I need to stop eating chocolate. What can I nibble on?

[Cappuccino]

I want alternatives to sitting in front of the TV eating chocolate

something nice and more healthy

any ideas?

(not crisps )

dried fruit?

hmm maybe

that would be easy to get out wouldn't it

I keep thinking I will have bits of melon and then I think 'oh all that chopping' and give up

the best thing to do is ban all food when watching TV

if you find a way to do this let me know

or you could try yoghurt covered raisins

dangerous the yogurty coating

I can eat a whole packet of yogurt covered brazil nuts which are as bad as chocolate

Grapes
Microwave popcorn (without butter added)
Sugar free/low cal hard candy
Flavoured rice cakes
Low fat/no fat fruit yoghurt
Diet Hot Chocolate (some sorts much better than others)

DON'T EAT IN FRONT OF THE TELLY!!!

It's lethal!

Just focus on the programme. Or if you have to, find something else to do with your hands instead of keep bringing them up to your gob. Knitting, sewing, doodling, anything.

Alternatively, you could stop watching telly and do sit ups instead.

exhausted by effort of just typing that..need a little lie down now...

what was that?

museli
yoghurt
fizzy water

Trail mix with a few chocolate chips or buttons mixed in. Gives you that "hit" with a bit of protein and fiber as well.

I do get what you are saying Hecate but my resistance is low at present because I am ill - I don't have anything like hte energy for sit-ups (though I would love tohave)

dh is going away next week for 2 weeks and I am ordering in lots of good films/ tv series from lovefilm because I know that being ill and alone is going to make me low, so I wanted to give myself a treat

thus it is not the time for self-denial, but I need to steer clear of chocolate because it is one of my downfalls

get one of those ab balls (mine is actually ds's space hopper) and do sit ups whilst watching tv. Even the peresence of the ball in the room will stop you eating.

what is it with you lot and sit-ups?

this being mumsnet, I half expected someone to turn up making weak innuendo out of 'nibble on'

but I was not prepared for this keep fit freakery

I want something to eat goddamnit

boiled sweets, jelly tots, wine gums, sherbert, i could go on.

nibble on nuts then.

now how does sherbet qualify as 'more healthy' SEA?

we have gone from the sublime to the ridiculous here

sit ups or sherbert

no in between

well sweets aren't fattening are they? just clean your teeth

How about grandads sweet butter candy......

werthers originals obviously

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Rice crackers
Ginger biscuits (dunk in tea?)

Not that healthy but less fattening than chocolate!

Water - make yourself a water bar with lots of different brands and levels of fizz. Get yourself some beautiful new glasses

Herbal tea - ditto get some really lovely ones and some new and beautiful mugs or cups

Agree with sewing or knitting idea.

I do patchwork, embroidery or tapestry. Chocolate and a piece of clean material in which you have invested much time and effort do not mix. (But there again, I am ancient .... )

i found limiting myself to a square of nice dark chocolate worked, i was still getting my fix, but not eating loads