My husband sent me a link named "Smartphone impact on your brain and body". It was a video explaining how looking at my smartphone at night before bedtime interrupts my ability to settle down and get good sleep. It may also contribute to feeling hungrier and eating more without realizing you're eating more which contributes to weight gain.
The impact of not getting good sleep is forgetfulness. Oh the number of times I have forgotten something is frustrating just to think about! I'm hoping my forgetfulness will subside soon and I'll be able to remember things better as I've decided to do a test run of not looking at my iPhone after 8PM. The results in the past five days? Weightloss and not feeling nearly as hungry! Coincidence or is my smartphone really making me fat? I'll keep you posted over the next four weeks as I plan to continue this trend at least through the end of this $100 bet. I've heard three weeks make habit, so hopefully by the end of the bet I will be detoxed of looking at my iPhone at night and give the battery a rest.
Another plus, which could just be the social dieting and nothing to do with my iPhone, is that I am not emotional eating this week. At work I have been known to eat when I'm bored (doing work that I find unfulfilling). I'm a former fat girl (220 pounds on a 5'4" female frame), so food addiction has long been my issue and I have been fighting that urge to feed all my feelings since April 2005 when I pledged I would never be more than 140 pounds ever again while not pregnant (found out I was pregnant the same day I reached 140 pounds, so I had to put that in there). I didn't quite keep that pledge as I've gone to 158.4 pounds in 2015 and close to 150 pounds on several occasions between April 2005 - February 2015 (while not pregnant).
So, this is my new pledge: I will work toward reaching a goal weight of 130 pounds, but if it's too hard to maintain without always being disciplined (too exhausting to always be disciplined as I'm a lazy girl), then I will not beat myself up about maintaining 145 pounds and being a size 8 instead of a size 6. I can get close to 130 pounds on any number of diets, but as soon as my diet relaxes even a little bit then I easily gain weight and within two months I find myself at 145 pounds trying to lose those last 15 pounds YET AGAIN! As I near 40 years old I'm feeling more at peace with my body image and how I view myself when I look at my reflection in the mirror. My true goal is to be happy and healthy, to be viewed as sexy by my husband, and to live an active lifestyle with my two children.
Thanks for reading and good luck!