Fighting the night demon

Hello all on Workout Wednesday!

Did you do some exercise today?

 

I did - went walking (2:15 hours total), plus exercises with the Wii Fit Balance Board (47 minutes, netting 250 burnt calories, according to Wii).

 

 

My weight is up again a bit due to the last traces of depression, thus lack of moving myself the last days (today I picked myself up and said "gal, you do somethin'!"), and nighttime bingeing.

 

 

 

 

Do you know the Night Demon?

It is that little sly and vicious voice that comes approaching you at night, when you are already about to sleep, telling you "hey, I know you are a little hungry... let's go to the kitchen and have just a tiny slice of bread with Nutella..." - and of course, you cannot do anything but give in. And of course it doesn't stay with the one slice of bread, but you find an excuse to stay seated (in the end, you ARE tired) and keep stuffing yourself... until, stuffed to the brim, you go to bed. And sleep in feeling full of guilt and self-hate.

 

 

What to do against the Night Demon?

I was given the advice to find out the reason why it comes:

Are you truly hungry (because you had too little food during the day, and especially, no proper dinner), or are you restless (from the happenings of the day), and turning to food to help you "ground yourself"?

 

For the first, there is an easy solution: Plan a small before-nighttime meal you eat some three hours before bedtime. Calories enough to keep you satisfied.

 

For the second, my counselor recommends relaxation by autogenic training. Go through every part of your body and relax them one after the other. Linger on the parts that feel most tense - the jaw, for example. Open and close it maybe, gnaw a little, then let it fall down relaxed. Relax your stomach and lower belly, and also all the other parts of your body.

 

You can meditate or say a phrase that comforts you.

Peace and inner calm...

 

 

Because only good things should see you tonight...

(Scotty McCreery - "See you tonight")

 

 

 

 

Want a lullaby?

Here is a sweet Spanish "nana":

(La Oreja de Van Gogh - "Historia de un sueño")

 

 

 

 

Sleep well...