How do you stay focused whilst IF at home?

RJB_OO7

Hi Everyone,

How do you stay focused when you're IF at home and bored? What are some of the things you do?

Cheers

concordancia

Go for a walk

Do puzzles

Post here

Learn a language on Duolingo

Yoga

Hula hoop

Call my Mom

Call my Mother in law

Zumba

Enter my meals for the rest of the day so that I know if I have any room to play with snacks

88olds

What’s the dirtiest job I can find?

I get a bag of baby carrots and put it smack in the middle of the fridge. Sometimes it serves as a reminder that I really don’t want anything from the fridge.

In general, I’ve embraced boredom. It’s a good thing. I don’t have to doing something all of the time. Just sit still and be quiet for a bit.

losergood2011

RJB_OO7 wrote: »

Hi Everyone,

How do you stay focused when you're IF at home and bored? What are some of the things you do?

Cheers

losergood2011

I takes hot bath. Do yoga or Edmonds White stretches ride my horses clean crafts etc.

SERmom3

Brush my teeth! 😄 The minty flavor keeps me from wanting to eat something.

lucyluvhandles

Walk my dogs 🐕🐕🐕🐕
Put on a good movie or tv show
Clean my house for the 2nd time of the day
Go to the gym

elleelleempea

Netflix
Read
Organize something, anything!
Contemplate how the world has changed in my years and think of how it will look when I’m 70!
Think about how to be more effective and organized at work and life in general .... and then remember that I do this daily but never follow through on my action plans...
Research random topics that pop in to my brain

d805

Lots of coffee and staying occupied. Cleaning or projects around the house.

RovP6

Stay focused Coffee helps, drink lots of water. Try not to think about when your first meal is (you're now going to think exactly that). Get out of the house and go for a walk.

Machka9

I "accidentally" do something like IF on weekends at home.

I stop eating about 11 pm ... but I'm still up doing the last few things on a uni assignment or another project. Then I go to bed and read a while and finally fall asleep about 1 am.

I'm so tired these days that on weekends, I sleep through till about 11 am.

And of course, as usual, I'm not hungry when I wake up. I usually have "breakfast" at about 1 pm.

So ... sleep! It works!

lrsirius

Try to change my mindset from bored to restless which just means I need to take action, even if it’s just to make a cup of coffee. I’ll grab a glass of water and down it all. I found I just need a few minutes of distraction to forget about hunger or the need to eat something. Answering posts on here is also a great distraction—I probably derive more benefit from answering than the OP does from posting!

rosebarnalice

When I find myself heading for the kitchen out of boredom, I do a "water chug"--that is, I drink two or three glasses of water as fast as I can--so fast that it actually makes my tummy a little uncomfortable.

Not only is the water good for me, that feeling of uncomfortable fullness reminds me that I'm not REALLY hungry, and I don't need to be futzing around in the kitchen!

(tap water or room temperature works best for me-- I can't chug really cold water)

tlpina82

Lots of water and Playstation time.
Also, i found that exercising breaks the hunger, so I tend to go out and lift weights when I am hungry. (Unless you're doing a 3 day fast. Then I wouldn't recommend that).

Also, try going out of the house if you can. I found when we're home, the fridge is one of those Go-TO places.

RJB_OO7

Thanks for all the tips everyone, a lot of great advice that I'm definitely going to take in 💪🏽💪🏽🙂💯