msu91
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Post by msu91 on Mar 7, 2017 10:41:03 GMT
Week 1 Day 7
Arrange your environment
Removing food triggers from your home or work environments are found to help people losing or maintaining weight control for unplanned eating, especially late afternoon or at the end of the day when it is harder to control urges to eat. Is this true for you? How has this worked for you? As you maintain, does it get easier or are there still some trigger foods that you cannot have in sight?
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Post by linda72 on Mar 7, 2017 14:35:33 GMT
I have removed a lot of the foods that could cause me problems. If I buy chips for DH, I keep them inside a cabinet so I don't see them. Out of sight, out of mind often works for me. I make sure to keep healthy things (nuts, string cheese, fruit) for those times when I want something to eat. 3-5 pm is a bad time for me with snacking so I try to have something that will hold me during that time. Apple slices/1 T PNB or string cheese is helpful. The important thing for me is to have something with protein. Just eating some carbs (fish crackers used to be a habit I had which did nothing to help stop the hungry feelings) only makes me look for more things to eat.
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Post by doordie50 on Mar 7, 2017 15:01:31 GMT
This definitely works for me. If I don't buy it, I don't eat it. No matter how bad a craving, I will not go out just to buy something to satisfy it.
Peanut butter is one of several items that are off limits in the house. Other things that don't cause that trigger affect but could, if abused be dangerous, get put up high and out of sight.
The best thing for me is to be well stocked with healthy favorites all the time.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2017 15:04:14 GMT
I rarely buy anything that is still a trigger for me.I will take a bite off something DH has and track it.I agree with Linda on having just carbs for a snack.I need protein.My snack time if I'm still hungry is usually around 8:00 b/c that's when I feed my dog a snack.I will normally have a boiled egg and sf jello parfait b/c the protein satisfies me and the parfait only has 1 carb gram so I'm good there.
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Post by jancanlose2016 on Mar 7, 2017 15:35:56 GMT
I try not to purchase trigger foods, because many foods are still triggers for me. Mainly the trigger foods are those that are entirely composed of carbohydrates and salt with no other redeeming value! My husband keeps his snacks in his TV room, which is upstairs in our house, and I rarely go there. I keep food in the pantry and the refrigerator. The only foods on the counter that are easy to see are bananas and Halos. Sometimes I want something crispy and salty though, and I think I'll just have to justify spending money on those expensive WW snacks as I usually don't open more than one package of them. I've tried making my own little snack bags of crispy, salty foods, and that doesn't always go well for me. Lately I've been having more of these cravings, and it shows on the scale. I'm spending today being the designated family member at the hospital where my SIL is having her knee replaced. That should keep me away from food and I'm taking along an apple and a few walnuts for a snack. Surely the hospital cafeteria has salads.
Have a good day everyone and thanks to our facilitators. These daily topics force me to reflect on my strengths and weaknesses in the diet management part of my life.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Mar 7, 2017 16:52:03 GMT
I do best if I don't see foods that tempt me and I don't hear about them. I have found talk about certain foods can create a craving for them. Lately I haven't triggered which is great although I really wanted my cupcakes for Valentine's day. That seemed to have satisfied my sweet tooth for a while.
My husband has ice cream in the house now and I'm doing fine with that. I've decided if I trigger the rule will be I can't eat his I have to go out and by a single serving size at the grocery store. Delaying it like that might help.
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Post by Tammy on Mar 8, 2017 3:10:32 GMT
The most important thing for me is to have healthy options. Having healthy options makes it easier to say "no" to the unhealthy options. Hunger + unhealthy options = trouble.
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Post by surfgirl on Mar 8, 2017 17:44:54 GMT
For me things like chips and pretzels are my downfall. I can have a huge bag of low fat low points Popcorn in my Pantry for a couple of weeks and just barely touch it, but pretzels, forget about it! I don't know what happens...I turn into a pretzel eating monster, so I just stopped buying them. I just keep healthy options and I try to combine a little protein and a little carbs in a snack so that it sort of fuels me and keeps me going and I Feel satisfied.
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