Starving at night!

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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'd say add more protein..but you actually might need more good carbs as my wife would suggest

jilly30

TY

jilly30

A Big Thank you everyone

BeautifulLoser1985

Me too... The only thing that has helped me is to plan out and log my entire day's worth of food beforehand... I try to do it the night before (when I'm on track with mfp ). Leaves me no guesswork and I know exactly what I can look forward to in the evenings! If I'm done my calories and still want to eat, and I can't control it, I will either have something really low calorie and healthy (which never fills the void, really...) or go to bed. I'm an emotional eater, and after a day with toddler twins/work, my nighttime hunger is definitely emotion based - feels like I deserve a reward, and that has always been food.

NikonPal

The first calories I set aside each day are for my “snack(s)” after dinner. I knew from Day #1 that I would always want “something” at night…popcorn, WW snack, yogurt, Fiber Bar…something…so that is what I planned out.

Grant you, it was a nominal amount but 100-200 calories can translate to a lot of snacks!

Luigi's - Real Italian Ice - Lemon / Cherry - No Sugar Added , 1 cup (4 fl oz) (60 calories)

Jolly Time - Healthy Pop Butter Popcorn 100 Calorie Pack - Popped (Net Carbs), 1 bag (100 Calories)

Kellogg's Special K - Cracker Chips Baked Snacks - Sea Salt, 1 Packet (90 Calories)

Jello - Sugar Free, (5 Calories)

Weight Watchers - Carrot Cake, 54 g or 1 Cake (90 Calories)

Dannon - Light & Fit Carb & Sugar Control Vanilla Cream Yogurt, 4 oz. (45 Calories)

Fiber One - Lemon Bar 90 Cal, 1 bar (90 Calories)

Emerald 100 Cal Almonds - Natural Almonds 100 Calorie Pack, 17.5 g pack (100 Calories)

Dole - Pineapple Tidbits - No Sugar Added (Sweetened With Monk Fruit), 1 container (113g) (35 Calories)

Dreyers - Outshine Fruit Bar, (25 Calories)

rcaissie2012

I always found that either popcorn low in caps or frozen grapes also low in cal would be something I would save cals for each night and it would either curb my sweet tooth or my salty cravings

barbecuesauce

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

Exactly what I do. It's a rare day that I want to eat before 2 pm (unless I'm PMSing). But I need to eat in the evening--changing my behavior in other ways, as other posters suggested, didn't work for me.

StephanieKTerranova

I always leave a snack for nighttime because I always get hungry. I usually eat a belt sander brownie with artic zero and a HUGE bowl of SF Jello a little while later. Doing that keeps me satisfied and curbs my late night sweet tooth.

Pootler74

I used to do great through the day and then ruin all that hard work in the evening when I craved carbs and ended up going over my allotted calorie.

So now I plan ahead, and have smaller meals so I can leave about 30% of my calories for snacks. Half of those are usually eaten in the evening. The smaller meals are packed with protein and fruit and vegetables so that they fill me up.

Everyone gets hungry at different times. You can eat when you like. Just plan your day to suit your appetite.

(I try to leave dinner as late as I can too, so I don't get as hungry in the evenings, but with kids it's not always possible.)

jilly30

TY everyone changed up my meal times, so far so good!

SophiaSerrao

Also - and I hope this doesn't sound terribly lame - drinking a nice, hot cup of tea helps settle any night hunger. For me, at least. If I add a stick of cinnamon, it's even more soothing and comforting = )

A small handful of almonds and/or a piece of dark chocolate also hits the spot.

JoAnnRyan123

It's reassuring to see how many other people struggle with the night munchies!

Thanks for all the new food ideas

I've been doing salads, pretzels with salsa, yogurt and CF tea

jilly30

I do Tea too!!! I haven't put cinnamon in it though. That's a great idea! TY

Sweepypie

When I feel hungry at night I have a sachet of porridge without milk. It's only 100 calories and it takes the hunger pangs away!

angelexperiment

Try a yogurt with fat or cheese stick. Celery with pb. Fats keep you full. And protein. Space your meals evenly like every 3 hours. This helps and make sure you are fetting enough fats (healthy -avocado, walnuts, almonds, olives,coconut oil, walnut or avocado oils) and protein.

Sweepypie

Sweepypie wrote: »

When I feel hungry at night I have a sachet of porridge without milk. It's only 100 calories and it takes the hunger pangs away!

I am now on the big bowl porridge sachets made with water (146 calories). I have it about two nights a week.

SwankyTomato

I have had to lower my breakfast and lunch calories to save room for a snack at night. It is so easy for me to eat 500+ calories for breakfast.

As much as I tried to make that work, (because I LOVE breakfast), I could not sustain that type of eating and lose weight. I had to change it up.

So do tweaking and figure out a strategy that works for you.

murk01

Only have carbs at breakfast, and defiantly no carbs for dinner.
The drop in blood glucose causes hunger, as well as training. Don't cheat, stick with it. After u become accustomed to not eating after a certain time, the hunger goes away

jilly30

Thank you these have all been very helpful.