I'm hiding from me

I'm hiding from my kitchen.

And I mean that literally.

When I put my kids in their rooms at bedtime, I hide in my room. Because if I go back downstairs, I will eat everything in sight.  I'm not kidding.

The minute I put the kids in bed I start thinking about what I could eat.  Ooh, I could drive to fritz's and get a concrete.  Oh wait, I could just eat a bowl of the kids' cereal.  What about a poptart?  Or an entire bag of chips?  All great choices!

Of course, this is the kind of thinking that got me to the point I'm at now.  Which is overweight.  Which is unhealthy.  I'm working on it, and honestly, this is the longest I've kept any successful weight change.  It's a looooooong sllllllllllllllloooooooow process.  Much slower than I'd prefer.  But I know that means it's the right process.  It's no crazy fad diet, or pill, or fast, or cleanse or whatever.  Just a hey, how about you eat a little less, eat a little more often, and a little healthier.  And while you're at it, toss in some exercise now and then, would you?

I'm making the changes and it's getting the point that some of it isn't so hard anymore.  But the nighttime snacking?  That's the proverbial monkey on my back.  Therefore, my only coping  mechanism is avoidance.

So if you need me from 8:30 pm on?  I'll be in my room.  Dreaming of what I could be eating.

Comments

[Jill Cullison]

Brush and floss your teeth right after they go to bed. That helps me avoid the night time snacking.

[Suzan]

If you have to eat we do sugar-free popsicles..also we like the atkins bars especially the coconut ones cold..we split it and half seems to help the sweet craving..just my tricks