I do absolutely great all day long when i'm at work, but i have realized that when I get home and get in front of my TV my body is automatically trained to eat. So I start craving food and go after it. Now I LOVE my tv time and am not willing to give it up but I know i have to replace my eating with something else. Any ideas? In the meanwhile I think i'm giong to go trash alot of food so I don't binge (on my 100 calorie snack packs). What else should I do to get out of the habit of eating when i'm in front of the TV.

Any ideas? Anyone with a similar problem?

Thanks!

Target sells Knitting kits, they come with a dvd, I but this for my daughter. They have differ sets, Socks, Scarf, etc.

Oh and they are 10.00- 20.00

Not bad on the price

Nana~

For me, it's hand embroidery and smocking. I never seemed to have time for it before banding (because I was always eating in front of the tv and your hands have to be really clean for handwork). Now I can't find enough children to sew for, so I started a side business! Wink.

My MIL got me a hand-held solitaire game that I keep next to me. Whenever I get the urge to eat, I'll play the game while I watch TV. It keeps my hands busy and takes my mind off the food. God rest her soul....she's been gone a couple of years now....I think of her every time I pick up that game.

I started a webpage designing/ selling jewelry! Time goes quickly designing what you like, cant eat because your busy and never think of food should have done it 100# ago!!

Great ideas guys! I kinda want a puppy now...aww

Dont forget walk from obesity in Sept. It may rekindle your motivation and meet some new friends who can help. Here is the webpage. It probably deserves it own thread started!!

http://www.walkfromobesity.com/index.php

I got a puppy and she sits on my lap and I hold her bone for her so she is chewing and I'm watching TV she is spoiled but I love the time with her and it sure does make me eat less at night!

Boy that's true I got a puppy too, and I also hold her bone while she chews on it, I love it. Not to mention the number of times it takes to get up and check on her and running around trying to housebreak her as well :faint:

I love cross-stitch, or any kind of needlepoint, or handquilting...and just to add another twist...find a project that you can do for a community group...like cross stitch some things for your neighborhood nursing home...or make small fleece blankets for children who are crime victims...something like that. You'll be helping yourself, and helping others, too!

Not meaing to highjack the thread, but when I had a question about my crocheting, the Aunt that originally taught me was passed on. So I went to our local Senior Citizens center, and there was a group of women who crochet and knit. They not only helped answer my question, they basked in the attention! They totally LOVED being ask! I still visit with several of them. They make squares for blankets, that are distributed to homeless shelters. I have been delivering the blankets for them since that fateful day!

Kat

That is so cool!! It's so important to make people feel needed. You are so awesome to think of that!! Sounds like you got a bunch of new "Aunts" now. I bet your Aunt would be so proud of you!

I do absolutely great all day long when i'm at work, but i have realized that when I get home and get in front of my TV my body is automatically trained to eat. So I start craving food and go after it. Now I LOVE my tv time and am not willing to give it up but I know i have to replace my eating with something else. Any ideas? In the meanwhile I think i'm giong to go trash alot of food so I don't binge (on my 100 calorie snack packs). What else should I do to get out of the habit of eating when i'm in front of the TV.

Any ideas? Anyone with a similar problem?

Thanks!

I think you are fighting a losing battle without dropping the TV time. Get out of the house, exercise and you won't even miss the food. It works for me at least.

Good luck either way.

This is true...I have a gym in the apartments not 1 minute downstairs and it has a TV in it, it's just a matter of making myself get up and do it.

I love that I'm not the only bone holder here..lol..But Lucy also gets me to take walks. We have the invisible fence but she still needs to exercise and so do I. So at night after dinner when chocolate would be great we go for a 1-2 mile walk then watch TV with the bone.

One thing that I like to eat that cannot be eaten fast is sunflower seeds. If you eat them two or three at a time, it will take you all evening to separate them with your tongue and teeth. No fingers allowed : )

They are high in Protein and are good for you (unless salt is a problem for you). I get totally hooked on them durring baseball season and they are my dinner there at the games.

P.S. Frito Lay brand are the very best!!

I'd often rather listen to the telly while I do other things, than sit and watch it, so the things I do might not suit you, but they might prompt you with other ideas.

Early in the evening I often do chores - laundry / dishes / tidying up / paperwork etc. Added bonus of extra calories burned by moving around / standing.

I also like to use the time to organise the family schedule - menu ideas, shopping / gift lists etc. I use ideas found from www.flylady.com for getting organised. I am not really fanatical about this or anything, just like to have a general idea what I have to get done on my days off so I don't miss things etc.

If I am not too tired, I like to do jigsaws or work on my scrapbooks.

If it's been a hard day, I like to catch up on the the weekend papers, junk mail etc.

Lately, I've been plugged into eBay and LBT. I can see the screen if I turn to the left. hahaha

We are setting up a spare room as a fitness centre to use during some of our TV time. (aka torture cell! LOL!).

Hope these ideas help!