Listen.....Wheel...........I have a propensity towards obesity. I've fought it most of my life. I know all the tricks.
Water will indeed satisfy the physiological urge to eat; it fills you up.
It does little to keep you from grabbing a handful of peanuts or a chocolate bar though.
There are a number of psychological factors to combat.........bad habits picked up over a lifetime.
And now that I no longer smoke cigarettes (for a decade) and no longer drink alcohol, the last resort of comfort by eating is particularly hard to address.
Water MAY work for you..........but water has no calories or protein or carbs.....so it isn't particularly satisfying.
When I drank a lot, I was constantly railing hundreds of empty calories into my gut in the form of martinis, beers, wine, and other drinks.
That will help keep you from eating but it will also kill you dead.
If there is ANYTHING that I can do now that has moderate success at helping to maintain a healthy weight during the long slow winter, it is to keep a bountiful supply of healthy snacks on hand.
I don't seem to pick up much weight from fruit; so I eat a LOT of it. Whatever is is season. Right now; apples are still good and citrus is coming in. I go through bushels.
Generally I manage OK.....but the holidays wipe out your routine. Days off work, visiting, eating, sitting around with family...........not being able to take an hour to go run on the treadmill, etc. That and ice cream. My wife keeps buying pharking ice cream. I am perfectly fine at regular meals; I eat very healthfully. Those hours from six until bedtime are the tough part.
The other problem with drinking a lot of water is reflux. It is a bad idea to fill up on liquids in the evening because then you might have to deal with acid bubbling into your esophagus all night. This is an affliction I deal with; and will probably cause serious problems later in life unless I keep a bit of control over it now.
andytv wrote:
