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‘Stop Eating After 7pm’ Challenge

We met the 7.00 pm deadline comfortably on Tuesday evening and I still feel pleasantly full at well past my bedtime.

Good night all.
 
Late today 6.35pm
 
By 6 tonight...except for a biscuit at a meeting at 8 and 4 grapes and 4 walnut halves at 10....because they were on the kitchen counter. I usually manage not to snack by not having any snacks available (which includes not going into the kitchen of an evening)
 
Rose to the challenge once again on Wednesday evening and met our self-imposed 6.00 pm target. I still felt pleasantly full at bedtime.
 
MissMuffett said:
Who will join me?

I intend to do this for the rest of January- 10 days and hopefully I’ll have broken the habit by then and carry on.

I‘m not hungry, I suspect I’m bored and it’s becoming a habit. So I thought if there were a few of us that struggle with this it would be good to record our successes and make suggestions on how we coped.

@LivingLightly?
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How did you get on and are you still not eating after 7pm? I really need to get on board with this!
 
4.00 pm
 
Sable_Wolf said:
How did you get on and are you still not eating after 7pm? I really need to get on board with this!
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Try having a slightly larger more filling meal, then mentally stop! Close the kitchen, get rid of snacks so there's no temptation.
It is easier to build new habits than you think.
Seeing bg get lower is very motivating
And join in here for peer group support. :)
 
We're boringly predictable and still hanging in there. Met the 7.00 pm deadline comfortably on Thursday evening and I still feel pleasantly full at well past bedtime.

Good night all. Sleep well.
 
On Friday evening, we ate a little earlier once again and were fed and watered by 6.00 pm. I'm still feeling pleasantly full and it's well past my bedtime.

Night all.
 
4.15pm
 
18:15 tonight.
As a point of interest, does any else experience a delay in feeling full? I'm only just starting to feel so now, nearly an hour after eating. In fact I'm feeling so full I shouldn't have eaten so much and wish I'd known so earlier
 
Finished at 6:20 tonight.

@MrsA2 it only takes me 20 minutes to feel full and sometimes I have to remind myself of this if I fancy pudding. If I can wait that long I usually can give it a miss. But never an hour. If I feel uncomfortable I sip very hot water with ginger and lemon in it and this helps with digestion.
 
MrsA2 said:
18:15 tonight.
As a point of interest, does any else experience a delay in feeling full? I'm only just starting to feel so now, nearly an hour after eating. In fact I'm feeling so full I shouldn't have eaten so much and wish I'd known so earlier
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Yes, a delay of up to 20 minutes @MrsA2 .
 
We met the 7.00 pm deadline comfortably on Saturday evening and I still feel pleasantly full at well past my bedtime.

Good night all.
 
4.15pm
 
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