Can't go to bed hungry....

Yeah, ok, I know we are all definitely have diagnosed ourselves with a late night eating addiction....cause seriously, it is an addiction. There are a few things I've discovered that might help. They've helped me:

1. make a goal to a)not eat after the hour of 9pm and just DON'T DO IT! one day at a time though. b)start weaning yourself from sweets; like start by saying no candy except chocolate, and then no candy at all and then no cake/cookies but ice cream is ok, and then no sweets at all, and make a change like every few days or even weeks if you need more time to adjust.

2. eating food for us medleys is like an addiction, and it's especially bad when it comes to foods with high sugar content (yes, Sarah, that includes bread-it's my nemisis too). so, i discovered that if i could just deal with the pain of the headache and seemingly hungry stomach for a few days (or weeks) then i could get over my craving for sweets pretty quickly and effectively. granted the sweet tooth returns about once a month and i just push through that time as best i can.

3. meanwhile, while your trying to impliment the notes above, mom found this fat free, sugar free pudding that's really good with fresh strawberries and fat free whipped cream just tops it off. yeah, some people say that sugar free is flavor free but it's not consequence free like sugar free is and c'mon, let's admit it, we need something sweet sometimes! it's just about finding a healthy thing that is sweet....it's possible.

p.s. i think sometimes we think all sweets are bad, maybe, and so when we have a sweet tooth we just kind of give up and say "well, i really need something sweet and it doesn't matter what it is cause it's all bad and so whatever, i'll just eat whatever" but we should be thinking the same when we're eating regular food too. "what will satisfy me? what is an appropriate portion? what is the healthiest way to prepare this eatery?" it's all the same principles.