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Reply From Ariel, Age 15 - 06/07/01   show message replied to go to original board
You say that you eat for fun because you're bored. Instead, try to do something else. If there's nothing to do inside, then take a walk! Listen to some music.
And when you feel hungry, you may not be. You can be dehydrated and not know it! So I'd drink a glass of ice water, and wait about 10 minutes. If you're still hungry, have a little, nutritious snack-like an apple.
Good luck!

Reply From Ariel, Age 15 - 05/23/01   show message replied to go to original board
You CAN help it. If the urge to indulge after school is too strong to resist, then I suggest eating something at school, even if it's snack-sized. That'll help make the urge less. Trust me, I know. I used to eat a lot after school, too. I realized it was because I was bored! My ritual was to sit down on the couch after school and watch TV until 5:00. I have a show that I like to watch on TLC at 4:00, so I'd wait for it to come on. I got bored, so I'd get food from the kitchen and bring it into the living room. Before I knew it, I'd eaten enough food to fill me up. Then supper came along and I couldn't eat that much. You know, meals are much more satisfying when you're actually hungry for them. So now I drink a lot of water when I'm watching TV so I don't eat so much. If my stomach is rumbling, though, I feed it an apple or something small like that. Let me ask you a... (view more)