I try to avoid snacking whenever possible but you always have to plan for at least one trip to the kitchen per day. I can’t tell if there’s some subtext in your question about “healthy” snacks, but that’s what you’re gonna get from me.
Bell peppers are an awesome snack. Just sweet enough to stop the craving and I never need more than one.
I boil 6 eggs whenever I’m out and leave then in a bowl in the fridge. I love boiled eggs but rarely have more than 1 at a time, and I’ll never take the time to boil a new one in the moment. Boiling 6 at once takes care of breakfast and snacks for a couple days.
15 almonds is about 100 calories. When I want something crunchy and savory I’ll eat that with a bit of salt.
Yogurt. Again, it’s one of my favorite snacks and 1 cup is a bit under 200 calories.
Stay hydrated. It’s amazing how often you’re actually slightly thirsty but feel like you need food. I keep a liter of water at my desk.
If I find myself hanging out in the kitchen for any longer than 1 item, I go for a walk or stretch for a few minutes. I need to physically distract myself to give my body the time to realize it just ate something.
When I absolutely need sugar, I try to reach for an apple but it often transforms into a handful of Mike and Ike’s.
I used to snack on salted unshelled sunflower seeds. The process of sucking the salt off the shell, breaking the shell open in my mouth, separating the two, spitting out the shell and swallowing the sunflower seed was just the right level of physical distraction to block out most other external stimuli while not breaking my coding concentration. These days I don't snack but if I did, I'd probably go back to sunflower seeds. The pile of chewed up shells is a bit unsightly, even if you have a paper towel to sit them on before dumping them into the trash, so that's something to keep in mind if you share your workspace with others.
My go-to is cashews. I used to eat raw, unroasted, unsalted cashews, but during the pandemic, I developed a sensitivity from eating too many, I guess? (tingling mouth/tongue, elevated heart rate) so I’ve recently started roasting them myself, which takes care of the relevant (natural) bacteria. Put them in a pan for 15 minutes at 350F. They taste much better than store bought roasted nuts, too.
Other favorites:
- Cheddar cheese
- Beef/turkey jerky
- Salami or other thin-cut cured meats
It’s important to watch salt intake, though. Cheap stuff generally has more.
And then every afternoon, after 3 or 4, coffee and a “coffee snack”, usually a fig newton or other fresh baked good.
No, I don't think from snacking, anyway, though also since just before the pandemic started and I was spending more time at home, I started exercising regularly, too.
The hoppy sodas too can be a nice replacement for beer though my dentist told me to cut back on sparkling water bc the high acidity can cause excess wear on your teeth. I sort of listened.
I avoid eating before dinner time, say five o'clock in the afternoon. I try not to keep snackable foods in stock.
I kind of gave up on this when the pandemic began and my weight went out of control. Then, I would have said peanut butter pretzels. I'm back on the wagon now.
I stopped grazing when WFH started, since I don't care to replicate the office's snack stash.
I signed up for a premade meal service, so I throw a box in the microwave and eat whatever's inside (e.g. salmon/rice/veggies). I end up eating like 3 lunches a day this way, but I'm trying to gain weight so it works out.
I don't snack, because I'll get fat. I saw a guy who snacked on carrots, cucumbers and tomatoes throughout the day that he brought to work in the morning. Even though I think that's pretty cool, I never picked up that habit
Just coffee these days. I feel like I stopped snacking in the last 2 years. I snacked much more when we were in the office. lots of trailmix, wasabi peas, M&Ms, and bowls of cereal. I always had wet wipes lol because of snacks.
I actually forget to eat (including snacking) while coding. It is not good as when I come out, I eat fast and more than I should. However, I have not been able to break these habits in the past 3 decades.
I've developed a routine of walking to my local grocery store (Metropolitan Market) and getting a soup from their lunch counter / deli area and sipping on it while I work.
My most common snack is a green sour apple (granny smith) sliced into 8 semi-equal pieces with the core removed. I put them on a small plate and subconsciously eat while thinking.
Impress everyone with your chopstick skills, picking up spherical cheese puffs with the chopsticks, while leaving your fingers clean. Given the texture, weight, and deformability of cheese puffs, it's probably a lot easier than it looks.
Okay I gave chopsticks a try and it messed up my workflow. Before:
1. Type on keyboard and use mouse as needed.
2. Grab snack bite with left hand that leaves orangey-coloured dust on my fingers.
3. Move left hand back to keyboard.
After:
1. Type on keyboard and use mouse as needed.
2. Move right hand off keyboard or mouse to location of chopsticks.
3. Pick up and use chopsticks to grab a snack bite.
4. Put down chopsticks.
5. Move right hand back to mouse or keyboard.
See, no orangey-coloured dust, but no profit! Maybe I should build a foot-pedal-activated snack launching catapult or trebuchet.
I really like carrots because they keep very easily and have such as satisfying crunchy freshness. Mini tomatoes are great when you alternate them with a few tiny mozzarella balls.
i like mixed nuts, hummus, dark chocolate covered almonds, bananas, apples (great air fried with cinnamon), tons of sparkling water, coffee, date rolls, cliff bars, dark chocolate, spicy sichuan peanuts, dried mango
Bell peppers are an awesome snack. Just sweet enough to stop the craving and I never need more than one.
I boil 6 eggs whenever I’m out and leave then in a bowl in the fridge. I love boiled eggs but rarely have more than 1 at a time, and I’ll never take the time to boil a new one in the moment. Boiling 6 at once takes care of breakfast and snacks for a couple days.
15 almonds is about 100 calories. When I want something crunchy and savory I’ll eat that with a bit of salt.
Yogurt. Again, it’s one of my favorite snacks and 1 cup is a bit under 200 calories.
Stay hydrated. It’s amazing how often you’re actually slightly thirsty but feel like you need food. I keep a liter of water at my desk.
If I find myself hanging out in the kitchen for any longer than 1 item, I go for a walk or stretch for a few minutes. I need to physically distract myself to give my body the time to realize it just ate something.
When I absolutely need sugar, I try to reach for an apple but it often transforms into a handful of Mike and Ike’s.