I'm new and this ain't easy for sure!

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  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,231 Member
    LolaPlant wrote: »

    So this just occurred to me today that maybe it's not that I'm hungry so much, but that I need to occupy my time in other ways. It's funny though I'm not really a couch potato, but I sit at work a lot and do paperwork, then in the evenings, depending on if I am working late or not, I tend to sit a lot as well. So I think I need to get up and get moving when I get home.

    Maybe light exercise in the evenings would be good. I've not done a lot of that because I've read that exercise can get your body moving and that that can interfere with your sleep if you do it too late in the day. However, like you said " Try various ways, each for a few days, and find your happy spot! "

    Other evening activity options: Do some light stretching (feels good, relaxing, doesn't interfere with sleep). Drink some water or hot herb (non-caffeine) tea to see if that helps (there are herb tea flavors for every taste, these days). Learn a new hobby/craft or resume an old one that keeps your hands busy: Knitting, jigsaw puzzles, giving yourself a manicure, playing (or learning to play) a musical instrument - anything that distracts you and isn't associated in your mind with eating.
  • LolaPlant
    LolaPlant Posts: 26 Member
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    LolaPlant wrote: »
    Other evening activity options: Do some light stretching (feels good, relaxing, doesn't interfere with sleep). Drink some water or hot herb (non-caffeine) tea to see if that helps (there are herb tea flavors for every taste, these days). Learn a new hobby/craft or resume an old one that keeps your hands busy: Knitting, jigsaw puzzles, giving yourself a manicure, playing (or learning to play) a musical instrument - anything that distracts you and isn't associated in your mind with eating.

    Really good ideas. Thank you so much. I think I've gotten into such a rut routine that now I need to just DO something else. Even something small is better than nothing at all.

    For years I'd get discouraged because I wasn't losing fast or because I'd mess up. I just have to accept that I'm probably not going to lose fast and that that is not healthy anyway AND that I'm going to mess up. If I just keep going back to it, then I'll be consistent. It's not about being consistently perfect at it, it's about consistently trying. THAT is what I'm learning. YAY ME! *LOL* :smiley:

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