Almost never. And honestly, when I do eat something outside of a "meal time", (whatever that is! lol) it's just because i wanted it. Not that I was hungry. And I of course don't eat a full "snack" of it. Like, if my daughter sits down next to me with pork rinds. I will get one. I just want it because it's salty and she's crunching in my ear and since it won't be any issue for my plan, I'll just have one. But I won't let myself eat more than a taste of I'm not hungry.
The same is NOT true of off plan foods. I couldn't care less if someone sat down and started crunching Cheetos next to me. I don't see those as food.
But, yeah, low carb is so successful for so many people because it gives us back control of our hunger. (IF we are eating the right foods for us and not including non foods)
Eliminating the insulin surges and blood sugar swings (even for metabolically healthy people, though there are truly so few of them anymore), prevents the need to snack.

I'm still snacking, but then I'm not even a week into this new way of eating. Even this early into this I am snacking less, mostly I haven't eaten my between breakfast and lunch snack the last couple days. Which is nice, especially because the only snacks I have are all protein related snacks.

I snack, but it slows my weight loss down considerably, or stops it altogether. When I am more focused on weight loss, especially near my goal, I drop snacks in order to lose weight.

And the more carbs I eat, the snackier I get. For me, it is entirely about carbs... Evil carbs...

I'm usually hungry when I get home from school so I have a snack (beef bouillon with butter & cream, or nuts and jerky). Sometimes I'm truly hungry, sometimes it's just part of my routine.

speakeasys wrote: »

I'm usually hungry when I get home from school so I have a snack (beef bouillon with butter & cream, or nuts and jerky). Sometimes I'm truly hungry, sometimes it's just part of my routine.

Yeah I'm going to need to try that drink! Yum... I love a hot cup of chicken broth so that sounds delicious.

humm. You know I have found that since going low carb I snack more. But that is because I am trying to increase the amount of fat I eat. If I didnt snack I wouldnt be able to consume enough fat that is required for this diet. Since I have been drinking the protein shake with MCT oil in the morning, I seem to want to snack more. I only drink it because my trainer said I need to after I work out because I do not eat breakfast. I guess I need to try something different.

I have more success with no snacks.

3 solid meals, spaced out evenly over the day (divided over 1000-1260 cals/25 carbs)

For me, snacking begets more snacking, then more... Ok, well, just one tiny bit more..

"If" after I eat a meal, I still think I need something else, I grab a cup of peppermint tea.
Sometimes it takes an hour for my stomach to tell my brain, you're ok. Relax. You won't starve until your next planned, measured, fat-filled meal. I've learned to just hang on a bit more and wait for the next feedbag. Insert tea or water as needed.

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"If" after I eat a meal, I still think I need something else, I grab a cup of peppermint tea.
Sometimes it takes an hour for my stomach to tell my brain, you're ok. Relax. You won't starve until your next planned, measured, fat-filled meal. I've learned to just hang on a bit more and wait for the next feedbag. Insert tea or water as needed.

Very true. I feel hungry after lunch occasionally and then a couple hours later I'm completely satisfied.

When I was strictly low calorie I would stress about snacking fearing adding more calories to my day's total. I almost always needed a snack before I left work or else I wouldn't be able to get through my workout.

I like crunchy foods, so celery my snack of choice. Sometimes I will have it with almond butter or cheese; sometimes, on its own. I try to only snack if having a drink or distracting myself doesn't work.

I snack out of habit. It really depends on my surroundings too. For example at night my husband comes to bed and eats cheesecake/chips/macaroni and cheese or whatever while he watches TV and doesn't gain a lb and I know that and have to be prepared to deal. So I have a massive zip lock bag filled with pre-measured snacks like dark chocolate, almond butter and bags of almonds. I DO need to get better snacks for upstairs like pork rinds or celery sticks or something.

I don't snack anymore. After the first 5 days or so, I was not hungry between meals and I didn't get that "itch" to eat at all.

When I don't eat sugary food I snack way less.

I do sometimes but not as a general rule. However my meals are pretty substatial.

I usually snack once or twice a day. I especially tend to get hungry in the evenings ... related, I think, to being a night owl.

When I started on LCHF, I saw all these posts on here about not eating hungry and only eating one or two meals a day and being totally OK with that. 4+ months in and I haven't gotten to that point, but it's been fine. Overall my hunger level is a lot more manageable than it was on other WsOE. I do tend to get hungrier and have more cravings if carbs creep up though.

I keep nuts on hand at home and at work for the times I want a snack. A new snack I discovered: Parmesan Whisps! Crunchy and delicious! The bags lasts a long time because I don't snack often and they are very rich.

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