It does not sound like food but your deliberate "thinking" about it. If I don't feel like cooking dinner I let those who think I am know :-) and we order pizza or cheesesteaks or whatever or go out, etc. My husband fixes both of us breakfast and we don't do "lunch", I just amble through my fruits, vegetables, popcorn, whatever I "need" to get adequate nutrition (at least 5 fruits and veggies a day so I get as many as I can between breakfast and dinner).

How old are the kids? Can't they get their own snacks after school/activities? My mother would make cookies and we were in charge of getting a couple after school and before 4:00 when the kitchen "closed" in preparation for dinner so we wouldn't ruin our appetite. In addition, the cookie jar had a cut glass lid that scraped/"rang" when removed so Mom could tell we weren't eating too many cookies/trying to get extras.

I read one story that has fascinated me for a long time. One woman discovered that if she "reversed" what she ate -- dinner for breakfast and the lighter breakfast for dinner, she lost weight better. Makes a little sense since dinner usually is "more"/has the most protein, etc. so having all day to use those calories instead of going to bed "next" might be intriguing to try only I like my protein so bet I'd be inclined to eat a lot both in the morning and evening if I did that.

Were I you, I would delegate some food prep or opt out of eating some things or declare a "free" meal where everyone eats what they want, etc. My mother would do that for breakfast occasionally when we were kids, declare a day of "toast and tea" which meant we had to prepare our own breakfast (usually a bowl of cereal or something - just meant a hot breakfast with eggs, etc. was no in the offing).

For me, I no longer go out to work so it can be harder not eating just for the heck of it. But I do "work" so I make sure I concentrate on that more than I do on food.