Bedtime Binge eating!

dothompson

Thanks so much for the advice. I am really hard on myself. My husband keeps telling me that "you just had a baby, and It is gonna take some time to get that weight off." He says I'm doing a really great job, and he is very supportive. I've just never been this heavy in my life, and I just want to fit into my old clothes again. By the way, what is the Challenge for bingers thread?

What a great husband. You picked a good dad for your baby. You're going to do great, just be a little patient, and treat yourself with kindness.

cmriverside

About the eating your exercise calories. . .no matter how many calories I burn, I still stick to eating 1200-1400 calories. My friend is a trainer and that is what she suggests. . .it's working! If I feel hungry at night, I keep South Beach Protein and Zone Protein bars handy and I drink a tall glass of water. Then I brush my teeth! It takes some getting use to. . .but your body will adjust to not eating at night. That's when your body doesn't need as many calories because it starts to shut down. Just take one day at a time. . .it took me months to get back into my prebaby clothes!

P.S. To get my pregnancy weight off, I did Body For Life. . .

Your trainer is WRONG! The theory above is flawed for many reasons! Trainers don't even have to have any kind of formal nutrition training!!!!! aarrgghh. Please see a doctor or nutritionist, or at least educate yourself on your body! The theory may work for a couple weeks, but then - - - please read :

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/23912-links-in-mfp-you-want-to-read-again-and-again

Fitness_Chick

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apotts

Since everyone is talking about the binge challenge, where do I go to sign up. Some days I do so good on my diet, then other days I come home after working out and want some peanut butter. Peanut butter is my biggest weakness and my binge. Peanut butter is the best bedtime snap for sleeping, I swear the best sleep you will ever get, but not the best for my diet at bedtime.

susan62

Ritz 100 Calorie Snack Mix!! Great for munching. Also, if you eat something crunchy like celery, carrots, etc. that helps with the cravings. If you really need sweet, try dipping 4-6 strawberries in low-fat chocolate sauce, it really feels like you're getting sweets!!! Hope this helps.

Fitness_Chick

I'm TOTALLY rockin on hot airpopcorn with a couple spritz's of 'Can't Believe It's Not Butter' spray & toss a tad of Parmasaen (sp.ack) cheese over it and YUM-O High Figer, some carbs to take the cravings to heaven.

2 T. dried popcorn makes about 5 cups which is about a serving unless you eat that and then want more and ditto on how much to pop again...like me last evening trying to cram some non filling healthier food in me so I could sleep better knowing I was getting closer to my daily calorie intake.

Another new find fo rme...Wasa Sourdough crackers (size of a graham cracker but thicker and yummy crunchy it appears I have this crunch, smooth feish currently :laugh: ) with 1 T. of Cashew Butter mmmm you can eat a couple and do no damage...but then again I ALWAYS have calories at the end of the day so that's why I add that sort of thing..

..I'm working on it...but ....I'm still a work in progress.

blondeambition

I always want something to munch on about 8pm and I've been battling the night time snack attacks forever. One thing that I find really works for me is that if its still early ( say 8 or so), I go ahead and pop myself a bag of the low fat/cal microwave popcorn) Its enough that I feel satisified and its only 180 cals per bag so I dont feel like I've "blown" it for the day. If its getting closer to bedtime, I brush my teeth and just go to bed. The longer I stay up, the more I think about it and the less likely I will be to resist

blondeambition

I also dont put much stock in what trainers say about calories unless they are nutritionists. I worked with a couple different trainers at the gym and one told me to stick with 1200 ( this is even with 6 days per week working out) and another told me that I would be starving myself at that level and suggested I bump it up to 1500-1800. I've been eating my excercise calories for the most part and a week in, I am already seeing results...even got into some capris I couldnt quite button last week today!!

Fitness_Chick

I also dont put much stock in what trainers say about calories unless they are nutritionists. I worked with a couple different trainers at the gym and one told me to stick with 1200 ( this is even with 6 days per week working out) and another told me that I would be starving myself at that level and suggested I bump it up to 1500-1800. I've been eating my excercise calories for the most part and a week in, I am already seeing results...even got into some capris I couldnt quite button last week today!!

