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You just have to want results more than you want the unhealthy snacks.

If it helps, make a rule that you can have so many snacks each day. Bring your own healthy stuff. Don't eat whatever is available if it doesn't meet your definition of "healthy".

OR decide "x" snack is worth it but "y & z" are not. I've done that in the past. Cake? No thanks. Cookies? Nah. Fresh warm donuts? Love them, so I'll have one with coffee, as long as it's not happening frequently...maybe once a month, then absolutely I'll say yes to a donut.

Another possible option is to decide on having ZERO snacks while working (that's what I do unless I have some legitimate reason to be hungrier than normal and lower on calories). This might sound weird, and I know for me it stems from my working retail jobs when I was much younger...but some people consider it unprofessional or rude to eat at your desk. I'm not a receptionist but I do work in an office and take phone calls and I'd be mortified to answer the phone with food in my mouth. It's just more professional to limit eating to break times, and a lot of people say it's beneficial as well to be more mindful about your eating rather than just snacking from boredom.

At home, I usually have a little something sweet after dinner for "dessert" and then I floss & brush my teeth by around 7 pm and consider the kitchen closed for the evening. My husband goes in for a snack around 9 pm most nights and to be honest I don't even consider it because I've already done my dental hygiene stuff. I'll just drink water after that.

Just another note...but I have noticed when I post in threads like "what we're eating daily" a few people think my food sounds kind of heavy or filling compared to what some people on here are eating. I don't have a super high calorie goal (around 1400 most days) but I do think for me it works best to have a small breakfast and then larger, more filling lunch & dinner. I'm not saying NEVER snack. Some people prefer to have many smaller snack-like meals. Maybe that's for you? But I do think others (like me) just prefer filling meals so we're not as tempted to keep snacking during the day or when bored watching TV.

Make sure you stock your desk with pleanty of healthy options. I make sure to bring nuts, cucumbers, carrots, and hard boiled eggs on Monday morning. That way I have stuff for the whole week.

I keep healthier options at my desk and when someone brings something in that's homemade I tell myself I can have a taste if I still want it after eating my own snack. Most of the time I forget about it and sometimes I have a taste.

Try pre logging your day and allow x calories for an unplanned snack. Then stick to it.

Definitely a pattern here...

seltzermint555 wrote: »

You just have to want results more than you want the unhealthy snacks.

CarvedTones wrote: »

Discipline; there is no magic bullet.

ladyhusker39 wrote: »

If you want long term success you really have to work on your self discipline and habits. There are no tricks or short cuts that will sustain you through time.

lorrpb wrote: »

stick to it.