replenish glycogen vs. eating late

[KnottedYet]

Try eating real breakfasts and lunches, then when you go out maybe you won't be so incredibly hungry and you can order just a small dinner.

Eating disorders are often subconcious attempts to control at least something, when something else is out of control. If you feel like you can't get your food issues resolved on your own, please get a nutritionist or someone to help you with it.

The less stress you are under, the better your remaining time with your husband. I'm very sorry about his health.

[li10up]

Indy-hey, no big deal...you didn't know. I don't talk about it much...trying to be positive and a lot of times just talking about it brings out negative vibes. Thank you for your compassion though. I really do need to balance both of our needs. He knows I'm very unhappy about my weight. You're right, we just need to sit down and talk about it. After 16 years of compromise I'm sure we can do it with this too...I just didn't realize how much my unconscious was affecting my decisions.

Knotted - I'm going to try eating more between 7am and 5pm and see how I do on my rides...and see if I can limit what I eat after the rides...that will be the key - along with better decisions when eating out. Maybe I can start to get a handle on this without too much difficulty. Thank you.

Thanks to everyone for your thoughts/input.

[han-grrl]

Carbs are a sensitive complicated subject...

here are some "rules" that i recommend to clients

1) for grains, try to make them as unprocessed as possible - ie rice, quinoa, millet etc
2) for processed grains,makes sure there is as little added sugar as possible - sugar disguises itself as corn syrup, fructose, glucose, maltose to name a few.
3) for yogurt you are better off buying plain and adding in the sweetener. use natural sweeteners like honey or maple syrup or low sugar jams, or better yet, FRUIT
4) for dried fruits and nuts and seeds, MEASURE out the quanitities, serving sizes are about 1-2 table spoons
5) for processed grain foods, like rice or pasta or cereal or bread, a serving size is roughly 20-30 grams of carbs. this usually prevents over eating of this food group.

Bon Appetit!

hannah