VSG Maintenance Group
Transition Time, the challenge of late day
What was it that was Ms Shell called it, The Danger Hour?
depending, it can start as early as 2 pm, tonight it's starting at maybe 7 pm because it's almost that and I am still eating my salad. it's an excellent salad, btw, got roasted onions and apples in it beside the greens & tomato. lots more stuff I "can" eat, if I am still hungry.
Transition Time is a positive thing for me to work towards; I want to imagine how it can be and then make that happen. ideally, I stop eating when I am full and then I stay stopped!
physically, it's important that I've been eating sensibly all day and if I come home from work hungry, I'm not so hungry I'm out of control. planning and eating well all day & having an afternoon snack is good for this.
I like what Loulou said last week, she tries not to have multiple triggers. so, if coming home from work is a trigger don't add something else that triggers you like turning on the TV.
a BIG trigger for me is if I feel a lot of stress. I don't like the anxious feeling and want to mute it by stuffing down food or even by drinking. at the very least, I need to be aware of this. I think a good plan is to check in with myself and see how I feel. tonight, tired and in some pain from a muscle spasm or something that happened over night. so, I might feel like I "get to" overeat out of self pity.
sometimes I do just fine until I start thinking about bed. this seems to be a trigger for me as I am used to going to be full - really full, often, as though it helps me sleep. I am going to just plan on going with this tonight, plan on a bowl of oatmeal with sugar for the rest of supper and save it for before bed. tomorrow, I'll think up a better plan.
depending, it can start as early as 2 pm, tonight it's starting at maybe 7 pm because it's almost that and I am still eating my salad. it's an excellent salad, btw, got roasted onions and apples in it beside the greens & tomato. lots more stuff I "can" eat, if I am still hungry.
Transition Time is a positive thing for me to work towards; I want to imagine how it can be and then make that happen. ideally, I stop eating when I am full and then I stay stopped!
physically, it's important that I've been eating sensibly all day and if I come home from work hungry, I'm not so hungry I'm out of control. planning and eating well all day & having an afternoon snack is good for this.
I like what Loulou said last week, she tries not to have multiple triggers. so, if coming home from work is a trigger don't add something else that triggers you like turning on the TV.
a BIG trigger for me is if I feel a lot of stress. I don't like the anxious feeling and want to mute it by stuffing down food or even by drinking. at the very least, I need to be aware of this. I think a good plan is to check in with myself and see how I feel. tonight, tired and in some pain from a muscle spasm or something that happened over night. so, I might feel like I "get to" overeat out of self pity.
sometimes I do just fine until I start thinking about bed. this seems to be a trigger for me as I am used to going to be full - really full, often, as though it helps me sleep. I am going to just plan on going with this tonight, plan on a bowl of oatmeal with sugar for the rest of supper and save it for before bed. tomorrow, I'll think up a better plan.
once upon a time I had a group to talk about Binge Eating Disorder, and later one about Clean Eating.
PM me if you are interested in either of these.
size 8, life is great
I love this idea...
For the last two days I have been grazing, with healthy stuff, in the danger time zone...
Tonight hubby is late getting home, we always eat together... I started to get hungry and had a few more almonds then a small piece of cheese.
Last night I skipped my middle of the night snack because of this 'grazing' , tonight I will do the same.
I also need to add up my calories and see where I am at. I know how to lose this weight, and I want no surprises after the 30 Days.
I hope to do better between 3-6 pm tomorrow. 15 Almonds and my SF drinks should hold me until dinner.
Thanks for this post Jackie,
CIndy
For the last two days I have been grazing, with healthy stuff, in the danger time zone...
Tonight hubby is late getting home, we always eat together... I started to get hungry and had a few more almonds then a small piece of cheese.
Last night I skipped my middle of the night snack because of this 'grazing' , tonight I will do the same.
I also need to add up my calories and see where I am at. I know how to lose this weight, and I want no surprises after the 30 Days.
I hope to do better between 3-6 pm tomorrow. 15 Almonds and my SF drinks should hold me until dinner.
Thanks for this post Jackie,
CIndy
yep, this danger hour is why most of us became obese. its a tough one. anxiety is definately relieved by eating so no wonder we all gained weight.
I have a warm skim milk every night before bed to get my supplements down and a spoon of peanut butter. this leaves me feeling pretty full and "treated" and keeps me away from other munchies. make a list of appropriate things that you can have that make you satisfied and sleepy.
Diane
I have a warm skim milk every night before bed to get my supplements down and a spoon of peanut butter. this leaves me feeling pretty full and "treated" and keeps me away from other munchies. make a list of appropriate things that you can have that make you satisfied and sleepy.
Diane
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Oh I would not be able to stop with one spoonful of peanut butter!
I do pretty good with some good herbal tea with a 100 cal pack of cocoa almonds in the evenings these days .Sometimes I have to take Valerian because I have that anxious feeling .
I do pretty good with some good herbal tea with a 100 cal pack of cocoa almonds in the evenings these days .Sometimes I have to take Valerian because I have that anxious feeling .
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I just had oatmeal, warm and with almond milk, apples, sugar and Cinnamon. perfect, and I am now too tired to put an Amy's frozen vegetable lasagna in the microwave (which I don't need, since I had a salad)
if I start wanting that lasagna later, I will say out loud. I can HAVE that tomorrow when I'm hungry again.
so there, reptilian brain - frontal lobe is in charge!
if I start wanting that lasagna later, I will say out loud. I can HAVE that tomorrow when I'm hungry again.
so there, reptilian brain - frontal lobe is in charge!
once upon a time I had a group to talk about Binge Eating Disorder, and later one about Clean Eating.
PM me if you are interested in either of these.
size 8, life is great
Yes let's transition!! For the last few days I've been reminding myself that I'm NOT hungry. Thanks to my VSG I haven't felt physical hunger in years. In fact when super duper busy and running all over town (rarely) the only time I "realize" I'm hungry is when I get overly snappy at people and small children. It just DAWNS on me **** I haven't eaten. I'm taping into that feeling more and more. I'm eating on "schedule," I just finished making tuna for lunch tomorrow and as I put it in my little 4oz containers I just WANTED to pinch a bite or two just because. Not hungry but because it's there. I fought the urge and decided to come here and see if there was something I could respond to and here you were!! THank you and goodnight...
"WLS is only for people who are ready to move past the "diet" mentality" ~Alison Brown
"WLS is not a Do-Over (repeat same mistakes = get a similar outcome.) It is a Do-BETTER (make lifestyle changes you can continue forever.)" ~ Michele Vicara aka Eggface
I to struggle with this danger zone (4p-bedtime for me), sometimes go on to bed to stop the eating. I count calories, so I save 2/3 's of them for this time of day. Just like you mentioned, I want to go to sleep on a full stomach, just like babys do!!! I wish I didn't look for that very full feeling, but, I do. This will be ongoing struggle for me, don't think it will ever be easy not to do so. Thanks for starting this thread!!
