My diet is going really well during the day but I'm finding it really hard to control the size of my evening meal. *sigh*
You may say it's easy - just make less! Because i eat lots of veggies, when i prepare the meal it doesn't look like a lot of food until i've cooked it all and put it onto my plate. It's then a huuuuuuuuuge pile of food. It is good food though but i must try to eat less as this huge evening meal is not part of the 6 SMALL meals a day diet that i am on. The Boyf keeps remarking on the size of my evening meals and even though i know he is trying to help i seem to get really defensive. I just feel so HUNGRY in the evening. If i eat a smaller meal my tummy keeps rumbling afterwards. It must be in my mind because i can't still be hungry after eating a balanced, well proportioned meal. I sit there afterwards craving something sweet and filling like biscuits, even though i'm not really hungry. The Boyf is amazing at giving up things (smoking, recreational drugs, sweets, alcohol etc) but i have a real problem with it. He says giving up stuff is as easy as not buying it. Well i just don't think it's that easy!! I got quite upset last night when he was telling me all this. I just can't bear being hungry at night time. Maybe it's because i'm sat with nothing more to do and so start thinking about food. I don't get hungry with my small meals in the day when i'm busy. I need a distraction in the evening. Tonight i'm going to really try to make a good sized meal and just deal with it. I think i need to eat slower. It's going to be tough. I don't want my evening meal to wreck all the good work i've been doing all day.
Wish me luck. Or any suggestions of what i can do to control my evening cravings? Maybe i need a cigarette! I haven't smoked in 15 days because i haven't been out drinking and the smoking ban stops me sitting at the bar after work smoking. Maybe that's what i'm craving and i think it's food. I don't know....