Work & Hunger

Work and hunger
I work from 10 or 11 in the morning till 9 at night. I come home from work- really really jazzed then hungry. If I eat at work that food and environment usually gives me a bellyache. So when I get home I have a glass of wine to wind down. We watch a DVD and then my hunger kicks and I start nibbling saltines which then builds till I have something that will quiet down my rumbling hunger. Then I go to bed.
The benefit for starting that late in the day is my being able to exercise in the morning. The benefit for working all those hours is a condensed 4 day work week then I have 3 days off. But there is a lot of stress in my retail job and the proximity to food is tough. cooking smells waft and dance through the air and I am constantly stimulated to eat. This is my challenge.

I'm tired of being overweight and shy when spring and summer come. I haven't worn shorts in years. A few years ago I wore peddle pushers to work and a coworker took a moment to inform me that with my legs she wouldn't recommend anything shorter then full length pants. I never did it again.


So my challenge is to keep my eyes on the task at hand (a healthy life style change) and munch on foods at night that are very low in points. I've been eyeballing popcorn as a possibility.


Any suggestions or ideas?