Bored eating

karebear32505
karebear32505 Posts: 47 Member
edited September 21 in Motivation and Support
Does anyone have any suggestions for Bored eating??? I eat when i am bored all the time especaially at work! :-)

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  • LHuffman24
    LHuffman24 Posts: 175 Member
    I am the same way... At work, I have started doing a set of 20 push-ups every time I feel like getting something to eat. I have my own office, so as long as my boss isn't in his office next door, I do them. I've also done a set of squats or crunches instead. Look up "deskercise" for some other ideas too.
  • weelissa
    weelissa Posts: 89 Member
    I want to read people's responses to this too.

    I work from home and although I eat healthily, I find I'm always hungry and want to munch!
  • havingitall
    havingitall Posts: 3,728 Member
    try drinking water or herbal tea instead
  • aimeejeanne
    aimeejeanne Posts: 1
    Chewing sugar free gum is good. Also, try to change your routine so that you have less down time. For example, instead of going straight home from work and eating dinner in front of the television, turn on some music so you can focus on your eating and then go for a brisk walk.
  • hsquared87
    hsquared87 Posts: 73
    I am also a board eater so I had to come up with ways to get around it.

    First off I bring a snack to work as my board at work snack. The kashi honey sunshines are great for this because they are low in calories and you get a good portion. This works out really well becuase I already have it on hand and its been put in my tracker. Its so much better than the bag of chips I would have grabbed.

    Also I keep those flavor packets for my water in my desk and I get them out when I feel snacky. I helps and I drink more water.

    Also someone once told me if I wasn't hungery enough to eat an apple then I didn't need to eat. I think about that evey time I reach for something to board eat and most of the time it stops me.
  • ashlee954
    ashlee954 Posts: 1,112 Member
    What I do at work is eat every 1-2 hours. After a snack I tell myself that I get to eat again in just an hour if I really want to. This keeps me from stuffing my face. It's a training method for me. It's as though my brain thinks I'm never gonna get to eat again or something. LOL.
  • Pinky_Calhoun
    Pinky_Calhoun Posts: 125 Member
    Drink a bottle or cold water, have a cup of hot tea or chew gum! Gum keeps my mouth busy...when I get tired of the stick I'm chewing on I will pop another flavor and will keep this going until it is time for my next meal.
  • surlydave
    surlydave Posts: 512 Member
    I agree with those who posted about eating more frequent, smaller meals & snacks.

    Great profile pic - GO SOX!
  • ThatGirl_1968
    ThatGirl_1968 Posts: 47 Member
    I have this same problem at work although it's usually not because I'm bored, but because I'm procrastinating about doing something I don't want to do! I'm way worse about this when I work from home, but do fairly well at the office. My suggestions are similar to the others - I drink a large cup of organic chai tea to get me through mid- morning and then switch to a 32oz glass of cold water. My 'snacks' are grape tomatoes, baby carrots (mainly for the act of chewing/eating) and greek yogurt if I'm truly starting to get hungry. Then I bring fruit for afternoon snacks (apple, fresh fruit) and treat myself to a cold diet coke around 3pm. I've also found if I can slip some headphones on and work with music playing the music is a distraction/motivator and has zero calories!! :o)
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