Replacing bad habits (Trina)

Although I am maintaining my "new weight," I still don't feel that I have a comfortable grasp on consistent healthy eating habits.  I want to improve this.   So, I have been trying to pay closer attention to my eating habits, the ones that are detrimental.

I've noted the following bad habits:

1. After dinner I go straight for dessert, followed by non-stop munching until I go to bed. Sometimes I don't go to bed until midnight.
2. When I get on the phone, I mindlessly grab something to snack on.  As if eating without thought diminishes the caloric intake.
3. I usually hang in the kitchen/sitting room while Web browsing. This leads to constant munching.
4. When I drink (wine/alcohol), I munch more.

I want to establish the following good habits:

1. After dinner, wait 30 minutes to an hour before having dessert. This lets dinner digest a little and allows my body to trigger just how hungry I am (or am not).  Also, I realized this helps to distinguishes dessert as an event apart from dinner.  It makes it an evening snack, just like my morning and afternoon snacks.
2. No eating when I'm on the phone.  Choose one or the other.
3. Go to another room for my leisure activities.  If I'm hungry, I need to consciously depart from my leisure activity and go back in the kitchen to eat.  Again, choose one or the other. I thank Nicole for this tip.
4. Drink 8-16 oz of water for every glass of wine (or other alcoholic drink).  Good hydration habit and helps me feel full so that I munch less.

I have yet to be a good judge of physical hunger vs emotional hunger. The only times I'm certain that my hunger is physical is when my stomach is growling or when I have a hunger headache.  So, I'm hoping these lil customized rules will help me to eventually realize the difference between the two and at the very least keep me on track, in spite of.