Old Habits

Hank Williams Jr has a song about "Old Habits" that says they are hard to break. Late night snacking is mine. I opted not to walk last night since I participated in National Start Walking Day yesterday at work and figured I walked enough. As previously posted my late night walking trend (I hate to call it a habit since I have to remind myself to do it) keeps me away from the danger zone of late night snacking.

True to form I didn't walk and therefor I ate. The compulsion to eat when I wasn't that hungry was strong. I wanted something sweet. I did try some fruit w/cottage cheese but that didn't hold it. Eventually I got to what I really wanted which was sugary cereal - honey smacks in this case.

Late night cereal eating is a habit I picked up from my father. Just about every night at 11 PM or so he'd have a bowl (or sometimes 2) of cold cereal with milk before heading off to bed. He'd cut down every once and a while but more often that not he had one. That habit caught on with me and I tend to use that food avenue when I'm hungry late at night.

Despite the late night binge, I did have a light eating day that proceeded it. While not trying to excuse the binging perhaps I was a we bit hungry since I didn't eat a lot during the day.