It’s SO easy to find yourself in the pantry when you’re bored or nibbling on snacks here and there.

But these calories can add up quickly and derail you from your weight loss goals!

Here are some of the best ways to stay entertained without reaching for food:

Things to Do When Bored (that aren’t eating)

Relaxing

• Go on Pinterest

• Listen to a podcast

• Read a book 

• Read a magazine

• Listen to an audiobook

• Take a walk

• Walk around your apartment or house

• Call a friend

• Call a parent or sibling

• Do a facemask

• Give yourself a manicure or pedicure

• Sit by a window & read a book

• Meditate

• Take a long shower

• Take a bubble bath

• Put your PJs in the dryer and get cozy

Fun

• Get really good at doing your nails in a fancy/ fun way

• Try out a new hairstyle

• Go through all your bathroom products & try ones you’ve never used – toss or donate old ones

• Reorganize a room in your house

• Rearrange your furniture

• Do a puzzle, play a board game

• Search online for some new favorite or motivational quotes

• Reach out to a friend or relative you haven’t spoken to in a while

• Play an online game (with friends)

• Make an inspo-dream board on Canva.com (or use magazines & make an actual one)

Hustle

• Start a blog

• Take a blogging or online business course

• Take an Instagram/ Pinterest/ Youtube/ TikTok/ photography course

• Take a posing course

• Research all of the free online business resources

• Research dream careers

• Update your resume & LinkedIn

• Read some entrepreneurial books

• Email some entrepreneurs you admire to see if you can virtually intern for them

• Learn how to use Adobe software or Canva

• Become a virtual assistant – make some $ on the side

Productive

• Look at the food you have & make a plan of what you can make

• Make a grocery list

• Prep your upcoming meals

• Make a list of personal & professional goals

• Make a detailed plan of what you’re going to do when life gets back to normal

• Clean out your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.

• Clean up your emails

• Do your laundry

• Clean your phone & phone case

• Clean your makeup brushes

• Sort through your clothes – are there any to donate?

Get Better in the Kitchen

• Look up new recipes on Pinterest

• Get out those cookbooks you have but have never used & try a new recipe

• Learn how to use an Instant Pot or Air Fryer

• Start a kitchen “garden”

Antsy

• Put your fitbit on (or use your phone) & get 3000 steps around your apartment

• Clean or reorganize a room or section of a room

• Move your computer to a countertop so you’re standing

• Do a workout app or YouTube video

• Turn on your favorite music & dance

• Learn a TikTok dance

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