What is your *HUNGRIEST* time of day?
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What is your *HUNGRIEST* time of day?
| Mon, 06-22-2009 - 12:07am |
What is your *HUNGRIEST* time of day?
- I wake up starving
- Morning
- Mid Morning
- Afternoon
- Late Afternoon
- Before Dinner
- After Dinner
- At Bedtime
- Middle of the Night
- Other .. please share
You will be able to change your vote.

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Love your pretty siggy :)
Yep as with many of us that's when it hits ..
So do you act upon it or ignore it ?
Hoping you ignore of course :)
The fruit isn't bad & the cereal is ok more or less.
Hopefully it's a *healthy* one
Understand about waking up in the middle of the night hungry ..
Again hoping that doesn't happen much :)
This is a good topic and I like the ideas on what everyone does to NOT give in....
I voted Other because there are two times I get hungry.
1) Before Dinner, around 4pm. I either try to eat a healthy snack to get me to dinner or if I'm really busy, I just ignore it. I think I'll try drinking more water though.
2) Before Bed time. I think it was those late night non-healthy snacks(like chips and ice cream) that were getting me. Now, I'm not doing that but going to bed hungry. If I drink water later in the evening, I'll be up all night((sigh)).
I feel like, at this point, I have to be a little hungry(not starving) to lose weight:( If I ate everything I would like to.........YIKES!! I would weigh a TON for sure!!
Julie
Aileen: You are a real inspiration!! My goal is the lose the weight and then maintain which has always been a problem for me. To do that and NOT be hungry would be awesome!! Guess if it's a lifestyle change and one keeps eating healthy and exercising it is doable, huh.
Kudos to you!!
That being said, do you have any pointers on how you got there, and stayed there this time and what went wrong previously...........
Thanks, Julie
Yes that before dinner is awful ::blush::
Sometimes around 3ish I try to have a good snack to get me through
Along with water of course.
My earlier walks started in Oct 2006. This reduce weight that I have now was not a miracle in a week thing. It is so good and tempting to see those adds, but I am glad I did not choose them, especially Hydroxycut. That one really looked good and simple, but no one knows how it effects us until too late.
From Oct 2006 to Dec 2006 the walks were just 20 minutes a day. At the time I knew nothing except that walking is a good exercise. It did help get my legs get in shape and used to the motion. At the first walks, my legs were not used to it and were sore. I was overweight at the time and my doctor told me to do regular exercise and to keep weight down to help me prevent things that might happen. I really hate to exercise like everyone here does and you. You are not the only one, so I did the walks because it was so easy. I hate sit ups, and running. Then I saw this mini stepper and tried it for 3 months with the 20 minutes a day walk. My weight was still the same. I was getting frustrated like you. Then I bought some dvd and tried 1, I was still overweight and out of shape and when I did the moves I hurt my foot which took 3 months to get better. I bought Leslie Sansone walking dvd and tried it. Oh my goodness ! This one was the best for me and I kept walking her program from Jun 2007 until Oct 2007. My foot healed and I kept doing the LS walks. When I went to the doctor and got weighed I dropped 8 pounds. I tried to get my neighbor into it, but she was not ready & would not listen. At the time she was complaining of feeling less energy, tired and back problems. I was trying to help her. We are all like that I do notice. We never like advice and that was me. I was given many hints and then it hit me that it was time.
I continued the walks and by Feb 2008, I went down another 4 pounds. For me the loss was slow, but I was going down. I was so happy. In Nov 2007, I joined here at Fitness and Health. I learned such great ideas of drinking more water and portions of meals and snacks. Oh my goodness! That was another good one for me.
Everyone here ...Hugs, Nadine, Liz, and everyone is very helpful so I stayed here mostly.
I learned that I can use my bike as a workout tool. I had my bike sitting on my porch unused, so I cleaned it up and aired the tires and biked with my LS walks , portioning my meals, and water. Oh my goodness! My body did not know what to do! The weight kept dropping and by April 2008 I was 128 and going down. Then Hugs suggested Hulahooping. I never hulahooped and this took me 31 days+ to get the idea of hh for abs. Jeepers!
my weight dropped more and by the end of July 2008 I went to 120. I still hh, because I hate sit ups and ab crunches. I will do them once in a great while. This year I decided to change my hh and added 4 to the one and it worked so well. Then I started walking, walking backwards and forwards, sidesteps, jumping and now I can jog with the hh twirling around me. I write down what I do because if I gained again, I know what I did not do compared to what I did last yr.
My idea is to do different things besides walking. This is just like the gym except I do not go to the gym. We are all different and do different things to get Fit & Healthy. Guess what? My tired neighbor decided after 1 year of me telling her to walk because I am reducing, she is walking and feeling better. Of course I wanted her for a buddywalker, but she prefers the treadmill, so I am out of luck there.
The next idea is do not expect things to happen snappy fast...it did not do that for me, unless you are different.
And to not give up and keep going, and to be here for helpful ideas. This is where I got mine.
Sorry this was soooo long, but that is what happened for me. It was a long process and just because I reduced I am not stopping my portioning, water, or workouts. I will be doing this for a lonnnnnnng time. Hope this helps you Julie.
My first explanation went so long I am continuing again.
I used to eat double servings for dinner, now anymore. I now drink 1 cup of water before each meal and if 1 cup does not do it for you drink a little more. This helps me not to eat ravenously and I portion meals better. My swhusband is following how I eat nowadays and portions really well. I did not have to tell him either.
I snack on what Hugs suggests many times of almonds, raisins, grapes, lowfat yogurt and these are portioned too. When you stay here Julie you get more snacking ideas when you look around.
Now that I am at my reduced weight and want to stay there, I want to work on upper and lower body and continue with the hulahoop and biking. I never did that when I walked. I was mainly doing the walking to get down. Now I am doing it this year.
I read somewhere that when we exercise outdoors in winter, our bodies react and burn more calories to keep us warm when we do them outside in the cold. Of course you have to dress up but not too much. I did that to try it out for the winter and it burned my calories. I used to be a slug during the winter and just sit and read etc. Not this time and that helped me.
You can ask us anytime Julie. We are all on this journey.
Thanks Aileen;)
You have worked so hard to get where you are today!! I have always been up and down; and, whenever I drop below 130, I seem to sabotage myself with pints of Ben and Jerry's.........
I really want to get to my goal weight and stay there. Hopefully with the help of this board I'll do it this time.
Julie
Thanks hugs....So nice to be back:) This might just be the piece I'm missing.
Julie
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