Snacking Is Killing Me
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Snacks and candy are free at my workplace. At the beginning of this weight loss journey, I planned my food each day to allow one snack from the candy bowl. After a month of having one Hershey Kiss each day, I got to where I just didn't want the candy any longer. So, I quit planning for it and was ok.3
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I buy unsalted sunflower seeds by the case. Most of my snacking is just boredom, so a couple handfuls of seeds will keep me busy for a couple hours and have relatively low calories.3
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Snacking is what sent me to morbidly obese in the first place. I feel your pain. What has worked for me during dieting and now during maintenance is eating more than 3 meals a day. Granted, I do a LOT of exercise six days a week, so I earn up to 1000 extra calories so it's not like I don't have the calories to eat. My meals generally look like this:
Pre-Workout: Just what it says, I drink a pre-workout right before working out first thing in the AM (very early)
Breakfast: Around 500 cals, Usually bran cereal with half a banana (I freeze them in slices and put them in the cereal) and a 60g protein shake for after my workout.
Lunch: Usually 500ish calories, high protein if I can do it. Chicken/Tuna/Eggs/Egg Salad whatever I can come up with that is low in calories but high in protein, and I eat it with multi-grain bread usually for the extra fiber.
Dinner: Up to 1000 cals, I try for 750ish but you know how it goes. High protein again, good fiber, good veggies if possible. Almost always have a potato or sweet potato with dinner or baked/steamed veggies or both.
Late Snack: 3-400 calories usually For me it's no sugar added ice cream. Good source of fiber, less sugar, and yes, I'm addicted.
Splitting things up like that helps me to not snack.1 -
Not all snacks are bad if I want a snack I will make myself some sugarfree instant pudding and I still loose weight so maybe I should invest in making snacks that don't have lot of calories and sugar1
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Thanks everyone great inspiring feed back. Feels good to know that little everyday issues are not just things that one person experiences and that through communication with others alike we can come up with great ideas. Last couple of days for me has been tough but when I read your comments it helps me understand and not get discouraged., thanks again. Together we ALL can!2
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Nothing wrong with snacking, but if you can't control it, eat bigger meals.
I pretty much have to snack because I sometimes feel weak and dizzy if I go too long without food but if I could, I'd just eat more at meals.2 -
To agree with some of the above posters, if I feel like I want to snack on something I pop a strong minted gum in my mouth (mentos has a good one). I'd rather have 5 calories from that then whatever snack I was searching for2
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I found a great, low-calorie snack that also satisfied my chocolate cravings. Quaker Chocolate Crunch Rice Cakes. I usually hate rice cakes, so I was very reluctant to even TRY them, at first. Someone else told me about them, so I finally tried them. They are DELICIOUS & very filling! At only 60 calories a pop, you can't beat it!2
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Snacking is the devil.
I just keep telling me that.
It's so hard to say no to snack. I try to eat roasted edamame, yogurt, or cucumbers when I need a snack.2 -
I think it depends on what you mean by snacking. I assume you mean unplanned eating. I chew gum or eat a few tic tacs if I feel I just have to eat something. Otherwise I have planned snacks throughout the day.2
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Pick snacks that are low cal or will keep you full. I like to snack on popcorn.1
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elisa123gal wrote: »I wonder what you mean by snacks.. It they are small portions of fattening junk food.. all that will do is make you crave more.
So ditch those kind of snacks and go for healthy snacks that are good ..but not so good.. if you know what I mean.
For example.. i have some bird seed kind of protein bars in the trunk of my car for when I'm desperate for something before or after I work out. I don't crave the things at all. So, I only eat them when I must. If they were super tasty.. they'd be gone.
Ya, I do the same thing with protein bars. I'm not crazy about them, and so they are available for "emergencies." One can sit in my purse for weeks and I'm not tempted unless I'm truly hungry.2 -
I snack a lot and stay in my calorie range and am rarely hungry. The key for me is to snack on raw veggies during the day. It may take me all morning to eat them. Usually 3 servings. I usually keep a piece of fruit and Greek yogurt in a lunch bag if I need it in the afternoon. I usually do, as I try to get two dairy everyday. Nothing wrong with snacking if you are doing it healthy and counting it. I have found the longer I eat this way the less I crave the junk.1
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I also keep an open diary and look at my friend's diaries for great ideas.1
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Yes., Great Points Folks and I must agree gum does help, but sometimes you run out of it! I log everything I consume so my logging isn't a problem., I've started to notice that I tend to think about snacks when I'm bored.1
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I've started to notice that I tend to think about snacks when I'm bored.
Is it possible to just get up and go for a short, brisk walk at these times? I find doing that distracts me and helps me get some exercise in so that if I *do* give in later on, I'm not doing as much damage to my caloric bottom line.
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This is a HUUUGE problem for me as well. It's gotten to where if I didn't snack, I would have perfect days... but totally WRECK it the last couple hours of the day before bed. So, what I've started doing: eating large meals so I'm not hungry (I've been known to eat less dinner so I can have a snack before bed... but then over-eating said snack!). Drinking water .... brushing my teeth so I won't have anything else to eat... distracting myself with household chores so I'm too busy to snack. 9/10 times we snack out of boredom, not hunger. Good luck!0
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I have switched a lot of my snacks for less calorie dense but still tasty options. So instead of kettle chips I have baked chips in a single serve, or popcorn, both come in at about 120 calories per single serve bag. Little single serve treat cakes for 150 calories. That sort of thing.
Distraction is also handy. When I started I would just get up and have a little walk about, just round my flat, say hi to the cats, anything to take my mind off the snacks for a few minutes.
That said, I was busy through lunchtime today so ended up filling half my day with snacks today! Quite enjoyed indulging in more than one variety
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Ughh same here like at 10 pm I always get hungry for a snack and has to be a sweet0
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I'm in your same boat. High protein goal, struggling to get my fiber goal and sometimes I need a snack. Try hummus. High fiber, low cal (relatively). Just be careful what you choose to use as your dipper (I.e. not potato chips). Log it and stay in your goal.0
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Quit snacking perhaps?0
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