Good on my diet all day until evening...help?

Holla4mom

Yes, I can so relate! We've been talking about that here in this post over the last couple of days:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1402105-late-night-hunger-how-do-you-deal-with-it?hl=late+night&page=1

Bukawww

This is where you have to find your bag of tricks . One of my tricks is to wait as long as possible to eat my first meal. Sometimes I enjoy a protein mocha with 160 cal (ready to drink chocolate protein shake mixed with cold coffee). This works for me for many reasons. One is that I sip it for over an hour. Coffee (caffeine) is a natural appetite suppressant. The taste alone suppresses any desires to eat (for me).

I have a nice filling meal around noon/1 (500-600 cal). This keeps me satiated till dinner time where I will enjoy another 400-500 cal. Then I have room for a few hundred calorie snack or treat close to bed time where I will then safely tuck myself away for the night, away from temptations of food lol.

So, as you can see, saving my calories for the end of the day is what works for me during those night time snacky moments.

mhlew

I would also suggest a meal replacement shake (i use GNC Lean Shake 25) I use it as a replacement for what potentially are my worst meals.

The old me would grab a greasy breakfast burrito from the 745am food truck at work, now I drink a lean shake and it holds me over until lunch time and only has 200 calories. My second shake is when I get home form work and the old me would make like a peanut butter sandwich before the gym and whatever else is convenient to snack on, and now I drink a lean shake for that.

I highly reccomend it, message me if you have any questions about it

deksgrl

I would also suggest a meal replacement shake (i use GNC Lean Shake 25) I use it as a replacement for what potentially are my worst meals.

The old me would grab a greasy breakfast burrito from the 745am food truck at work, now I drink a lean shake and it holds me over until lunch time and only has 200 calories. My second shake is when I get home form work and the old me would make like a peanut butter sandwich before the gym and whatever else is convenient to snack on, and now I drink a lean shake for that.

I highly reccomend it, message me if you have any questions about it

This wouldn't help me with snacking at night. Just sayin. Eating food for breakfast, lunch and dinner which has enough calories helps me to not snack. If I was only eating 1200 calories, you are darn right I would be eating everything I could get my hands on.

summer92008

Like the previous poster said, my problem is that I don't eat enough calories to "save" very many. Eating 1,200 calories a day leaves very little wiggle room to save for evening snacking. If I saved 200 or 300 calories a day for snacks, I would be starving the rest of the day. Kind of a bummer, but something I have to deal with.

trogalicious

Like the previous poster said, my problem is that I don't eat enough calories to "save" very many. Eating 1,200 calories a day leaves very little wiggle room to save for evening snacking. If I saved 200 or 300 calories a day for snacks, I would be starving the rest of the day. Kind of a bummer, but something I have to deal with.

it's really not something that you have to deal with.

deksgrl

Like the previous poster said, my problem is that I don't eat enough calories to "save" very many. Eating 1,200 calories a day leaves very little wiggle room to save for evening snacking. If I saved 200 or 300 calories a day for snacks, I would be starving the rest of the day. Kind of a bummer, but something I have to deal with.

The good news is, you don't have to eat only 1,200. I am the same height as you, not far off on weight, but I'm a lot older than you. I can lose weight at 1,500 sedentary. You as a younger person burn more naturally than I would.