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I'm going have a week of trying really hard to apply the Weightwatchers programme this week - I need to remind myself that when I do it properly I can actually lose weight. One of the things I've been having problems with in the last couple of weeks particuarly but also generally is comfort eating. Or not exactly comfort eating but I've been finding that I get home and have dinner and a glass of wine and then what seems to happen is that I feel tired and perhaps a little bored and just want to sit in front of the TV with another glass of wine and perhaps a toasted pitta or bakewell tart. And then repeat for the next 3 hours or so.
So my question is have you got any suggestions for things I could try instead. I need something with fairly low barrier to entry (as it were) as it's difficult to get myself started but once I'm going I can get re-energised fairly quickly. Ideally it should also be something that I don't do just sitting down in the living room, at least for the moment as I currently associate that with relaxing with wine, pittas, etc. Any ideas?
Also, as support is so important ( :) ) I thought I'd organise a pub meet tonight. Far from the Madding Crowd? (Or Copa, but they have more tempting food) from around 5:45? Comment now and I'll txt![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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So my question is have you got any suggestions for things I could try instead. I need something with fairly low barrier to entry (as it were) as it's difficult to get myself started but once I'm going I can get re-energised fairly quickly. Ideally it should also be something that I don't do just sitting down in the living room, at least for the moment as I currently associate that with relaxing with wine, pittas, etc. Any ideas?
Also, as support is so important ( :) ) I thought I'd organise a pub meet tonight. Far from the Madding Crowd? (Or Copa, but they have more tempting food) from around 5:45? Comment now and I'll txt
white_hart after lunch with the conclusions.
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Date: November 14th, 2005 09:00 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: November 14th, 2005 09:24 am (UTC)From:Oooh!
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Date: November 14th, 2005 10:06 am (UTC)From:If you are using wine to relax, you're probably better off (calorie-wise and psychologically and physiologically) with a single measured shot of brandy or Scotch than with three glasses of red or white (I'm hazarding a guess of one glass per hour for three hours).
If the idea of having a single dose of hard stuff "to relax" seems too close to flirting with alcohol dependency, as opposed to "just having a few glasses of wine" then conceivably you may be kidding yourself a little about the whole relationship between alcohol, weight, and you, full stop. Possibly. Or not. Having found myself at one time easily consuming half a bottle of red every day - it crept up on me somehow - I did have to face up to the fact that three or four glasses in the evening was half a bottle and for me that was too much. And getting rid of the extra weight was as hard as getting rid of the creeping dependency. But worth it in the end. Wine every day + insufficient exercise = fat. :-( Alas....
Just a thought, anyway.
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Date: November 14th, 2005 12:18 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: November 14th, 2005 02:28 pm (UTC)From:You could stay off Scotch and try bourbon, which is sweeter without being sickly: Jack Daniels is a perfectly acceptable entry-level bourbon. I love red wine also. I quite like very old Macallan Scotch; I will sip at Glen Moray and at Lagavulin, but sadly the best-ever Scotch, Bhunabhain ('bune-ah-hav-ain') is no more. But a good Macallan is lovely. Most blends will taket he roof of your mouth off and give you a nasty headache besides, so stay off the Bell's and the Dewar's. Even if offered them to you by a B & B landlady served by the teacupful at 8 a.m., they will dae ye nae gude, as I have found to my cost.
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Date: November 16th, 2005 03:34 pm (UTC)From:keep the hands and mind occupied
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Date: November 14th, 2005 11:02 am (UTC)From:Re the comfort eating, not having snacky things in the house is always a good start! Another thing that might work is eating later - we tend to have dinner around eight, which means there's not really time to get hungry again before bedtime. I usually have a snack as soon as I get in from work (usually a slice of bread with some cold meat) which seems to keep me going until then. The wine is probably the killer, though; not only does it pack a pretty hefty calorie punch on its own, but it does tend to reduce will-power and bring on attacks of the munchies. If you try to have a few alcohol-free evenings you'll probably find that you feel less tired and less inclined to nibble at things.
And if you must snack, try having fruit and nuts and things around instead of pitta bread and mini bakewells!
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Date: November 14th, 2005 12:22 pm (UTC)From:Actually, something that I hadn't thought about until I said that was that Alex and I eat our dinner on the sofa in the living room. I wonder if moving that to the dining room would help me to have a clearer distinction between eating time and the rest of the evening.
I see Bethan can't come this evening. Do you want to meet up for a quick one anyway?
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Date: November 14th, 2005 12:50 pm (UTC)From:Happy to meet up if you are - FFtMC, then?
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Date: November 14th, 2005 11:16 am (UTC)From:In more werk news, it's only 4 weeks till Late Thursdays stop for Christmas, so yay :-)
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Date: November 17th, 2005 11:46 pm (UTC)From:The brutal fact is that a Forties-style figure goes with a Forties-style diet (alcohol on special occasions only, meat & 2 veg for lunch and dinner, no snacks) and Forties-level of activity (lots of walking to & from the shops because you ain't got a fridge, daily carpet sweeping, digging the allotment u.s.w). Yer pays yer money, yer takes yer choice. If you want the TV, the wine, the snacks, you have to take the figure that comes with it. Modern life sucks sometimes huh.