Anyone have any suggestions on how to stop snacking when dieting?
Even when I eat good wholesome foods, low GI foods, I am still feeling hungry. Think it’s the psychology of wanting what cant have. Any ideas on how I can take my mind of food?
Only want to lose a stone but finding it soooooooo difficult.
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August 20th, 2010 at 12:39 am
if you don’t put food in your mouth you wont eat it.
August 20th, 2010 at 12:53 am
Actually snacking while dieting is good.Eating every 2-3 hours speeds the metabolism thus burns more calories. But snack in moderation. Like an apple or banana… some meat and cheese slices. things like that. Not cookies and chips.
For me, taking my mind off food is hard too. The way i do it is i diet pretty much really well all through out the week except 1 day i allow myself the things i would normally deprive myself, again in moderation though.
August 20th, 2010 at 1:16 am
This is going to sound weird but knitting helps. I was told to knit or do something creative with my hands. It works I promise. Hope this helps and good luck.
Knit squares and make them into a blanket and give to poor and homeless people.
August 20th, 2010 at 1:30 am
try having a glass of water. it makes you feel fuller.
August 20th, 2010 at 2:25 am
Take a 2 tablespoons of light olive oil paticularly in the morning and before bedtime this will alter cravings and help you to lose weight. You can look it up under woman’s day current issue.
August 20th, 2010 at 3:17 am
I know this might sound silly, but at one time when I was losing weight I brushed my teeth every time I had a craving. The food would taste awful if I gave in. I had clean teeth and didn’t eat. I sometimes went for a walk or sat out in backyard for a bit of gardening
August 20th, 2010 at 4:08 am
If you eating 3 meals a day. Break them up into like 6 meals. Munch on only healthy things……like carrot sticks.
August 20th, 2010 at 4:49 am
you could try eating abit of food at a time instead of a big meal and also snack on fruits instead of things that you know what you shouldn’t. it is difficult but just think about what you will look like after. also try exercising more, you’ll feel better and it puts your mind of food.
August 20th, 2010 at 5:00 am
You could try drinking water when you are hungry it fills you up and is has no calories, and it is good for you.
That is what i have found works for me
August 20th, 2010 at 5:31 am
Try replacing the food with drinking plenty of water.Water bags you up and it’s also good for you.
August 20th, 2010 at 5:57 am
Give into your snacking but change what you are snacking on. Have small battons of carrots, cauliflower, peppers. You could make a dip mixing low fat yoghurt and mint. Also, I find chewing gum helps. Doctors also think that we fancy a snack when we are in fact thirsty so poor yourself a healthy glass of water. Good luck
August 20th, 2010 at 6:27 am
TRY NOT 2 LOOK AT THE FATTY
AND SUGARY FOODS!!!
August 20th, 2010 at 7:21 am
I’m with you. I’m a snacker, too. I’ll eat great all day but, come 4 o’clock, I’m ready to mow through a whole box of Cheez-its!! I’ve found, though, that chewing on a piece of minty gum removes the temptation to nosh (nothing tastes that good when your mouth is all minty!). Also, I try to keep some water handy and drink it whenever I feel like munching.
August 20th, 2010 at 8:10 am
I am trying to lose a stone also & i have the same problem! The best thing is to keep yourself busy, if i get bored i eat even when i’m not hungry! the best thing is to snack on raw vegetables, i do a lunch box full of carrot sticks, pepper, cucumber etc and snack on that. it doesn’t ruin your diet and its good for you!!
August 20th, 2010 at 8:42 am
When you feel hungry drink water
August 20th, 2010 at 9:42 am
This is a tough one, but there are some things you can do which may help you.
I think most of the time we become bored and need to find something to do with our time.
I can only suggest that you find healthy snacks to munch on. I know that you probably crave the crunchiness of something…
You can buy some red or green grapes, wash them, and then freeze them. They’re wonderful, cold and crunchy!! Also try munching on celery, carrots, apples and nuts are a plus.. Almonds and walnuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds…
These things will not interfere with your weight loss, but in fact may be an advantage to you…….. they will cause your metabolism to kick in and burn even more 🙂
In moderation, I think this would pacify the cravings and help you out….
Best of Luck !!
August 20th, 2010 at 10:36 am
When you are hungry clean your teeth this will assuage your hunger take a toothbrush and toothpaste to work you don’t need to tell anyone soon you will be able to diet without the aid
August 20th, 2010 at 10:49 am
Steve is that you?
August 20th, 2010 at 11:06 am
Drink plenty of water – it fills you up and will help flush your system at the same time.
August 20th, 2010 at 11:16 am
As a weight watchers gold member, the best advice I can give you is to drink lots of water or tea (different kinds of tea available) or if I feel like I want to snack then i’ll focus my mind on something else and soon my mind is off it. Also, you can buy carrot batons from Tesco, which have no calories!
Good luck
August 20th, 2010 at 11:54 am
First of all remind yourself why you want to lose weight – what you are moving from and what you want to be.
Go for it with the snacks, but don’t make the snacks a treat. Pumpkin seeds may be a great option as they take forever to eat, are healthy and are easy to carry around with you.
The clean your teeth regularly and chewing gum are both good avoidance techniques as well.
Another area that is gaining increasing acceptance now is the milk diet. This works on the theory that subsituting milk as your main calorie source can help you lose weight.
As with any diet though, it’s really about lifestyle changes if you want to make it last. Otherwise you just end up putting it all back and more as soon as you return to your usual approach.
At the end of the day (what a dreadful expresssion!), it becomes a question of how much the lighter you matters. Is it more important than the lifestlye that resulted in the you that you want to change? Until it is, you are just putting a patch on.
Good luck!
August 20th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
Put a picture of yourself at your fattest where you can see it, and say to yourself, see, this is why I am not snacking!
August 20th, 2010 at 12:32 pm
okay, this may sound bizarre but read on and see what you think.
You mention taking your mind off food, and psychology all in the same breath. This is more than coincidence, – they are so closely linked.
Think of the psychology…. If you lose your purse/wallet the knee-jerk reaction is to search to get it back… This is because our minds are programmed over many years to retrieve something we have lost. Think about it.
When we diet the WORST words we can use are “lose weight”. Change this to “reduce weight” – our sub-conscious mind doesn’t then yearn for the weight to be returned. This can be a really useful aide to weight management.
Try slimming world too. There are LOADS OF FREE FOODS that you can snack on all day… Enjoy.
August 20th, 2010 at 1:17 pm
A drink can help relieve the hungar, but that feeling is because your depriving yousrself. When you have a meal, eat some chips (not many), even fried ones, but when you have say a burger or any meat, have it grilled on a lean meat grilling machine, removes most fat without the flavour or the fulfilment. best bit of all fried meat tastes much worse than grilled meat.
Snacking isn’t a bad thing and don’t believe the rubbish you get told about having a snack every couple hours, as you will have them on top of a meal. Have a meal that fills you up, then do some exercise, you won’t feel like it but just a little, it really speeds up your metabolism.
the truth is you need to try all to find what works for you best, but depriving yourself is bad, so is snacking. So make sure you eat enough to fill you up, you won’t want a snack then. The human body was designed to take food in large quantities, and still works best on this. It may start with a weight gain but you’ll soon adapt and only store what you need, then discard the rest. If you only ever take in a small amount of food it will be stored well in case there isn’t another meal coming for a fortnight.
August 20th, 2010 at 2:05 pm
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