Snack foods for school

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Registered: 09-15-2005
Snack foods for school
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Wed, 02-07-2007 - 8:25pm

I was hoping you great women could help me stop biting my

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Wed, 02-07-2007 - 9:15pm

Hey Cher......how about some nuts?? Cashews aren't especially noisy, plus you could bring some granola mix too. Or even prepare an orange before class, and chew on that- will also help with thirst ;-)


Let's see-



  • nuts

  • cut up fruit- orange, banana, grapes, pear

  • breakfast bars (like Kellogg's, not noisy at all- unwrap before class!!)

  • yogurt

Any of them appeal?

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iVillage Member
Registered: 02-07-2007
Wed, 02-07-2007 - 11:41pm
You should try licorice. I have the same type of problem as far as boredom is considered. I keep a large bag of strawberry or cherry flavored redvines and leave a hole in the top of the bag so the air toughens them. It can take quite a long time to chew through a whole piece of licorice after they have been sitting for awhile.
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Registered: 03-19-2003
Thu, 02-08-2007 - 6:17am
Hi there Kolei! Just wanted to say welcome to the 30's board~

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iVillage Member
Registered: 11-12-2001
Thu, 02-08-2007 - 12:13pm

Hey Cher - to piggy back on IG's idea - how bout a homemade trail mix with nuts, raisins, dried fruit?



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Registered: 12-04-2003
Thu, 02-08-2007 - 12:23pm

Welcome Kolei!


Cher, how about dried fruit? Sunflower seeds (the shelled kind)? Grapes?


If it is more of a fidgety thing, then I would suggest bringing something non-food to keep your fingers busy. Like maybe a string, paper clips, something to keep your fingers busy without building a new food association. If you start building habits of simply occupying yourself with food, it may end up being something you turn to regardless of whether you are hungry or not.


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Registered: 01-18-2005
Thu, 02-08-2007 - 2:35pm

My 13 yr old DD has ADHD. She is not a nail biter but she fidgets and taps and hums! She carries a small ball of plastic craft cord to play with and chew on - they're not allowed food or gum in class - to occupy her hands and mouth so she doesn't drive everyone else nuts.


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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 02-08-2007 - 3:13pm
How about one of those small hand stress reliever balls? They are soft, squishy, quiet and calorie free (as long as you don't eat it!)

 

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Registered: 09-15-2005
Thu, 02-08-2007 - 4:19pm

First, thank you to everyone who suggested ideas. This helps me a lot. And thank you Miranda for suggesting NON-food items (and a few others too) so that I won't have a "figety/food" association. I just need to figure out if it's a fidgety thing, or a mouth/fidgety thing. ugh.


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Registered: 09-15-2005
Thu, 02-08-2007 - 4:20pm

As a few ppl suggested....how about non-food things to keep me busy at school?


I have a pen, that clicks to open/close. VERY bad idea. lol. I tend to play with that.


Anything else?

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Thu, 02-08-2007 - 5:35pm

I love the non-food idea......


Cher- are you getting bored, or are you hungry? Perhaps addressing the why is what you also need to do here- just reread your initial post. Seems your more bored than hungry.


Tricks to stop nail biting: http://beauty.about.com/library/blaug2002f.htm


The rubber band technique: http://www.heynorton.org/blog/2005/06/lifehack_how_to.html


Or......put that icky-smelly stuff on your nails if all else fails. Or perfume (tastes gross!!), and I even read somewhere about rubbing garlic on your nails (and it helps harden them- bonus!)


~that help?? LOL

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