How to stop to eating a lot of snacks in everyday

Hi! I think the easiest way to stop it is to log everything you're eating. Logging has a couple of effects.

1. You know exactly what that snack is "costing" you. Think of you calorie goal each day as an allowance and food is how you're spending it. Everything you eat subtracts from that allowance. You get to make the choices how to spend it and decide if the snack your mind thinks you want is really worth it to you.
2. You have to think about what you eat because if you eat it you have to log it. There's been plenty of times where I haven't eaten something because I didn't want to have to take the effort to add it to my diary.
3. At the end of the day you can see exactly what you have left if you want a snack late at night. Rather than feeling guilty about a treat after dinner, if you saved enough calories you can have something nice and feel good about it.

Try a sweet-healthy snack. Berries are sweet and contain good sugars for you. I like to munch on strawberries, blueberries, and kiwis. Just remember that there are good sweets for you that you can grow to love instead of binging on bad sugary foods. Stay positive and push yourself !

I am a grazer. I have morning snack and afternoon snack. I am a bit of a grouch if the beast wakes. I just make sure that my calories for the day account for the snacks.

I eat five meals a day, this stops me snacking as i don't get hungry.

I second all the people who say to log everything to get an idea of what you are eating.

Also, I have a friend that just doesn't eat meals. She snacks all day long. She's lost 45 lbs over the past year by using MFP to keep her grazing within her calorie limit.

Personally, I just rarely eat snacks. I rather eat 3 good sized meals and log them. Otherwise every thing takes up too much time and thought.

Try eating more filling meals. For breakfast lately I've thrown down on 1 banana mashed up with 2 tbsp peanut butter and a dash of cinnamon. I usually warm up the banana. It's not pretty, but it's a thick, sludgy mess that takes a bit to get through and I'm nowhere near hungry by the time lunch shows up.

EAT MORE FIBER!

when I started out a couple of years ago, it was a great benefit for me to basically plan my entire day out, including my snacks..what I was going to eat and pretty much when I was going to eat them.

snacking isn't inherently a bad thing...mindlessly snacking is. planning things out will help you be mindful and eventually, being mindful will just come naturally.

You don't HAVE to cut out snacks as long as you are tracking intake. But I did find that cutting out all my snacking except for my evening snack has helped me. I prefer to be able to eat more at meals so that I will feel full (I don't feel full if I spread out my calories more).

Basically, remember that you will not actually starve to death in between meals. Our appetites are based on our habits. If you are used to eating at certain times, your appetite is expecting food at those times and will send you hunger signals. These are signals that are telling you that you should think about eating sometime soon. They are not a summons of "OMG eat something right now!!!". You can safely ignore them for a few hours.

If you're actually physically hungry, of course eat something. I'm not telling you to starve yourself, just don't respond to every little rumbling.

The first couple of days are the hardest, but it is possible to reset your hunger cues and change your appetite's schedule. Now, I don't get hungry until about 30 minutes before my meals. I like it that way.

I am a sugar/sweets junkie...now when I crave something sweet I have a Fiber One brand 90 calorie brownie. They taste great and the added fiber is a plus! The first few days are hard but as the days go on your body will crave less sweets!