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Trying to maintain but tempted with snacking all the time
marley_12
Posts: 17 Member
So I have two kids and I have to get them snacks that they enjoy..I have healthy snacks for myself and I've tried getting them to eat them as well but no go. So my question do you have any tips on how to avoid dipping into the cheezits box Or sneaking a cookie..Or 2..
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Consider giving them the healthy snacks anyway! They may not eat them the first few days, but by “hanging tough”, if they are hungry, they will down the road!
Giving the healthy snacks fun names, such as, Ants on a Log, for example (celery filled with peanut butter and dotted with a few raisins) can capture the kids’ imaginations and make the snack more enticing!
Calling broccoli “Baby Trees” and pricing hummus or a yogurt-based dipping “sauce” can be fun too!
They don’t need the Cheezits & cookies (and you’ll be doing them a huge favor by not getting them hooked on salty & sugary processed items!) could take a week or two, but totally worth it!14 -
I try to allow myself some macros for when I like to snack at night. Just a couple hundred cals worth, also helps me sleep with some carbs on the belly.3
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Couldn’t you fit 100 calories worth into your day?1
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Cheezits are like crack as far as I'm concerned. My only advice is to not eat even one. I found it easier to do that than to stop once started.9
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Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »Couldn’t you fit 100 calories worth into your day?
That's like 7 cheezits. Some of us need 42. So happy you don't.26 -
Just practice some of the things you did to lose.0
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One cookie could easily fit into most peoples daily allotment if they wanted to have it.
Maybe set aside 100 calories like mentioned above and then you can enjoy a cookie with your kids.4 -
This!Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »Couldn’t you fit 100 calories worth into your day?
It looks like 27 cheezit crackers are about 150 calories. That seems like a reasonable snack if planned for.7 -
Don't sneak a cookie - choose a cookie if that's what you enjoy.
Can you really not fit some "fun food" into your maintenance allowance?
The "or 2.." part comes down to self-control.
Enjoyment of food and self-control really should both have a place in successful maintenance.5 -
A lot of cookies and crackers you can buy individually or in a variety pack. That is one way to go about it. That way you have to think about it a minute before opening a package rather than grab a bunch out of a bag or box. It gives you time to ask yourself if you really want it or not.0
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Nothing wrong with snacking. Preplan for what you love the most and enjoy!1
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I agree buy the small snack bags so it is less tempting! I am that girl if I have just 1 it is all over! One day maybe it won't be so hard but that is why I'm doing low carbs as I don't have that control.1
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I choose kid snacks that I dislike, but know the kids love (I know I’m a weirdo, but Cheezits and Chewy bars fall into the zero temptation category for me). I also encourage them to eat fruit, and keep cuties, small apples, and bananas around. My kids even like to snack on hard-boiled eggs, cottage cheese, or olives!1
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Planning in advance helps me. With Cheez-its, I would portion out a 2 or 3 servings and would give the box for my husband to hide. It's tough for me to eat just 1 serving and stop once I've started.
For me, most of the time it's better not to have any so I rarely buy it.
What really works for me is eating bigger meals. I'm a volume kind of girl so snacking by itself doesn't do much.
If I had those Cheez-its I would have it apart of a meal which helps to fill me up.
Learning my eating pattern and finding that balance of enjoying what I want sporadically has been very helpful with losing and maintaining my weight.8 -
rainbow198 wrote: »Planning in advance helps me. With Cheez-its, I would portion out a 2 or 3 servings and would give the box for my husband to hide. It's tough for me to eat just 1 serving and stop once I've started.
For me, most of the time it's better not to have any so I rarely buy it.
What really works for me is eating bigger meals. I'm a volume kind of girl so snacking by itself doesn't do much.
If I had those Cheez-its I would have it apart of a meal which helps to fill me up.
Learning my eating pattern and finding that balance of enjoying what I want sporadically has been very helpful with losing and maintaining my weight.
This.... learning my eating pattern . and what keeps me satisfied is truly key to losing. Planning ahead and prelogging helps me keep this train on the track. Having a fun meal out once a weekend to look forward to that fits in my calories ( Sunday night) keeps me motivated.4 -
I know that certain are cheaper in bulk, but I have to agree, if I want something, I usually buy a single serve pack and enjoy. Its not that I can't resist temptation @ this time, but I really don't eat enough of one snack food to buy a whole box. It would just go bad.2
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Cheezits are like crack as far as I'm concerned. My only advice is to not eat even one. I found it easier to do that than to stop once started.
^^This. For chips, fries, m&ms, etc, the best thing for me is to just not start.
