Color Me Fit: weight loss, fitness, exercise

I suppose I need to address that sooner or later, and sooner will be best. Moreover, writing about it prevents me from going in the kitchen to grab a bowl of cereals or the leftover cookies from New Year’s Eve, therefore it must be a good thing.

I’m not unaware of what the sensation of hunger is. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever been “unable” to recognize it (or to mix it with thirst; I’ve already seen many books or websites mention ‘people mistaking thirst for hunger’, but given the ~3L of water/tea/coffee I gobble down everyday, I very much doubt I need to take that into account!). No, my problem lies more along the side of ‘feeling like eating’, and unfortunately, if I were to really listen to myself, I’d probably ‘feel like eating’ all day long.

Now, there are moments when this doesn’t happen, such as when exercising, but as soon as I’m not doing something physical (which is the case almost all the time, since I work with computers), bam, there it comes. Watching TV, reading, and not doing anything with my hands in general are the worst triggers; writing or doing some ‘mild’ activity can be, too, up to a certain extent only. I think I simply like the feeling of nibbling on something. Perhaps I should do like my dog, and chew on a dry pig’s ear.

And so, right now, I’m feeling like eating. Granted, we ate breakfast at 11 am, it’s now 4:30 pm, and I haven’t eaten anything else today than a handful of cereals, two small slices of bacon, one of cheese, and an egg. This can’t total more than 500 calories (not if I can trust the FitDay calculator), and part of my ‘need’ must be hunger, yet I’m also aware that it’s one of these specific ‘hungers’ that call out to cookies and other unholy foods (you’d think I’d go nibble on green beans? Psh!), which is why I can’t give in to it. I’m resorting to tangerines, but like most juicy fruits, it doesn’t really fill the stomach for long, even if I like their taste a lot.

I know we’ll eat earlier than usual tonight, probably 7. That makes barely 2 hours and 30 minutes to wait. Doable, no? As long as I can keep my mind off it enough, or at least not allow my legs to carry me to the kitchen…

Gah, having a problem with food sucks, and makes me feel pathetic. However, the problem won’t go away just by not looking at it. I guess I need to go write a few more articles for dough, it’ll keep me busy for some more!

Tags: eating, munchies