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How do you handle overeating caused by boredom and innatentiveness?
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The most useful thing has been grocery shopping. If you don't have calorie dense foods at hand then you won't eat them. Sure you can mindlessly eat an apple or two, but you will probably be full by that point. Also 2 apples is way less calories than any junk food.
Want stimulus when watching a movie, sit down with a big bowl of broccoli. Even if you eat all of it, that's like 100 calories.
Carrot sticks and hummus are my go-to for this situation. It might not be the lowest calorie option, but still healthy without at all feeling like I'm torturing myself in the process.
Like so many things, there are degrees. Yes you can sit down with a big bowl of celery, but making yourself miserable isn't going to help you keep up the good habits.
Well the problem seems to be eating without actually experiencing the act. So either that keeps going and they don't care or they start paying attention to what they are doing. It's a win either way.