Starving at night!

jilly30

I do excellent during the day but when night comes I'm thinking if food and starving! I'm taking in my proper calories throughout the day! This is so frustrating! any ideas or tips would be appreciated.

Chandler330

I try to leave wiggle room for a snack if I know my meals are going to be earlier. I feel like if I leave myself hungry or feeling deprived then I am less likely to stick with something. Try cutting corners on calories in somewhere and make some room to work in a sensible snack.

Sansan1984

For me i have found as long as i keep it healthy i still lose appropriately going over my cals.. so like an banana and apple or grapes or something like that or even a salad your body has an easy time digrsting it and its full of nutrients you need especially when your body is hungry

leggup

Need way more info. How much weight do you have to lose? What do you have your calorie goal set to? It's possible that you're trying to lose too aggressively. What's your meal breakdown? How many calories per meal and timing? When do you get hungry? You may want to save 100-200 calories for the end of the day.

StaciMarie1974

What do you eat for dinner, and when? Perhaps try a larger meal, or a different ratio of macros. Or leave room for an evening snack.

danomitex

Spread out your meals evenly throughout the day so that you're able to eat a meal/snack at night. Consuming the bulk of your calories during the day will bound to leave you hungry later on.

erinelizabeth882

Chandler330 wrote: »

I try to leave wiggle room for a snack if I know my meals are going to be earlier. I feel like if I leave myself hungry or feeling deprived then I am less likely to stick with something. Try cutting corners on calories in somewhere and make some room to work in a sensible snack.

This.

I usually feel like desserts or a snack late, so I've been trying to find healthy-ish snacks/desserts. Chobani makes some nice greek yogurt treats like dulce de leche and chocolate that have lots of protein, but feel like dessert.

mccindy72

Do a protein-heavy dinner. Protein tends to keep you fuller, longer.

earlnabby

jilly30 wrote: »

I do excellent during the day but when night comes I'm thinking if food and starving! I'm taking in my proper calories throughout the day! This is so frustrating! any ideas or tips would be appreciated.

I allow about 400 calories for bedtime snacking. I just don't sleep well on an empty stomach and I think it is a long time habit I developed.

jigglyjessica

I try to eat dinner late, around 7 or 8 but if I have the calories I'll snack later, if not then I just drink water and try to go to bed early

auroranflash

Certain types of food will satiate you more and for longer. Meal timing planned to your individual preference may help curb the hunger when eating at a deficit. Please don't confuse that with the 'don't eat after 8pm' or the 'you can only eat clean!' folks, this has nothing to do with that and I certainly don't agree with that mindset. However, finding out which foods fill you up and for keep you full for longer (meat/potatoes are a good example in my experience) is a huge part of the puzzle, as well as finding out how to plan out your meals and snacks so that you aren't as hungry.

I will usually eat very little during breakfast and lunch and save the majority of my calories for the evening with little or no snacking. It's worked fine for me, but it might not work for you. Maybe you need a bigger breakfast with hearty ingredients to keep you full until a lighter lunch, snack before dinner, etc. etc. ...

If it's strictly a willpower game, you will eventually lose the battle and binge or give up. You need to find out how to set yourself up for success and make it as easy as possible. That is my suggestion.

NowSteffy50

It might not be 'real' hunger, it might be the telly. It is amazing how many adverts are for food, and just like Pavlov's dog, when we see food we want to eat. It is human instinct.

DearestWinter

As everyone else has suggested - leave calories at the end of the day for snacking. Depending on how long you've been doing this you may also find that the feeling of hunger at night will start diminishing as your body adjusts to your new habits. (Or it might not; everyone is different.)

Also, I find if I get to the monster-hunger stage then it helps a lot to pick something out to eat conscientiously (choose something that fits into my calories, weigh everything, pre-log it, plate it nicely) and eat it as slowly as possible while focusing on the flavors & textures. It changes the focus from filling a void in my stomach to the ritual of preparing food and eating it.

