July 2010 - No more snacking after dinner

diet45

Ok...still no snacks for me after dinner. I even gave up Diet Dr. Pepper for two nights and just drank water. My husband and twins snack a lot at night. I noticed my husband snacking less at night when I told him I'm not snacking anymore...so competitive he is!!! I have been working with my 13 year old son and have asked him not to eat after dinner either. He asked about his dessert and I told him he could have a little something right after dinner and that is it.

Lets keep going!!!

lulabellewoowoo

6 me/4 snacks

Rosemary - 31 lb is awesome. It's always those last few pounds (trust me I have been working on them for 10 months now) that take the longest. It always seems guys have such an easier time of losing weight too. Aarrgghh. But you can do it. Maybe since you are working night, make your challenge to only snack on natural things and not anything processed. When being awake, it's hard for me not to want to much on SOMETHING. I keeps cases of water beside me and I have to drink a whole bottle first before I get up to eat anything. Sometimes, the water can just do it. But after three bottles in three hours, my stomach really just wants food

diet45 - Great job. Setting an example for your family is awesome. Not Diet Dr. Pepper huh? I'm thinking of trying to cut out caffeine for six weeks and seeing if it makes a difference. I have done it for a week or two but then always give in. I want to see if it really makes a difference, so I'm guessing six weeks will make or break me. Keep up the great work!

Jbrownell - welcome

dewdrop - always thinkin' of ya!

cat71

Ok im new and only just found this post, hope its not too late to join!? but i find night snacking is my biggest fight. I can eat reasonably good all day and then undo it in one tv show at night. Plus due to reflux waking me through the night, i now physically have to not eat past 8pm. that will be my cutoff, which means tonight i have 10 minutes to have desert.

count me in, and i look forward to the challenge and support

lulabellewoowoo

7 me/snacks 4

So my new cutoff for this week is 9 p.m. Backing it up slowly. Next week I'll back up by 15 minutes unless I know I'm going to be out late. But no more excuses. I will be 14 me by next Monday!!!

zaza54

Hi-
I am back to Day 1. My mom had another little setback so I dropped everything and went to stay with her. No computer or scale. Then I just lost track of the challenge and time. So, I am sure I either ate or drank somehting past my cut-off so I am starting over today. I really need this challenge and have to get back into the habit of thinking about it at night!
Have a good day everyone and good luck tonight!
Zaza

rosemary10

Good to see u again Zaza :flowerforyou:

Welcome Cat :flowerforyou:

Thanks for the ideas and encouragement Lula. I think I'll try to hit the water harder since I'm always short there. I also read today that a shortage of dopamine (a neurotransmitter) will make you crave high fat food even though you've had enough. I think I need to be more consistant with the exercise. If I'm remembering it right, does not dopamine increase with exercise? Anybody know? And how long does the effect last? Maybe I'll ask the boards.

Did ok with the snacks at work, however after I had eaten all my good food had a snack size McFlurry from Mcdonalds. Should have had the lowfat cone instead (440 vs 260 about). So I'm over for today again :frown: I'm just going to have to get out and walk again so I can have a bit of supper later and not be screaming over.

Me 6 Snacks 5

rosemary10

Good to see u again Zaza :flowerforyou:

Welcome Cat :flowerforyou:

Thanks for the ideas and encouragement Lula. I think I'll try to hit the water harder since I'm always short there. I also read today that a shortage of dopamine (a neurotransmitter) will make you crave high fat food even though you've had enough. I think I need to be more consistant with the exercise. If I'm remembering it right, does not dopamine increase with exercise? Anybody know? And how long does the effect last? Maybe I'll ask the boards.

Did ok with the snacks at work, however after I had eaten all my good food had a snack size McFlurry from Mcdonalds. Should have had the lowfat cone instead (440 vs 260 about). So I'm over for today again :frown: I'm just going to have to get out and walk again so I can have a bit of supper later and not be screaming over.

Me 6 Snacks 5

Why are there two? Any tech swavy people know? Grammie here is still a bit tech challenged.

lulabellewoowoo

8 me/4 snacks

Woohoo. Still ahead of the came. Double my failures. Hopefully I can keep this going.

zaza54

Good morning-
I made it thru Day 1. I almost blew it - glanced at the clock and saw I was just past cut-off time. So, nothing but water.
Thanks for being here and having this challenge.
Zaza

rosemary10

Just checking in.....

Me 7 vs the Snacks 5

lulabellewoowoo

9 me/4 them:explode:

rosemary10

Me 8 / The Little Creeps 4

Sorry bout my math - I just worked all night. I must be done :blushing:

rosemary10

Me 8 / The Little Creeps 5

zaza54

I made it thru 2 nights! It's a start.

rosemary10

You're on a roll for sure ZaZa. We all know once you get started - look out! :flowerforyou:

zaza54

Thanks rosemary10. :laugh: I hope you're right, especially since my dear husband made brownies!! How tempting is that?:grumble:
I'll have to go hide in my bedroom until morning.
I wish you all a good night - full of willpower,
Zaza

zaza54

Ok, I made it thru 3 nights. I did have 2 brownies, but before cut-off time (1 was actually before dinner).
Last night was really a challenge because I got hungry watching TV and I hate to go to bed hungry. However, I just kept telling myself how disappointed I'd be to report here this morning that I blew it after only 2 nights so....thank you thank you for this challenge. The scale keeps creeping downwards in fractions of a pound, but I'll take it. I know this challenge works.
Zaza

rosemary10

Way to go Zaza, and with brownies in the house to boot! I think you should count yourself for 2 days for that. :laugh: (I tend to play a little fast and loose with the snackin rules - probably the only thing in life). Well you know what, maybe if I was better controlled with food then other areas of my life would be better controlled also. Just thinking about where self control comes from and it's apparently pervasive presence in all areas of our lives. I'm glad for the growth I've seen this year so far in the area of self-control both with food and other daily disciplines but at the same time it would be nice to be farther along. There's always room for improvement ya know. Thoughts anyone?


