Day 29: No snacking

Here's why:

Day 29

 Frodo would be horrified!

Ah at last! A task that was easy! I don't snack, I follow the hobbit eating plan:

As you can see, there is no time for snacking. And hey, you know, it worked for Bilbo and Frodo, so it will work for me!

All jokes aside, I don't snack. I divide my meals up into smaller portions and spread them out over my day. No? Still no good?

I have suffered from hypoglycemia in my life, and eating small frequent meals seemed to help me over come this. But what has really helped me to overcome both the hypoglycemia and the urge to snack has been eating a decent breakfast. Until I started on a Paleo lifestyle and fused this with the low FODMAPS diet, breakfast just made me hungry 2 hours later. But not just hungry; starving, crazy, murderously hungry. Since I have started having a Paleo style breakfast this has abated. I now am able to eat breakfast at around 6:30 and then can last until lunch at 12:30. I eat a good, solid lunch. I pack protein and salads, a zucchini muffin and some fruit, and some almonds as well in case I still feel like something else. Which is not often these days. I eat in the staff room, chatting to my colleagues. I eat slowly and mindfully. I might sip water with my meal. But I have 35 minutes and I usually take the full time to eat. And I usually still feel full when I get home at 16:00.

I do have to eat when I get home though - usually at about 16:30 because the next time I can eat is about 19:00, and that would be extremely difficult to attain, not to mention that I might actually murder little Ahmed, the boy I tutor, or Ibrahim, my Arabic teacher. I alternate what I eat at this time though - sometimes, its popcorn, sometimes toast and almond butter, and sometimes a banana. Which I have with a cup of tea before I go out. I know I shouldn't be eating so late, and I shouldn't snack carbs at 16:30, but this works for me. Hey, you know, it used to be biscuits and tea! But I've stopped eating the biscuits.

I have cut down on my snacks since I started this challenge, and if I'm going to be home I don't have the 16:30 snack, I have my supper at 18:00. This is a practice that I am going to continue and work on after the challenge, because it makes sense to me.