4legsRbetterthan2

1. Already mentioned but leave room for food at night
2. If you would rather cut out late night eating figure out what is triggering it. It might just be that you always eat then, so you need to retrain your brain a little bit. Maybe it's a bordom thing, find something to do.

Castrofreak

I tend to binge at night, I am STARVING at night. Idk why. So I tend to leave 300ish calories for 8-10pm so that I have the calories to eat if I want.

mkakids

I eat ALOT of my calories between 8-10pm most days. I intentionally save them, because I know I will eat....so might as well have the calories available instead of going over.

slowbutsure2

When I get the urge to over eat at night I try and do exercise instead. Works well for me.

mz_getskinny

This is exactly why I love Intermittent Fasting!! I'm not hungry in the morning so I don't eat. My eating window opens up in the afternoon and I get to eat up until I fall asleep every night (if I want to!) It's a lovely concept, especially for night bingers

jilly30

A BIG TY

penelofur

I am the same way- I am so good during the day- but when I get home all I want to do is watch netflix and eat.
I find it hard to come home and cook so I will often get takeout
I feel you. It is hard.

arditarose

Arrange your calories so that you are not hungry at night. Save a few hundred of a snack after dinner.

ninav1980

mz_getskinny wrote: »

This is exactly why I love Intermittent Fasting!! I'm not hungry in the morning so I don't eat. My eating window opens up in the afternoon and I get to eat up until I fall asleep every night (if I want to!) It's a lovely concept, especially for night bingers

I feel the same way. My trainer told me that I NEED to eat bfast every morning, but Im just not hungry. I gave her way a shot for a week and I was hungry every night. miserable. I am switching back to my normal routine this week. No need to waste calories in the morning when I really need them at night. I dont want to live my life going to bed hungry every night, lol.

jilly30

Exactly!!! I almost feel like when I eat breakfast I starve all day!!! Lol

ninav1980

lifes too short to go to bed hungry. lol

I think I need to make that a bumper sticker!

jilly30

I think that's a fantastic idea for a bumper sticker

sandryc79

I have this problem. It helps me to drink a big glass of water while I consume baby carrots and dill pickles. Anything low calorie with filling fiber would work the same and I look at that as a good opportunity to get more vegetables. Sometimes I eat a cup of baby spinach too. If none of that works I eat a little something more. (Like a yogurt or something with protein) This usually defeats those munchies.

jilly30

I'll try that TY

Asher_Ethan

I always have to leave myself 200 or 300 calories for a snack before bed or I find myself binge eating.

BWBTrish

i eat a huge bowl of popcorn each night between 9 and 10.

Only 240 calories ( 80 gr of un-popped popcorn) Nice when you want to eat a couple of hundred of something

lrenaee

I'm the most hungry at night and the least hungry in the morning, and I work swing shift so...I eat my "breakfast" between noon and 2pm, "lunch" around 5pm, and dinner after I get home from work around 10pm-11pm.
Eating when breakfast when I wake up doesn't make me any less hungry come 10pm, so I just skip it and don't go over my calories or go to bed hungry.

jnv7594

mz_getskinny wrote: »

This is exactly why I love Intermittent Fasting!! I'm not hungry in the morning so I don't eat. My eating window opens up in the afternoon and I get to eat up until I fall asleep every night (if I want to!) It's a lovely concept, especially for night bingers

Yup, this is pretty much what I do. I don't starting eating until around 11 a.m. or noon, and if I do eat before then, it's a very small amount. More like a snack. I save the majority of my calories for the evening, and I usually don't eat dinner until around 9 p.m. or sometimes 10 p.m. Then I go to bed within about an hour of supper. Don't fall for the myth that you have to stop eating so many hours before bed...not true unless you have issues with something like acid reflux. The time of day you eat does not matter. I've been eating right up until bed for about 7 months and have lost 80 pounds. So if you are less hungry at certain times of the day, eat a smaller meal, and save some of those calories for night time. That may help you.