Strategy for pre dinner munchies

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  • carlaringuette
    carlaringuette Posts: 158 Member
    Thank you everyone for all the wonderful tips. Slowly getting back on the wagon.

    I have a bad habit of not looking at the clock until after 5. I'm in a small office just me and my Financial Advisor. Even though I have an alarm set I get into my work. I think I will use that alarm to pack up &have my snack and if I go over I'll have it while I'm cooking when I get home.

    Today's treat - grapes!

    To the poster who said I am on the wrong thread, I do apologize. I am still a bit new to posting.

    To everyone else thank you for being so supportive and sharing your journey.

  • Missesq
    Missesq Posts: 1 Member
    I try to budget in my snacks that I enjoy. I find if I try to deny myself those snacks, I feel deprived and this is just not sustainable. I like to have a nice treat at night before I go to bed so I just budget it into my day. I would also suggest that you pack a snack to eat on your commute home. I find if I have a snack around 4pm I eat a lot less food at dinner. I have lots of go to's (I try to budget around 200 calories and make it healthy): Apple with cheese ( or peanut butter). I make a spinach dip with labneh instead of sour cream so it's got a good amount of protein in it and eat that with whole wheat crackers. Almonds. It's amazing how much less hungry I am at dinner even though we eat several hours later.
  • Facet14
    Facet14 Posts: 7 Member
    Bulk cook and put in fridge and freeze. then you've got a healthy meal that you only have to heat up.

    make sure you're not undereating in the day.

    drink lots of water.


    eat low calorie fruit/veg as you can really fill up for not many calories. for example 100g of dairy milk chocolate is 524. 100 grams of cucumber is 15
  • AlexandraFindsHerself1971
    AlexandraFindsHerself1971 Posts: 3,106 Member
    I don't work outside the home, but I need to avoid tastes and bites while I make the food, and the cure for me is to have a cup of yogurt or other small 80-100 calorie snack about an hour before dinner. Then I can cook while being just hungry enough to happily anticipate it getting done, but not being shaky and snarly and weepy.
  • Joyfulandactive
    Joyfulandactive Posts: 111 Member
    I have protein bars that are often my 3-5pm snack with a cup of tea. Protein fills you up and stops hunger pangs until dinner. Also make sure you are drinking 8 glasses of water a day, if you are dehydrated and ignoring it your body will crave food to get liquid.
  • joyanna2016
    joyanna2016 Posts: 323 Member
    I also have to eat immediately when I walk in the door - because of both hunger and habit. My go-to's are: a protein bar OR celery/raw carrots OR a cooked bowl of veggies already proportioned out and stacked in the fridge just waiting to be microwaved OR ALL of these things if it's that kind of day where I'm starving or stressed out. 😅
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,600 Member
    I'm not great at "plan ahead" - I hope you may be better at adulting! Often, when I cook dinner, I start by cutting up some raw veggies (jicama, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, sugar snap peas, hakurei turnips, radishes, sweet peppers, etc.) and snack on those while I'm cooking the actual meal. Something like chevre on a couple of tasty but calorie-efficient crackers is also an option.
  • AshHeartsJesus
    AshHeartsJesus Posts: 460 Member
    I would find some low cal fruit or veg I loved and snack on that
    Or
    Air popped popcorn just watch the sprays they lie when they say zero caories 💩
    Or
    Non-fat greek yogurt flavored however you want

    LORD JESUS bless💟

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