Boredom munching

sissy60504
sissy60504 Posts: 21 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I am at work, not feeling hungry, and due to the upcoming holidays, work is slow. The urge to mindlessly munch to have something to do is ridiculous today. I am wondering how others combat that urge.

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  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
    Celery, carrots, and other veggie-stuffs.
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    Oh, I get this, too, It's my one diet downfall.

    I usually try to do something with my hands when the urge strikes. Clear off a hotspot in the room (thank you, FlyLady!), do some pushups, go ride my stationary bike or grab my phone and play a game, anything to keep my hands busy so they can't mindlessly put food into my mouth. If I can't shake it, I usually measure out a single serving of dry breakfast cereal or something else semi-nutritious and low calorie and eat each piece one by one. It takes awhile and can't do too much damage to my calorie goal for the day.
  • 1shauna1
    1shauna1 Posts: 993 Member
    This time of year, I haven't been too successful, honestly. There is a ton of cookies/pies/treats in the office right now....it's hard to keep away sometimes!
  • hotpinkmess7
    hotpinkmess7 Posts: 6 Member
    Bring fruits and veggies, drink water instead and leave your wallet at home so you cant buy anthing out of the vending machine.
  • cuinboston2014
    cuinboston2014 Posts: 848 Member
    I plan snacks into my day and usually have two low calorie meals - around 300 calories and then about 300 calories or so in snacks and an average dinner. I like to eat and I like to snack so I just plan for it.

    I portion dry cereal every single morning and always eat that - I usually eat Chex (Vanilla or Chocolate) or Peanut Butter Cheerios as both of these also satisfy my sweet tooth.

    I also love cucumbers with hot sauce and the hot sauce will kill your craving to eat anything after it - tapatio brand is my fave!

    I keep healthy snacks in the work fridge - yogurt, string cheese, cottage cheese etc and other low cal options in my drawer - rice cakes, fiber one brownies etc.

    Sometimes I rely on hard candy.

    I ALWAYS have water and coffee or tea at my desk too. I also try to get up every hour, even if just for five minutes, and walk around a little bit.

    I guess I don't have many tactics to overcome it - more to plan for it lol

    Editing to add that this post was useless in relevance to the posed question - sorry! i got carried away
  • sissy60504
    sissy60504 Posts: 21 Member
    Thanks for all the suggestions. Most of what i see is to plan for it, so my goal for next week will be just that. Ensure I am planning accordingly for when attacks hit.

    And trust me, the same thing is happening at our office...lots of holiday treats...very tempting.

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