Since it's population studies and not controlled experiments, it could be a correlation (rather than causation.) Depending on what they control for in the analysis, it could be that pot users are more likely to be young, active, outdoorsy, affluent, etc. any and all of which would make them weigh less, on average, than the average of the broader population.

slaite1

senecarr wrote: »

slaite1 wrote: »

senecarr wrote: »

Interestingly, population studies have shown marijuana users tend to have lower weight than non-users.

Any theories why?

To date, only conjecture, no real tested hypotheses that explain the phenomena. Short term appetite increases (the munchies) are clinically true which is why it seems paradoxical, yet it remains - marijuana users tend to weight less.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4204468/

That is interesting. Also, I always thought "the munchies" was psychological.

shoofly435

Ah ha! Weed isn't the gateway to heroin, it's the gateway to the REFRIGERATOR!

Have you considered ingesting it, in the form of pot brownies, cookies etc? Last time I had 1/3 of a cookie it lasted for hours and I didn't get the munches at all. =D

senecarr

slaite1 wrote: »

senecarr wrote: »

slaite1 wrote: »

senecarr wrote: »

Interestingly, population studies have shown marijuana users tend to have lower weight than non-users.

Any theories why?

To date, only conjecture, no real tested hypotheses that explain the phenomena. Short term appetite increases (the munchies) are clinically true which is why it seems paradoxical, yet it remains - marijuana users tend to weight less.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4204468/

That is interesting. Also, I always thought "the munchies" was psychological.

It tends to be a very real effect - it is one of the legitimate reasons for medical marijuana (the other being pain relief). One of the people acting as witness for the CA medical marijuana law was a woman with brain cancer who could only stand to eat while using THC.

lpadancer

I've found that having a plan for the day helps immensely! It's the days that I don't think ahead before picking up snacks that I cave and grab something that blows my calories out of the water in one shot (a pint of Ben and Jerry's, splitting a whole pizza with my boyfriend, etc.). An awesome ice cream alternative that I've found btw are these packs of Yasso frozen Greek yogurt bars. Super tasty, 100 calories, and convenient to have on hand.

My boyfriend is also on MFP losing weight but sometimes (especially on the weekends) will go ahead and eat/snack quite a bit on calorie dense foods. Recently I've gotten into buying variations on beef jerky on these days. It takes a while to eat (he usually goes through 2-3 snacks in that time) and I can eat a whole pack for maybe 320 calories. So I don't feel like I'm missing out.

Because these days tend to be weekend days and I sleep in a few hours later than normal, I'm not as tied to mealtimes or number of meals which helps as well.

When smoking on weekdays, I generally keep my intake the same as other weekdays. That always feels like a good exercise in restraint--not too difficult and I can practice having non-food focused fun .

It's funny--I feel like being able to navigate weight loss while also smoking marijuana helps me to see that this is a lifestyle change that I'm actually enjoying. And that I don't feel deprived.

Hope that helps! I'm also looking forward to reading this thread.

Edited: fixed a few typos

roselemonade

Also: pickles, Pop Chips, bowl of nonfat no sugar whipped cream, a big bowl of air-popped popcorn with salt, a cut up banana or apple with cinnamon, some Laughing Cow (or equivalent) reduced cal cheese on crackers (or spread straight on slices of ham and rolled up around pickle wedges, my favorite,) bowl of peanut butter mousse made with PB2 (or similar peanut flour,) giant bowl of no-sugar Jell-o, decent size bowl of sugar/fat-free Jell-o pudding, rice cakes.

myheartsabattleground

for the laugh fest.

dakotababy

Gross. Quit smoking drugs would be the obvious answer.

ghosthost6

senecarr wrote: »

slaite1 wrote: »

senecarr wrote: »

slaite1 wrote: »

senecarr wrote: »

Interestingly, population studies have shown marijuana users tend to have lower weight than non-users.

Any theories why?

To date, only conjecture, no real tested hypotheses that explain the phenomena. Short term appetite increases (the munchies) are clinically true which is why it seems paradoxical, yet it remains - marijuana users tend to weight less.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4204468/

That is interesting. Also, I always thought "the munchies" was psychological.

It tends to be a very real effect - it is one of the legitimate reasons for medical marijuana (the other being pain relief). One of the people acting as witness for the CA medical marijuana law was a woman with brain cancer who could only stand to eat while using THC.

I am licensed and use it for back pain. A side effect is getting hungry. I diet but when I use medical marijuana, I immediately start to crave food which creates stress on my eating since I don't always have fruit or veggies. I understand this is also psychological. So, I'd like to know tips, both mental and physical. Are there any supplemental vitamins or teas that can fight THC cravings?

edwardetr

ghosthost6 wrote: »

I live in California where smoking pot is legal. Problem is...MUNCHIES!! Does anyone have tips on how to overcome munchies when dieting and actively smoking marijuana?

I live in California and don't think marijuana is legal. Not yet, anyway. Unless you have a prescription.

KateSimpson17

Just because it's legal doesn't make it good for you! I realize there aren't as many bad effects as most other drugs, but the fact stands that it IS a drug. Like someone else said, it's like getting drunk. Doing anything to yourself that causes you to lose willpower is probably not good in any respect.
The way I see it: smoking is a want, being a healthy weight is a need... ultimately you have to choose what's actually important to you. Unless you have a medical issue that requires you to need pot I really don't see why you would chose to use something that impairs your faculty or judgments.