Stop eating after 7 p.m.

I’m an evening snacker, grazer. When I was thin, this was a big rule of mine! I sleep better, eat better, and maintain my goal weight!

This used to make me feel like I had more control over my eating, I think I need to do it again as at lease progress in my goal of losing weight.

I probably shouldn’t have chose this goal in the first place, even though I think it’s a great idea. The problem is that my wife and kid usually don’t get home until 7-8:00 PM, which means I’d be eating without them. I’m the cook of the house, so this just isn’t feasible … cooking two meals each night. Plus, I think the family eating together is important.

Indeed I have done this before and find it to be a very good discipline for the mind and body. I can eat after 7 p.m. actually, but only fruit. I have been told that digestion is best early in the day and becomes more sluggish as the day goes on. As a result of this, eating after 7 p.m. can put unecesary strain on the body. Fruit however, is permissible because the body easily digests this. So fruit will be the exception to the rule.

I am not engaging this in order to lose weight. Instead, I’m doing it to enhance my health. Not just of body, but also of mind.

The only instance in which I would break from this discipline is if a social setting necessitated it. Which wouldn’t be often, but would be the only justifiable reason to do so.

Since I’m approaching a diet where all I can have are fruits and vegetables I feel as though I should be able to eat whenever I want. So I quit this whole thing. I wasn’t doing well anyway, I eat every night at like 11pm…

I lost so much weight by doing this, it doesn’t work extremely fast, but in the long run you lose a lot of weight, and it’s perfectly healthy.