PIGGING OUT IN THE EVENINGS.. Help!

skinnyminnie

I know why I do it!
It's because of this rosy picture in my head of me munching on pizza and ice cream, curled up next to my husband on the couch and watching tv reruns from Netflix! I absolutely love doing that. It's kind of like a rebellion against being forced to cope with work, cardio, light eating, stress, etc.
It's totally a mental thing for me - many times I'm not even really that hungry, but I just want that perfect, sweet moment that I've looked forward to all day to last for a bit longer...
The thing is though - the moment DOESN'T last for me. Eventually, I'm too full to eat anymore, I've undone all of my hard work, my hsuband's undone all of his hard work, my tummy feel gross, I've usually wasted the whole evening and now I'm starting to get that feeling of dread from being totally unprepared for the next day. And in the morning, I feel like I got run over by a truck.
So here's what I'm going to try - purposely having a good, healthy dinner - but not a fantastic dinner - until I've proven that I can handle the yummy goodness. That's Step 1 for me. Then Step 2, if I need a warm, happy feeling in the evenings after I've had my dinner, drink hot tea instead! And then, Step 3, I loved the suggestion above about just going to bed if I can't control myself. Very, very good suggestion.

vyvrhovat

someone pm'd me about some meditation ideas, I'm also going to get a buttload of celery and carrots to try that too! I'll look into the skinny cow stuff, and I'll definitely leave notes ALL over my kitchen to encourage me not to overeat. AND MY DOOR, so maybe I wont want to go out and get something so badly! the idea about walking to it is perfect, actually, since a lot of the places are really close to me. I'm going to try to do that too. if I absolutely CANNOT resist, I'll make myself walk to get them. that'll definitely be discouraging, since I'm always pooped. haha. I'd love to go for bike rides but it is so hot here at nights right now that I reeeeally don't even want to go outside once I get home, but I will probably just have to get over this.

thanks for all the tips, everybody. it was really helpful! we'll see if I can make any of this work for me. here's to hoping, because I'd be pretty pissed off if I ate back every single pound I've lost since january. haha.

fitwatch

this might be a crazy idea. rather than eat dinner, eat a small snack and go to bed early. you will wake up early too but you won't feel like you are eating to make up for a lost meal rather you will just breakfast again.