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Originally Posted by redhorror
I hope I'm putting tihs in the right forum, if not please forgive me.
Gah, I've been on a diet now for the almost four weeks now and I was doing fine, except gasp the munchies. No I have yet to fall off the train, but I'm starting to get these urges to eat.Mostly at night, after my clock out eating time. I stop eating at seven o'clock in an attempt to avoid those late night splurges I used to indulge in. The clock out time also helps me calculate how to spread out my calories through the day.
I don't understand why I feel that hungry though, ussually after a good nights rest I don't even feel hungry in the morning. Which, makes me think its not so much my body as my head.
I am under more stress now as school is really starting to drag me down.
That and an engagement party scheduled for sunday night is lurking in my mind. from the looks ofvit the party will aslt several hours starting at six p.m.. I can't leave early becaue my mom is coming with me its a relative.
Gah, do you guys have any suggestions?
I don't know what kind of 'plan' you're doing. Tell me something - are you exercising regularly? What kind of exercise are you doing? What time of day do you exercise?
What you're describing DOES sound an awful lot like 'head hunger'. Eating out of boredom...recreational eating...because you're used to having a snack while you're watching TV or whatever...
What you might want to do is FIND ANOTHER HOBBY besides food to do at night...you might want to look into Yoga or Pilates. Especially if you're under a lot of stress, Yoga can really be helpful towards alleviating that stress and making you feel better too
(I do Yoga most nights after work, unless I'm riding). Something else I like to do at night is to take a long hot Calgon bath with a good book or magazine...just a nice long soak which relaxes me and gets me ready to sleep.
Regarding the suggestion of having a bowl of cereal or glass of milk...IMO part of what you need to do to break the habit of eating at night is NOT to substitute eating one thing for another, but not to eat AT ALL. Nothing with calories - stick to water or decaffinated herbal tea if you must have something in your mouth.
Besides...you gotta check the calories on some of those cereals - so many people think that Grape-Nuts is a healthy cereal, but if you're watching your calories, you're better off staying FAR away from the stuff IMO!
As far as the engagement party - well, these things happen...I have the same problem every couple months or so when I have to go to business dinners that don't even START until 7:30 pm...so I just do the best I can and get back on track the next day.