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I have noticed that one of the most common reasons I overeat or snack mindlessly is when I am tired. I realized that I was going to be super tired today and tried to avoid unnecessary snacking as much as possible. I did end up eating more than my body was hungry for, but didn’t get too crazy. I will take that for now 🙂
I was really dragging this morning and couldn’t stand it anymore so I went to the store and picked this up. It worked and gave me a good burst of energy. It could be all in my head, but it made me feel better either way. 
I came home for lunch because I forgot my wallet at home. I had soup, cheese bread and a pear.
And since I was home and it was easy, I had dessert – Dark Chocolate Dreams PB on piece of bread heated in the micro until soft and melty.
My afternoon snacks were this new Greek yogurt I recently discovered. It was good and had fruit on the bottom 🙂
And trail mix.
On the way home Ben and I stopped at Costco since we were out of milk, fruit and a few other things. Since I was so tired and knew I wasn’t going to want to even heat up anything in the micro it was easy to convince me to just eat at Costco. I had plenty of unhealthy options to choose from – hot dogs, churros, ice cream, pizza and chicken salad. I went with pizza. Their slices are HUGE – more than 2 normal slices anywhere else! See it’s bigger than the paper plate. Ben actually got the salad (and a hotdog) and thought we were going to switch half way through. Wrong. I have decided I love pizza and am taking it off the “forbidden food” list. So I ate it all and don’t feel guilty. Yep, I love pizza 🙂
Normally I am the dessert pusher, but today Ben ordered this fruit sundae and of course I ate half of it! We have really switched places today!
Now I am trying to catch up on my emails and then I am going to bed. I am so tired, it’s not even funny.
I miss Costco Frozen Yogurt. I’m so jealous you have one nearby. I haven’t been since I moved out of California 🙁
I really, really, really need to get some of that dark dreams pb!
I think you did a great job combating the tiredness. I am definitely vulnerable to overeating and snacking when I am tired…also when I am bored and stressed.
Hope you slept long and hard!
I def eat more when I’m tired. And I eat more sugar and more carbs…but at least you were eating something good like Costco pizza! That stuff is really good…and cheap!
Mmmm love their berry sundae 🙂
Boredom is my big epic fail for mindless eating. If I don’t have something to do or I’m feeling bored I start looking for food. It’s a bit ridiculous.
i <3 vitamin water! and that fruit sundae looks great
I almost commented on your last post to not over eat today because of tiredness, but I was afraid it would insult you 🙁 I midlessly eat when I’m tired too.
Oh, I’m re-reading Intuitive Eating to brush up on some things because things have gone haywire for me. I wish it didn’t take so long to seep into my brain.
Julie – you totally know me! Yeah, I did it, but not that bad at least.
awww, I can’t deny myself some pizza.
They sell fruit sundaes like that at Costco? I need to go there more often apparently