Day 125 – Solution for Snacking

by Bill Wallace on August 9, 2008

Exercise Summary:

  • Wednesday: 6.85km; 41:30mins; 552 cal; heart: 142bpm
  • Saturday: 6.07km; 33:48mins; 515 cal; heart: 150bpm
  • Month to date: 26.5km

These last 3 weeks at work have been pretty intense and I have not been posting like I should. I have read through my favourite blogs for inspiration though so thanks to those who have continued to blog.

The only thing I think I have been maintaining is the running schedule. Where once it was the last thing I would do it has become the exercise I CAN do with little effort (to get going) and know that it’ll have a positive impact on my weight, fitness and mindset.

In term of getting healthier it still comes down to Eat Better : Move More.

So what gets in my way?

I have to say my appetite is seriously worrying me (aka snacking!) I used to come home after work, have my Jenny Craig meal, a snack and that was pretty much it. Now I am finding I am just hungry and it seems to be all the time.

That means snacking is increasing and while I am still running my weight lost isn’t as good as it could be.

Snacking has to go. So I did a search on ways to stop snacking and came up with this. Ryan blogged this back in 2005 but it makes a lot of sense to me – brush your teeth after a meal.

“So here’s my simple technique to help you stop snacking: Brush your teeth immediately following a meal.

I find that doing this prevents me from snacking between meals for three reasons. One, whatever I eat after brushing my teeth will most likely taste bad. Two, I don’t want to go to the trouble of brushing my teeth again. And three, I don’t want to mess up that fresh feeling in my mouth by eating junk food.”

So this week, after my evening meal, this is going to be what I do. Just to see if it works.

Sometimes the simplest solutions are often the best. :)

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  • http://alifelesssweet.blogspot.com/ cathy

    This is so true! The minty taste really kind of kills snacking urges. I’ve also heard that eating an Altoid mint can kill the urge too.

  • http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com Andrew is getting fit

    I hope it works. Let us know.

    I found that as the mileage per week increases the appetite increases as well. A nasty side effect of increased calorie burning seems to be increased calorie wanting!

  • http://www.billstrainingblog.com Bill Wallace

    @ Cathy: Thanks for confirming my thoughts Cathy. I’ll see how I go. It gets pretty frustrating doing the exercise then ruining it with eating.

    @Andrew: You’ve hit the nail on the head I think. The more I eat the more the body needs the sustenance. I am getting really thirsty after a run (diabetes test results will be in soon) but need to drink copious amounts of water and not Pepsi! :(

  • http://ajhblog.wordpress.com Andrew(AJH)

    Might have to try that trick myself – I snack far too much at night.

  • http://applyfoodstamp.com Iceplielp

    I wanted to research this subject and write a paper. Your post what a thousand words would not. Nice job.