How come every evening I come home from work and I eat and eat but all day at work I do good eating only healthy things and thinking of what healthy thing I will eat for supper, yet as soon as I get home boom! I am gorging anything in sight and feel horrible after words. The most ironic thing is that I have lost over 70 pounds before I know exactly what needs to be done and how to do. Your are listening to the one person who was one of those over obsessive people who workout. Why can't I be consistent. I know it only takes a few weeks to get the cravings out. For me I must say it really isn't about the cravings it's about just eating. I think it is out of boredom. Man I know this sounds pretty pathetic. Anyway I hope the rest of you are doing better than me.
Consistency is lacking
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Bedsy81
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Oh my gosh! I was exactly the same! I have done like 80,000 diets and either way, i was so good during the day and then when i got home, it was like "ah, bugger it!" And then i'd feel really bad and get up the next day and do it aaaall over again.
Even now, it takes a huge amount of thought and energy to not buy anything on the way home or ignore what is at home, but two things are keeping me going and that's that i exercise now. Even if i just go for a stroll up the street or around the park, at least i'm doing something and it's clearing my head.
The other thing is that i have been careful not to restrict myself of anything.
If you think about it, what's the first thing someone does when you tell them not to look down?
Same thing. Tell someone not to have chocolate and you immediately get the same response.
Why? Who knows? Maybe they feel like they will miss out if they don't have it. At least that's how i felt sometimes. Like what if Cadbury goes broke tomorrow and stops making chocolate?! I'll die! lol! That was my weird train of thought.
So i decided that the key was, if i want to have chocolate, then i will have a piece of chocolate, and only if i was exercising.
So before christmas, i bought a block of top quality chocolate and kept it in the fridge, and you know what, because i know it's there, and because i know i can have it whenever i want, there's still 3/4 of it sitting there in my fridge.
I am also like you, in the sense that i'm a bored eater. If i had nothing to do then i would eat. I think the trick there is to be able to make the connection in your mind that just because you are bored, it doesn't mean you are hungry.
Put a sign on your fridge like i did. I just put a sign on my fridge that says Are you bored?
Let us know how you're going! I'd like to hear more from you.
Even now, it takes a huge amount of thought and energy to not buy anything on the way home or ignore what is at home, but two things are keeping me going and that's that i exercise now. Even if i just go for a stroll up the street or around the park, at least i'm doing something and it's clearing my head.
The other thing is that i have been careful not to restrict myself of anything.
If you think about it, what's the first thing someone does when you tell them not to look down?
Same thing. Tell someone not to have chocolate and you immediately get the same response.
Why? Who knows? Maybe they feel like they will miss out if they don't have it. At least that's how i felt sometimes. Like what if Cadbury goes broke tomorrow and stops making chocolate?! I'll die! lol! That was my weird train of thought.
So i decided that the key was, if i want to have chocolate, then i will have a piece of chocolate, and only if i was exercising.
So before christmas, i bought a block of top quality chocolate and kept it in the fridge, and you know what, because i know it's there, and because i know i can have it whenever i want, there's still 3/4 of it sitting there in my fridge.
I am also like you, in the sense that i'm a bored eater. If i had nothing to do then i would eat. I think the trick there is to be able to make the connection in your mind that just because you are bored, it doesn't mean you are hungry.
Put a sign on your fridge like i did. I just put a sign on my fridge that says Are you bored?
Let us know how you're going! I'd like to hear more from you.
Korrie
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Well, one reason could very well be this....maybe when you are at work and thinking "healthy foods" MAYBE you are running so low in cal's that it throws you into a binge. Its important to make sure you are eating right, and yet eating enough that you don't want to swallow everything.
I believe alot of people think themselves into cravings. If you tell yourself, "everyday I get home and I can't stop myself" then that will be the outcome. Tell yourself "i'm going home today and I"m going to do good" I bet your outcome will be different!
I believe alot of people think themselves into cravings. If you tell yourself, "everyday I get home and I can't stop myself" then that will be the outcome. Tell yourself "i'm going home today and I"m going to do good" I bet your outcome will be different!
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wonderwoman
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it might help if you have your evening's food planned out ahead of time. also have some cut up veggies available in containers to snack on to help fill you up before you start getting into the other stuff thats not good for you!
SkinnyKate
New member
oh gosh you can do this! piece of cake!(did "I" say that?!) lol
first dont put the bad stuff in your house!!! keep it out!! that is my first rule around here. The whole famly is losing weight, even the ones who dont need to! also keep those handy half cup servings of your favorite fruit around. Its what I grab because its easy, handy, and low in cals. same with sug. free pudding and jello...or even sug free popcicles! those are all my saving grace at binge time during the evenings..also, ive been doing this over a month and my night time cravings are3 MUCH less now. Its gonna get easier! promise!
first dont put the bad stuff in your house!!! keep it out!! that is my first rule around here. The whole famly is losing weight, even the ones who dont need to! also keep those handy half cup servings of your favorite fruit around. Its what I grab because its easy, handy, and low in cals. same with sug. free pudding and jello...or even sug free popcicles! those are all my saving grace at binge time during the evenings..also, ive been doing this over a month and my night time cravings are3 MUCH less now. Its gonna get easier! promise!