I have no will power :(

debrag

I buy food for work that will last but end up picking at it at home, if I have food for lunch I tend to eat it before lunch (sandwich, crisps etc). I don't buy cakes etc coz I'll eat the whole thing within a short amount of time.

I need to stop this, I need some will power lol

hooby_groovy

You do have will power, you just don't realise it yet.

Your behaviour is simply habit, and like any habit it takes persistence to change. You've recognised the problem and thats a long way to change.

Try and counter this, make a special area at home for your work food and pledge not to tuck-in. Bring in extra snacks for mid-morning and allow yourself that but save your main part for lunchtime.

You can do it, and you can save yourself loads doing so (I work with someone who spends £5 a day, thats £25 a week or over £1000 a year - bonkers!)

Add up what you spend each lunchtime - do you want to spend that on rubbish that you don't need or can buy cheaper? Can you imagine if your boss said I will give you a pay rise of £xxx, you'd be over the moon - and thats just the sum that you spend on snacks and lunch

Use that as your incentive.

But you can do it - you know you can!

debrag

I don't bring money to work so can't spend it

betti911

I'm the same debrag. I bring in my lunch and then I eat it in the course of the morning. What I've started to do this week is leave my lunch in the car. This means that I would have to leave the office to get it. Is there maybe a communal kitchen where you could leave your packed lunch so it would be more difficult to pick at it throughout the day?

debrag

I do that when things need to go into the fridge. I have started bringing in soups so that has stopped me

kinkypixie

Hey Debrag,

I know where you're coming from, I am exactly the same. The best idea is to put the food out of sight, then in theory it should be out of mind

KP

belfastgirl23

I find the thought of a NSD really focuses my mind - once I've decided I'm having one of these then I get really mad at myself if I do buy something. My only regular buy in the week is the odd newspaper and I tend to set the £ aside for these so that I can still technically have a NSD...so if you do have a regular expense eg travel then put the £ aside on Sunday and go for NSDs apart from that...

But I find I have to have something mid morning or else I am genuinely so hungry by midday I eat my lunch

tealady

Hi Try making a cheap filling snack (eg flapjacks). Have one and eat it SLOWLY. If you are serious about trying to cut back then have a drink of water as our bodies are not very good at signalling whether we are hungry or thirsty.