Solutions for Habitual Snacking?

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  • priyadarshiranjan
    priyadarshiranjan Posts: 1 Member
    I also am facing similar issue. Yet sometimes I try to overcome that feeling if I drink something hot, like tea etc.
  • GuyanaGold21
    GuyanaGold21 Posts: 50 Member
    When I had to give up everything with wheat in it (major migraine trigger), I still craved baked goods terribly. Like kimny72, I too played mind games… I found that "yelling" at the offending food item (not aloud!) helped me. I also consider it poisonous! LOL Hope some of these techniques are helpful to you!
  • IsETHome
    IsETHome Posts: 386 Member
    edited December 2018
    Dilvish wrote: »
    Snacking on healthy food is fine. Snacking on unhealthy food can wreak havoc on your health.

    Sadly most people don't realize how poor their food choices have been until it's too late. Me included.

    Snacking is what caused me to get type 2 diabetes. It wasn't my regular diet because I eat healthier than most people as I make my food from whole ingredients (not from a package), eat whole grain bread and pastas and rarely eat fast food.

    If the temptation persists, make yourself a wholesome healthy snack and always keep it handy. My favorite is a mixture of dark chocolate chips (at least 70% cacao), sweetened dried cranberries (Craisins) and some type of nuts or seeds (my favorite is shelled pumpkin seeds). This mixture is chock full of antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and healthy fats. It also is a good source of protein (pumpkin seeds) which can help satisfy cravings.

    Just remember "carbs beget carbs" meaning the more you consume the more you will crave...it's how the body responds.

    The cranberries are very high in sugar. But I think that yes....the snacking adds to extra weight if it’s like extra snack g on top of what you should be eating. By tracking I realize I’ve been consuming at least twice my portion size. hence why I started I was 236 when I should be 150. Snacks matter if they are the excess on top of a decent diet. I mostly realized I was eating too much protein....had no idea. I’m sedentary and had been eating heathy as if I was active, as I had been except for last 8 years post a bad m/v accident.

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