Struggles at work

Hey there!

I'm just wondering if anyone else out there has a desk job and they struggle with constantly feeling hungry... or thinking they're hungry? I try and keep a lot of healthy snack foods up here, but I always feel like I'm eating. I've started drinking water (this is not an easy task for me) quite a bit. I've heard that it makes you feel full, but so far that is not helping much. Anyone having the same problem? And if so do you have any tips you can share? Thanks!

I do.. I've been drinking more water with flavor packets in it, and I do drink diet soda... I'm hungry a lot, but I'm kinda used to it, I'm hungry no matter how much I eat

Other than that, get snacks that have small pieces (I do peanuts sometimes) measure them out, but then eat them one piece at a time, slowly... so they last longer..they taste the same in small bites as large...

I have a desk job and if I am not super busy, I tend to want to snack. Especially since I sit right next a candy store we have in my office. It is so tempting to walk over and grab some chocolate (my biggest temptation). Try to keep busy, I go through a lot, and I mean A LOT of sugar free gum. Get all different flavors!! And water is key! Try adding lemon slices or flavor packets to it. That sometimes help.

I could seriously eat from the moment I get up to the moment I go to bed. And I do. I eat a lot of fruit and veggies. baby carrots, celery, cucumber grape tomatos. I go through probably 3 or 4 cups of cut up veg a day.

I drink the flavored seltzer waters with a lemon or lime slice, didn't love them at first, so it took some time to get used to them. Its like having a cocktail in the middle of the day!

I don't know what kind of office you work in, but about 8 months ago I asked the maintenance guys to raise my desk so I could stand. I have a high office chair, too, but standing encourages me to get up and take walking breaks. I try to do that every half hour on top of working out. It just helps keep you energized!

As far as the feeling hungry, I get that way when I am stressed or board. If you aren't quite enjoying the plain water, I like to put either a little lemon juice or just a splash of orange or cranberry to give it a bit of flavor. I also like hot tea, that way you drink it more slowly. Also, what kind of healthy snacks do you have? Almonds, peanuts (unsalted) and greek yogurt all have a lot of protein and keep you fuller longer than, say, a 100 calorie pack of something.

The water helps me most of the time.

When I am actually hungry I have quaker chewy granola bars and fiber one brownies to snack on.

Try eating mini meals instead of bigger meals... for example eat every 2 hours (6 mini meals) instead of every 4-5 hours (3 bigger meals).

Same problem here. I am sitting at my desk as we speak watching the minutes tick away so that I can go downstairs and get a snack, even though I am not hungry in the least. It's just boredom and the need to shake up my routine that keeps me snacking all day. I am trying to go on MFP and read/post whenever I am bored and thinking about food. I am also drinking water so I at least have some sort of mouth action going on. I may go get a diet soda in a while to break up the monotony of the water. And I need it to be 5 o'clock soon so I can get out of here and think about something other than food!

Same thing here! All day sitting at my desk... I have a water bottle that I fill with ice and water that i non stop drink all day... in the afternoon i add a packet or crystal light to give myself some flavor and keep me from wanting something like candy like i used to do around 3pm every day. Also when i get hungry and feel tempted to eat i "window shop" online..... looking for clothes or things i will want to buy once i reach my goal weight, it helps to keep me from cheating on my diet

Crystal light packs in the water! Gives more of a flavor but hardly adds any calories. I put on packet of the peach mango green tea into a 32oz of water so its just 10 calories. Also try chewing SF gum. Gives your mouth something to do again for about 5 cals a stick. And when those don't work I do sunflower seeds! Again I get the flovored ones and dill pickle spitz are my fav the whole bag is 540 calories and says 3 servings. It takes me a week or two to finish off the bag because I more less jsut munch on them on and off all day. Kinda messy but at my desk job I don't have alot of people coming by so tossing some seeds into a cup or trash can doesn't bother anyone.