Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services.Snack attack! We could be sitting around, minding our own business, prepping for a work presentation or hanging out with our pet, when all of a sudden, they hit: cravings.
We know for a fact that we’re not actually that hungry and that we’ll eat a nice meal in just an hour or two, but once the cravings knock on our door, it feels like we have to let them in.
So we snack! And then we regret it. But the cycle still repeats.Why do these cravings always kick in? Sometimes it’s simply boredom or restlessness, sometimes it’s hormones, sometimes it’s a commercial on TV with unrealistically delicious-looking food — you never quite when when or why they’re going to hit.
They’re not going to stop, but there has to be something you can do to get through them without feeling like you have to suffer out of hunger.
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