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Monday's Food Emotion Journal
Day two of working on the food emotion journal. First off though--I went for a 4 mile run this morning. Dragged my rear out of bed and wound up being 10 minutes late for work, but I'm so glad I did it. I could have excused my way out of it, but I didn't.
Food emotion journal below. Ended up at 2,003 calories for the day. BTW, have you ever thought of having a "stop eating" trigger? I've noticed I'm developing a habit of having a cup of tea after dinner. Somehow, it has now become my "you're done eating for the night" food trigger. After that tea, I tend to snack no more.
| Monday | 7:40 AM | 59g raisin bran + 6 oz. skim milk | Hunger. | ||||||
| Monday | 11:00 AM | 1 c. cherry tomatoes | Hunger, but I could probably drink some water as well. | ||||||
| Monday | 12:20 PM | Broccoli slaw w/ thai peanut dressing. Greek yogurt. Grapefruit. Cheese stick. | Hunger. | ||||||
| Monday | 6:00 PM | Cheese Stick + 15 ritz crackers | HUNGER! Waited way too long to eat a snack. I am starved and noshing on crackers. | ||||||
| Monday | 6:00 PM | Pizza Toppings (8 oz. fresh mozzarella + 2 tomatoes) | Hunger. We burned the grill pizza, so I just ate the toppings. All in all, a 600 calorie dinner. :-) | ||||||
| Monday | 6:30 PM | 1/2 c. moose tracks ice cream | Emotional. Really craving a sweet treat. Why? Because I'm in a food script saying I need to have one sweet treat each day. | ||||||
| Monday | 6:50 PM | 2 c. fresh cucumber from my CSA share! | Hunger. I just didn't feel full after dinner. Nearly reached for the doritos, but found a cuc instead. | ||||||
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Comment by Cindy on July 9, 2012 at 11:20pm -
Wow! I've been doing the same thing with the hot tea off and on the past few months and it really works! It's like a nightcap but with zero calories and I get all of the calming, soothing, camomille-laced brands.
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Comment by Keem on July 10, 2012 at 8:46am -
I also sort of feel like dinner needs to be topped off w/a dessert. Maybe it's the way I was raised. Those habits can be so tough to break.
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Comment by Almost There on July 10, 2012 at 10:21am -
I am such a dessert girl myself! I like to delay my dessert by about an hour or so though, because I often find myself wanting MORE! So, I do the hot tea thing as a stop gap between cleaning up after dinner and try to put off dessert until 7:30 or so (I just had to laugh at these new studies promoting "night time fasting"--no way can I go that long without food--even if I am unconscious!). If I wait until later in the evening for my sweet treat I can always just send myself to bed if I find myself haunting the kitchen ;-)
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Comment by Paula on July 10, 2012 at 9:06pm -
Tea is my secret weapon. Once I have a hot green tea, I just lose the craving for sweets. Brushing my teeth after tea makes me not want to eat anymore since I don't want to have to floss and brush again. Call me lazy!
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