Snacking....

[Mersh 173]

So I'm just over 2 months post. Down 72lbs as of this morning. Feeling amazing. However I am noticing that with my diet being open to whatever food I want, at work I find myself often bored and grabbing a handful of nuts, or a couple 5cent candies, or some Jerky or or or or or....

Before I get the keyboard heroes telling me about this cardinal sin in weight loss. I am still loosing weight drastically (roughly 1.5 lbs a day atm), my calories even with the Snacks sit under 1200cal daily. And I'm likely overthinking it...

I guess I'm asking how some of you with slower jobs/desk jobs handle the old habits like this? My go too is sunflower seeds which keeps me busy and has some pretty awesome Protein surprisingly... But I guess even that is a crutch of the habit.

The mental game I tell yah... learning to be a new person isn't easy... but its worth it...

Yea, I'm likely overthinking it

[Waler 330]

As long as you are being carful not to fall back into old eating habits and your staying on track, don`t over think it. If you are still headed in the right direction what ever you are doing is working for you. The trick comes when you get closer to your goal, that is where you really need to ratchet things up a bit. Make good habits now and it will pay off later.

[DropWt4Life 957]

I am not struggling with eating out of boredom YET, but I understand exactly what you are going through as I have done this my entire life. Planned Snacks are great, and the nuts or Jerky can fit into that plan. The key is having the mindset that the snack is fueling your body instead of just doing it because you are bored.

I smoked cigarettes for 10 years. When I quit 10 years ago, I realized that "triggers" as they call it, were real. I mentally and unconsciously had a cigarette whenever a trigger was present. That trigger might be getting in the truck to drive. It might be the end of a meal. The point is that if you are snacking when you are bored, you are continuing the bad habit that got you into trouble in the first place. I think this is a big problem for most of us. We have to use this time to change that if we are to continue being successful.

I work at a computer all day. I got my job to purchase a Veridesk for me, so that I can stand up and work. It does help. It takes me out of my comfort zone of sitting, and the cravings dissipate. I also burn more calories standing than sitting. Mind you, I don't do this all day. Just periodically. Maybe you can take a break and walk around the office for a minute or two whenever you get that craving.

You are doing really well, and I have no doubt that you will continue to be successful. Mindless snacking might just be the thing that hinders you from meeting or exceeding your goal weight as the weight loss will undoubtedly slow down in the coming weeks and months.

Anyway, good luck and thanks for bringing this up. This is a topic that is a real problem for most of us.

[Mersh 173]

@Waler and @DropWt4Life Thanks for the tips and encouragement. I drive heavy machinery for part of my job and so my habit can hopefully be curbed there by just not having stuff in my cooler on those days. While I'm at my desk though I think the whole, get up and move a bit more might help some of that too. Both are higher stress jobs but lots of hurry up and weight. So I think that my mental game will be tested a bit.