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What do you eat when you apetite is lying in wait for you?

PlasticPsycho
PlasticPsycho Posts: 111
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Hi guys :D

What do you do when you still feel "hungry" after a healthy meal?

I tend to eat (sugarfree) gum :)
It promotes my digestion and also keeps away the munchies :)

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  • cherrytulips
    cherrytulips Posts: 109
    My tummy lies to me so much!! I hate it!

    I guess the only thing that helps is I either force myself to drink an entire water bottle or I make some tea. Also, a banana is usually a guilt-free 'dessert' for me and it seals the deal on whether or not I am still hungry.
  • Brenda_Pancakes
    Brenda_Pancakes Posts: 288 Member
    Lately - I like to "seal the deal" with that Arctic Zero ice cream. It's only, like, 37 calories per serving... or if you wanna sit with the whole pint container - it's 150 FOR THE WHOLE THING. Hooray! I find that if after I eat dinner, and perhaps my portion was a bit smaller than before (because I've been used to eating behemoth portion sizes for a long time now), I'll cap it off with a serving of the ice cream... It's like telling my body "Nope, you're done with the FOOD for today... now onto dessert".

    I've only had the Chocolate Peanut Butter flavor... I really wanted the Coffee flavor, but Sprouts didn't have it at the time.

    **Oh, and kudos to ratherbeskiing for suggesting it in one of her posts... **
  • slkehl
    slkehl Posts: 3,801 Member
    Drinking warm tea or coffee with my meal helps tremendously. I also sometimes have a small square of dark chocolate afterwards. I usually try to incorporate some form of protein into my meal (ex: nuts and hard boiled eggs on a salad) to avoid this feeling.
  • cherrytulips
    cherrytulips Posts: 109
    Lately - I like to "seal the deal" with that Arctic Zero ice cream. It's only, like, 37 calories per serving... or if you wanna sit with the whole pint container - it's 150 FOR THE WHOLE THING. Hooray! I find that if after I eat dinner, and perhaps my portion was a bit smaller than before (because I've been used to eating behemoth portion sizes for a long time now), I'll cap it off with a serving of the ice cream... It's like telling my body "Nope, you're done with the FOOD for today... now onto dessert".

    I've only had the Chocolate Peanut Butter flavor... I really wanted the Coffee flavor, but Sprouts didn't have it at the time.

    **Oh, and kudos to ratherbeskiing for suggesting it in one of her posts... **

    WOAH 37 calories per serving!? i will definitely check this out :)
  • Vespyr
    Vespyr Posts: 111 Member
    HUGE problem for me. I go into shark feeding frenzy mode after I eat. I'll sometimes set a timer for 20 mins and usually by then I realize I'm quite full. I love dessert but if I wait those 20 mins I find more often than not I'd rather not eat anything else. I'm going to check into that ice cream though!
  • downhomechik
    downhomechik Posts: 47
    I think Vespyr said it perfectly. Sometimes I feel like a shark in feeding frenzy right after I eat and its very hard to tame that monster. I'm drinking water with a splash of lemon and this is helping. I'm telling myself to check back in twenty to see if I'm any better. That helps too.
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