I have several, but I have one that I battle daily. When I wake up from a nap, I automatically have the munchies and my brain is mush. I will easily throw a diet out the window and start stuffing my face. Even if I eat before my nap it still happens. I know don't take a nap you say but by 2 or 3pm I pretty much pass out for an hour. I now keep snacks that fit into my calories.
So what weakens your will power and how do you handle it?
Social situations. I go out to dinner with friends with a careful plan in mind. I get there and all of the sudden it's like "what plan? Ooooh, french fries!" I do WW and my extra weekly points end up going to girls dinner every week.
The days after I lift heavy weights. It makes me REALLY, RAVENOUSLY hungry. If I am super-sore, I basically fight the urge to eat all day long.
Also, when I'm in pain (and I have a year and a half so far, still going strong shoulder injury that requires me to see a pain management specialist, so that's not infrequent). First, I'm in pain, and that makes me feel like I deserve a treat to make me feel better. Second, my pain medication makes me nauseous, and the only thing that fixes it is simple carbs. Not good.
Mine is always when I come home from work... I just want to chill with a few beers or a couple of glasses of wine. Its so hard not to drink my calories away!
Definitely social situations and if I get hungover. It also depends on my self esteem for the day. If my confidence takes a hit or I just can't stand to look in the mirror that day, it's much harder to stay on plan.
Ugh, when I am sore...it's so hard to start a workout. Sometimes I just want to lounge. Or when I am having a chocolate craving..luckily we didn't have any chocolate in the house! lol
Surprisingly, I'm not someone who gets hungry frequently. If anything, I'm mostly overweight because I very easily confuse boredom with hunger, and when I have nothing to do my mind wanders.
Lately I've had little trouble controlling this. When I get an urge to make something, I think back to my last meal, and I honestly ask myself whether I'm hungry or looking for something to entertain myself with. Lets not forget I'm in culinary school, so cooking really is like watching TV, playing a sport, or games for other people haha.
My honest weakest point is once food is done in the house, and I'm ready to serve myself. Especially when it's one of my favorites! I find it very hard to tell myself I already have enough on my plate, if only because of the taste!
During PMS...I get a "savage-like" hunger and my stomach becomes a "bottomless pit"! Other than that...my hunger is pretty much level. I hear alot of people seem to get hungrier after a run, but not me. I'll run 5+ miles and just want an orange and a yogart afterwards...
PMS is hardest, because of the 24/7 hunger. It's much better on bc pills. Without bc, hubby calls me "werewolf," because of the moodswings and rabid hunger, anc cravingds during the several days right before my period and couple days into it. If I'm craving red meat or chocolate, it's always that time of the month. During the rest of the month, I don't dislike red meat or even chocolate, but I never crave either except hormonally, and I hate dark chocoate except during PMS. Dark chocolate is the only kind of candy (other than hubby's hard candy for low-blood sugar emergencies) that we regularly have in the house. Hubby likes dark chocolat, but can control himself, and I only like it (and even then in small doses) for a few days a month. If I'm desperate enough to eat dark chocolate, it's werewolf time (as hubby calls it).
Hubby jokes (only during the times of the month that it was safe to do so, of course) that it wasn't safe to come into the house unless he threw burgers into the apartment and waited to hear munching.
We still laugh about werewolf time, even though the werewolf has been tamed by bc. My old bc worked better at shrinking wolfy, but my insurance won't cover that bc or any like it (because for bc purposes, newer bc's are more effective with fewer side effects - but it's the side effects in my case that I need more than the bc).
At 45, I am starting to wonder whether menopause will kill wolfy or if it will bring her out full-time.
When is your Willpower the Weakest
