Don't Find Comfort in Food...

For many pain is at its worst at night.  Dinner is over.  Kids are in bed.  And you start feeling pain and what you suspect is a hunger pang.  Your brain sends you a signal and you realize while you can't get rid of this pain in your hip/knee/back/shoulder/etc, you can EAT and that will provide some comfort and some relief.  You can feel something, anything else, other than the PAIN.

And what results is a few extra pounds.  And that puts more weight on your hip/knee/back/shoulder/etc and then you get hungry and you eat.  And what results is a few extra pounds...  It's a vicious cycle.

To avoid it, I say don't eat after dinner.  Make sure you eat just enough at dinner and then don't eat again until the next day.  To make sure this is easier said than done, try a few of these tricks:

• Brush your teeth.  This is an old dieters hack.  No one wants to eat after they brush their teeth.  And because we have become so accustomed to brushing teeth before bed, this should trick the mind into thinking its time for sleeping, not time for eating.
• Drink some tea.  I know, I have said this before but tea curbs hunger.  But avoid the high caffeine teas so you aren't tossing and turning all night.
• Drink a big glass of water.  This will make you feel full. 

So when you hurt, the last thing you should rely on is food.  Because in the end it will provide more pain and a whole lot less comfort.

Thanks for reading...