Snacking Is Killing Me

kidrow21
kidrow21 Posts: 67 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I do well for the most part on my daily counting of the calories but I've noticed that my snacking is not how I want it to be any suggestions? Would be helpful.
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  • sweetilemon
    sweetilemon Posts: 122 Member
    If you know you arequire going to snack, plan snacks in your goal? I love olives as a snack bug you could plan popcorn, carrot stocks. ..whatever fits. Just don't have surplus avaliable
  • nowine4me
    nowine4me Posts: 3,985 Member
    Try planning and prepping easy and healthy snacks, such as: cottage cheese & an apple, Greek yogurt & blueberries or a pear & string cheese. A little mix of carbs and protein is a good snack combo.
  • endlessfall16
    endlessfall16 Posts: 932 Member
    Snacking is just a habit. I used to stock up a lot on beef jerky, multi flavor ice creams and my favorite hot cheetos and spicy chips. I really thought I couldn't drop them.

    Again, it's just a habit. You just have to learn to drop it. The first few weeks will be hard. It helps if you are not bored with your time or most of the time feel non-hungry, non-craving. Look to vitamin water. I recommend Emergen-C.

  • clicketykeys
    clicketykeys Posts: 6,582 Member
    I keep fresh snack-cut veggies nearby at all times. Celery even has an automatic scoop for hummus or tabbouleh or yogurt dips.
  • rainbow198
    rainbow198 Posts: 2,245 Member
    I also used to be a big snacker.

    Now I just eat meals. It keeps me satisfied until my next meal.

    Also I close the kitchen after dinner. I go for a walk instead of watching TV and snacking.
  • myaminals
    myaminals Posts: 197 Member
    oh also those flavor water drops sometimes help
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  • kidrow21
    kidrow21 Posts: 67 Member
    Thanks everyone all good points., after reading this I also thought about adding more fiber for a snack.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    kidrow21 wrote: »
    I do well for the most part on my daily counting of the calories but I've noticed that my snacking is not how I want it to be any suggestions? Would be helpful.

    I eat 5-6 small meals during the day, which do include snacks. It is not sustainable for me to not have snacks. However, my snacks are things left leftover spaghetti squash, yogurt, and other foods that keep my satiated. At night I have either ice cream or homemade popcorn, but I also weigh my foods and log so I am sure to stay in my calorie goals. :)

    However, if snacks are difficult for you to manage, then you need to follow your gut on what your next step is. You can do this!
  • kuranda10
    kuranda10 Posts: 593 Member
    I plan the snacks into my daily calories. If I DON'T eat them, I'm too low for the day.
  • elisa123gal
    elisa123gal Posts: 4,324 Member
    I wonder what you mean by snacks.. It they are small portions of fattening junk food.. all that will do is make you crave more.

    So ditch those kind of snacks and go for healthy snacks that are good ..but not so good.. if you know what I mean.

    For example.. i have some bird seed kind of protein bars in the trunk of my car for when I'm desperate for something before or after I work out. I don't crave the things at all. So, I only eat them when I must. If they were super tasty.. they'd be gone.
  • 7elizamae
    7elizamae Posts: 758 Member
    Log those snacks accurately and you may just be motivated to stop eating them (or at least eat a lot smaller portions).
  • Chilli7777
    Chilli7777 Posts: 112 Member
    Eat when youre hungry. No matter how small, you should feel satiated after each meal. Change up your snacks. 10 almonds and a large orange is just over 100 calories.
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    Chilli7777 wrote: »
    Eat when youre hungry. No matter how small, you should feel satiated after each meal. Change up your snacks. 10 almonds and a large orange is just over 100 calories.

    1) Most people don't know what hunger actually feels like.
    2) When cutting calories a large number of people will not feel satiated after every meal
    3)There is no need to change up your snacks
    4)You could also have 0.4 of a slice of Dominos Meat Feast pizza for 100 calories. I know what I would prefer.

    All of that aside; the best way to control snacking is to pre-log your food for the day including snack.
  • kidrow21
    kidrow21 Posts: 67 Member
    All have some good info and points., If anyone wants to take a look at my log and give me some pointers from there. Would be great.
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    kidrow21 wrote: »
    All have some good info and points., If anyone wants to take a look at my log and give me some pointers from there. Would be great.

