Sneaky strategies
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We have a large cubicle with workout equipment in it one floor up from mine. It's not much but a few weights, elliptical, stationary bike, and a few rollers. Just this past Monday I realized it was up there...duh. So now around 2 pm each day I disappear up there and do a light (no sweaty) workout for about 15 min. Oh, it's almost time to go now:) It's helped me stop looking for that afternoon office snack.13
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Hmm. I think a new trick I have discovered just this moment, is that if I am feeling snacky, I just come to this discussion and read about mealworm treats. 🤨🤢22
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I skip breakfast because I'm not hungry in the mornings, have a coffee at around 11ish which suppresses my hunger until lunch. Then I don't have lunch until around 1-1:30pm which leaves me full until dinner at 5:30ish. My lunch is always lower calorie (usually under 500) which allows me more calories to eat when I am prone to snacking or eating more, which is after dinner, or a bigger deficit for that day. I guess I'm kinda doing IF but I have a cream in my coffee.7
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Hmm, not food related, wine related.
I’ve kept a vat-o-wine in the fridge for decades and always found it soooo easy to drink an extra glass or two, especially during the summer in the garden.
Now, I’ve taken that vat-o-wine out of the fridge (no longer off the shelf cool), got myself a nice big wine glass, and a nice carafe.
I pour my wine for the evening into the carafe, slosh a good few ice cubes into the glass, then dribble a small portion of the wine at a time into the glass.
The ice cools the wine while diluting it a little, not enough to spoil the taste, makes it a slower drink, and I think I am drinking something posh.
(I got the idea from a cocktail served the same way at the top of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, Las Vegas)
Yeah, I’m easily fooled.
Cheers, h.11 -
I put a whole bag of salad in a medium sized bowl and then pile everything else on top. By the time I’m done it’s a huge heaping colorful bowl. It’s all air space and fluffy lettuce underneath but the top looks like a monster feast.
Same with my afternoon snack. Huge pile of strawberries and blueberries topped with cottage cheese in a cereal sized bowl. It’s only about 200 calories but I pretend it’s ice cream.
Seriously I’ve gotten to where I look forward to it. Had a big lunch with a friend today and am gnawing my knuckles trying to stay on target for the day. No snacky this afternoon but yummy instant pot pork carnitas are on the horizon for dinner. Don’t know whether to cry or happy dance or both.10 -
Oh and this sounds weird but it’s actually really good. Tablespoon of peach flavored balsamic vinegar with sparkling water poured on top tastes remarkably like peach Fanta. And it’s less than ten calories. Fake it til ya make it!6
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springlering62 wrote: »Oh and this sounds weird but it’s actually really good. Tablespoon of peach flavored balsamic vinegar with sparkling water poured on top tastes remarkably like peach Fanta. And it’s less than ten calories. Fake it til ya make it!
I drink that all the time. I also "sparkle" cold earl grey tea, which is surprisingly cola-esque, but without the sugar.
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JenniferM1234 wrote: »Verrrry sneaky, sis! If it works for you, it's a good plan. Simple as that!
A real speedbump for me is alcohol. A couple glasses of wine out with friends, and I'm ordering allllll the carbs. But I don't want to be a teetotaler. So now, I plan to order a drink that I actually don't really enjoy, so I don't finish it, like a Moscow Mule or a G&T. Less tipsy = more in control of my carb cravings, but still having a fun night out.
Mind you: I haven't STARTED this plan yet. It occurred to me last weekend when I woke up feeling like *kitten* after a tipsy night out that devolved into all the carbs leaping right into my mouth magically.
I've kind of lost interest in drinking lately, but formerly if I wanted to drink slower, gin & tonic was what I ordered.1 -
Challenging myself to limit my added sugar to the WHO recommendations of 5% of daily calories has really helped with my snacking. Sometimes I'm just snacking less and sometimes it's a lower calorie snack (fruit.)
