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by HungryGirl on April 2, 2009

April 2, 2009

Post from “HungryGirl”

As we are getting close to the end of our Biggest Loser experience, I wanted to bring everyone up to date. I have learned many things in these past nine weeks, and I thought I would share some of them each week for the remaining weeks.

I received a question addressed to me in the blog that I want to answer here:

How do you deal with temptation of snacks that are conveniently waiting to be eaten around the house, the lab, the office etc? Do you have any specific strategies to curb your intake in these cases?

I have several strategies. First, I have portion-controlled servings. For example, instead of buying a big bag of Doritos, I buy the box of individual servings of 100 calories. Yes, my family complains, but I tell them that paying attention to portion size is not only for weight control; you need to limit foods that have limited nutritional value.

It’s true that buying snacks this way is more expensive. But it seems to be worth it. If you cannot find your favorite snack in the 100-calorie section, I have another strategy. I open a big bag of, say, chips. Then I divide the chips into serving sizes and repackage them into zip-lock bags. I put all the chips in zip-lock bags, leaving nothing in the big bag. This stops me from the “oh, just one more chip” syndrome that used to have me eating my fill of my favorites.

Another thing I’ve learned is that I always need to have “good” choices available. If you have read previous blogs, you know I am a fast-food junkie. I like quick and easy, and snacks are SO quick and easy. So I make sure that my kitchen, my desk, my car—even my bingo bag—have healthy snacks. The kitchen is easy: lots of fruits, Weight Watchers ice cream, non-fat yogurt, low-fat cheese cubes, and leftovers. My desk, my car and my bingo bag contain several boxes of 100-calorie snacks. They also have low-fat crackers, individual servings of salad dressing, and diet caffeine-free soda.

Yes my life is different. But I am 23 pounds less than when I started. I will share more strategies next week. Until then, I am no longer “Hungry Girl.”

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