I don’t think snacking and overeating have to go hand in hand. You can snack without overeating - if you know you’re a big snacker, try having smaller portions at meal time to compensate for it.

Replace snacking with drinking water or chewing on ice cubes. It’s the same stimuli, and it’s healthy.

Celery sticks/carrot sticks are good, healthy and give you something to bite into that isn’t ice. 1 carrot gives you probably 20 carrot sticks, which would probably get you through a movie. And I wouldn’t be concerned about 1 carrots worth of extra calories a day.

Or a charcuterie board, not as healthy as above but at least it’s not full of sugar. Having some crackers with hummus, and some cornichons is a relatively healthy snack, maybe some cherry tomatoes and prosciutto, and a little bit of cheese to go with it although that’s getting into meal territory - but I found that if I’m having a charcuterie board for dinner, you can drag it out, eat it over a couple hours, slowing down your intake and satisfying your craving for snacking without it being in addition to a meal - it is the meal.

Lastly, if you only snack when you’re bored, don’t get bored (lol easier said than done). I find that I love a project and when I’m working on a project time flies and I haven’t eaten anything because I’ve been busy.

I don’t think snacking and overeating have to go hand in hand. You can snack without overeating - if you know you’re a big snacker, try having smaller portions at meal time to compensate for it.

Replace snacking with drinking water or chewing on ice cubes. It’s the same stimuli, and it’s healthy.

Celery sticks/carrot sticks are good, healthy and give you something to bite into that isn’t ice. 1 carrot gives you probably 20 carrot sticks, which would probably get you through a movie. And I wouldn’t be concerned about 1 carrots worth of extra calories a day.

Or a charcuterie board, not as healthy as above but at least it’s not full of sugar. Having some crackers with hummus, and some cornichons is a relatively healthy snack, maybe some cherry tomatoes and prosciutto, and a little bit of cheese to go with it although that’s getting into meal territory - but I found that if I’m having a charcuterie board for dinner, you can drag it out, eat it over a couple hours, slowing down your intake and satisfying your craving for snacking without it being in addition to a meal - it is the meal.

when you buy a banana at the grocery store, show me the receipt that you paid for the shipping of said banana. When you buy a computer keyboard, show me the receipt for the ‘F’ key. When you buy a TV, show me the receipt for the capacitors.

This is not how receipts work.

macOS is absolutely not free, and your argument is exactly the same as those examples the previous user provided.