Habit or what?

[Guest guest]

I noticed that I start eating sweet foods in the evenings. I seem to

crave the as soon as the sun goes down.

It's been worse since the last weeks before my exam. I expected it to

get a bit better after the exam but as soon as dinner time comes around

I think " oh, I want to have something sweet after dinner " . I caught

myself today that I really look forward to the evenings to eat some

chocolate. (Oh, the greed...)

I don't want to have chocolate for breakfast or lunch (usually, there

are exceptions of course), I simply prefer heartier foods and a sweet

coffee or fruit smoothie then.

I think it's weird that I crave sweets (reward food?) in the evenings,

now that I'm not having anything I need a " reward " for. Before that one

could make the connection between hard work day, having studied all day

and the need for a " reward " . I don't know if the reward theory is 100%

fitting, it could also be eating to calm me down or a mix.

Now that I think about it, it never was much different regarding the

sweet stuff, even during my " IE Honeymoon " I ate sweet stuff mostly in

the evenings. I just didn't bother because I lost weight and ate some

" healthier stuff " earlier the day, so I wasn't too worried about

nutrition either. I think it was mostly to calm myself down and " relax " ,

afte taking a shower and taking a walk didn't do much for relaxation or

at least not enough.

Some people say that emotions are stronger in the evenings. I don't know

if this is true RIGHT NOW. I can't feel any difference between mornings,

noon and evenings at the moment. I also don't know why I can feel

nervous and anxious during mornings without having to eat chocolate but

can't seem to handle the feeling at night. I always thought it was

because of " work " or " studying " , but it's the same right now.

Sometimes I think I'm eating chocolate out of habit. It gets dark

outside = me wanting chocolate.

Maybe I'm not making much sense. I try to distract myself from my

cravings for something sweet. Cravings go away after 20 min? Yeah,

right... It's been an hour now that this neon sign is flashing in my

head, even though there is a good movie on TV right now and I'm writing

on here. Sometimes the craving for MORE really DOES go away, but more

often it doesn't go away.

Regards

s.