how not to stuf your face during the day

mkirby
mkirby Posts: 365
edited September 2010 in Commuting general
Ok i eat a lot, far too much i have plenty of blubber to keep me topped up.

How do you stop munching through the day after commuting and more importantly on days when you are not on the bike?

I have no will power so looking for something healthy i can snack on instead of going to the vending machine or the office canteen.

Help i cant afford bigger clothes :(

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  • schweiz
    schweiz Posts: 1,644
    fruit and water...fills up your stomach on minimal calories

    If you are commuting, make sure you have a 'proper' lunch, Meat and Carbs so it fills you up to stop you snacking in the afternoon and gives you some fuel in the tank for your journey home.

    Another way to save a few hundred calories a day is to only have a main course for dinner...no cake with your cup of tea...maybe just a couple of biscuits if you have a sweet tooth.
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  • Splottboy
    Splottboy Posts: 3,695
    We have a sweet/crisp machine in work, and Mc's not far away, so I USED to indulge.
    But, after an injury last year, went to 13st 5lb from around 12st 3lbs or so.

    So, now I tend to have breakfast, cup or two of hot chocolate during a 6 hr day, and meal at around 7pm. Then, fruit at night, and try to avoid choccy etc. ( Having said that, Mrs made a nice Banana cake today. Still warm in the tin...)

    If I ride in/home, take a energy/museli bar with me. Nothing else.

    Did a 2hr 20min VERY HARD ride yesterday, and only drank Lucozade mix in 2 x 750ml bottles. Can't ride/eat, find it sickly...
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    mkirby wrote:

    I have no will power so looking for something healthy i can snack on instead of going to the vending machine or the office canteen.

    I have the same problem, no willl power. I somehow seem to have fooled myself in to beliving that if I don't have sugar in my coffe I can have a Twix to make up for it. I'm faily sure there's more cals in a Twix than one sugar. :oops:
  • Applespider
    Applespider Posts: 506
    Fruit is the easiest way if you want to eat something.

    The other way is to try to help your will power out with some logic. Get an idea of what your favourite 'bad' snacks are in calorie terms - and then in terms of what you'll have to cycle to work it off again and if you can do it that day. If the answer is no, you don't have time to do a 3 hour ride with lots of hills, it does make it easier to say no to that bit of cake or whatever. Or is that Twix going to taste so good that you won't mind the extra pedalling?

    Of course, if the answer is yes, you get to eat the cake and do the mileage :D
  • Raphe
    Raphe Posts: 48
    I've not tried it yet but I hear good things about this lot
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  • HebdenBiker
    HebdenBiker Posts: 787
    I am overweight. I had always stuffed my face during the day in order to "have the energy" for the 15 mile hilly ride home. Yesterday I did an experiment. I ate a banana before setting out at 8am, then nothing apart from water, then just an apple before riding home at 2:30pm. I didn't feel hungry and I didn't lack energy, and I didn;t go any slower. What's that all about? :shock:
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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    Fruit is still very sugary - it's totally not an all you can eat panacea for the chubby.
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  • Oddjob62
    Oddjob62 Posts: 1,056
    Make sure you drink plenty of water. Often people mistake thirst for hunger. I often go through 4+ litres even when i'm just sitting at my desk all day
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  • mkirby
    mkirby Posts: 365
    I do drink lots of water, far more than i ever do at home. The problem i have is boredom theres just not enough work to keep me busy.

    Getting a new job isnt an option either.
  • Bacteria Man
    Bacteria Man Posts: 61
    I find things like walnuts help. Good fats and protein, gives your snack some geniune nutritional value, and helps to dampen down peckishness. Goes well with coffee too. Salted peanuts are cheaper, and help if you sweat a lot during cycling, but may not be a good idea if you're prone to high blood pressure.

    Biscuits are usually bad news, but I think the lesser of all the evils is probably normal hobnobs-I think they have about the same number of calories as a ginger nut, but they contain oats (although I'm not sure how much).

    I think oranges are the best fruit for snacking or desert-they have so much fibrous matter that it does a pretty good job of filling me up.

    Finally as a general rule, lots of little things tend to satisfy more than a more substantial snack of one thing, so mix it up. I have a large snack bag, filled with the above that I keep at work and top-up with supplies from home. This helps to keep the variety up.

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