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10769530/30-day-logging-limiting-added-sugar-challenge/p14 -
Tea -- I have to have something to sip on at night and plain water just doesn't do it. I used to drink a glass of wine a night, but now most nights I drink this delicious cinnamon and blackberry tea from Bigelow and save the wine for the weekends.
Not surprisingly, the more hydrated I am the better choices I make, too. I think I must like doing things with my mouth, whether that's eating or drinking something, during the times of day when I'm least active. I have much more energy and my weigh ins are better overall.3 -
Tea -- I have to have something to sip on at night and plain water just doesn't do it. I used to drink a glass of wine a night, but now most nights I drink this delicious cinnamon and blackberry tea from Bigelow and save the wine for the weekends.
Not surprisingly, the more hydrated I am the better choices I make, too. I think I must like doing things with my mouth, whether that's eating or drinking something, during the times of day when I'm least active. I have much more energy and my weigh ins are better overall.
Actually... I find that having a biro, pen lid or cable tie that's particularly comfortable to chew on does reduce the amount I want to snack...3 -
Something sneaky I do now at dinner parties is put food in my plate and eat very slowly and talk a lot. I ‘pretend’ to go for seconds but I sneakily just put a bit more salad and rearranged my plate to make it look like I’m going for seconds like everyone else. Also I was at a birthday party and my cousin wanted everyone to have a slice of cake. I just passed my slice along to my sister after tasting it and pretended that I had it. She never checked if I ate it so it was fine. Also when I was at my grandmas house then I told her I had a sore throat so I couldn’t eat too much and she told me not to eat a lot because it was hard to swallow. I probably saved a 1000 calories there!5
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Nothing sneaky here but I do have bread with peanut butter every day. Now instead of having a sandwich with 2 slices of styrofoam tasting lite wheat bread I'll indulge and have 1 slice of my preferred Italian bread with 1 T. of p.b. It better fits my taste buds so I'm more fulfilled.2
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When I buy stored-baked bread, I have them slice it thinner than standard. Still get my 2 slices per sandwich, but saves on the calories without me missing out on anything.6
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Oooh, just thought of another one.
I used to take 3 (yes, three!) teaspoons of sugar in my coffee back in the day. Gradually replaced the sugar with stevia, but was not fond of the aftertaste and couldn't get around it. So I figured out that 1 stevia packet plus 1/2 teaspoon of real sugar is the perfect combo for me. The sugar takes the edge off of the stevia, and I'm still saving 2 1/2 teaspoons of sugar per mug.12 -
I was hungry in a bottomless pit kind of way so I took NyQuil at 4:30pm and knocked myself out.
In my defense I did have a cold but I know in my heart of hearts I did it so I would stop eating.9 -
I'm very good with my calorie intake during the day, but evenings are my downfall.
If I get the urge to snack (but I'm not genuinely hungry/have reached my calorie allowance) I'll go and brush my teeth instead. Then, even if I'm tempted to eat something, it tastes rank so I put it down after one bite.6 -
Hmm... I'm not very sneaky. I plan out what snacks I'm going to eat for the week that fit into my calories well, and I only buy those. Last night I was a little hungry before bed and was searching through the fridge and pantry but we didn't have anything that looked good so I didn't eat. I guess it worked.4
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I don't know how sneaky it was, but when I first started I made it a point to do my exercise over the lunch hour. Lunch and going out with everyone was kind of a thing and lots of peer pressure to go out. Obviously if I'm exercising I can't go out. Initially people would ask why I couldn't just go after work, but I also had the very valid excuse of having a 2 year old and new born at home at the time.
That was 7 years ago...nobody really says anything these days and I brown bag my lunch most days. I'm also not really part of the social scene at work anymore since I'm in an executive position and fraternizing with staff is not really advisable.7 -
Nothing sneaky here but I do have bread with peanut butter every day. Now instead of having a sandwich with 2 slices of styrofoam tasting lite wheat bread I'll indulge and have 1 slice of my preferred Italian bread with 1 T. of p.b. It better fits my taste buds so I'm more fulfilled.
Love peanut butter! Everyday on a toasted half of an Arnold’s thin sandwich!
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