Help! I eat when I'm bored.

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  • jzaz903
    jzaz903 Posts: 306 Member
    I learned to knit.
    Having something to do with my hands other than chip-to-mouth helps me a lot. Plus, I get cute scarves out of it.
  • dfborders
    dfborders Posts: 474 Member
    I understand what that is like - I found, even at work sometimes if I am not doing something interesting I get bored. I don't have the option of going for a walk or finding something else to do so I heat a cup of herbal tea up and use a Tbsp or two of honey to sweeten it. I drink it slowly and it helps to take away the senseless munchies. If you don't like herbal tea you can try hot coffee, hot chicken broth (watch the sodium content), etc. Heck I have heard some people even just warm up water with a lemon wedge. I am also a gum chewer - but you have to know yourself - some people find chewing gum makes them hungrier while others, like me, can use it to focus on something else. Also, make sure you are getting your water in. Just in case, your body may be saying it is craving something because often when we eat we drink!! Good Luck:flowerforyou:
  • Nyeemwong
    Nyeemwong Posts: 19
    I have a major problem with that. Try to drink green tea and do mini-exercises whenever you're bored! :D
  • _Wits_
    _Wits_ Posts: 1,286 Member
    I find an excuse or reason to leave the house and GO! Usually, just a quick trip to a local store gets my mind off teh food and by the time I get back, I'm focused again.
  • Goal_Driven
    Goal_Driven Posts: 371 Member
    Just try to keep busy.. find something to do. I always wanna snack whenever I relax and do nothing.. cleaning, exercising, shopping ;) lol, just anything. And try to only keep healthy foods and snacks on hand. Get rid of the junk food :)
  • nooodll
    nooodll Posts: 38
    I usually want to snack before dinner, so I try to drink water (like everyone else says) or eat a vegetable snack like peppers, carrots, cucumber that doesn't have too many calories. A glass of tea usually works, too. Takes time to sip it and it usually distracts me. As someone else said, not having bad snacks in the house is a great way to avoid it, too. If it's not there...you can't eat it!
  • Jxnsmma
    Jxnsmma Posts: 919 Member
    chew gum
  • Swissmiss
    Swissmiss Posts: 8,754 Member
    WOW...this could have been written by me. Looking forward to the replies.
  • jmeyer925
    jmeyer925 Posts: 326 Member
    Many people link eating when bored to an oral fixation (you always feel like there should be something in your mouth) Example: Smokers may actually be more hooked on the oral fixation than the tobacco.

    I like hard candies, and just a different selection will make you keep wanting to try new ones (and not reaching for the bag of chips).

    Weekends are always a difficult time, because during the week with your schooling and work schedule, any time you have to "rest" you HAVE to eat, otherwise you may not have the time. So on the weekends when it's only resting time, your brain is telling you that it's that eating time (when it's really not).
  • jamers3111
    jamers3111 Posts: 495 Member
    Get outdoors in the fresh air. Walk, ride a bike, some sort of exercise. Then if you do eat at least you will have burned off some extra calories.

    I totally agree! If you find yourself reaching to eat when you're not hungry, go for a walk and drink water. Good luck :)
  • jetabear10
    jetabear10 Posts: 375 Member
    when my kids say they are bored I give them a list of chores to do...do you need me to make you a list?

    OR do something creative like write a journal of your weight loss journey

    OR get outside and do something that makes you move...this will help you on your journey too....
  • erynrose33
    erynrose33 Posts: 1
    Try chewing gum! The dessert or fruit flavored gum may help to satisfy a sweets craving, and also will not allow you to snack on things while at home. Works well for me!
  • panda007dammit
    panda007dammit Posts: 36 Member
    I've noticed that when I'm bored, I'm also entirely unmotivated to do ANYTHING. With this in mind, I try not to keep foods around that are ready to eat. When I'm unmotivated, bored, and just looking for something to snack on, I will be turned off of eating because I know that I'll need to cook something, and that's usually more effort than I feel like putting into it. When I'm actually hungry, I'm perfectly motivated to cook a meal. It helps that I'm unmarried and don't have children, because I only need to worry about my own food and eating habits. I imagine it would be a lot harder if I had someone else selecting my groceries as well.
  • Rachlmale
    Rachlmale Posts: 640 Member
    I work 40-50 hours a week, and I'm taking 16 units at the University. It is actually very safe to say that school is pretty much the only thing I do outside of work. If I'm not in class, then I'm glued to the computer doing homework.

    I appreciate you may be busy (most people are nowadays) but you asked about the boredom side - if you are very busy I do not see how you could be bored.

    You did not like my response but you added me then deleted me... odd
  • kelseyhere
    kelseyhere Posts: 1,123 Member
    I make tea or drink perrier. Little more fun than water but still 0 cals.
  • gpstrucker
    gpstrucker Posts: 930 Member
    I learned to knit.
    Having something to do with my hands other than chip-to-mouth helps me a lot. Plus, I get cute scarves out of it.

    LOL I learned to knit WAY before I learned to eat right. Great suggestion though. If you're in the middle of a complicated sweater the last thing you want to do is stop to eat.
  • SueMizZou
    SueMizZou Posts: 140 Member
    I purged my home of illegal foods and I took up knitting. You can't knit and eat simultaneously

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