habits challenge

tamera_g
tamera_g Posts: 128 Member
edited November 26 in Challenges
Change your habits and you can change your life! Have you got a bad habit or two that you want to kick? Are you ready to introduce new good habits into your life? If so, this challenge is for you.

Every week post a habit that you would like to change. Then log in daily and tell us how it's going. If all goes well after one week, then post another habit you would like to change. To join this group, just hit the star at the top of the page.

My habit that I would like to change is to illuminate snacking between meals. I eat way too many foods while I am cleaning up in the kitchen. Of course I don't log those foods either so I don't have an accurate calorie log at the end of the day.

What habit do you want to change?

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  • tamera_g
    tamera_g Posts: 128 Member
    Wow! I didn't realize how hard changing a habit could be. So far I haven't been able to accomplish my goal once since I started this challenge. Afternoons are a time where I find myself continuously eating. Anyone else with this problem?
    Tomorrow I will try changing my schedule and see if that stops my binging. If so, I will achieve going a whole day without snacking between meals!
  • MadisonMolly2017
    MadisonMolly2017 Posts: 11,157 Member
    @tamera_g
    Do you eat breakfast? That was the key for me to stop the snacking while cooking later in the day.

    I eat about 1/3 of my calories at breakfast- and, no, I’m not a morning person. For a long time I ate 2 huge meals at 1 pm and about 7:30 or 8, but I read that having one’s largest meal at breakfast and smallest for dinner resulted in more weight loss, less belly fat, and better blood glucose values than tiny breakfast, medium lunch, big dinner.

    Hope this helps!
  • tamera_g
    tamera_g Posts: 128 Member
    It does help. Thanks a lot! Yes I do eat breakfast and it is about a third of my calories for the day.
  • daneejela
    daneejela Posts: 461 Member
    Hi! I am too trying to avoid snacking between meals.
  • tamera_g
    tamera_g Posts: 128 Member
    Welcome daneejela! Let us know how you are doing!
  • kbmnurse1
    kbmnurse1 Posts: 316 Member
    No smoking day #32, cold turkey.
  • tamera_g
    tamera_g Posts: 128 Member
    kbmnurse1 wrote: »
    No smoking day #32, cold turkey.

    I know what you're going through. I have been smoke free since May 2006. I used the gum for about three weeks. Good luck!
  • TheMrWobbly
    TheMrWobbly Posts: 2,541 Member
    edited June 2018
    My challenge to stop cleaning up food. I hate throwing away food and will sometimes eat the left overs from my children or eat extra food I find that is close to going off just to not throw it away. Yesterday had 1 and 1/3 tuna steaks rather than 1 and a whole bowl of veggies rather the half I should have eaten. Not bad foods however I need to break the habit.
  • tamera_g
    tamera_g Posts: 128 Member
    My husband and his mother have this habit too. It won't be an easy habit to break but important.
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