My theory

I need more exercise and physical activity. However, I will never be able to exercise enough if I don't curb my side eating and cut my dinner portions. I'm pretty good with eating a light lunch and breakfast, and I don't snack that much if at all when I'm at work. It's when I get home at night that the problems begin. I eat too much dinner, then around 8:30 I start foraging. I'll get something salty, then sweet, then salty, then sweet, and so it goes. I may fit something healthy in there out of guilt, but that doesn't help.

So I've got two ideas. One, I'm gonna get up more and find things that I like and can do on a treadmill. You all know about my Lego Batman diet (I play Lego Batman while I walk on a treadmill), but I'm thinking I could also watch movies, especially now that we have Netflix on our Wii. I don't think I could read a book, like I've seen some people do at Marv Jenson's, but I've found a ton of podcasts I like and I've figured out how to work the SL County Library's NetLibrary to download MP3 and WMA audiobooks to my MP3 player.

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The other idea I have is I need to come up with the activities I like, but during which I don't eat, and differentiate those from activities during which I do eat. Partial lists:

Activities during which I DON'T eat: Playing board games (They're too expensive to allow food around); Painting Miniatures (mainly to spruce up my board games); Playing the Wii (There is no way to play the games I like with just one hand. Also, I tend to stand when I play); Reading (too much risk of getting food and/or greasy fingerprints on the pages); doing work around the house; walking on the treadmill.

Activities during which I DO eat: Watching movies, TV; Playing video games on anything but the Wii; playing card games.

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I'm still going to watch movies, and every once in a while there's a TV show I like, etc., but I'm thinking that now that I'm conscious of what activities drive me to snack, I can work on avoiding the urge. On top of that, if I can find more things I enjoy that can be done on a treadmill, I'll get more physical activity, even when it's butt cold or flamin' hot.