Evenings......

The briffa tip would not work for me. I feel the urge to snack after a large evening meal and particularly as I am about to bed. I often go up with two or three biscuits!

Squaredog forget the 5:2 diet, there's a much better one. Have you come across the 12:12 diet?

I agree that knitting is helpful, but I save up about 100 calories to consume after 8pm, such as a Carte D'Or individual ice cream dessert (I like the cherry ones), a packet of French Fries crisps or fun size packet of Maltesers. They satisfy the craving and I look forward to them all day when 'fasting'!

Knitting

It doesn't work.

Just got this from Dr John Briffa
www.drbriffa.com/2013/12/06/a-simple-trick-for-avoiding-over-eating-in-the-evening

He advocates eating a snack in the afternoon to stop you feeling hungry in the evening.

That s jolly nice of them Lynda.

Can they send some to me, too?

Nice to hear I am not the only one.

My DD introduced me to Graze who send me me 4 'good' small snack boxes each week. I limit myself to one snack box an evening. Also buy small bags of fruit/nut mixes for other days. It works for me (and I have very little will power).

Finding something to do with your hands- crafts I meant! X

The reason I'm asking.......I ve started this flipping 5-2 diet today......

Wish me luck this evening......

I think my electric blankie will be on and I ll be tucked up with good book by 9. Only way, methinks!

I find now I am on my own I definitely get an attack of "the munchies" in the evenings.

I know I am not going to be able to resist so factor it into my daily calories, sometimes it works and I only have one thing and feel very pleased with myself - other times I keep making journeys into the kitchen to find something else!! I try to keep lots of fruit to snack on but there are times when only a packet of crisps will do!

When do you have your evening meal? Circumstances mean that our's has been pushed back to between 7 and 8 leaving me feeling quite full for the rest of the evening. My other trick is to only buy nibbly things that I don't like, so plenty in the cupboards for the rest of the family but nothing to tempt me, except my 80 or 90% chocolate, of which I am allowed 2 squares per day - entirely for the iron of course!

Eat a bit less at other times of day and then tell yourself that at 8.30 you can have a cup of ovaltine/2 biscuits and a small piece of cheese/a banana or whatever else you fancy, but put a limit on it, and stick to it.
I find if we eat our main meal before 7.30 I am feeling hungry by bedtime.
I don't have a mid afternoon snack if I know I'm going to eat early for any reason, then I can have something later on.

Go to bed VERY early?

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