Reet, i am trying to stick to not eating after 8pm,
From everything i have read this appears to be a basic rule of dieting which for me as a food addict is proving difficult, with the two boys 6pm until 8pm is what Shannon refers to as the crazy hours, Ethan has to be fed, bathed and bedded so does Ryan, the sonic backdrop which themes these two hours is a mash up of frustrated parental pleading, screaming boys and Dora the Explorer, it is madness.
In the past i would mostly cook dinner for Shannon and myself while my amazing wife and the boys loving mum would see to the two terrors, once the crazy hours had passed we would finally sit down to eat, now i have pre-prepped meals to look forward to and currently cannot risk the temptation of picking and craving while cooking for Shannon i am eating much earlier at around 7pm which has it's pros and cons:
Pros: I get to eat dinner earlier than usual at a more reasonable time.
Cons: I get hungry around 9pm.
So last night for an hour after 9pm i was thinking 'what's in to eat? 'is any of yesterdays popcorn left?' 'half a cup of cornflakes and semi skimmed milk cannot hurt can it?' ''drink more water, that's what the experts say', Shannon noticing i was on the wane made me a coffee, she offered to and i said yes, now in reality I shouldn't really be drinking coffee after 6pm but i made an exception hoping the caffeine would help abate my appetite and to be honest it did but in the end i was so close to eating something stupid i relented and went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep, dreamt about food all night and woke up happy with myself for not breaking my diet over a stupid craving to be greedy.
So yesterdays meals were as follows:
Breakfast: Caramalised onion, ricotta and spinach omelette.
Mid morning snack: Trail mix (cheerios, choc chips and peanuts) and a pear.
Lunch: Low GI pasta salad with sun dried tomato and feta.
Afternoon snack: Apple.
Dinner: Lean beef cottage pie with cauliflower mash and peas.
Dessert: Baked apple, raisins and cinnamon syrup!
Drinks: 2 litres of water, 3 coffees and 2 green teas.
Total calories: 1641
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