Late night eating

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  • jfauci
    jfauci Posts: 531 Member
    I'm an evening muncher too. I just make sure I leave myself enough calories to eat what I want at night.
  • TheBitSlinger
    TheBitSlinger Posts: 621 Member
    Eating sweets encourages... more sweet eating. Best way to deal with it is to cut them out. If you have to eat late, have some low glycemic fruit.
  • AA1ex
    AA1ex Posts: 223 Member
    I had to change my whole schedule where I went to bed earlier, even on weekends, and moved dinner to a later time. This in turn led to by the time the late night munchies came I was sound asleep. totally works for me since I prefer to workout in the mornings I have more energy to do so as well. Hope you find something that works for you!
  • freebirdfitness
    freebirdfitness Posts: 38
    Protein bars, Pepper Ridge BBQ Cracker Chips, Special K Sour Cream & Onion Cracker Chips, cereal and bananas, yogurt granola and berries, frozen yogurt, leftovers.

    I know I eat all night up until bed time so I do leave cals for night time snacking, but having better choices helps a bit because I can eat more cracker chips than I can chips because 40 cracker chips is only 160 cals :P
  • willierey53
    willierey53 Posts: 7
    Since I am a late night muncher also, I am trying something I read in a magazine a while ago. I am giving my body 12 hours between my last meal and the first meal of the day. Example: if i eat at 8 pm, I know that I shouldn't eat again until 8 am next. I like the fact that I am learning what real hunger pangs feel like again. It has been a long time for me, since I am an emotional eater too! A new way of life is how I am choosing to describe my eating habits. I just have to get my mind and body on the same page, wink, wink! Lots of great ideas, keep striving to find what will work for you.
  • laurie7075
    laurie7075 Posts: 33 Member
    I'm so glad I chose this post out of the many regarding late night eating...and even happier that I saw this particular comment! I have been beating myself up for doing so well during the day and staying under my calorie goal and then giving in to cravings late at night. I work 3-11pm and tend to want to snack around midnight while I am in bed and up watching television. I have starting buying healthier snacks like multigrain organic chips, kashi bars, nuts, and things like that, but I still end up feeling I've blown it for the day (and also these snacks don't get recorded in my food diary because I have usually already submitted). So anyhow, what I'm getting at is that I love your statement about spacing it out for 12 hours before eating the next day. I am not a breakfast person at all....the only reason I even consume anything before lunch is because I want to have a little something in my stomach before working out late morning/early afternoon.

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