Anyone got a recipe for something to stop the munchies?

Give the 5_2 way of eating a try. I went from 11.5 to 8-5 in about year and have kept the weight off.

Cut the carbs - they are what make you hungry. A high fat low carb diet is the best way if you can't cope with hunger. www.dietdoctor.com give plenty of info and it has changed our eating habits permanently as we really don't want to return to 'normal' which has always meant hunger pangs. You can adjust it by topping up with healthy foods like fruit and nuts to lose weight at a sensible pace (full on, weight just falls off!) and we've never eaten so well or been so fit. White flour and white sugar are killers!

Peaceatlast, most cake recipes you can cut the sugar down by up to half. Experiment until you find a recipe that you are happy with. hugs

Have you tried Special K Biscuit Moments? I like the Black Forest Gateau, but there are others, I forget how many cals but I find them satisfying.

I'm with Weightwatchers and have been gold, at target healthy weight, for 7 years now . I try and keep a long way under target and go up when i splurge and then work at getting back down. You weigh in free if below target.

They are very good at advice on what is filling, healthy, tasty and still helps you lose lbs. They are good at helping deal with the emotions and habits that make you snack too.

One of their tips is freeze slices of banana and grapes and those make very good snacks. Fruit and veg are actually mostly free on their plan, but you need to be sensible. I get their choc digestives, which I like, and know how many 'points' in each(1) so can plan and keep control...mostly

They are good at encouraging and supporting. I was just under 19 stones in 2004, size 28 skirt, and started with Slimmingworld and then had a break and grained a bit, and then went to WW. I am 10stones 7lbs now.

I agree with Nelliemoser. I gained two stone after back surgery and had to lose it as the surgery was only 80% effective, so I need to keep weight off my frame.

Carbs need to be kept at a minimum and I do not eat any with my evening meal at all. I have extra veg. So no jacket or roast potatoes, no chips. I drink an Actimel every morning after tea and toast.

Somewhere I read that they drink a cup of marmite tea before a meal...said it made them feel a bit full. Haven't tried that one!

For the first month we changed our routine and ate our bigger meal at mid-day, then a BLT or scrambled eggs on toast, or toasted ham/cheese/tomato. It helped because we'd walk after our mid-day dinner, then only having the light meal about 5-6pm.

I did (and still do) have my one sinful treat to look forward to before bed. Sains sells these ice cream cones. Sorry for long link, but it has the nutritional info. They are their brand of chocolate nut cones and have 184 calories. But are so decadent tasting, much better than a cornetto. I feel spoilt after one and guilt free!

www.sainsburys.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/gb/groceries/sainsburys-chocolate---nut-cones-x4-440ml?langId=44&storeId=10151&krypto=D9UCtEU6futnqIM4ISvcztbCrbi0DWPJ3vxEPpdT3wz73qvWpNiw18rcUU58S%2Bh9ylLblaIsTlZgAPOCjgTZxpgj67LS%2F%2B2b58pKdGCWcpqHLKHghC20LyVbR0Ir6tnkFAZ5uPhZ9HQ0k%2B0jEa57BPIBEExQhvUDHTF0sdJ7oQ8%3D&ddkey=http%3Agb%2Fgroceries%2Fsainsburys-chocolate---nut-cones-x4-440ml

I have a new gadget that emits a little taste of chocolate/ mint or fruit........or it would, if I could work the darn thing. Allegedly it does enough to kill a craving........so far have used loads of energy trying to get it going. It does not vape.........and in my case does nothing at all..........but one fine day I am going to be puffing chocolate like no tomorrow....except it won't be tomorrow have to wait for more savvy person to visit first.

Thank you so much for your suggestions. I will definitely try some of them. As it happens, I am actually managing quite well as I have been kept busy, eg. cooking fry ups and baking cakes for our workmen who are doing a great job with me keeping them sweet. Actually, I haven't been tempted to eat as the smell puts me off and have managed to resist even my own cakes. In fact, I made some lovely cakes when my granddaughter was here last week and sat and watched everyone else enjoying them.

So, so far, so good, I have gone down to 13st 3lbs which feels like I am going in the right direction. I haven't had an alcoholic drink for more than two weeks but have found that so easy as I'm a social drink only. I haven't been out for a meal for more than two weeks either (unusual)so I'm hopeful that things will continue like this, slowly but surely. Yesterday, for the first time in two weeks, I had a half of a Twix and half a little individual cheesecake but can't say I particularly enjoyed either, strangely. Plenty of fruit and veg, chicken and fish seems to be working fine. I've cut down on the number of cuppas in the day too as, in good Scottish fashion, I find it hard to drink tea without something to accompany it, lol.

