I do well all day and even dinner but the second I go back to the kitchen to put lunch together I'm the cookie monster (Hi Schmoo )
How do you guys combat snacking when you have to get stuff done in the kitchen?
On phase I, I always ate the Mocha Ricotta Creme and I was too stuffed to eat anything else in the evening. Now I eat so many veggies with supper I'm usually stuffed but I alway save a Tbs. of my almond butter after dinner and it really tops me off. My DH usually does the "kitchen stuff".
Well, I keep no food out in the open or even in jars that are within a hand's reach. I also have a radio in my kitchen. It helps if I am listening to a radio program that I am really into; keeps my mind from wondering too much.
I still like to "snack" at night. For me (ok, don't laugh) it's peanut butter. I get out a spoon and take a scoop of peanut butter and a scoop of cool whip and shove that baby in my mouth and just eat it over the counter. Just enough to get that "sweet feeling" without going nuts completely. Like a dinner "chaser"!!
I still like to "snack" at night. For me (ok, don't laugh) it's peanut butter. I get out a spoon and take a scoop of peanut butter and a scoop of cool whip and shove that baby in my mouth and just eat it over the counter. Just enough to get that "sweet feeling" without going nuts completely. Like a dinner "chaser"!!
Thank you for that! It's nice to know I'm not the only one who does that!
KO, sometimes I pop a minty BreathSaver in my mouth while I'm doing food prep to avoid snacking.
Last edited by cottagebythesea; 08-27-2008 at 06:10 AM.
I don't keep sweets in the house except for 70% dark chocolate, which I am able to only eat very little at a time because it is so rich. If I kept sweets in the house, I'd be snacking all the time.
I'm okay, since we don't have a lot of bad things in the kitchen (or, it's stuff I don't like).
But....I haven't made cookies for my 3 and 5 year old children in ages. I know I will someday, and THAT's going to be tough!! Fresh cookies out of the oven? Maybe I can make cowboy cookies with WW flour (PB, oatmeal, and choco chips...are there dark chocolate chips? Or maybe chop up a bar?)
I still like to "snack" at night. For me (ok, don't laugh) it's peanut butter. I get out a spoon and take a scoop of peanut butter and a scoop of cool whip and shove that baby in my mouth and just eat it over the counter. Just enough to get that "sweet feeling" without going nuts completely. Like a dinner "chaser"!!
I eat the same thing in a dessert bowl. Makes me feel like I'm having a guilty, sinful dessert after dinner. Mmmmm. It's great with almond butter too.
Night is Killing me
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It's nice to know I'm not the only one who does that!