    Is evening (after dinner) when you tend to snack? Or does this happen throughout the day?
  • spiveaa
    spiveaa Posts: 1,387 Member
    @kidrow21 we are different in what we do for snacks, what are your goals? We are about the same build by the profile pic, I eat 6 meals a day to loose weight. Don't get discourage, your doing great, hit me up if you ever need to BS.
  • Steff46
    Steff46 Posts: 516 Member
    I agree that snacking is a habit and (for me) it stems from boredom. My snack danger time is after work just before dinner...so I've taken to just going ahead and eating dinner when I get home. Plus I don't buy them if I can keep from it...lol...I do love me some Doritos ;)
  • sy_19440
    sy_19440 Posts: 55 Member
    Meal plan! On Saturdays I write out each meal throughout the day including snacks and only purchase foods on that week's plan. My snacks included yogurt, ham & cheese roll up, veggies. Snacks don't have to be unhealthy.
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    sy_19440 wrote: »
    Meal plan! On Saturdays I write out each meal throughout the day including snacks and only purchase foods on that week's plan. My snacks included yogurt, ham & cheese roll up, veggies. Snacks don't have to be unhealthy.

    If that works for you, more power to you!

    But know that a healthy weight loss plan CAN include what you would most likely consider 'unhealthy' snacks - you just have to plan for them in your overall daily calorie 'budget.'

    Eliminating snack foods that are a trigger (like opening a bag of chips and then hoovering the whole thing) is a strategy that can work for some. But for others, limiting these items - instead of eliminating them - can be a better means to compliance because a feeling of being deprived of these items can lead a lot of people to binge eating the very things they're trying to avoid.

    Different strokes and all... :)
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    Don't do it. That was the killer for me too! I eat two or three large meals a day and am full until the next meal.

    ^^^ this. I make sure each 'meal' I have is big enough to keep me going, and know that I won't die if I am hungry shortly before my next planned meal so don't feel a need to snack.

    I do sometimes want something sweet after a meal - so at lunch this may be a piece of fruit, at dinner some peppermint tea or occasionally a cognac does the trick.

    not snacking helps me stick better to my calorie goals, whereas snacking and having less at main meals made me still hungry for more food.
  • DebSozo
    DebSozo Posts: 2,578 Member
    SLLRunner wrote: »
    elisa123gal wrote: »
    I wonder what you mean by snacks.. It they are small portions of fattening junk food.. all that will do is make you crave more.

    So ditch those kind of snacks and go for healthy snacks that are good ..but not so good.. if you know what I mean.

    For example.. i have some bird seed kind of protein bars in the trunk of my car for when I'm desperate for something before or after I work out. I don't crave the things at all. So, I only eat them when I must. If they were super tasty.. they'd be gone.

    There is no such thing as fattening fooood, there is just food that is more calorie dense than others. Those foods are fine in moderation. I don't understand eating anything that you don't find tasty. :)

    That is absolutely fine that you were able to get to goal and are able to eat this way. You might have a bigger deficit, perhaps, or other reasons that will allow for this . It is great when your method works.

    I can eat most foods in moderation but have to stay away from the particular ones that have been problematic for me. Those tend to be salty, oily carbs or sweet, fatty carbs. I think that is why LCHF works for me for blunting hunger. Potato chips, ice cream, sugary cookies, chocolate things tend to make me hungrier and want more soon after even though I've had enough calories.

    Foods that trigger an individual to want to overeat can be considered by them as "fattening". It is a figure of speech. Some people, as your are aware, are able to keep "fattening" foods like cookies or ice cream around and have only a little bit. Others are tempted just knowing that they are in the house. Calorie-dense snacks are fine in moderation if they can be consumed in moderation, obviously. But that is up to the individual dieter's discretion not anyone else's.

    I think that having food around that I just want to eat to be healthy is a reasonable way to avoid unnecessary calories-- "Eat to live not live to eat" motto. I'm much less likely to overeat on carrots or green beans than I would on Cheetos or chocolate. So I eat Cheetos maybe twice a year and have dark chocolate every so often. I can eat a little square or two and stop. I do not feel sorry for myself and don't miss the classic what people refer to as "fattening" snacks when they are not in my cupboard. I agree that people need to define what they mean by the word snack.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited October 2016
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    Don't do it. That was the killer for me too! I eat two or three large meals a day and am full until the next meal.

    This is the same for me--I just enjoy more saving calories for meal.

    If you like snacking, though, OP, budget them in and then experiment with things that have the calories you've budgeted. If the issue is grazing and overeating, though, you might want to focus on only eating at planned times for a while.

    (I realized that I don't really enjoy snacking. I enjoy meals. Snacking was mostly mindless or emotional or boredom.)

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