It's 3 pm. You are hungry. You reach for....?

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  • Deena_Bean
    Deena_Bean Posts: 906 Member
    I hate 3pm so much. 5:30pm is equally terrible - it's when I get home and start cooking. Trying to avoid food when I'm hungry and cooking is like trying to climb Mt. Everest without my arms.

    I have carrots and hummus in the fridge at work, but I also have 2 stupid dark chocolate candy bars a co-worker left for me. Thanks for the calorie-sabotage, buddy! I'm going to ignore them, or run them over with my car...or throw them in the fish tank to avoid slathering them in the peanut butter I keep on hand as a somewhat legitimate (if I can manage to keep it to a small amount) snack in my cabinet.

    Cheese or fruit is good, too. I don't ever remember to bring them though.
  • blupanda12
    blupanda12 Posts: 54 Member
    String cheese! Plus whatever fruit I happened to pack as snacks. I also try to have some tea first, to make sure I'm actually hungry, and not just mistaking thirst or boredom for hunger.
  • Minx675
    Minx675 Posts: 30 Member
    Greek yogurt.
  • jdhcm2006
    jdhcm2006 Posts: 2,254 Member
    Teddy Grahams, Kashi bar, dark chocolate.
  • Bustergirl14
    Bustergirl14 Posts: 69 Member
    Greek yogurt or cottage cheese with a few slices of whatever fresh fruit I have stashed in the fridge at work. The last two weeks it has been peaches because they are grown locally and soooooo good.
  • katya_be
    katya_be Posts: 227 Member
    haha that's exactly what I do every day around 3pm! I always need a snack to keep me till dinner or else I end up munching too much before dinner.
    I just had a QUEST White Choc Raspberry bar with some unsweetened hot mango green tea! THEEE BEST!
  • sweetsarahj
    sweetsarahj Posts: 701 Member
    Most days, it is coffee. If I am already over-caffeinated that day, Beef Bullion.
  • almc170
    almc170 Posts: 1,093 Member
    protein bar or string cheese
  • 111YoYo111
    111YoYo111 Posts: 213 Member
    Canned shrimp. My current addiction. 0 fat 0 carbs only 140 calories. Gotta be deveined though, nothing worse than chewing shrimp poop. :tongue:
  • VeryKatie
    VeryKatie Posts: 5,961 Member
    Peanut butter on a spoon. Or a family sized bag of chips depending on how disciplined I'm being. Let's all hope it's the peanut butter more often.
  • toolhead87
    toolhead87 Posts: 10
    a slice of turkey deli meat, or some raisins.
  • DebTavares
    DebTavares Posts: 170 Member
    Usually nuts.
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  • Krizzle4Rizzle
    Krizzle4Rizzle Posts: 2,704 Member
    Granola bar.
  • buzybev
    buzybev Posts: 199 Member
    nothing. I have a bad habit of eating all of my snacks during lunch time :/
  • cnlargent
    cnlargent Posts: 199 Member
    Today was a red velvet cupcake with cream cheese frosting. Delicious and now I cant eat til tomorrow. :sad:

    ...what?
  • Squid4TRX
    Squid4TRX Posts: 645 Member
    An apple or peanut butter and I always have water close by.
  • VeryKatie
    VeryKatie Posts: 5,961 Member
    My rifle. It's time to hunt the most dangerous game...people.

    EDIT: Kidding of course. Cottage cheese and salsa.

    This. I need to try this.

    ...
    ...

    I'll keep you guessing which one.
  • VanessaVegana
    VanessaVegana Posts: 36 Member
    Veggie straws :d
  • Adkins Mocha Latte Shake!!!! hehe
  • LianaG1115
    LianaG1115 Posts: 453 Member
    A Quest bar! Usually something with protein to jump start my system again.
  • doreent1952
    doreent1952 Posts: 7 Member
    Usually a fruit like nectarine or cherries and string cheese. I have 3 snacks a day 1 mid afternoon, an evening snack before 8 p.m. and snack on almonds throughout the day.
  • runningagainstmyself
    runningagainstmyself Posts: 616 Member
    Hard-boiled eggs on sourdough wasa crackers and laughing cow light cheese, or air-popped popcorn. They're usually my go-to snacks. In fact I'll be diving into the popcorn in about 45 minutes!!
  • vickyday18
    vickyday18 Posts: 1 Member
    Whatever is in my drawer at work, usually a granola bar, fruit gummies, or cheese and crackers.
  • kwatson28
    kwatson28 Posts: 31
    a 'naner with some honey and cinnamon :)
  • Ideabaker
    Ideabaker Posts: 535 Member
    Laughing Cow Lite Cheese and rice crackers, or a beef jerky bar, or a small tin of tuna with lowfat wholegrain crackers. I also eat a large lunch, so usually am not hungry in the afternoon.

    Sometimes I just drink a few cups of water and work in a twenty minute walk, which often squelches the "hunger".
  • kenc1971
    kenc1971 Posts: 107 Member
    2 Apples, my usual 3PM snack!
  • I'm reading all these and they are like snacks... At 3pm I'm sitting down eating a whole meal: chicken breast, 1 cup of cooked brown rice and maybe some veggies... I eat a meal every 3 hours.
  • Mistraal1981
    Mistraal1981 Posts: 453 Member
    A Morrisons Nume Chewy Chocolate Fudge cereal bar 21g. Comes in at 79 calories and helps me with my battle against chocolate cravings.
  • Raaynn
    Raaynn Posts: 47 Member
    A hand full of blueberries :) yummmmm