Random Poll: Where/when is your "danger zone?"

Cleopatra_Nik
on 2/14/12 12:20 am - Baltimore, MD

It's so interesting to me how different we all are in respects to our eating patterns.

Last weekend I posted that weekends are sort of bad for me as I find myself eating more often. Hillery is the opposite and often forgets to eat on the weekends.

That got me to thinking. What (places, etc.) or when (times of day, week, year) are your "danger zones"? And how do you cope?

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Mary B.
on 2/14/12 12:31 am - Southern, MD

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Being home alone. I need a damn babysitter!!

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cajungirl
on 2/14/12 12:51 am

RNY on 02/21/05

I need to check your post, I missed that one.

I'm a night time boredom eater for sure. Once I settle in for the evening (usually between 8-9) I want a sweet snack and struggle to not do it. I go back and forth with myself that I shouldn't, however, more times then not I cave in to the urge. I wouldn't say I cope, I know this is a weakness that I haven't been able to overcome.

As it relates to your other thread, weekends are usually my saving grace time. I do better not grazing or thinking about food except when I'm just sitting around (which is seldom). I have to remind myself to eat when I'm busy.

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Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 2/14/12 12:52 am - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

After dinner has ALWAYS been my "danger zone". It has been no different since surgery, unfortunately.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

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BoomerSooner1
on 2/14/12 12:55 am

RNY on 12/12/11

Traveling. Airports are nothing but a big Den of Sin for me.

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Koko M.
on 2/14/12 9:29 am - Albany, CA

RNY on 09/08/10

Amen, and then some.

I should try to just go to bed after dinner, but I really do need a bit of time to unwind, and in that hour or two I can eat almost another dinner in nibbles and snacks.

It's brutal! BRUTAL, I tells ya!

Koko

HW-291 :: 1st WLS consult-281 :: Surgery-263 :: GW-154 :: CW-151 :: In my dreams - 138

Dee.spunk
on 2/14/12 12:56 am - Sacramento, CA

RNY on 11/30/11

Before bedtime. I was so accustomed to having popcorn or something to snack on while watching tv before I go to sleep, that now it's been the hardest thing to change. I've been doing good the last two weeks, but I still struggle with it every night.

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laura_vermont
on 2/14/12 12:59 am

RNY on 03/31/10

I'm another night time muncher. I plan a snack and very frequently have a frozen SF drink to help.

I don't beat myself up about my night time munching, if I skip it, I wake up in the middle of the night famished. And I've never been a mid-night eater. So, for now, I assume that I need some extra calories.

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nfarris79
on 2/14/12 1:00 am - Germantown, MD

RNY on 04/13/11

Weekends are a mixed bag for me - on one hand, I'm eating solids more regularly, so I'm not falling prey to the "low blood sugar, must shove SOMETHING in my mouth!" feeling. But.... then I'm also prey to bordom eating when I have frequent access to the kitchen.... Pretty easily solved, just keep busy. So to keep from rambling, I think my bigest danger zone is when I push myself thru a day without eating - usually due to poor planning - and end up not making choices from my rational thought processes.

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Day_dream_believer
on 2/14/12 1:09 am

After dinner/evenings.
I try to eat more during the day. I tend to get so busy I don't eat during the day and then am starving at night. I also have lots of healthy snacks to munch on in the evenings so I am not doing the mindless grazing thing.