WHAT DO YOU DO?

TODAY ABOUT 2 HRS AFTER I ATE LUNCH I FOUND MYSELF HUNGRY AGAIN. NOT LIKE STARVING BUT WANTING SOME KIND OF LITTLE SNACK AND I KNOW WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO SNACK. I TRIED DRINKING WATER HOPING THAT WOULD MAKE IT GO AWAY AND WHEN IT DIDN'T I BOUGHT SOME PEANUT BUTTER AND CRACKER SNACKS AND ATE THE PEANUT BUTTER OUT OF THEM. I FEEL A LITTLE GUILTY BUT IT DID THE TRICK. I DON'T KNOW IF I DIDN'T GET FULL AT LUNCH BUT I THOUGHT I DID. HAS THIS HAPPENED TO ANY OF YOU AND WHAT DID YOU DO ABOUT IT?

This has happened to me more recently; I am almost six months out. I notice that it really depends on what I eat as a meal. Some things are more satisfying than others, and for myself I find that things like chicken, cheese, eggs, etc... are more satisfying than a protein bar, refried beans, pinto beans, or lentils (which I love) - this does not happen every day - some days I have no interest in food, and some days I could eat all day, if I allowed myself to! When this happens I try to drink something other than water - I have had coffee, sugar free hot chocolate, something warm does the trick...it helps that I am always cold!

Anna

ahhhmmmmmm...you had a snack.....(sorry, my 8 year old rubs off on me)

I KNOW. I FEEL SO GUILTY LIKE I GOT CAUGHT WITH MY HAND IN THE COOKIE JAR. IT ALSO DOESN'T HELP THAT AUNT FLO HAS COME TO VISIT AND I WANT SOME CHOCOLATE SO BAD I CAN'T STAND IT!!

Call me evil!  Call me a law-breaker!  But I snack.  It's usually a piece of lf cheese or beef jerky but it's a snack.  What's so evil about a snack?  Unless, of course, it leads to grazing or carbs or to many calories!

You law breaker, You!! But actually you are absolutely right - it is not the snack in itself that is bad, but the tendency to munch all day, aka grazing, that we have been so good at in the past! If the snack is healthy, as you mentioned cheese, ect..., there is nothing wrong with that...it is normal that with the little amounts of food consumed at meal times, something in between is needed. I have a timeframe during the day that I welcome eating...between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. - it happens that I have a snack here and there - not every day as I posted earlier, but it does happen....

In my opinion there is nothing inherently wrong with a snack in the afternoon.  However, it needs to be a protein snack according to my thinking.  I do know that carby snacking is a slippery slope back to horrible eating patterns.  I cannot physically go from lunch at 11 or 11:30 until dinner at 5:30ish.  I know I could eat dinner earlier but then I can't (won't?) go from 4:30- 5 until bedtime without wanting a snack.  I try to keep my snacks under 100 calories and high in protein.  I think we have to keep our own best interests in the forefront of all eating decisions.  I think Weight Wise tells us NO snacking to keep us from making poor choices- obviously we didn't do too well on our own in the past or we wouldn't be their patients.  I also know the fastest way to make me cheat is to tell me no, never again can I have that food item or eat a snack.

you can go to  atkins .com and get the meal plan they have for induction and stick to it like crazy.  Some of the mealplans are really delicious.  they are customizable and best of all, they are FREE...so what can you lose except the weight and the grief.

T.

Snacks aren't evil. Anna posted really well. I eat cheese or beef jerky or fruit.. Occasionally I let myself have reduced fat sf ice cream or sf pudding or something. Don't beat yourself up...just pick something healthy!

i tried some sf chocolate/vanilla pudding last night and it was ok. it satisfied my need for a snack and my big need for chocolate but i could only eat couple of spoons. i will restock my supply of chees sticks tomorrow and try to keep them handy. thanks for all the advise!