Keeping the Focus

georgediana

I am a busy working mom of two teens and find that I am good alllll day, but night is sometimes a challenge. My calories are usually used up by dinner and just need some focus when I get tired not to put anything else in my mouth....any suggestions?

RES2333

I sometimes pre-log in all my meals (breakfast, snacks, lunch and dinner) at the start of the day if I know what I am going to eat. For the most part I know breakfast, snacks and lunch since I usually pack those to take to work. With that and my exercise I then know how much wiggle room I have for dinner. And somedays I will even log in dinner ahead and hit the complete the entry for the day early. That makes me want to stick to it and not eat anything additional.

FourLynne

Hi! I am in the similarly-same boat. My children are now grown, but one still lives at home and I also inherited a niece. I work full time and also am carrying a part-time college load. I do well within the day I think because I have structure. I know when I can eat breakfast and lunch at the office. Dinner time comes and if I do not plan ahead, I mess up. One thing I found that has helped with the mindless night eating is to keep a bottle of water handy. I take a sip and think about why I want to go put something in my mouth. I take another sip, and it usually works in distracting me from mindless eating. Like the other poster commented, planning and posting out meals in advance will help, too. I look forwarding to reading other responses, because I could certainly benefit from the tips. Great question!

bigcuzinit

hi
I'm in the same kind of situation what i do is eat half of my dinner with the kids then eat the other half when i get hungry later on,working for me ,feel free to add and good luck

kateva143

That is an AWESOME idea