Lose weight the fun way.

Posted on June 10, 2015

For the last week and a half I have been using intermittent fasting which simply means that I eat during a certain window of time and I don't eat the rest of the day. For me I eat anywhere between the hours of 11 A and 7 PM and then I don't eat for the following 16 hours.

This past Sunday I decided I'd extend the hours a little bit so I could have dessert following our church service. We have dessert once a month to celebrate birthdays for that month. Anyway, extending the hours was a HUGE mistake and one I will not repeat again if I can help it!

I did fine with the dessert meaning I did not go overboard. However, I never actually set a specific time I would stop eating on Sunday after I extended the hours and so when I got home I kept eating until I had eaten a muffin, one or two cookies and 5 or 6 peanut butter balls. The whole reason I started IF was to help me get out of the habit of binge eating at night. I really struggle with not going overboard after 9 PM or so at night. Stopping my eating at 7 has completely erradicated this late night binge eating. I learned on Sunday that I absolutely must keep to my guideline of 7 PM. If I miss dessert night once a month at church so be it. Maybe sometime I can officially extend my eating until 8 or 9 PM but not for now. For now I know I have a problem eaating at night and so I need to do all I can to remove myself from that temptaiton. For right now my theme has to be "no compromise allowed!"

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Nicole L.

06/12/2015 8:17AM

Ugh that happens, it's so tough once you start, such a slippery slope. I try to have a strict nothing past 8pm rule...no matter how starving I am...sometimes I too fail. If I'm "hungry" I make a peppermint tea with a little honey. It 95% of the time quells the feeling. If not I drink a huge glass of water with lemon. Those usually work for me. Or at least if I do a pig out - I make sure to drink lots of water to help flush out the pipes ;) Good luck finding your trigger stopper, it's definitely not easy

Kay

06/10/2015 12:10PM

I hear ya - what is it with late night eating (after 7pm) I no longer keep food in my house that is high in calories in case I am too tempted - my favorite sneak snack (I called it a sneak snack cause it sneaks its way in is a plain rice cake with a peanut butter - it gives me the crunch I crave and a little bit of protein to tie me over

bahhhhh

06/10/2015 7:41AM

I need to implement a strict food-cut-off time for myself, as well. I am seeing that I can behave all day, but as soon as I relax for the night, which is bed time, my mind begins to wander and I think I need to eat. It's so hard to be an adult. :D

Rebecca C.

Sometimes I'm hungry after my cut off time but you know what? I'm finding that going to bed a little hungry isn't going to kill me. It's not even going to put me in starvation mode!

Carey P.

I'm working on the food window but I eat from 5am- 7:30pm that is working for me, from 8am to 2pm I'm continuity severing food so Monday thru Friday it's okay but on weekends sometimes I cave in.

Katherine S.

06/10/2015 6:44AM

Can you not just extend once a month to one desert option at church then your cut off?

Rebecca C.

Katherine, I could if I can be strict with my extended cut off time. I think for now though it is best to just stick with 7 PM.