• Isoprenoid
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      8 months ago

      Yeah, this sounds like a win. If we replace the word “snack” with “smokes” then it’s a definite win.

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    I have a convenience store ¾ of a mile from my house. I’ve made the deal with myself that if I just have to give in to that snack attack, then I have to walk there and back for it… it’s not a perfect solution, but it has helped slow down the frequency of me actually snacking.

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    We have a thing called GoPuff where I live. It’s a delivery service like Door Dash or InstaCart but they only deliver snacks, drinks, frozen food, and basic household stuff.

    The internal debate I always have about using them is that I really just want one snack but you have to order at least $12 worth of stuff or else they charge a “small order fee” where you basically pay the same amount anyway.

    I know once all of those snacks are there in front of me I’ll end up eating them all and get a stomach ache, but I also really don’t want to get dressed and go all the way back to the store again…

    It’s maddening 😅

    • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.world
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      I generally avoid quick delivery apps because I don’t want another human being trying to beat the traffic just to keep their delivery score high.

      Instead I opt for grocery delivery where I can give a large order a day or two in advance and they don’t have target of 15 minutes to beat.

      Unfortunately, food delivery apps are exceptions to this but I use them like once or twice a month at most.

    • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.net
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      Postmates is kinda the same but it’s not limited to anything; they just go wherever and grab whatever for you and bring it to you. You can get snacks, meals, even cigarettes and alcohol. I’ve only ever been a delivery person through 'em though. Never actually utilized the service myself lol

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        We have Postmates here too but hardly anywhere uses it anymore. I think it’s mostly used as a courier service for businesses now as far as I know.

        • It wouldn’t surprise me if their range of availability hasn’t changed. It was pretty small. I stopped doing it because it only had a range of like 5 miles where I would be visible to people ordering. Didn’t feel like I was getting as much as I could if the range was further away considering I have a car and wasn’t doing things on foot/bike.

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      The issue with me is that I then replace the snack with two or three sandwiches at home, which mostly contains more calories than the snack I was yearning for…

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        8 months ago

        I just dole out a half cup, measured in grams at ~75g, when I feel snackish. While calorie dense, there’s a number of good fats, protein, vitamins / minerals. Compared to say cookies or chips, etc.

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    In the past I ate a lot of unhealthy snacks, but now I just eat some nuts if I begin yearning for snacks. Also sometimes dried fruit (which probably isn’t healthy in big amounts, but not as bad as cookies, chocolate or chips).

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      Sometimes my cravings for junk food are just my body saying it needs salt. Sometimes I just eat a little salt on its own.

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      What do if I can easily consume 1kg of assorted nuts in a single sitting? Almonds in particular are impossible to stop eating. (Which is why I don’t buy them in quantities above 100g).