Thanks for the Tips!

Okay, the consensus seems to be - keep the bad food out of the house, idiot. :) That's a good tip! I still have to work on this issue, though. Sure I have Halloween candy now, and that's something that isn't normally there. And it's easy to keep chips and candy out of the house - I don't normally have those things in the house at all. But when I'm in one of those mindless, must eat to fill the void kind of moods, it doesn't really matter what's there, I'll find something to snack on. Crackers, dry cereal, the healthy snacks I buy for work - it'll all find its way down my gaping maw. So I still need to find something to stop me from eating when I'm lonely and bored.

And now that I think about it, the most logical idea seems to be just doing something to stop myself from being bored! Shoot, I need to get working on crafts, anyway. I have a baby blanket to finish (the baby is six months old now! I officially suck as a homemade gift giver, and I'm sorry Sarah). I want to at some point advance my knitting skills and attempt to make socks and a sweater for myself. If I am getting bored watching TV and playing the Sims (the two things I do most often when I'm alone), then I can just, oh I don't know, shut those things off and read a book! Duh.

Anyway. I'll continue to work on that, and thanks for your helpful tips.

Oh, and as for work - I don't really worry about what's brought in to work. The kitchen is at the opposite end of the office from me, and I only go in there twice a day to fill my water bottle. I try to just avoid the counter where the snacks are, telling myself no over and over if it's something I really like, just get my water and go. Once it's out of my sight, I stop thinking about it, and can avoid eating it. It's really just at home that I have problems. :)

A Problem That Needs Fixing

I have a problem that I really need to work on. When I'm at home alone at night, I eat WAY too much.

I know what's happening when I do it. I know that when I go to the kitchen again, or open up that bag of Halloween candy to take out a Kit-Kat again, that I'm not doing those things because I'm hungry. I'm doing them because I'm lonely, I'm bored, and I'm eating to fill a void. I know it's wrong when I'm doing it, but I'm not often strong enough to stop myself.

This is something I have to get control of. Jim works at a job that requires him to be away at night more often than we like. I spend a fair number of evenings alone, and even a fair amount of weekend time alone.

So, when I get lonely and bored and am wishing he were there, but he's not and not going to be, how do I stop myself from heading to the kitchen again? How do I stop myself from eating too much? How do I convince myself that a belly stuffed full of unnecessary calories isn't going to make me any less lonely until Jim comes home to me?

Thankfully, I won't have to figure that out tonight. Jim will be home for the first night all week, yay! I can't wait to see him again (I haven't seen him at all since Sunday night). I definitely need to figure out something for the future, though, and I'll take any advice you have!