Schedule Conflict

Posted on October 9, 2015

Okay, so I have been good. I have created a nice schedule throughout the morning and early afternoon. But, after 5PM, I lose the flow of eating and exercising. My schedule for Monday through Friday is below, so you have an idea.

7:30AM- Wake up;Get dressed and ready for the day

8:00AM- Leave the house with a to go breakfast

9:00AM- Arrive at work;do 20 crunches

10:00AM-Healthy snack

12:00PM-Do 20 crunches;Have lunch

1:00PM- Back to work

3:00PM- Healthy snack

5:00PM- End of day/Go home/Hungry/Run errands

6:00PM- Home/Run errands/More Hungry/Gym/Go out

7:00PM- Still hungry/Doing stuff

8:30PM- Eat something- the easier the better

9:30PM- Hungry (Sometimes)

11:00PM- Start winding down for sleep

The inconsistency between the hours of 5 to 11, has me confused. Since the acitivities are always alternating, I don't have a set schedule. The past couple of days, I also wake up around 3AM really hungry. I ignore it and go back to sleep, but I'm still hungry. I need to learn how to combine my responsibilities of running errands, doing chores around the house, time to relax or have fun, with my eating and exercise schedule. Now, If I consider Saturday and Sunday... I just don't have a clue. I like to sleep in and it throws off my entire schedule. Any suggestions for the weekdays and weekends?

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10/09/2015 9:49AM

I'm sorry to hear that you're waking up hungry! Boo to that. I hope that feeling goes away soon. Good job working through it, though! Maybe have a look at what you're eating? For example, you can get to 1200 cal (or whatever your goal # is) a lot of ways, but 1200 cal worth of candy is less voluminous than 1200 cal worth of lean protein or veg. Just a thought... And lots of water. In addition to all the awesome things water does for your body, it's a space filler.When you're hungry at 5/6PM, do you have a snack? Because in the AM, you're eating every 2-3 hrs, But if you don't eat from your snack at 3PM until 8:30PM, that's 5.5 hours without food, which is a big change from your AM sched. As far as weekend vs. weekday, I'll share what I do and maybe it'll give you an idea of how you want to (or how not to) tackle it. I'm such a boring creature of habit. I eat at 8AM, 12PM, 3PM, 6PM, 9PM. Every day. Regardless of what I'm doing, if it's time to eat, I'll eat something. I stash snacks everywhere - my purse, my car, everywhere so they're always at hand. If I'm too busy or just not able to sit down when it's a proper "meal"time, I'll swap a snack instead and have the meal when it was time for the snack. I stick to the same schedule on weekends that I do for weekdays. And if I sleep in, I eat the first meal as soon as I wake up, and then the rest of the day follows just like a regular weekday. Oh, and I should mention that sticking to a schedule like this works for me because I don

Happy Girl

I really do try to follow the same schedule on the weekends, but the fact that i'm waking up close to lunch time... is not helpful. And, I want to get up at that time because it's nice to be snug in my covers. lol I know poor excuse, but it's the truth.

Sarah

10/09/2015 8:51AM

What's your 3:00 healthy snack? If you're not eating again until 8:30, you should make sure that snack is pretty decently sized. If you post what food you normally eat on one of these days, maybe I can help make some recommendations ( I went to grad school for nutrition).

Happy Girl

My 3:00PM snack is either a cup of chocolate almond milk, protein shake, a hand full of sunflower seeds, greek yogurt, a cup of orange and mango juice, a rice cake, sometimes with apple butter or some golden raisins. It's one of those, not all of those, at the same time. For breakfast, a usually have a mandarin or banana. Morning snack is similar to my 3:00PM snack. Lunch is a hefty salad with crispy chicken (or tuna) and lettuce and a varying combination of the following: tomato, some type of pepper, a little cheese, red onion, carrots, corn, black beans, garbanzos, croutons, golden raisins, salt, pepper and salad dressing. Dinner... I try to have a salad, but I don't want anything cold. So, I normally just do crispy chicken. It's 15 in the oven and i'm done. I would love some recommendations! Please and thank you!

Jody M.

10/09/2015 8:51AM

First off - I am no expert & I would never pass judgment or preach cause I'm a total newbie to this whole exercise/eat right way of life BUT...I think you may be too hard on yourself...you seem to be juggling a full schedule throughout the week...and if you want to sleep in on the weekends...do it! As for the week nights, it doesn't look like there is dinner listed?? Maybe that is the culprit to your late night hunger? Just think out loud...I am one of those ladies that has taken care of everyone else but me so I am constantly shuffling kids here & there, running errands, working full time...etc, etc. By doing all this, I used to just not eat...I would have a few bites here & there but no real consistent eating which I know now is horrible...I share your same hectic routine but I do manage to fit dinner in...I know its hard, believe me but you can do it -- you're already doin it..Crunches at work...TWICE per day...WHAT???? That's awesome...Don't let the pace of life overwhelm you...make time for you...cause your the only person that matters...I'm rootin for ya...

Happy Girl

Thank you, Jody! You've left me re-energized!