As I mentioned earlier in the week, there are certain things I can’t do right now, maybe ever. Eating popcorn is one of them. Actually snacking, in general, is just no good for me. I end up not eating meals, but instead grazing lightly during the day and A LOT at night once the boys are in bed. Most of my consumed calories, I would wager, accrue after 7:30pm. I know I am not alone in doing this. No, this is just another stereotypical way in which women–particularly mothers– put themselves at the end of a very long list.
Proof snacking is not a healthy behavior for me? I stopped snacking two days ago, and my 1.2 pound weight loss occurred in these past two days. This speaks volumes (about my volume.)
For how many here is snacking a downfall?
First of all–good for you!
Secondly, I snack ALL THE TIME. So, like you, I just DON’T anymore. I just make it a restriction and it is SO HARD. But I go overboard and I need to learn self control.
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Me! Me! Me! Me! My worst time is in the afternoons (from lunch until dinner…that’s a long period of time during which you can consume a LOT of calories **blushing**). Have you tried brushing your teeth BEFORE you put the boys to bed? It works for me-although it’s not my worst time…so who knows. I know I just don’t wanna have to brush them twice at night. LOL
Congrats btw, and what is your total loss now??? I’m fixin’ to start the upward climb again. Uh oh! THis can’t be good…BUT IT IS! :D
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Yay for weightloss!
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Snacking is my absolute downfall. I eat healthy meals and then in between snack on popcorn, chocolate (especially after last weekend) and crackers and cheese. Definitely after dinner is my worst time as well!
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Isn’t cereal after 10 pm just a jump-start on breakfast the next day…? I think I’m being efficient : )
Oh yup yup yup. It’s even worse now that I’m pregnant because I keep telling myself: it’s ok, you’re pregnant! But my goal is to not gain so much weight this time. It would help if everyone else wouldn’t encourage me to keep eating all. the. time!
yep. most of my snacking is at night, although i just had some cookies at the usual 3p mark at the office. i find when i am less stressed (when?) and busy i snack less. then the bloating is not so bad. but carbs are my best-est friend! maybe i shouldn’t buy Sun Chips at Costco…
Hmm, I think I would curl up and die without snacking. Snacking is what gets me through the day. Maybe some people are built differently, because I think they key to my healthy weight IS snacking.
There, I put “snacking” in every single sentence. And now I have overused it and it sounds weird.
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I don’t think snaking in itself is bad, it’s what you snack on and how often. I actually think it’s important to eat every 3-4 hours but I guess mini meals.
But saying that and doing it are two different things. I too, find that I haven’t sat down (or stood over the kitchen sink) for a real meal all day but just grazed and grazed and grazed, so I’m never full, always hungry, and always eating.
And yea, the whole after the kids are in bed thing. HARDEST time for me not to eat. I hate not being able to snack in the evenings..the hardest part is that I’m an insomniac…it’s hard to lose weight when you’re up 90% of the time in a 24 hour period.