We are on a low fat eating regime since DH had an infected gallbladder last year. I make apple turnovers using pizza dough. It's low fat and no added sugar. I packet makes 6, and they keep well in the fridge for a few days. I also make banana and raisin flapjack. Mash 5 ripe bananas, mix well with 250g oats, 100g raisins and 2 tsps cinnamon. Spread out on a baking tray lined with baking paper and cook in the oven, 180 degrees for about 25 minutes. It makes loads, keeps well, tastes better the day after it is made and is totally delicious. We are both losing weight slowly and steadily but have a dessert every day. It's easy for you skinnies out there to say don't have any snacks or eat fruit but sometimes you need a proper sweet treat. Hope this helps, peaceatlast, and good luck.

Nellimoser has hit the nail on the head here, and apologies if you think this sounds harsh, but If you are serious about losing weight you do not look for recipes for cake or 'something nice.' A pint of water with a teaspoon or organic cider vinegar will take away your cravings. Alternatively try ginger tea. I know it sounds cruel but that is the reality.

I was diagnosed as type 2 diabetic and was determined not to go down that route. No cakes, biscuits etc, and a very low carb intake. I also changed from fat free/low fat yogurt, spread etc., to high fat, and exercised +++. My weight dropped off, I moved to pre diabetic and am now classed as having reversed diabetes or in remission. Whatever you prefer to call it.

I kid you not, it has been so, so, so difficult and everything I eat has been reassessed. I know for sure that any 'treat' is no longer an option if I want to stay healthy, and the ball is firmly in my court. A year on I still have friends who say, "oh just have a piece of this, it won't do any harm." ?

Try my recipe peaceatlast. I'm halfway through the cake now. It's really nice.

Sod the weightloss. And the indigestion.

Oh dear, I'm currently fighting the munchies with a red wine (rather more than a thimble full) and half a bag of Snapeas rice sticks. I did try Jayh's suggestion of waiting 5 minutes to see if I still wanted the Snapeas before I ate them (but that was just after I'd eaten the first half a bag). I was on a 5:2 fast day yesterday though, so I think I can be forgiven.

That oat/egg/cinnamon etc bake sounds tasty, alicebandit. As a snack though, not a meal.

Buy some tiger nuts if you really must snack.

peaceatlast I am sorry but I cannot see how looking for cake recipes will do anything to help your weight. That is a complete non starter.
Try to avoid all snacking, if you must snack try just a couple of rich tea bicuits they are about the least calories Take a warm unsweetened drink or something.

If you are worried about your weight it's the overall carbohydrates you need to worry about as the starch in flour etc converts to sugars in your body. I know its very hard but you do need to be realistic about this.

Trying to combine clean eating with a modified Slimming World diet, I invented a sort of cookie/cake mix which is satisfying (to me anyway!). Basic slag is 35g rolled porridge oats mixed with a beaten egg. To this add anything you like or feel you can get away with really - cinnamon (good for diabetics)or ground ginger or mixed spice, skim milk powder, cocoa, raisins, seeds and so on. Mix to a fairly stiff consistency, adding a drop of milk if necessary, and either spread out like a giant cookie on a m/w plate, or divide into the six cups of a silicone baking tray. Whichever you use, nuke it in the m/w for 3-5 minutes. Very filling and healthy and can be tasty. You could also add something like Fage yogurt to the top of the cookie type and a handful of berries! I do sometimes use it as a meal in itself...

I just tried a bit of my cake. Some went down the wrong way. I think I came close to dying.

Not the cake's fault.

A thimbleful of wine???

I tried to google low fat cakes but couldnt find many. So is it a misnomer[cant think what the right word for it is at this time of night].

Hartley 10 cal jelly? (Or make up your own with some fruit in)

I find a cup of tea and small biscuit stops me thinking about food for an hour or so. Likewise a thimbleful of red wine.

(that's glace lime peel!)

I have just made a cake which I am hoping will be healthy and a bit nice.

I put 4oz rice flour and 4oz SR flour with 1 teasp baking powder in bowl. Rubbed in 4oz olive oil margarine. Added 2oz caster sugar. Added 3 eggs. Then added a small packet of ground almonds and half a tub of glace cherries. Extra bit of milk to make it right consisency.

Baked for 10 minutes. Put some sliced lime peel on top. Baked for another 30 mins or.

Made recipe up. Looks ok.

I buy a bar of normal chocolate, break into cubes then freeze them. In the evening I just suck on a frozen square-I don't feel as if I'm depriving myself and it's a low cal treat, it takes ages to suck a frozen square.

Have you tried the 5 minute rule? If you want a snack wait 5 minutes and then if you still want it, eat it. Mostly you will find the notion has passed. This works for me.

I used to enjoy anything when I was desperate-- a poor man's "scone with clotted cream and jam " - a Ryvita with low fat Philly and a smidgen of raspberry jam , as I said, desperate times call for desperate measures.