How do you handle the urge to snack?

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  • Kkmama
    Kkmama Posts: 544 Member
    I chomp on a piece of gum. I would like to say chew, but I chomp! I also sometimes have 4 graham crackers with a very thin layer of whipped peanut butter. Yum. Or one of my favs right now is snow peas. (That is usually evening snack watching tv). If I am "starving" I will steam edamame beans and use half salt and suck on those. I am getting the salty that I sometimes crave and protein, so I know I am feeding my body.

    I have snacks built into my day, just try to make good choices.

    Good luck!
  • lisa_lotte
    lisa_lotte Posts: 216
    I read somewhere that you should chew Spearmint gum, as the taste of Spearmint goes with NOTHING, and helps your cravings go away. Works for me!

    This is what I do too :-) really works :-)

    Lisa
  • anbegley
    anbegley Posts: 163 Member
    I am exactly the same. Night time snacker, especially after the kids have gone to bed. It is my "alone" time. So, lately I have been grabbing a glass of water and then sitting on the couch for "veg" TV time, during which I will do reps with hand weights. Helps keep my hands out of the cookie jar : ) Good luck. You can do it.
  • jaitken_22
    jaitken_22 Posts: 212 Member
    I was a baaaaaad snacker before I started MFP, but I now take my mind off it by walking the dog for half an hour at night or play Wii Fit Plus or Wii Sports, so I can get fit in a fun way and at the same time take my mind of my belly! I used to be bad for getting a big tub of Pringles and dipping them in sour cream and chive dip while watching my programmes, which I have stopped doing. But if I do want some, I know 16 pringles = 150 calories. For snacking at work, I have begun taking in berries and chopped peppers, can also do cucumber or carrots and I also have sugar free hard boiled sweets which are just 7 calories per sweet. I am still battling with the snacking thing, it's so hard but I am so determined to fight past it!
  • poptastic
    poptastic Posts: 151 Member
    At night I have a herbal tea a couple of hours after dinner, and then after that brush teeth so that nothing else is tempting! It's just getting out of habits really, it's hard to begin with and then it's just normal.
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