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snack items
That handy thing is, I got Invisalign last month. That makes eating anything quite an annoying production. Bands off, aligners out (tricky and painful at times), eat (with tender teeth), brush teeth, brush aligners, refit aligners, refit bands. Has made snacking pretty much zero since I got them. It makes think "Do I really need/want whatever it is I spy on the kitchen counter?" 99% of the time so far it's just not felt worth it.
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It is not easy to purge your house of snack items when you have a 5 year old kid at home!
If you're not set up physically or mentally to count calories and work out a suitable calorie deficit, you can do it the old fashioned way of cutting out or replacing something.
The typical ones are:
Sugary drinks and juices -> water, sugar free squash, diet drinks
Beer/alcohol -> same as above
Chocolates / mince pies / biscuits/snacks -> veg sticks and hummus (possibly dangerous) / popcorn
Rice/pasta -> more veg
Keeping up the volume of food, but reducing the calorie density using food choices will help you loads.
Having plenty of calorie free fluids while working from home helps keep me out the fridge and snack cupboard (coffee, tea, green tea, squash, water)
Also, although it feels wasteful, but in my experience not eating the 5 year old's leftovers at the end of meals will probably save a 1000 calories or so a week.
In a year, thats approx 14.85 pounds of fat loss, or 6.7kg.