False starts

dmead001

Hey All, need some advice from the group... I am perfect 90% of the day entering every single thing and then... at night after dinner mindless in front of the TV I eat carbs.. like cereal and I stop logging...

Anyone have similar experience and advice on how to stop?

Thanks!

Misschuchii

i'm the same exact way with night time!

cathipa

Pre-planning can help with this. If you know you are going to have an after dinner snack put this in your diary at the beginning of the day. Then you have accounted and can plan the rest of the day accordingly.

mysticlizard

I have a hard time with that too. I made myself a deal, I would eat BUT I HAD to log it. After several days of seeing how I was shooting myself in the foot I started to reign the eating in because it was to depressing to look at. I still have those nights but they are fewer and further between. I still log everything though.

cerise_noir

I happen to go through the same thing, so I actually leave the majority of my calories for the end of the day. Also, if you have been cutting out or heavily restricting during the day, binges are more likely to happen.

What worked for me:
1. No cutting out of foods or food groups. Weight loss is all about calories after all. If I work my treats into my daily calories, I am less likely to obsess and binge.
2. Since I am not hungry in the morning, I wait until much later to eat. I find that if I do eat early in the day, I won't stop eating...
3. Preparation: Pre-weigh servings of foods you're likely to snack on such as chips or cereal.
4. Sugar free soda helps when I don't have any calories left but feel like something sweet.
5. Have a reasonable deficit. If I restrict too much, I am more likely to binge.
6. Pre-logging. Plan your day with meals and snacks/treats.

Charis50

There are some fantastic suggestions here!

For me, the cue for mindless eating was mindless TV watching. So I reduced the cue--I cut back on TV, and now I'm willing to turn it off and find something else to do if a show I'm watching is boring.

That helped a ton.

Good luck!

billglitch

i eat low carb high fat and almost never have cravings at night

RiverMelSong

Lately I'm the same, not with eating but with wine. I always tell myself I won't have any that night and then my housemates open a bottle with dinner and I'm just to weak to say no I was doing so well for 8 months too, it's really frustrating.

KyleGrace8

I save most of my calories for the evening. Pick some very low calorie thing in a pre measured portion and sit down with that. When it's gone, it's gone.

MiMi_5151

Don't sit mindless in front of the TV. Go for a walk, take a shower (or bubble bath), learn a craft that keeps your hands busy (woodworking, etc), go to bed early - just do anything except the behavior that leads to carb binging.

skellymama1

After dinner brush your teeth, drink water. Get up and do something, set yourself 1 hour of TV watching only!

Sued0nim

Log a bowl of cereal at the start of the day

Measure it out cover it and leave it on the side to grab when you're ready

Check your logging before you eat it