Reduce mindless snacking and late-night eating
Understand what drives your snacking and get gentle, practical changes that fit your routine.
The prompt
Help me understand and reduce mindless snacking.
When it happens: [e.g. "after dinner in front of the TV", "mid-afternoon at my desk"]
What I usually eat: [FOODS AND ROUGH AMOUNTS]
How I feel before and after: [e.g. "bored", "stressed", "actually hungry", "guilty"]
My meals during the day: [WHAT AND WHEN I EAT]
Sleep and stress lately: [BRIEF NOTES]
What I'd like instead: [e.g. "snack less at night", "pick more filling snacks"]
Give me:
1. Likely drivers based on what I shared (true hunger from under-eating earlier, habit cues, emotions, tiredness, easy access).
2. A short "pause check" to use before snacking: am I hungry, bored, tired, or stressed - and what to do for each.
3. 3-5 environment and routine changes (meal timing, where food is stored, a cue that ends the evening).
4. Satisfying snack options for when I am hungry.
5. A one-week log template: time, food, hunger 1-10, feeling, situation.
Use a non-judgmental tone and don't push restrictive dieting. If I describe eating large amounts while feeling out of control, compensating afterward (vomiting, fasting, over-exercising), or intense distress about food or my body, gently encourage me to talk to a doctor or an eating disorder helpline.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- FOODS AND ROUGH AMOUNTS
- e.g. "bored", "stressed", "actually hungry", "guilty"
- WHAT AND WHEN I EAT
- BRIEF NOTES
- e.g. "snack less at night", "pick more filling snacks"
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the Few-Shot structure (Few-shot prompting). A few-shot prompt includes one or more worked examples of the input and the output you want, so the model can copy the pattern instead of guessing it.
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