Good morning and Happy Saint Patrick's Day! My quads would like to say, "ooowwwwww." I worked out with my trainer yesterday and she had me doing all sorts of lower body stuff. I did lunges, squats, jumping squats, pushed a punching bag across the ground, crunches on the Bosu ball, and some other things I seem to have blocked from my memory. My quads are dead today! Feels good, but I hate being so sore that running hurts. Oh well, at least I know it was a good workout and I did something good yesterday. I might have some time to go for a run today before I commence my St. Patty's celebrations. I'm half Irish; I have to celebrate! My nails are green, I have a green shirt, beads (from New Orleans last St Patty's) and a hat that looks like a mug of beer. I go all out!
I'm watching TV right now and there is a giant fire in South Minneapolis! I guess a gas main broke and the police are evacuating the neighborhood! They are showing video from the traffic cameras in the area (it's really close to the freeway) and the flames are shooting into the sky. Check it out! This is pretty intense. They completely shut down the freeways in the area and are setting up a perimeter to keep people out.
I have to confess something to you. I am a peanut butter addict. I have developed this horrible habit of eating peanut butter off a spoon after dinner. I don't know why. I'm not hungry when I do it and I don't even enjoy it that much. I just feel this impulse to eat something late at night and peanut butter has turned into my go-to for that impulse. I know it's responsible for my stall in weight loss this week. I have peanut butter on my toast every morning and I am fine with it early in the day. I don't feel the impulse to dip a spoon in it when I'm making my breakfast. It's just late at night. It's going to be my goal to stop this impulse and drink tea instead.
Any suggestions for how to stop my nighttime snack attack? I'm not hungry after dinner but I still feel like I just need something to eat. It's pretty bad.
The best advice that I can give for the late night snack is to pick a snack that is healthy, but satifsying. For my it's popcorn. I love that I can have quite a bit of it (Orville low fat microvave) and not break the bank on my calories. If you aren't hungry, but are still snacking then I'd say to replace that snack with a glass of cold ice water. Good luck!
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