Night-time eating
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Night-time eating
| Tue, 04-27-2004 - 9:47am |
Good morning everyone - I hope everyone is doing well today. I have a question and I hope you guys will have some suggestions. One of my biggest problems is nighttime eating. After dinner, I just can't seem to be able to get rid of the "hunger" feeling (even though I don't think it really is real, it's just in my head). It's terrible, it's like I've been busy all day and then I just sorta stop and watch tv and then the feeling comes and sometimes I just can't resist it. I know it's bad to eat after like 8pm - any suggestions?

And, if watching TV makes you hungry... what I have always seen as an advise is: do something else ... but I know it's difficult.
Well... there's not much more I can think of at the moment. :) Hope it helps a little.
Good luck !
Amy
~~Linda
And Amy, I'm not sure about drinking a lot of water late at night. At least not for me. I'd be up at least six times during the night to pee if I did that lol!
~~Linda
(1) Do something in the evening which is incompatible with eating. I'm not on Dr. Phil, but he makes a very good point about that very thing. For instance, a long hot bubble bath is incompatible with eating ice cream (we normally don't eat ice cream in a steamy bathroom), so is taking a long walk and enjoying the sunset (it's hard to eat a plate of chocolate cake and walk at the same time). So if you ***know*** that you are inclined to binge at night after a meal, then at some other **quiet** time, make a list for yourself of activities you could engage in instead, and then when those hunger pangs hit at night....well, refer to that list and pick one, or two...
(2) Another thing, my idea. I meal plan. I have a little notebook and I plan what my meals will be, writing down calories and fat grams. When those meals are done, I'm done. It's like a bank book: when the balance is used up, the account is closed. Just a discipline thing.
3. Another thing, my idea. I've written about cookbooks, new ideas (whereever you can get them). Sometimes it's not ***food*** we're really hungry for, so much as it's food that satisfies the senses, all our senses. Pick up some new ideas for meals, something that excites you for dinner, and after you eat it then maybe you'll just be tremendously satisfied. It works for me!
Good luck, and good questions there.
Nice knowing you, Forte.
Amy, who wants to know how do you know when sharks pee ?