Stopping The Snacking!

[BrendaSmall]

I Had my first injection yesterday.
i didn’t snack yesterday, only had my 3 meals, nothing in between like I usually do, chocolate, crisps, biscuits!
Today, I was really craving biscuits hen I was in the kitchen baking and sorting out tea, I resisted even though I could feel my tummy growling!
I’ve had breakfast and my tea today.
All I really eat during the day especially at work is crisps, biscuits and chocolate, so I don’t know what I’m going to eat for the next 3 days as I don’t usually have breakfast as I’m up at 5.30 am and it’s too early to eat for me. I don’t have sandwiches or anything else that people usually have in a packed lunch.
its the snacking I need to stop.
How do you all manage not to eat when a lot of it is through boredom?

Have anyone else been a junk food snacked and stopped?

Are you partly snacking because you aren't eating anything for breakfast or lunch? Is it too obvious to suggest having something to eat at mealtimes?

This is where some of the habit change stuff really could happen.

The first thing is to just accept hunger pangs as something that happens. You can decide whether to respond to them. As long as you are eating a reasonable amount of calories a day, it's not dangerous feel hungry at times. The jab should eventually make that easier as there will be far fewer hungry times.

I've stopped having breakfast (still have coffee and a piece of fruit) and with the jab I can usually manage until lunchtime. I'm usually busy which helps.

Why don't you have a sandwich? Do you just not like them? I quite often have leftovers from previous nights dinner, or I sometimes make batches of soup at the weekends?

Then afternoon if I really feel the need at 4 I have more fruit or a carrot. If ive eaten lunch that will be enough. Then eat a decent dinner around 7.

Most of weight control is having healthy habits, the meds are a helping hand. Take a healthy morning snack/late breakfast and a good lunch eg salad, wrap or similar.

I just got started today and snacking is my chief concern. However, I have to get this weight off (last chance saloon really) and cost factor involved.

I’ll be watching your post w interest

Good luck!

By the way I avoid junk food by simply not buying any. Yes I'm overweight but it's not due to snacking in my case

Im up at 5 am to start at 6 and I cant eat that time of day either, but I take something with me in case the hunger pains become too much - pot of yoghurt and some fruit ( I finish at 10 so try to hold on till I get home )

If you are at work for the day, is there any reason why you can not take a pack up with you? All my life Ive had to supply my own mid day meal - packed lunch in school, packed lunch or staff canteen in places of work, even when I have worked in places with the most basic of facilities, there has always been a way to getting a meal - hot or cold - at lunch

Nowadays lunch is more often or not a smaller portion of the night before meal

All I really eat during the day especially at work is crisps, biscuits and chocolate

that’s your problem op, it’s why you gained weight. You need to take a healthy meal in, possibly two, depending on how many hours, as you don’t eat breakfast.

make sure they are high protein and cals fit within an overall cal deficit for the day,

I take one of these jars with Aldi Greek yogurt in and frozen berries. Then in my bag I have an old water bottle with a mix of seeds in, also from Aldi, and I put those on before I eat it. It's so nice.

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My husband takes a Sistema breakfast to go container with granola in. He's got five containers and he does them at the weekend. He takes a pot of yogurt.

For lunch I take a piece of poached salmon (Aldi)and some chopped up cucumber and a piece of bread. Much easier than making a sandwich.

Why don't you take food in to work with you? If you don't have proper food and only have access to biscuits then all you're going to eat is biscuits!

I find that mounjaro definitely helps with snacking. I was unable to stop on 1 biscuit or 1 piece of chocolate before. Nowadays, even if I really, really fancy something sweet, 1 piece of chocolate is enough 🤯.

First of all well done for getting on board.

Secondly make sure you’re drinking lots of water- I mean AT LEAST 3 litres if not more. Move away from fizzy drinks and juice because long term the sugars and sweeteners in these will flip your glucose response once you stop using the medication.

Thirdly once the medication builds in your system the urge to snack will disappear- use this advantage and develop a healthier grazing mentality of raw carrot sticks, celery, peppers. Swap out your addiction to Ultra processed foods for raw natural snacks- make them your habit so you're not gravitating towards the garbage food.

Remember- shit in shit out. Use this journey as a tool to swap out all the crappy habits and replace with healthy options that won’t trigger binges in the future.