How do I stop myself snacking?

Sarachecky
Sarachecky Posts: 2
edited February 8 in Health and Weight Loss
I know it's December and everybody snacks at this time of year, and I'm not planning to lose weight until the 1st January. However, I keep eating way too much. Like just today I ate so healthy and then after dinner I had Nutella on white toast (which I never allow myself to eat) an iced mince pie and like 20 quality streets! I feel so guilty and I've been eating like this for the past three days. Does anybody have any advice or know how I can just stop eating after dinner completely? Thank you so much!

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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,450 MFP Moderator
    Make sure you have dinners that are high in protein and fats and have lots of veggies.
  • maybyn
    maybyn Posts: 233 Member
    Some suggestions (assuming that you've reached your calorie limit for the day at dinner and don't want to exceed the limit by snacking):

    - keep yourself busy after dinner so that you don't think about eating
    - have a sweet dessert with your dinner (to satisfy sweet tooth)
    - have a feast/cheat day to satisfy your cravings (works for some)
    - eat more during dinner and exercise after that
    - do IF (again, works for some)
    - drink water to curb the urge

    I use a combination of all of the above, without a set pattern or regimen. Works for me!

    PS. Why are you not planning to lose weight till next year?
  • Fridaklo77
    Fridaklo77 Posts: 124
    Bring a lunch box with your snack items, bring string cheese, almonds, fruits, and luna bars are good. this way you can snack ........... but you can easily log your foods. Trust me , Iknow .... how to snack - before i started logging my foods, I would eat a snickers , kit kat, burrito, chips, another snickers, chocolates, etc.

    Just be aware ....... you will be ok.
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
    I'm not sure, since you say you don't want to start losing weight until January 1st. Why try to stop snacking at all?

    Normally, I would say to log everything on your food diary and just make sure you have room in your calories for excess snacking. Or (this is what I do), go get some exercise to burn off the extra calories. Problem solved!
  • bikerist
    bikerist Posts: 13
    I do the calorie controlled snacking thing. Work can be quite bad for snacks at this time of year, so I will often take some nice G&B chocolate with me and leave it in the car. If the snacking urges get too bad, I fetch it and break it up into little squares and eat them slowly.

    If there are tins of chocolates and I fancy some, I will take a few and put them in my desk drawer. I space out the time in between eating them so the sugar rush has time to hit. It's easy to inhale 5 chocolates without even tasting them!!

    Quite often I find it's easier not to touch them and I will fetch a hot drink to distract myself. Once you start eating it's harder to stop.

    All else failing, I get on the spin bike and exercise until the calorie counter on my HRM matches the extra snacking calories... it's enough to put me off pigging out regularly.

    Nothing to feel guilty about though!
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    Don't do it. It's called willpower. You had to consciously make toast with Nutella. Get the candy out of the house if you can't leave it alone. There's no trick to it.
  • GingerLolita
    GingerLolita Posts: 738 Member
    I plan my snacks in advance. I know that I always want something sweet after dinner, so I plan for a decent portion that will satisfy me. My desserts and snacks usually consist of whole grains and/or protein to fill me up and fruits and/or veggies for volume.

    You may also be eating dinner too early. If you eat later, you won't have time to get so hungry.
  • Sarachecky
    Sarachecky Posts: 2
    Thank you - and because with all the Christmas food I would just let myself down :)
  • michellekicks
    michellekicks Posts: 3,624 Member
    When you say you eat healthy all day long, I suspect you're eating too little during the day... too little protein and too little fat and it's not satisfying, which leads you to over-do the snacks in the evening. If you set your MFP goal to maintain your current weight for now and start tracking your calories, set macros at 30% protein and 40% carbs and 30% fat... try and get all that protein in and I guarantee you'll be way more satisfied.
  • JTick
    JTick Posts: 2,131 Member
    I try to push my calories back...I try to eat dinner pretty late, and allow the majority of my calories to go to that meal. I like to go to bed feeling STUFFED. If I don't leave enough calories, I am very prone to extra snacking which sometimes leads to binging. I also try to leave an extra 100 or so for a quick snack or something sweet right before bed.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I snack all of the time...I just plan those snacks and make sure they fit into my calorie and macro goals. Perhaps you're not eating enough during the day so you're super hungry at night. I don't know...I get most of my calories from about 4 PM until bed time because that's when I care to eat...but I always fit them into my goals.
  • sarahstrezo
    sarahstrezo Posts: 568 Member
    When you say you eat healthy all day long, I suspect you're eating too little during the day... too little protein and too little fat and it's not satisfying, which leads you to over-do the snacks in the evening. If you set your MFP goal to maintain your current weight for now and start tracking your calories, set macros at 30% protein and 40% carbs and 30% fat... try and get all that protein in and I guarantee you'll be way more satisfied.

    Ditto ^^^ this.
    My guess is you are under eating throught the day, causing you to be hungry. How much are you eating (without the snacks)?
  • endoftheside
    endoftheside Posts: 568 Member
    I would start logging now, even if you are not planning to start reducing your calories until January 1, with a goal of "maintenance" and see how the snacks are affecting your macros and calorie totals. You may be beating yourself up over nothing, or it may spur you to make different choices.
  • Pandora_King
    Pandora_King Posts: 153
    You just do it. You ask yourself what you want more, a snack, or a hot body.
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