I can't control myself plz help

Kellu67
Kellu67 Posts: 2 Member
edited December 2 in Motivation and Support
When I first joined mfp keeping myself under the calories goal was easy in fact I always had more than a hundred calories to spare but now I'm a week in, and I slowly starting to get closer and closer to the limit
Like I haven't exactly gone over it yet, but if it carries on at this rate I will soon
Can anyone give me some tips on snacking especially? I mean the calories in my snacks section is roughly equal to my lunch calories but I've just been nibbling on a cookie or two

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  • healthy491
    healthy491 Posts: 384 Member
    Hi ! For snacks I usually have a packet of Skips or a baked apple with cinnamon and sweetener or some baby carrots or sugar free cereal bars or light yoghurt with some almonds or a protein muffin :) feel free to send me a friend request .
  • silvilunazul
    silvilunazul Posts: 59 Member
    Choose foods that give you a larger volume for fewer calories such as low-fat high-protein yoghurt, fibre-rich veg like celery sticks, baby carrots, red and yellow peppers; fruit like all types of berries and melon slices. Or choose a very high protein but lean snack such as a can of tuna or other fish. When I eat a can of fish or 100 grams of cooked shrimp I feel full and good to go until dinner time.

    Cookies and other baked goods on the other hand are usually small, non satisfying and full of fat and sugar. Very often, particularly if they're packaged, they contain trans fat which is not good at all. Same with granola bars and other things like that which are marketed as healthy.
  • janetennet
    janetennet Posts: 143 Member
    All of what @Silvilunazul said, choose good snacks that are low fat, high protein, low gi and you will feel fuller for longer - if you make the majority of your snacking calories items like this then add a cookie on top and you're good to go.

    I try to keep my snacks to the following:
    Cottage Cheese & crackers
    fruit
    Veggies & hummus
    yogurt
    tuna & crakers

    If you have say a fruit and serving of yogurt as a snack in the morning then you can afford another snack later in the day in case you hit the "mid-day slump" and this will help you feel fuller longer
  • hzl22
    hzl22 Posts: 157 Member
    Cheese sticks
    Pickles
    Cucumbers
    Coffee
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    edited May 2016
    The heading of your post says "I can't control myself"..

    I am not sure snacking ideas are what in order here. Replacing one snack for another just keeps you spinning in the same direction.

    I was notorius for replacing good quality filling meals with snacks and I would snaclk until those calories were gone and then realized I ate all those calories in snack and now I am out of calories and my protein sucked for the day or what not.

    I now eat xxx calories for b'fast, lunch and dinner and get full now instead of eating 100, 150 or 200 here and there. I felt terrible until I got a hold of what it was that was missing and it was satiety.

    edited to add: I still have a snack, but I do the quality filling meals first.
  • bellabonbons
    bellabonbons Posts: 705 Member
    I've done the same thing don't feel bad it happens to all of us. Just keep logging don't give up ! You'll get there.
  • dutchandkiwi
    dutchandkiwi Posts: 1,389 Member
    My preferred snacks. Gurken, Cherry tomato and cucumber
  • debrasbarnard1
    debrasbarnard1 Posts: 7 Member
    Frozen grapes !
  • tisdalla
    tisdalla Posts: 32 Member
    I agree with RoxieDawn! I've been in a terrible snacking pattern lately and it results in all my calories being consumed before dinner - so to stay under my goal In have to skip dinner:/ I end up consuming my calories in little unsatisfying bits (a few nuts here, a cheese stick, an apple, a bit of popcorn) that all add up when you are trying to keep you calories low (my goal is 1300). I'm not saying that having an apple if you are starving at 3pm is bad but I think for me if I have my meals planned out and my kitchen stocked with all my meal supplies I can manage to make it through the day without snacking, have more satisfying meals and finished the day within my budget:) Good luck!
  • Nikion901
    Nikion901 Posts: 2,467 Member
    Like RoxieDawn said ... eat a higher calorie lunch and skip the cookies at snack time. Snacks should be low in calories if you do have them ... try drinking a nice herbal tea at snack time or have a piece of fruit.
  • JenniferSchaffer1
    JenniferSchaffer1 Posts: 69 Member
    2 large celery stalks = 13 calories, 1.2 grams fiber
    2 cups shredded romaine lettuce = 18 calories, 1.4 grams fiber
    1/2 cucumber = 20 calories, 1 gram fiber
    1 medium tomato = 25 calories, 1.3 grams fiber
    1/2 cup sugar snap peas = 30 calories, 3.4 grams fiber
    1 carrot = 30 calories, 2 grams fiber
    1 cup jicama sticks = 45 calories, 6 grams fiber
    1 peach = 37 calories, 1.6 grams fiber
    1/2 grapefruit = 37 calories, 1.7 grams fiber
    1 cup sliced strawberries = 50 calories, 2.5 grams fiber
    1 cup watermelon pieces = 51 calories, 0.4 grams fiber
    1 cup papaya pieces = 54 calories, 2.5 grams fiber
    3/4 cup apricot halves = 55 calories, 2 grams fiber
    1 cup cantaloupe cubes = 56 calories, 1.3 grams fiber
    1 orange = 60 calories, 2.3 grams fiber
    1 cup winter mix vegetables = 25 calories, 2 grams fiber
    1 cup Tuscan-style vegetables = 25 calories, 2 grams fiber
    1 cup mixed broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots = 25 calories, 2 grams fiber
    3/4 cup whole green beans = 25 calories, 2 grams fiber
    94% fat free microwave popcorn. 2 cups popped = 40 calories, 2 grams fiber
    Quaker Rice Snacks, Apple Cinnamon. 8 mini cakes = 60 calories
    Quaker Rice Snacks, Caramel Corn. 8 mini cakes = 60 calories
    With the veggies you can do fat free ranch or hummus...I hope this can help a little I eat a lot of this stuff and make up like little P3 packs and add fresh deli meat and cheese.
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