Yes I do am careful to take a persons advise on how many calories a day is right as we are all different. I went to a Nutritionist, and she looked at me and told me without hearing how much I'd lost or anything at all about me to eat 900 or LESS! CRAZY:grumble:

Oh I know I could do it...but would it be healthy?? NO!! It's odd she even said that as she told me it take her eating 900 or less to lose a lb.....well duh! But the thing is she's in her 60's I'm in my 40's so that right there will make a world of difference...plus here's the even crazier part...she's a marathon runner HUH? NOW how does she exist on 900 calories?

Needless to say I never went back to her!:drinker: I feel like I should have reported her or something for being nuts. :laugh: But I let it go...ok so I didn't since I'm now posting about it here. :noway: :laugh:

nicolet04

i had this same problem for the longest time, and when i would restrict myself from sweets or do the one day a week thing i would binge eat so bad and i couldnt stop. so what i started doing was allowing myself a "reward" every night if i did good that day. i will allow myself to eat a 1/2 cup of icecream made with splenda. my fav is dryers slow churned triple chocolate!!!!! it only has 110 calories for half a cup so its easy to fit into your daily calories. it's so good and it does the trick!!! since i started doing this i even find myself passing on it some nights (i think its the whole mental thing.) i also like yoplait whips chocolate mousse! Hope this helps, good luck!!!!!!

Fitness_Chick

bump in case I feel like eating before bed tonight..:laugh:

and because it's a great topic!

cmriverside

i had this same problem for the longest time, and when i would restrict myself from sweets or do the one day a week thing i would binge eat so bad and i couldnt stop. so what i started doing was allowing myself a "reward" every night if i did good that day. i will allow myself to eat a 1/2 cup of icecream made with splenda. my fav is dryers slow churned triple chocolate!!!!! it only has 110 calories for half a cup so its easy to fit into your daily calories. it's so good and it does the trick!!! since i started doing this i even find myself passing on it some nights (i think its the whole mental thing.) i also like yoplait whips chocolate mousse! Hope this helps, good luck!!!!!!

Great advice! I love the churned Dryers, too.

cmriverside

Since everyone is talking about the binge challenge, where do I go to sign up. Some days I do so good on my diet, then other days I come home after working out and want some peanut butter. Peanut butter is my biggest weakness and my binge. Peanut butter is the best bedtime snap for sleeping, I swear the best sleep you will ever get, but not the best for my diet at bedtime.

Here is the Binge Challenge thread.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/23990-a-challenge-for-bingers

You can find old topics by going to Community>and in the "Search" box, type a word or two that you think applies to the post you ar looking for. I just now did that and found the thread by typing "Binge Challenge" into the box. The oldest threads are first in the listings, so I had to scroll down to recent ones. :flowerforyou:

Fitness_Chick

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heyjude78

i'll put my two cents in-

I get hungry at night for sweets and I make myself some hot oatmeal and put some ground flaxseed in it to sweeten it- it's very tasty AND it helps me go to sleep

Starrotts

:happy: i also am a nightime binge eater.it must be sweets and i will run to the store in rain ,snow whatever and buy 10 dollars worth of sweets and come home and eat them as fast as I can it sucks,I have lost 56 pounds 3 years ago and have put back on21 because of this nasty habit........could someone tell me how to insert my ticker into my posts thanku,.

pettmybunny

I don't get the munchies before bed, mine is in the middle of the night! Everyone else is asleep, and I'm creeping into the kitchen to see what I can find. I've controlled it for the most part, but when I'm in high stress situations (like right now, my stepmother is staying with us--see my blog, lol), I can plow through a bag of chips and dip, a bag of chocolate chips, a container of buttercream frosting, you name it. Last night, I ate some leftover chocolate that I had covered candy canes with before Christmas, then, because I knew that was bad for me, I made an omelet so I could be healthier. Crazy!

Starrotts

u r certainly an inspiration to me thanks.................