I end up home alone in the evenings at least 1-2x week.
I find that on those nights, I don't cook. Instead, I eat EVERYTHING in my pantry.
Chips...cookies...something canned...
Then I move on to the freezer and have something microwavable or icecream.
I HATE IT. But, I am hungry and I just don't feel like have a meal for one, so I just snack.
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lol, I'm in the same situation! My husband has class two nights per week so we eat separately. I definitely don't eat as well those nights as I do otherwise... but I'm not QUITE as bad on the snacking as I used to be since it is an all the time thing.
Now before this was a regular thing, if he was going to be out for a night? I'd totally pig out on all the grossest/worst stuff!
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Yes! My DH is still at work and I have eaten a pickle, some chips, and a couple pieces of candy.
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Yup! This week is especially bad. He's working nights through Friday. I'm eating everything in sight.
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i am so embarrassed to type this: yesterday i bought a bad of mini snickers bars on sale at safeway and i...GASP...murdered the whole effin bag! not the mini minis either. the fun size. i seriously think it was due to exhaustion since my husband has been "fighting something off" all week so i have been a single parent taking care of him and cleaning our house all by myself. plus my son is not sleeping well. i tell ya though i have learned my lesson. mini snickers=Crack for me.
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Yes! DH travels every week so I try and not keep bad stuff in the house. We had a cook out last weekend and cookies, brownies, and rice krispies were all left here. Bad
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Totally. I buy the individual Ben & Jerry's to enjoy all by myself on top of takeout.
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DH works till 9pm 2-3x a week. I usually wait for him for dinner.
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yeeeessss....it is just like non-stop. I wonder what the reason is.
@MrsMccarthy: it probably is exhaustion. Instead of DH being home at 7 to help me with dinner & bedtime, he is coming home at 9:30. Urgh.
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I'm the opposite...I'm alone almost every evening and rarely get around to eating. I frequently get around to pouring a glass of wine, though...
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I knew it! That's where all the ice cream, cookies, and brownies disappear to. I'm going to have to confront DW immediately!
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@Smurfette: I try not to keep snacks in my house, either, but I often find myself running to target for something & coming home with snacks instead!
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@apis: ...uh....it was...the kids?
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@turtledoves: Nice try.
Unless our nearly-1-year-old has suddenly acquired some immensely more sophisticated manual dexterity skills since the last Ronnybrook Farm Dairy pint of ice cream went "missing", then I remain suspicious.
Not vigilant enough, apparently. But suspicious.
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@apis: who is your wife? I owe her an apology
Now guys, I can't keep typing as it is slowing down my chip in take.
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@turtledoves: I'd never throw @beehive: under the bus like that.
Oh.
I see what I did there.
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If DH isn't home I eat Lucky Charms for dinner, and pick through everything in the fridge and freezer. No chips are safe in this house!
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@TurtleDoves: @apis: lol
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It goes either way for me. DH works 12pm-10pm 4 or 5 days a week, and has for the last three years, so being alone for dinner (and really every meal now that I'm on mat leave) is so common that if I pigged out every time... we'd have a problem.
Sometimes I'm really good and take it as an opportunity to have something healthy that he won't accept as dinner (like a big salad with chicken, or a meatless meal) and sometimes I end up with a bowl of cereal. Some days like today we had a dr's appointment at 4pm, and it shares a complex with various deliciousness, so I ended up with Chinese takeout and a gourmet cupcake.
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I am definitely guilty of this. I could eat oreos by the bucket
DH does the same thing though! I work nights sometimes and he eats everything in the house. I called on my way home from work the other night to ask DH to put a frozen pizza in the oven. He had already eaten the whole thing. Ugh.
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I am the same! Cookies and crackers and cereal for dinner when he's traveling. I also eat things like ramen
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I order out, which makes me feel bad for wasting extra money, but I just hate spending the time to prep and make food and dirty all the pots and pans just for me. So I at least order something he wouldn't like so I can try to justify it. LOL.
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Yes!
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@TurtleDoves: hahaha this is so me (mostly when I'm about to start my period though). I don't eat dinner either but I usually bake when DH is gone and then eat too much of whatever it is I baked.
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Yes! It's so bad, but so delicious.
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Umm I binge whether he is there or not. I eat to soothe my anxiety
horrible habit!
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yes, i also pig out when he is home!
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@apis: @TurtleDoves: LOL at this exchange. Oh my.
At least you eat what's in the house... I am totally guilty of ordering delivery, even beefing up my order so the delivery guy doesn't judge me for ordering for a single person. Then I eat the leftovers.
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@mrs. wagon: haha I always order enough for two too. I don't want the delivery guy to think I'm a crazy cat lady...
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@Mrsjets: The saddest thing is when I overcompensate and my order comes with three sets of utensils.
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I usually eat more when he's home, since I try to "keep up" with him (horrible horrible habit!) When he's gone, I usually eat a bowl of cereal after I get LO feed and in bed! I'm too tired to make anything so I go quick and easy!
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@mrs. wagon: lol that has happened to me too
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I actually pig out with him.
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I don't discriminate. I pig out at all times so that nobody gets jealous.
That makes no sense but just roll with it.
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@mrs. wagon: lol! Been there...it's like on the movie two.weeks notice 'two fortune cookies?' 'Nope...just one.'
DH does the same thing though! I work nights sometimes and he eats everything in the house. I called on my way home from work the other night to ask DH to put a frozen pizza in the oven. He had already eaten the whole thing. Ugh.
horrible habit!
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