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  • 1) CHEW GUM!
    2) Drink tea
    3) I definitely second the 'look online at cute goal clothes'
    4) Stay out of the kitchen
    5) DON'T watch the yummy food commercials
    6) Call a friend
    7) Make a list of stuff you need to get done (I love lists lol)
  • chew gum
    drink tea
    eat a 5 calorie jello cup
    have a bubble bath... a LONG one
    read a good book
    grooming your double coated show dog that is blowing puppy coat (omg....)
    clean
    fold laundry
    do dishes
    go for a walk
    call a friend
  • Play the guitar, just dance or jump on the elliptical, chew gum or I just tell myself "no" if I can't swing a little bit into my points for the day!
  • Chew gum or Drink Crystal Light with crushed ice and munch on ice, Read success stories and look for before and after pics.
  • Pray
    Journal
    Run up and down the stairs
    Pull out the camera and get creative
  • ~ I always have a crossword puzzle book close by
    ~ I keep a fun journal, lots of stickers and cut outs of clothes i want glued in
    ~ I love cleaning, so I do a lot of that. Love to re-organize shelves
    ~ doing a fun laundry room project - why does it have to be ugly?? I'm painting fluffy clouds, a little picket fence and a clothes line with clothes dangling off it as a mural on the wall, keeps me busy and looks awesome!
    ~ clean behind the fridge
    ~ smooooch with DH
  • Sugarless Gum is my first line of defense, followed closely by large glasses of water.

    I rarely need more time for the craving to pass, but if I do I like to exercise or get out of the house. A walk is always great and I can't eat if I am not near food.
  • Quote: ~ doing a fun laundry room project - why does it have to be ugly?? I'm painting fluffy clouds, a little picket fence and a clothes line with clothes dangling off it as a mural on the wall, keeps me busy and looks awesome!
    We'd love to see some pics.
  • I also go for the "delay, but make it part of my calorie allowance" tactic. So, if fundraising chocolates turn up at work, I tell myself I can have one, at afternoon tea, instead of whatever I had originally planned to eat.

    Otherwise, tea. Lots of tea.

    If it's emotional though, then I try to work out what it is that I'm feeling, and if I'm still fixated on food, then I try to treat myself with something other than food. I buy something, or get dressed up, or have a bath, or read a pulpy book.
  • Read. Play around online. Go for walk if it's light out and weather permits. Clean or declutter. And my favorite, as someone said: when all else fails, go to bed. I probably need more sleep anyway!
  • I get out of the house! Shopping would be my preference.

    Or, if it's late, I just go to bed.

    I also plan for unplanned foods by having lots of on-plan foods around all the time. If I'm really wanting to eat something that I can't fit into my calorie budget for the day, I eat something that I CAN fit in. When I'm full, it's easier to not eat off plan.
  • To reorganize my closed have been helpful this last week. I also have found miniatures really useful as a distraction because they involves different crafts and if I’m not in the mood to stitch, I can paint miniature furniture or wallpaper a room
  • I don't get the late night munchies too often now that I am thinking about it. I tend to eat my biggest meal in the middle of the day just because that's when I am the most hungry. I eat a lot of whole foods, so the volume is high while the calories are low. If I am hungry later, I eat, simple as that. I eat a whole food snack. Fruit, veggies, an egg white with chopped veggies, greek yogurt with fruit mixed in (the kind I cut up myself), etc.

    If I have a craving for something I shouldn't eat, then a distraction could come into play, but I find that if I keep myself even on the hunger scale those little evil thoughts don't intrude too often. They come out when I have let myself get hungry. When that happens, I immediately go back to plan above. Once I am not ravishing anymore, my mind returns to normal.

    If it's just that I'm bored and want to eat for no reason, then yeah, a distraction is good. Find something to do.

    Paint my nails
    Read a fitness magazine
    Play a game with my girls
    Watch something on TV - I am not a TV eater, never have been thank goodness!
    Probably not the best time to clean the kitchen. Maybe fold some laundry.