Borderline type 2, so I still allow myself an odd sweet treat. This is a question asked out of curiosity.
I have a kitchen safe - which is a plastic box with a timing mechanism. The idea is that you can take a biscuit (or whatever you keep in the safe) then set the timer for a period, during which it will be locked. So you can stop the runaway munchies - it might be 8 hours before you can have another biscuit.
This has worked well. But what I have found is that it doesn't matter how long I actually set the timer - as long as it is more than an hour.
Without the safe, if I have one or two biscuits, it is quite likely I'll go through the packet.
With the safe, and using periods of 4-8 hours, the biscuits are out of the way, so it doesn't bother me.
With the safe, set only to 1 hour, I find that by the time the safe has opened, I am not that fussed about having another biscuit. I usually haven't even thought about whether it has opened or not. As long as the treats are not available to me soon after eating the first one or two, I have no cravings.
Of course, this may all be in my mind (although I don't care, if it works). But is there a physiological reason why this may be?
I have a kitchen safe - which is a plastic box with a timing mechanism. The idea is that you can take a biscuit (or whatever you keep in the safe) then set the timer for a period, during which it will be locked. So you can stop the runaway munchies - it might be 8 hours before you can have another biscuit.
This has worked well. But what I have found is that it doesn't matter how long I actually set the timer - as long as it is more than an hour.
Without the safe, if I have one or two biscuits, it is quite likely I'll go through the packet.
With the safe, and using periods of 4-8 hours, the biscuits are out of the way, so it doesn't bother me.
With the safe, set only to 1 hour, I find that by the time the safe has opened, I am not that fussed about having another biscuit. I usually haven't even thought about whether it has opened or not. As long as the treats are not available to me soon after eating the first one or two, I have no cravings.
Of course, this may all be in my mind (although I don't care, if it works). But is there a physiological reason why this may be?