Preparing for the longest 6 hours of my life

[Donna O]

today will be day 1 for me-- i just finished a fairly large lunch, and

i am getting mentally prepeared to gut out the next 6 hours until dinner

... 4 pm will be when it starts to get hard

send me some positive energy , you all !!

Thanks!!

Donna O

[reinhard]

Postive energy sent... drink lots of water/tea/coffee so you don't get too hungry. If you do break down and snack, try to make it fruit.

Best of luck, and let us know how it goes!

Reinhard

[Jammin' Jan]

Lunch was at noon, dinner will be after 7...it's now 5:30 and I am drinking a glass of orange juice. I was really hungry, but now I'm fine. Part of this hunger thing is a sharp drop in blood sugar. Fruit and juice are good "emergency" measures!

Please post your success tonight. We're cheering you on!

[navin]

Sugarless gum is a good emergency measure too (plus, you'll have good breath. )

Something else, it's OK to be hungry! I've found that if I'm actually hungry when I eat a meal, it makes the meal so much better.

[Kevin]

Punch through it. It gets easier. As some others have pointed out, a little exercise will often get you through those afternoons when you are sure you are starving.

At this point, I get hungry about 5:00 now for maybe 20 minutes, then it goes away until dinner time at 7:00. It really, truly does get better.

Oh, when I'm making dinner for the family (that's the very worst time), I cut up raw vegetables first, then maybe eat a few of those. I know it's snacking, but it's the very least damaging kind of snacking.