Strategies to avoid hunger and boredom

Have a drink of water

Often people confuse thirst for hunger so try having a drink of water to see if that helps manage your hunger. You could also try one of the ‘free drinks‘ listed.

If the distractions and a drink of water or another ‘free drink‘ do not reduce the desire to eat after 15 minutes then you can use your imagination to prepare a ‘guilt free’ tasty snack from the ‘free foods‘ list.

Distract yourself

If you feel that you are hungry the first approach is to try and distract yourself for 15 minutes – for example you could:

Play with a pet
Go for a short walk outside
Phone a friend for a chat.