Problems with snacking

OK...I eat over 2000 calories in snacking all day.  I know I am not even hungry when I snack...I just eat
Especially at work when Im stressed out.......with deadlines, etc
..................................when im bored from the same old thing each day...
I eat bad foods and Im not hungry....
What do you guys do when your not hungry and want to eat bad stuff.. I dont want to eat but I always turn to food.
I can only go out for a walk at break time.  Any ideas as to what to do inside your cubicle?

When I want to snack but I'm not hungry, I drink decaf coffee, or drink lots of water.  Snacking can mess with your weight loss.

Thanks for the idea...I just made some tea. 
Have to get decaf and some low cal creamer to keep at work.

Sounds like you're dealing with "Head Hunger".  Are you eating 3 protein rich meals each day and then snacking around meals, or are you just snacking all day long?

If you eat 3 meals, protein first, you should be full and not really hungry.

But that doesn't mean you aren't emotionally hungry.  That's called Head Hunger and can be cause by any emotion including stress and boredom, tiredness any other emotion you're feeling.  As someone who's obese you may be like me and have learned to deal with emotions through food.  I go to therapy to help with this and my best advice is to stop yourself and just take a few minutes to ask these questions:
1.  When did I eat last?  Am I really physically hungry?
2.  Will eating this _________help me acheive my WL goals?
3.  What am I really feeling? Otherwise, what's at the bottom of this desire to eat without control?

You may really be stressed, angry with your boss, tired, happy and wanting to celebrate, etc. etc.  Identifying your true emotion and addressing how and why you're feel ing what you're feeling is a great tool when you're eating with wild abandon.  It helps me to write down what I'm feeling which also takes enough time to let the urge pass.

Cravings are different from hunger in that they are 1.) usually food specific and 2.) will go away if ignored...eventually.
Real hunger is 1.) satisfied by any type of food and 2.) won't go away if ignored.

Hope this helps!
Lisa O.

Yes it certainly is Head Hunger. 
I have been reading one of the books by Genean Roth and she talks about it. 
when Im at work Im stressed, bored,  frustrated with boss.  I know I am not hungry.
I have depended on food to satisfy head/emotional hunger.  Now Im trying to find something else I can do while at work to take the place of eating.
Any thoughts?
Writing down my feelings sounds good....
Any other tools you have in your bag?

I often exit the building and take a quick walk around.  In bad weather I walk around our office floor, (it circles the elevator well). 
Ask co-workers not to put candy, treats, etc. near your desk.
Be prepared.  If you're going to give in, have an arsenal of healthy snacks near buy.
Here's what I have in my drawer at work right now:
25 calorie hot cocoa packets
Raw almonds
Soup-Individual servings from Healthy Choice
Chrystal Lite
Hot tea bags
Individual Peanut butter packets
flavored tuna in a foil pack
Individual packets of trail mix from Trader Joe's
Individually packed beef jerkey, (actually, I think it's turkey)
Non-dairy powdered creamer
Equal packets
Bare Naked granola, (to sprinkle on my Greek yogurt)
And soluable fiber, Ha!  Love the Benefiber!
Supreme Protein and Pure Protein bars

In our kitchen fridge at work:
String Cheese
NF plain Greek Yogurt
Canadian bacon rounds
hard boiled eggs

Wow!  I have a lot of food around me, but I only use it in case of emergency!

Lisa O.

wow....
Yes...everyday someone brings in donuts, cookies, chocolate, cakes.
I asked one girl I new If she could relocate it and she told me "its not all about me," and that I should practice "self control."  Hard to do it when its all so close by.
Ive been walking around cubicle near me in the opposite direction whenever I get the cravings.
50% of time it works, the other 50% I cave!

I like your list of foods to keep in the desk.  I will try some of those items and keep them handy.  Or maybe pack a couple in my lunch bag otherwise i might eat all the food in my desk in one sitting

Lisa is dead on in what she says. One other thing I do is to have planned snacks. It might be a greek yogurt, a cheese stick, a cup of s.f. hot chocolate, a protein bar, a pre-measured serving of nuts, a piece of fruit, meat stick, etc. Early on this was especially important because I was incapable of going more than 2 hours with out something to eat. Of course it was simply wanting to eat because I wasn't really hungry, but by planning it out it worked. I could tell myself that I didn't have to "suffer" long as it would soon be snack time. Since they were pre planned I could plan my daily caloric/protein intake around them. The in-between times I hit the fluids hard.
Until I could deal with eating out of hunger only this worked well for me. Even now when I feel myself getting antsy between meals I go back to the planned snacks. This way it isn't compulsive and I am far less likely to get into trouble with the wrong things. Give it a try. There is nothing holy about white knuckleing it out or giving in.
Good luck, Sue

Fluids sounds good.  Thank you
So do you not snack till your scheduled snack time?  Is that a trick you use?

If I am physically hungry and it has been sufficient time since a meal (I allow about 2 hours) or feel my blood sugar dropping, I will get my snack earlier. Usually I can deal with the desire to get it early by putting it off a while longer. For the most part when I was doing this I never had to go more than 3 hours without being able to have a little something. That way it made it much easier to avoid the unfettered snacking/grazing I had always done. I never went long enough, in the past, to know if I was hungry or not. If the urge hit I would feed it. When I began to change that pattern I would literally panic thinking I would starve to death, go crazy, or at least contract rabies. By promising myself snacks for good behavior I got past that. After a while it got so I could have the snack if I felt I needed it or could skip it if I chose. I would just have to adjust my daily plan accordingly. I still do this if I feel I am in a vulnerable time. Otherwise it is too easy to go way overboard on "good things", too.
Good luck