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‘Stop Eating After 7pm’ Challenge

MissMuffett said:
I’m wide awake (1:30am!) and I’ve made a decaf with cream. I’d usually reach for a slice of cheese but I’ve been able to resist. I have a bit of a sore throat so hope this isn’t the start of a bug and it’s just lack of sleep :rolleyes:
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Firstly, well done for resisting the actual eating after 7pm. I think that’s what this challenge is about, rather than finishing by 7pm.

Secondly, fingers crossed you are not brewing any nasty bugs :grumpy:
 
ravensmitten said:
I've done awful at this and only made it on one occasion, we keep some pretty mad times/flexible routines from week to week atm

routine in that we do the same sort of stuff but whenever it happens to be :D
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For me its more about becoming self aware so if I feel the urge to snack (In my case on nuts) I am managing to tell myself no! However it has come to my attention how much I go to snack at other times of day which I didn't realise I was doing. I tend to think because its low carb foods its ok, but now I am consciously trying to not eat anything between meals at all. Pretty hard for me as my motivation has weakened recently, plus I have a lifetime habit to combat. :bag:

Can I encourage you not to give up, at least you are identifying that your work/life balance can be challenging. Keep trying and when you can, keep to the schedule, it will pay benefits.
 
Ryhia said:
For me its more about becoming self aware so if I feel the urge to snack (In my case on nuts) I am managing to tell myself no! However it has come to my attention how much I go to snack at other times of day which I didn't realise I was doing. I tend to think because its low carb foods its ok, but now I am consciously trying to not eat anything between meals at all. Pretty hard for me as my motivation has weakened recently, plus I have a lifetime habit to combat. :bag:

Can I encourage you not to give up, at least you are identifying that your work/life balance can be challenging. Keep trying and when you can, keep to the schedule, it will pay benefits.
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Thank you, you can :0)

I currently work from home and I'm the worst boss I've ever had. definitely need to install a few more boundaries.

A lot of the time when we are not eating together as a family because we all hold very varied schedules. I find myself going "oh, everyone else is fed, I suppose I should eat something myself.", I look at the clock and its past 9pm, which I find okay if I'm going to bed at 1am, so the concept is there if only a little shifted.

We also have a lot of neurodivergent, ADHD/Dyspraxia traits too, the lot of us!

Hear you on the snaccs, I will sometimes pull a handful of pistachios and season them, or a few bits of cheese or cold cuts of meat, I tell myself because I'm still hungry I shouldn't be unnesc denying myself stuff if I don't need to, which I realise could be habitual or excuses also. I'm really eating a whole lot less and better foods than I was before, most of the time a snack is about 6-8 hours after any main meal, that said, it might mean maybe I should shift my meals closer together.
 
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