Hardest Time of the Day for You?

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  • GypsySoul_74
    GypsySoul_74 Posts: 152 Member
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    mine is totally after dinner until bedtime. i want to eat to get through projects for grad school, or to put myself to sleep because i struggle with insomnia, or just to comfort myself... i always ration about 150 calories for a bedtime snack. it keeps me sane. i also keep a pack of whole wheat saltines in the drawer of the bedside table for if i wake up and feel desperate... i don't usually need them though :)
  • campi_mama
    campi_mama Posts: 350 Member
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    Late afternoon, after my afternoon snack. The urge to pick and eat is super strong which is difficult when I'm in the kitchen cooking dinner. Chewing gum helps, or I grab baby carrots to munch and a couple almonds.
  • LMick1986
    LMick1986 Posts: 431
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    Definitely evening time for me! I just feel there are so many hours that I'm not eating! I guess I was so used to just grazing (and not good stuff). I still graze....and it's still not good stuff.....but I do it a lot less, so I still stay under my goal. That's my struggles right now.
  • Aurorakitty
    Aurorakitty Posts: 57
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    4-5 in the afternoon during which time i'll make tea and exercise to prevent myself from pigging out before dinner.
  • ravenrxx
    ravenrxx Posts: 455 Member
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    At night!! I just want to snack! ahhhh!
  • jeme3
    jeme3 Posts: 355 Member
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    By about 4:00/4:30 I am ready to eat dinner. I am hungry and tired and just want to eat.

    But, we don't usually eat dinner until about 6:00 due to everyone else's schedules.
  • birdiecs
    birdiecs Posts: 237 Member
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    Evenings, after dinner until bedtime. :sad:
  • Dawnicita0318
    Dawnicita0318 Posts: 12 Member
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    I find first thing in the morning is the hardest!!
  • Jenny_Taylia
    Jenny_Taylia Posts: 540 Member
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    Late in the evening for sure!

    Im finding it reeeeally hard resistin the temptation in the freezer right now.
  • debbiem83
    debbiem83 Posts: 3 Member
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    From the time I put my kid to bed till I go to bed. So hard!
  • Restybaby2012
    Restybaby2012 Posts: 568 Member
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    Mine would have to be between 5 and 7a.m. Understand now I wake up and get up between 1 and 2am EVERY SINGLE DAY. I dont leave for work til 515 and it's a 10 minute drive. I dont sleep good at all and havent for a long time...Ive adjusted. BUT.......I still want a cinnamon roll and coffee.......or toast and juice...then I launch into cucumbers, popcorn, cheese. By 9am I done eating til evening other than an apple between 9 and 11. It sounds funky but it seems to be working for me.
  • Suzyqall72
    Suzyqall72 Posts: 105
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    The hardest time of the day for me is between 5 and 630 pm. I am fixing dinner for the kids and making their lunches for the next day. I want to work out before I eat, so I know I will have to wait to eat until 7 pm or so. You get hungry cooking and putting snacks and stuff together in the kids' lunches. So I try to snack on an apple or something just so I won't pop a potato chip in my mouth.
  • julielittlefish
    julielittlefish Posts: 134 Member
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    Right after work, if I'm running errands. It makes it too easy to want to grab something to snack on in the car, especially if I've had a rough day.

    If I workout after work, it's always, always, always after dinner. Not so much right before bed. Just that hour after dinner.
  • sexybizatch
    sexybizatch Posts: 2
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    Hi, I find I can go all day sticking to my plan but for some reason late at night around 8/9.00pm I get the munchies and crave sweet food. Does any one else get the same? and have any tips on how to avoid this? thanks
  • lundii
    lundii Posts: 151 Member
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    The hardest times are

    1. after work...
    2. in the evening after dinner.

    Perhaps I should go to bed earlier.
  • Danilynn1975
    Danilynn1975 Posts: 294 Member
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    Sunday mornings, if I am off work. Because I cook a huge breakfast for my family. And something about the smells make me want to eat and eat and eat.
  • PinkHurricane88
    PinkHurricane88 Posts: 156 Member
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    Afternoons between lunch and getting off work are always the hardest for me. I always feel snacky so I try to busy myself as much as possible in the last few hours of work, and I chug the water haha.
  • issystclaire
    issystclaire Posts: 113 Member
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    Interesting to hear lots of people struggle with the evening period as well. One tactic that helps me greatly is that I make sure not to have any "bad" foods in the house (sweets, junk food, etc). That way, when the cravings do start in the evening, even if I were going to eat something, there is nothing to eat, and it is too late to go out and get something!!! I am just looking forward to the day when the cravings die down and they are not so strong.

    I used to smoke as well for years - this year I have finally quite for good and it's been months and months since I last had a cigarette. I just keep reminding myself that if I can quite smoking, I can quit the bad food habits as well!
  • issystclaire
    issystclaire Posts: 113 Member
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    Hi, I find I can go all day sticking to my plan but for some reason late at night around 8/9.00pm I get the munchies and crave sweet food. Does any one else get the same? and have any tips on how to avoid this? thanks

    Same for me, look above as I offer one tip!
  • 1sophiesophie
    1sophiesophie Posts: 67 Member
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    Between 4 and 5. I call it arsenic hour. I choose that time to do any exercise possible to keep from eating everything in the kitchen.

    Such a great strategy. Exercise always makes me lose my appetite...I don't know why.

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