A cup of herbal sleepy time tea before bed makes a nice nightly ritual. - with 0 calories.
08 Jan 17 by member: erikahollister
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I do the teeth brushing thing right after dinner; then, I put all food away and stick to herbal tea until I go to bed.
08 Jan 17 by member: kclab
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I typically stop eating by around 7:30-8pm as my ritual. I typically sleep better and it helps me on 16:8 fasting days. I'll drink water and tea to help curb the cravings, or only eat plain popped corn or a rice cake. I also found doing something that engages your mind other than tv helps. I.e. I'll either read or work on an adult coloring book 😁. Seems trivial, but it works.
08 Jan 17 by member: Timg2500
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My eating window is from 10am-7pm. The weight I wanted to lose came off when I started IF, and I've gotten used to it so decided to keep it up 🌝
08 Jan 17 by member: VeggieJunkie
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Yep! I eat from 10AM - 3PM. Only water after that.
08 Jan 17 by member: Yourpissingmeoff
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Yes, you really need to do this if you don't want to end up obese. I was very close like yourself. Late dinners are a killer and so is late night snacking. Nip it now. Kitchen is closed after 8 pm for me. If I feel hungry I sip herbal tea or water. You can also try Meditation or Yoga in the evenings. It may make you so relaxed that you just go to bed.
08 Jan 17 by member: Arabella66
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I will drink a low carb hot cocoa with a bit of whipped cream in it. It totally stops the cravings and helps me sleep better, too.
08 Jan 17 by member: Mom2Boxers
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So many great ideas - thank you! Your actual stories of what you do/did and the results are soooo helpful and motivating. Thanks tons, FSBs (fat secret buddies)!!
08 Jan 17 by member: OnAMission2Me
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Try herbal tea or decaf coffee with two spoonfuls of unsweetened powdered cocoa in it. Also, if utili can bare it, you can mix two spoonfuls of unsweetened cocoa with a little liquid glycerin (the edible kind, the one they sell in pharmacies for constipation problems). Take it like medicine: it will stop your craving, give your mood a body and help you sleeping. After that, drink a nice big cup of warm herbal tea (unsweetened) or just warm water. Let me know how it goes!!
08 Jan 17 by member: Pingui75
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After dinner I usually don't have many calories left. If I do the amount is so small I don't want to take the time to figure out what to eat. So I just gut it out. Maybe some water. Boring I know.
08 Jan 17 by member: upkeep
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@ OnAMission2Me, I agree. the FS community is AWESOME!!!! I've been on diets for almost 50 years. My mom started me on one at 5 years old. She said she was a fat child so she wasn't going to have a fat child. We need to be very careful what we say to our children. I rebelled for years and gorged on candy, cake, ice cream, etc.
Now I'm doing it for me and the stories and ideas here have been very helpful. Dr Jason Fung is a Godsend. He's taught me alot.
08 Jan 17 by member: Yourpissingmeoff
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Those baby carrots are really good. They are low calorie and actually crunch.
08 Jan 17 by member: LLBuchman33
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08 Jan 17 by member: TheWoman
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08 Jan 17 by member: @philrmcknight
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Read something; preferably the Bible, and pray for Gods help.
08 Jan 17 by member: maerilu
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tea and sleep (have I already said that?)....
08 Jan 17 by member: Rckc
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I drink white grape juice spiked with apple-cider vinegar
08 Jan 17 by member: westy57
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struggling with the same thing
08 Jan 17 by member: RetaMeloche
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I know this sounds like something that won't always help, but making sure to get veggies in helps, I'll warm up broccoli or cauliflower to fill up on. If I don't want that, I'm not that hungry.
08 Jan 17 by member: NikkiPinup
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09 Jan 17 by member: OnAMission2Me
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