making the wrong choice at THAT moment

Hide the food! Give him his own cabinet or drawer in the fridge where he can stash his goodies. I don't usually keep snacks in my kitchen either, but if I do, I'll put them in a different cabinet where I don't see them every day. In my fridge drawer now, I've got three bottles of beer and two bottles of birch beer soda. I don't ever go in that drawer and I'm not tempted by seeing it every time I go to the fridge!

Maybe designate seperate snacking cabinets? One for you one for him? That way you aren't tempted to eat the "wrong" thing...

:laugh: Great minds think alike!

We must be twins because I am the exact same way!!! I eat wonderful all day!! But then when I get home, I just feel like I'm starving and eat everything I can get my hands on!! So I don't really have good advice because I'm trying to figure this out for myself. Me and my boyfriend have decided to start going to the gym as soon as we get home to lift weights, so that way when I get back from the gym and I get ready to cook supper I will not want to blow all the work I just did! We're starting that plan today! But any other advice would be great!

Also, I'm trying to eat a small healthy snack before I get home, so I won't be so hungry

Also, I'm trying to eat a small healthy snack before I get home, so I won't be so hungry

Perhaps having something (nonperishable) in your car for the ride home- sounds like a good idea (one I might try, considering I am guilty of snacking wrong as soon as I get home too some days)

I try to have a good snack at work before I leave around 4 or 4:30. This usually holds me over until dinner around 7:30 or 8.

Luckily, I'm usually busy right when I get home, working out, helping with homework, straightening up, etc so I don't have a whole lot of time to snack anyway.

Another trick I've found with bad snacks being in the house....
My son and fiance love snacks, sweets, everything I shouldn't eat, so I HAVE to buy them. (I've already made them convert to the healthier stuff like wheat bread, fruit, wheat pasta, etc. so I feel bad) I put their stuff on the lowest shelf in the pantry and put my healthy stuff on top. I buy them snacks that I know I don't really like either. Like if I bought oreos for them, I'd eat them. But I don't really like peanut butter cookies, so I'll buy those for them. That way their happy and I'm not tempted by having my favs in the house.

Hope that helps. It's worked for me so far.

I was running into the same problem. As soon as I got home I was starving and eating all kinds of junk food as I was making dinner and then eating way too much for dinner.

Not sure what your work environment is, but now I keep snacks in my desk at work. I have "good" food ready whenever I feel the urge to go across the hall to the cafe and buy "bad" food. Maybe try to keep something at work so you can eat at the end of the day or on your way home.

I have Quaker Chewy Granola bars, Light Pringles and mini bags of popcorn....sweet and salty stuff to cover any craving I might have. Those 100 cal packs are good too (or you can make your own by buying a real package of whatever food it is, count out 100 cal worth of it and put it in baggies to save money).