Night time binge attacks!

gsager

Try to leave some calories for nigh time snacking. I always have low fat popcorn and grapes late night. I can't do it any other way. I am a late night eater.

^^This, I have hot chocolate and Ihop stuffed french toast at night. Always save enough calories for that.

Sp1nGoddess

Make sure you are getting enough nutrients during the day - vitamins, minerals etc. When your body is under nourished you will crave food (any) food.

I am an all or nothing type person. If there is leftover pasta in the fridge and I start thinking about it, I will eat the whole bowl and top it off with butter. That being said I try not to buy the kinds of pasta I like. I love angel hair so I buy penne. I buy the types my son & hubby will eat but that don't appeal to me. ( i love sugar cookies, so I get Oreos for my son)

Give your self a 10 minute time out. After 10 minutes you may not really want that snack. Mabye give yourself a facial or take a relaxing bath.

If you do have a binge - forgive yourself and try to do better the next day.

Jen0414

I used to binge every single night almost. Again on everything sweet, salty ANYTHING.
I made a decision to get back into this lifestyle 100%. The first week was really hard and now it's habbit and I don't even think about binging.
Alot of the time food is used when emotionally eating and that's where my binge attacks came from.
Good luck!

desantaclause

Hey there,

You may not be getting enough calories in during the day. I too often eat in the evening. It used to be that I would wake up out of a dead sleep and devour a bowl of cereal, PB and J, or chocolate bar... more than once or twice a week. Since I've been logging my calories and getting an estimate of what my body needs (including allocation for workout calories earned-back) I have been timing my evening meal to be about an hour prior to bed and to meet the caloric deficit remaining in my daily "budget". Its seems to be working. I also have less craving for empty calories even if I do feel hungry afterwards.

Hope this helps!
Best,
E

terry043

I'm the same, once I taste it I'm lost. If you truly are not hungry, just craving, what was suggested to me and I found it to work was whitening strips for your teeth. Sounds crazy I know, but when I start prowling the kitchen because I'm craving, I whiten my teeth. The strips are on for half an hour and by the time they come off, my craving has gone and because my teeth are clean I don't want to eat anymore. Try it, the added advantage, whiter teeth.

Heaven71

Hello everyone,

I'm new to My Fitness Pal and I figured that I would get some advice on this current issue that I am experiencing. During the day I eat really healthy. (Don't bother looking at my Food Diary because I don't update it like I should :P). I make sure that I'm full and satisfied throughout the day.... the problem is once night time comes. Once it's time to lay down and relax it's like I've been hit with a Night Time Munchies 2x4. It's not that I crave one thing in particular, like sweets. I crave everything! I want cake, ice cream, cheddar cheese, blu cheese, etc. It's ridiculous. I always give in too and my weight is feeling the effects of my actions. How do I combat these urges and finally have the willpower to say “No, you've eaten plenty today”? I feel like I'm failing and the disappointment in myself is unbearable. So my question is, does anybody else have this problem? How do you combat it? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thank you so much in advance!

Don't have them in your house. Keep healthy stuff instead. I stopped getting the 100 calorie snack packs as well because they are just enough to make me want to eat more. Drink lots of water and have a cup of hot tea.

djsupreme6

You can eat whenever you want just make sure its not fatty high calorie stuff. Also you could plan your meals out and use the tracker so that you know your body is getting what it needs. I've found logging and looking sure helps since there are actual numbers involved.

barbieharops

OMG I am going through the same problem. Then the guilt I feel after thwarting my entire effort out the window is awful. I try to put my mindset in a place where I picture myself at a goal weight and feel comfortable in my skin. Maybe we deprive ourselves too much during the day. I also find that when I hit the gym after work I come home totally ravenous. I don't have any solutions but I can so identify with your problem.

katya143

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stayseeing

my night-time binging had a domino effect (and still occasionally does). once i give in to one bad habit, it's all down hill. what i've started doing is saving about 150 calories for snacking at night (on a 1,200 calorie/day plan). i also began exercising at night, and i'm only allowed to eat the snack if i exercise (i'd still probably eat my calories, but it's a motivational factor to exercise). after i exercise, i have less incentive to binge.

shcarter67

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gatorgirlyyy

Wow! Y'all are just amazing! There was so many helpful tips to overcome this issue. I know I can do this! I'm so glad that I found myfitnesspal because you all provide so much encouragement. Thanks again! Keep this post going for others as well.

gatorgirlyyy

gatorgirlyyy

Night time eating has been (and still is) my biggest obstacle to maintaining my weight. A previous poster suggested saving some calories for the evening hours, and I concur with them. You may also try eating something that you enjoy, but has fewer calories and is filling. Un-buttered popcorn and lots of water, apples and yogurt seem to work best for me.

Good luck & Go Gators!

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gatorgirlyyy

I struggle with the same thing. Here's what I do:

>Reflect internally on what is your trigger...is it thinking about the food? Distract yourself with a book or a movie.
>Don't distract yourself with regular TV, the commercials make you want to snack
>ALWAYS Leave in a few hundred calories in the budget in case
>Decide that the Kitchen is Closed at a specific time (I close mine at 7:30pm)
>Set an alarm on my laptop and on my iphone to remind me it's closed
>Have a healthy snack at closing time and drink a protein drink
>Get on my InMotion stepper or take a walk if I can't control myself - by the time you get a few thousand steps in and drink a bottle of water it usually passes - around 20 min for the cravings to go away
>If that doesn't work, you just earned another couple hundred calories you can eat.

YOU CAN DO THIS!

This is A M A Z I N G dear! Thank you!