Lately my job has sucked. I gave my notice two month ago today and have about a 3 weeks left to serve out. Essentially during the day I read books, blogs, and MFP (MyFitnessPal) online all day long, 9 hours a day, 5 days a week. My day is only broken up by when I get to eat.
I have coffee every morning when I wake up. I eat breakfast around 9:30 (whole grain oatmeal) after I get to work at 9. I eat Snack 1 at 11 (like yougurt), Snack 2 and 1 (like a small salad), Snack 3 at 3(like steamed veggies), and usually a piece of fruit about 5 (an apple or a cup of grapes). I may or may not be hungry all of these times, but I am SO incredibly bored and unmotivated that I just eat to take a legitimate break for a few minutes.
I have really been trying to work on eating when I'm hungry, stopping when I'm satisfied, but I am really struggling with it at work. I'm not going over my calories or anything, but I'm not eating the way I want to eat. It sounds so simple hungry=eat, satisfied=stop but I am struggling with eating from boredom or just to get a break from boredom.
I do pretty well at dinner just eating until I'm satisifed, not finishing every bite on my plate. On the weekends I don't eat as many "good for me" foods, but I do well at eating to satisfaction which is ok by me. I don't want a diet (lifestyle change, whatever) that means I can't eat what I want on occassion. I just want to eat what I want until I'm satifisfied, not till I feel sick, and I want to pick foods that make me feel good most of the time (ie whole grains, veggies, fruits) and avoid foods that make me feel heavy and sick (fried, processed, boxed).
I think its OK to eat french fries, hamburgers, pasta, bread, frozen yogurt sometimes if thats what I really want and I eat till I'm satisified with it so long as I also eat (and eat more often) fresh veggies and fruit, whole grains, yogurt till I'm satisifed. i want a varied diet that has room for everything.
I don't want to eat just cause it's time to eat or just cause I'm bored, or just cause its on my plate.
Any tips on avoiding boredom eating? (Other than reading books, blogs, and MFP all day...I'm already doing that like 40 hrs/wk or more! :))
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