Eating when bored

If it's boredom and not hunger that's the problem. Two tactics to suggest.

1) Have something low cal in the fridge ready to nibble on. Carrot sticks, airpopped popcorn, or something like that.

2) Delay. Play a game with your mind. Go to the fridge and then say to yourself - okay, I'll have a snack in half an hour. Then go do something else. Then do this again. On the third time, have a snack. Practice this, increasing the length of the delay.

I use to do that so much but I found ways to stop. Here's what i did:
1.) Distract myself with something. If I feel like Ima start eatting out of boredom I immediately find something to do like play a game on my phone or platstation 4, drop and do some pushups, go for a jog, or even drink a whole lot of water so I wouldnt have room for food.
2.) Eat a low calorie snack. I would have a whole crate of fiber brownies and if I really couldn't stop myself I would eat 2 or 3 of those, which didnt hurt me because theyre only 90 calories eat. I'd also eat other stuff like a cup of cereal or half a banana. Another big tool was kosher spears, their like 4 calories each so I'd just a crap load of those. Therea a whole bunch of zero calories drinks, I personally like vitamin zero.
3.) If all fails, keep nibbling and keep recording. Eventually I found that snacking can take away way too many calories if done improperly, and I'll have to stop eatting by like 4 or 5 pm. Maybe then youll stop because you rather lose weight then nibble

Try making some green tea it's great for you and then you have soemthing to do, you've gotta boil or microwave the water let the tea bag seep and it's fun dunking it up and down lol and then it takes awhile to drink. My other advice is try getting some suagr free gum. I'm on a very low calorie diet so I feel the pain of wanting to snack to combat it I drink 2 cups of tea and when I'm not doing that I'm chewing gum.

Goodluck

Before I had a family, I would go window shopping to try on clothes. Made me stop munching every time, lol. Also, second the chewing gum. It's really gross to take a bite of something while you have gum in your mouth.

Raises hand. In for the ideas. I had to lighten my dinner due to boredom bites.

I struggle with nibbling all the time... I live in a flat with my uni mates and they constantly tease me with all the delicious (and unhealthy) snacks they eat. I've found it really hard and occasionally slip if I've had a really good few days, but it's just a lot of restraint and especially when I'm bored and want to eat I grab a piece of fruit or a glass of water. Different things work for different people, so maybe if you're bored and want to snack, make yourself not bored! More than anything using MFP and counting everything that goes in my mouth has stopped me snacking as you can see all the contents of that and how it can throw your day off. The best of luck to you!

SherryTeach wrote: »

I've certainly done my share of eating for no good reason, but I don't understand the concept of boredom. I have so many hobbies to squeeze in outside of work that I can't remember being bored. It seems to me that frequent boredom is a sign of needing to add something useful and engaging to your life. It's the only life you have; don't waste it!

True this. I'd say in my case it's really picking while procrastinating.

Lauzibob wrote: »

Can't help but to dive in the fridge and get something to nibble on when I'm bored. I try to do something else but keeps going back to nibbles

I've learnt to train my mind to eat nuts when I'm bored. It's like an automatic process, try and set something in place that triggered you to eat healthier nibbles when you get like that.