That being said, I do try to limit how much of those foods we have at home, anyway. Like someone else said, I also provide the kids with some snacks that appeal to them, but not to me (such as goldfish, pretzels, cheese sticks, granola bars). I also include lower calorie snacks like fruit/carrots/hummus, which I'm fine with including in my own calorie allotment.
I do go through phases where I'm more inclined or less inclined to want to snack. Eating higher protein helps me snack less.
ETA: Also as someone else mentioned, pre-logging my food also helps!! That way if I do want to snack on something I hadn't planned on, I can see that I'll need to remove something else from my day to fit in the snack.1 -
MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »Consider giving them the healthy snacks anyway! They may not eat them the first few days, but by “hanging tough”, if they are hungry, they will down the road!
Giving the healthy snacks fun names, such as, Ants on a Log, for example (celery filled with peanut butter and dotted with a few raisins) can capture the kids’ imaginations and make the snack more enticing!
Calling broccoli “Baby Trees” and pricing hummus or a yogurt-based dipping “sauce” can be fun too!
They don’t need the Cheezits & cookies (and you’ll be doing them a huge favor by not getting them hooked on salty & sugary processed items!) could take a week or two, but totally worth it!
I completely agree with this. I certainly wish my mom had found a way for me to like veggies, fruits and other healthy snacks, rather than indulge my tantrums. I may not have spent the first 50 years of my life overweight.5 -
My daughter made me a piggy box .. nicely decorated with pictures of pigs and signage saying "no Daddies allowed"
In it goes the cereal, crisps, snakcs, raisins, peanut butter ... basically anything I find myself eating out the cupboard.
she then hides the box in her room over the weekend .... if she wants anything she asks and then goes and gets it ... and it stops me from snacking completely. I keep going to the cupboard, standing with my hand out looking .. and realising all there is to eat is stuff that I need to cook.
We still have snacks in the house ... I just cant get to them3 -
Cheezits are like crack as far as I'm concerned. My only advice is to not eat even one. I found it easier to do that than to stop once started.
I'm with you there.
Or yeah, make them fit. Or buy flavors you don't like, lol.
What kinda helps me is that I think of what I'd rather save my calories for. And cheez its typically won't fill me up at all, and I don't like being hungry. I also really like snacking on apples, so it does help, as they're actually satisfying for me... So find snacks that you actually enjoy and can fit in your calories would be my advice.
I completely agree with this. I certainly wish my mom had found a way for me to like veggies, fruits and other healthy snacks, rather than indulge my tantrums. I may not have spent the first 50 years of my life overweight.
We all blame our parents for our weight. Truth is, some kids blame their parents for only giving them healthy stuff, which caused them to binge on junk when they got older, and some will blame their parents for giving them only junk and letting them be overweight.
There's no reason why kids shouldn't learn to eat goldfish or cheez its in moderation too. I mean, it's always SO EASY to criticize the way that other people are parenting their kids, until you have kids on your own and you realize that your great parenting tips are just not working out. It's not even about 'indulging in tantrums', it's about making sure that kids actually eat something and grow properly (to an extent, obviously, I'm not one to make her child a special meal when everyone else is having something else).
I have two kids, one will naturally go for the veggie and fruit tray, the other one hides goldfish bags under his bed. Both parented the same way. Go figure. They're both on the low weight side and my son would have no issue starving himself if he doesn't like what we offer him.5 -
My daughter made me a piggy box .. nicely decorated with pictures of pigs and signage saying "no Daddies allowed"
In it goes the cereal, crisps, snakcs, raisins, peanut butter ... basically anything I find myself eating out the cupboard.
she then hides the box in her room over the weekend .... if she wants anything she asks and then goes and gets it ... and it stops me from snacking completely. I keep going to the cupboard, standing with my hand out looking .. and realising all there is to eat is stuff that I need to cook.
We still have snacks in the house ... I just cant get to them
That's hilarious, and so cute! And apparently it works!
There was a time when I received a certain treat as a gift (can't recall what it was now) that was so tempting at the time, that I had my husband hide it from me, and dole out small portions when I asked. I haven't done that since, but it was effective!0 -
That's like 7 cheezits. Some of us need 42. So happy you don't.
exactly, I had 100 cals left last night so I had 5 crackers(the serving size) and 3 garlic stuffed olives. My mind rebelled. I usually like to eat 30 crackers with a spicy V8 and olives and cheese and maybe some hummus.
OP I would work the cheez its into your day, actually and luckily the serving size for cheez its is pretty good (about 27 crackers) and not too high in calorie and with a v8 Mmmmm0
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