Thinking BEFORE Eating!

True Confessions

I am a big late night eater. Like eating just before bed. I am better than I use to be though. Now I am only eating 2-3 times a week before bed. It use to be something like 9x a week. I wish I could say it was bananas, mango, kiwi late at night but it's generally one of the sinful foods... chips, ice cream, crack-lite, etc.

So the other day it's about 10:15 pm and I go down to the kitchen and I grab a bag of salty banana chips from Trader Joes. I take the bag and sit down and start reading the newspaper. Just as I am about to start eating/reading, I STOP and take out maybe 5-6 and then put the rest of the bag on the counter about 6 feet away.

Guess what happened? I read for ten or so minutes while eating the chips, and then saw the bag on the counter, gauged my hunger (gone) and put the bag away and went to bed!

This was shocking to me because generally I would just read and MINDLESSLY eaten almost the whole bag. Yet, this BAD HABIT was broken (at least for now), but it takes planning and THINKING for it to occur.

So instead of late night reading/eating, are you eating while watching late night TV or texting? It's okay to be hungry at night or in the afternoon but we would be better served if we take a small amount and put it in a bowl, PUT the original package away, and then EAT - instead of mindlessly or habitually OVEREATING straight from the bag! Hey if this OLD DOG can still learn a new trick maybe so can you!