On dieting.

[unbibium]

I'm on a diet. A very simple diet. It's called the don't-eat-before-bedtime diet.

How it works is: I don't change a damn thing, except, I don't eat for a period of at least two hours before going to sleep. That way, whatever I do eat ends up getting burned off during the day, rather than stored away at night. And it cuts down on the calories, not to mention I'm no longer one of those guys who eats a spoonful of peanut butter over the sink.

But, it's tough, because some peanut butter would sure hit the spot right now and I have the 6am shift at work this week.

I should buy a bathroom scale so I can track whether this is doing any good.

Comments

[crushdmb.livejournal.com]

eat waffles with peanut butter (and syrup). mmmmm. my dad taught me that trick. mmmmmmm.

[pootrootbeer.livejournal.com]

I didn't want anything to eat before bed UNTIL I READ THIS POST.

Now I'm hungry hungry HUNGRY HUNGRY HUNGRY

[ernunnos.livejournal.com]

Your body's a thermodynamic black box. Conservation of matter and energy applies. When you eat matters not at all, just calorie content. But if you find yourself eating at a particular time of day when you don't really need to, that's a bad time of day to eat.

I've been examining my eating habits lately, and have decided to eliminate certain foods with high caloric content and little else. Not worried about weighing in yet. It comes off slow - 3500 kcals/pound - and in the early stages it's too easily masked by varying water weight or muscle gain.

[doubtfulguest.livejournal.com]

I can't speak from any expertise myself, but my Weight Watchers leader (former biologist, chef, and anarexic, all at different times of course), claims it doesn't matter when you eat, your body can't tell the difference if you digest in the morning or at night.

[baryon.livejournal.com]

I'm no longer one of those guys who eats a spoonful of peanut butter over the sink

I used to eat all kinds of stuff like that by itself by the spoonful (Jam, molasses, honey, maple syrup, peanut butter, etc.). I still eat right before bedtime though.