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Hi everybody . I have type 2 . I really struggle to stop nibbling. Biscuits is my thing . Late at night mainly . First thing that enters my head when I wake is food .could really do with tips on healthy snacks . Lunchtime foods for a packed lunch other than sandwiches. I am in the car most of the working day so has to be something that doesn't require heating up.its my first time on here and a forum so not sure what to put .
Thank you.
Nellybang
Welcome @Nellybang🙂 If you can’t resist nibbling on biscuits, the simplest thing is not to buy them, then you can’t get tempted. How about a hot drink and some non-carby snacks like celery and cottage cheese? For lunch you could have a salad plus some protein and/or hard boiled eggs.
Why not have a read of the thread here called What Did You Eat Yesterday? You’ll get some ideas there 🙂
How are your blood sugars? High blood sugar can make you feel hungry.
Hi Inka . My sugars are a little high. I have a constant craving for a sweet crunch like biscuits . It's not an option to not buy them as it's not fair on the rest of the household who enjoy them . No to the extent I do BTW.i will look through the thread thank you and thank you for replying .
With most of these things I usually start with whereabouts you are on the diabetic scale and a good guide to this is your HbA1c result. Do you know what it was when you were diagnosed?
Hi and welcome
I have a couple of lunch suggestions. When I was working I would make up a salad and take it in a plastic tub, keeping it in a chiller bag, with a freezer pack on top. I also had a regular Thermos for hot soup, and a wide top Thermos for stew. And I had a spoon, fork and spork handy. Best wishes
For lunches I like filling up the space in my lunch box with sticks of veg.
Celery and carrots keep well and last a while as I much them.
Homemade soups are a good option as you can control what you put in them. The thinner ones are often lower in carbs, and these avoid the shop bought ones which can be loaded with salt and carbs.
Hi Inka . My sugars are a little high. I have a constant craving for a sweet crunch like biscuits . It's not an option to not buy them as it's not fair on the rest of the household who enjoy them . No to the extent I do BTW.i will look through the thread thank you and thank you for replying .
Could you buy biscuits for the family but avoid your top favourite biscuits, and that way you’d find them easier to resist? Sometimes we can get ‘hooked’ on certain tastes and the craving we feel is linked to that and something that should reduce as we gradually reduce our ‘addiction’ to them.
If you want a sweet flavour, you could try an Options Hot Chocolate drink, or simply find a more blood-sugar friendly crunch that satisfies you.
Could you buy biscuits for the family but avoid your top favourite biscuits, and that way you’d find them easier to resist? Sometimes we can get ‘hooked’ on certain tastes and the craving we feel is linked to that and something that should reduce as we gradually reduce our ‘addiction’ to them.
If you want a sweet flavour, you could try an Options Hot Chocolate drink, or simply find a more blood-sugar friendly crunch that satisfies you.
I find that I consistently need 1.5 units of insulin for a weak Options hot chocolate, so in some respects (for me at least) a biscuit with 10g carbs might be the better option, however I tend to avoid both most of the time. Coffee with real cream is my comfort drink now, but probably not ideal to drink before bed.
I have had a real sweet tooth all my life and I would go so far as to say I was a sugar addict pre diagnosis. For me, the best way to tackle it was to cut the sweet stuff altogether and find low carb savoury treats that I could munch on.... Boiled eggs with mayonnaise, pickles, veggie sticks with real sour cream and chive dip, pork scratchings, olives and lots of lovely cheeses. Cheese is now my new chocolate! I love the fact that I no longer crave the sweet stuff now and I feel more in control of my eating than I have in years. I rarely get any cravings now and don't even find it difficult to refuse if I am offered cake, biscuits or sweets or crave them if people eat them in front of me.
I don't think it would be unreasonable for the family to go without biscuits for a few weeks to help support you with managing your diabetes and give you a little time to break this sweet habit.
Some of those habitual nibbles are the hardest to break aren’t they? Particularly if it has been a regular thing for a while, such that the body expects it, and fires off hunger signals to remind you
Nuts and seeds are my go-to nibble. But if hunger pangs are really strong then I find the fat in a chunk of cheese tends to satisfy more than something carby (if I have one biccie, I just want another one!)
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