OK, I'm just not buying peanut butter anymore.There are certain foods that I don't have very good self control around, and they're not what you would expect. Triscuits is a good example -- unless I am functioning at 100% willpower levels, I cannot be trusted with a box of Triscuits. I slather Smart Balance on them and go to town.
Is it the same as eating a box of doughnuts? No, but it completely throws off my calories for the day, and it's a surrender to mindless eating.
So yes, peanut butter is now on the hit list.
I woke up thinking that if I fell asleep at 8pm every night I'd be a size 2 -- all my diet sabotage happens in the wee hours. Where does my will power go after 9pm? Do I have to somehow lock my kitchen at night? Or maybe I just need to suck it up and remember that when I lost weight the first time I was occasionally hungry at night and that was that. I felt the hunger and I went to sleep. I need to get back on my game.
When I first started weight watchers, I discovered peanut butter to be one of my "trigger" foods. I could eat half a jar with a spoon! So,I had to get rid of it and avoid anything peanut butter related. It was hard initially, but after awhile I didn't miss it anymore. Now it's just a nice treat every now and then. :)
ReplyDeleteYup, I'm a spoon gal myself. :)
ReplyDeleteThe real kick in the ass is that I NEVER ate peanut butter up until about a year ago. Nuts tend to trigger my migraines, so it was easy to stay away until I found out that peanuts aren't really nuts and that they were safe. So I tried it. Bad idea.
"Or maybe I just need to suck it up and remember that when I lost weight the first time I was occasionally hungry at night and that was that. I felt the hunger and I went to sleep. "
ReplyDeleteTotally.
I have night eating issues too. I could eat half my calories after 9. And the later I'm up the more I can rationalize eating another meal.