Hope everyone is doing well. If not, it's not too late because today is a NEW day and it all starts over again. :drinker:

Me 9 vs Snacks 5

kvoelz1

This is my biggest problem by far! I'm in. I'll report back tomorrow. I shall slay the late night snacking beast!

lulabellewoowoo

11 me/4 them

Still in the lead. Three more to have reached my goal of keeping it together this week. Setting the alarm on my watch last night really helped.

"Little creeps". I love it Rosemary.

kvoelz1

I had to work late last night and got home around 7 so ate dinner late. This helped. Tonight will be more challenging as I'm leaving early and more opportunity for mindless snacking. Plan will be to drink water and tea in the afternoon and a small snack to push off dinner until later.

Woman 1/ Food 0!

dewdrop

OK; I can't stay away from you for that long . So I am already back, planing to practice at this for August . Be prepared (I am, hehe) to see me failing every now and then, but to try again anew every day :bigsmile:. My cut-off is 10 this time. Better than the current 11 :blushing: .

Glad to see that Lorna :flowerforyou: and Rosemary :flowerforyou: are still around :happy: and that Zaza is back :flowerforyou: . Good luck to everyone! Keep your fingers crossed for me .

rosemary10

Hi Dew, good to see you! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: We missed you and are glad to have you back with us. That's one of the things I like about MFP, everyday you get to start over. Yeah we'll keep our fingers crossed and our toes.

Kvoelz - like the "Dragon" imagery :flowerforyou:

Lula - you're doing great! WTG :drinker:

Me 9 vs Them 6 ........ came home late, ate and went straight to bed. Ate more than I needed.

zaza54

Hi-
I am up to 4 nights in a row!!:happy: It has been VERY hard and I just barely made my cut-off time of 9:30 pm for the past 3 nights, but I did it. Nothing but water after 9:30.
Thank you guys - you are keeping me motivated!!:drinker:

Dewdrop - so happy to see you again!!!:flowerforyou: I have every confidence you will do great. You started this challenge way back when - over a year ago. I know you can do this and, if you stumble, you will get right back up and keep going strong!!!

kvoelz1, welcome to this great challange.

I wish you all a wonderful week-end.
Zaza

zaza54

Way to go Zaza, and with brownies in the house to boot! I think you should count yourself for 2 days for that. :laugh: (I tend to play a little fast and loose with the snackin rules - probably the only thing in life). Well you know what, maybe if I was better controlled with food then other areas of my life would be better controlled also. Just thinking about where self control comes from and it's apparently pervasive presence in all areas of our lives. I'm glad for the growth I've seen this year so far in the area of self-control both with food and other daily disciplines but at the same time it would be nice to be farther along. There's always room for improvement ya know. Thoughts anyone?


Hope everyone is doing well. If not, it's not too late because today is a NEW day and it all starts over again. :drinker:

Me 9 vs Snacks 5

I agree with you Rosemary both about self-control AND about starting over. We can strive to be better and do better, but we can't beat ourselves up too much about our shortcomings. I don't think it would be productive to dwell on the negative - we can only keep trying to do better. Easier said than done and that's why we help each other out here. Thanks to you rosemary and all you other wonderfully supportive ladies for your encouragement!!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

diet45

Ok How is everyone doing with no snacking after dinner? 0 snacks for me after dinner for the month of June and July!! I really don't even miss them. I'm just still trying to figure out how to eat all of my calories during the day. I have been trying raw almonds, but they have been giving me an upset stomach. Anyone else have this problem?

lulabellewoowoo

11 me/5 them :blushing:

Daggoneit, they got me last night. But it was worth it, hanging out with hubby and BF. Ate light dinner, but it was late. But I did a lot of walking yesterday at an Art Scape festival, so calorie-wise I was good. Back to getting it straight.

Hi Dew. Been missing ya lots! :flowerforyou:

dewdrop

Thanks for the welcome, ladies!
I did it! 1 day down .

rosemary10

I beat the Little Thieving Snacks last night so it's:


Me 10 vs LTSs 6

Way to go Dew - you are In :flowerforyou:

Nice work with the snacks Diet45. That must be some sort of a record; no snacks after dinner for June and July. Sounds like that is not a weak spot for you. Very admirable though, :flowerforyou: I haven't heard of anyone getting a stomach upset with almonds before. One possible reason may be that you are sensitive to high fat items if you get digestive issues with a high fat diet. Another reason may be that you're allergic to nuts in some way. Or the package may be bad. Do other nuts do this to you also or when you have a high fat item like say french-fries, does it happen again? If high fat items give you problems try to pick up extra calories with high carb items instread - like say whole grain crackers with low-fat cheese, or extra fruits. Blessings today for you :drinker: .

dewdrop

Way to go Dew - you are In :flowerforyou:

cheers! I did it again - actually had no more food past 9 :drinker: . I also went to bed earlier as a consequence - hurray!
Have a nice Sunday and a good start in the new week, everyone :flowerforyou: