tips to avoid snacking please

catinamess
catinamess Posts: 68 Member
edited November 13 in Health and Weight Loss
I have an issue with snacking mindlessly. My toddler wants snacks throughout the day day, and I tend to give her something and have the same, even though I'm not particularly hungry. So, how do I stop that? Any tips would be great, thanks!

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  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Give her cucumber and pepper batons with hummus and snack on the batons

    Pre-log the snack calories, then when it comes to it ask yourself if you really want to eat it or if you want to save those calories for meal

    If you are a grazer it doesn't matter ...I am ..I just log everything
  • cheshirecatastrophe
    cheshirecatastrophe Posts: 1,395 Member
    Have a drink (calorie-free) while she eats.

    Keep snacking, but have smaller meals.

    While she has her snack, read her a story or something instead of eating.
  • jessiethe3rd
    jessiethe3rd Posts: 239 Member
    It's never about quantity, it's about quality. Choose to snack on good things. Veggies.
  • catinamess
    catinamess Posts: 68 Member
    jessiethe3rd wrote: »
    It's never about quantity, it's about quality. Choose to snack on good things. Veggies.

    What?! Not cake? ;-) I see where I'm going wrong... And I know I'm probably not hungry if I don't actually want to eat veggies instead.
  • catinamess
    catinamess Posts: 68 Member
    cheshirecatastrophe wrote: »
    Have a drink (calorie-free) while she eats.

    Keep snacking, but have smaller meals.

    While she has her snack, read her a story or something instead of eating.

    Like the idea of the story! And drinking something instead. Pretty sure I need more water anyway!
  • catinamess
    catinamess Posts: 68 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Give her cucumber and pepper batons with hummus and snack on the batons

    Pre-log the snack calories, then when it comes to it ask yourself if you really want to eat it or if you want to save those calories for meal

    If you are a grazer it doesn't matter ...I am ..I just log everything

    That's true that I should probably just accept I graze, and choose better things to graze on
  • Becka4Real
    Becka4Real Posts: 1,527 Member
    I do this too! I find that when I plan out everything that I'm going to eat the day before or in the morning I tend to stick with the plan. With kids it is hard to find the time to plan out meals and snacks. I try to write it out on a weekly chart. Best of Luck!
  • catinamess
    catinamess Posts: 68 Member
    Becka4prez wrote: »
    I do this too! I find that when I plan out everything that I'm going to eat the day before or in the morning I tend to stick with the plan. With kids it is hard to find the time to plan out meals and snacks. I try to write it out on a weekly chart. Best of Luck!

    I keep meaning to do this, but never seem to get round to doing it. I think I'd choose better snacks for the toddler too.
    At the moment I seem to go with quick options which aren't that healthy!
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    Just don't

    But if you are, you have to count these calories in your daily in take. And if you want to make your goals and maintain your goals, be diligent about what you are snacking on.

    Snacking is actually good as long as you don't eat more than 3500 calories of snacks each week over your calories.

    No more snacking,, oh no! UUrrggg!
  • IvSock
    IvSock Posts: 1
    In these cases I always have some chewing gums with me :) It works for me so you can try it or even drinking a lot of water helps too :)
  • catinamess
    catinamess Posts: 68 Member
    awarreningermany wrote: »
    I love to snack but I also just keep it healthy. If I would snack on what I gave my toddler it would still be heatlthy cause I tend to try to feed my kids as healthy as I can (When they let me) so I am always looking for good ideas for meals and quick snacks for them. I meal plan though and in the beginning I just wrote out a list of healthy snack options. There are tons online as well and I rotate them around so the kids dont get bored of anything that I would give them too often, or me either. By the end of the day the total calories for my snacks usually equals a 4th meal (3 meals and day and 2 snacks becomes 4 meals of 300-500 cals) and that keeps me in my limit for the day usually. :)

    4th meal sounds good. We are slowly getting healthier snacks in (now we know just how much our toddler eats!) But haven't yet done vegetable snacks, so will try that
  • whatyouwill
    whatyouwill Posts: 71 Member
    catinamess wrote: »
    I have an issue with snacking mindlessly. My toddler wants snacks throughout the day day, and I tend to give her something and have the same, even though I'm not particularly hungry. So, how do I stop that? Any tips would be great, thanks!

    Snacking was my downfall, especially late at night. Now I allow myself a 200cals snack after dinner if I'm hungry of an evening, but nothing more. I find that high protein really helps the hunger.
  • SwankyTomato
    SwankyTomato Posts: 442 Member
    catinamess wrote: »
    I have an issue with snacking mindlessly. My toddler wants snacks throughout the day day, and I tend to give her something and have the same, even though I'm not particularly hungry. So, how do I stop that? Any tips would be great, thanks!

    Prelogging would help as well as a having your toddler on a "snack schedule".

    I know when my kids were little we would have "snack time", "lunch time", etc. Take out the random snacking. Kids love a schedule anyway and will fall easily into it.

    After 2 months of logging food I am starting to be more organized and prelog food. As you get better with logging and all that jazz it does get easier but it takes time. Don't get discouraged and just figure out how to manage it to your benefit.

  • catinamess
    catinamess Posts: 68 Member
    SwankyTomato wrote: »
    catinamess wrote: »
    I have an issue with snacking mindlessly. My toddler wants snacks throughout the day day, and I tend to give her something and have the same, even though I'm not particularly hungry. So, how do I stop that? Any tips would be great, thanks!

    Prelogging would help as well as a having your toddler on a "snack schedule".

    I know when my kids were little we would have "snack time", "lunch time", etc. Take out the random snacking. Kids love a schedule anyway and will fall easily into it.

    After 2 months of logging food I am starting to be more organized and prelog food. As you get better with logging and all that jazz it does get easier but it takes time. Don't get discouraged and just figure out how to manage it to your benefit.

    Prelogging would definitely help... Just need to get my day organised enough to do that! I'd like to try proper snack time but my toddler spends all day saying how hungry she is... Pretty sure she's not really that ravenous though!
  • catinamess
    catinamess Posts: 68 Member
    whatyouwill wrote: »
    catinamess wrote: »
    I have an issue with snacking mindlessly. My toddler wants snacks throughout the day day, and I tend to give her something and have the same, even though I'm not particularly hungry. So, how do I stop that? Any tips would be great, thanks!

    Snacking was my downfall, especially late at night. Now I allow myself a 200cals snack after dinner if I'm hungry of an evening, but nothing more. I find that high protein really helps the hunger.

    I'm terrible at night, but snacking at that time has gone down a bit as I'm so tired with a newborn I now go to bed earlier. More sleep time=less snack time :-) obviously not a sustainable solution but it works for the time being
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