June "No Late Night Snacking Challenge"

CarmenSantiago

I ate a light sandwich at 2AM :noway: :noway: :noway:

Could not get to a 3-day streak. I am down another lb so hoots for that. I only ate 1,400 cal's for the day with a light sandwich for supper. I then worked out from 9:30 to 11:00 PM. I got up at 1:30 and there was no way to get to sleep with the "rumbly in the tumbly" as only Pooh can say.

I am still amazed how anyone can do 10, 14, 16 days straight. Great job!

Ray

Hey Raymond I think you're doing great. You are right you can't sleep with a rumbly in the tumbly. I too work out late at night and I know it's hard sometimes after the cool down for your body to not want something. I'm sure you didn't do any harm with your late night sandwich as you were probably still burning HOT, and like one of the other gals said it isn't like you dove into cinnabons or ice cream.

RunRideRay

Thanks for the encouragement.

I would have ate the cinnamon rolls.... if they were there. HA. So, it was a pickle sandwich on light bread with a little mustard... That's all we had! Did the trick

Thanks again for the support, I am getting better at this and not so willing to just blow it.

Raymond

fitgal411

If today is the 17th, then I have done 16 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:happy: I never thought that I could go for a whole month without snacking at night, but now it looks like I can! Now I just have to cut out extra DAYTIME snacking!:embarassed:

Rainman - In all honesty . . . so what? It was a sandwich. And you exercised right before. I don't think that we should torture ourselves when we're truly hungry. Eating if you're bored is a different story (my story, actually!:laugh: )

SherryRueter

Day 8. I did just fine all day yesterday and last night. Its not so much that I didn't think :noway: about having a snack as much as it was I didn't want to post on the message board that I HAD snacked.

Grammymax

You all are doing great. This is day 18 for me. It's been a tough week for me but I have been sticking to this challenge:happy:
Happy Friday tomorrow
veryone

SherryRueter

:bigsmile: Day 9. Wow, can't believe its been 9 days. It takes anywhere from 21 days to 3 months (in my opinion) to break a habit and make a new one. The June Challenge is an attempt at breaking a habit of late night snacking. After 9 days I have learned this: I feel so much better every morning knowing that I didn't have a mindless snack. Knowing that I am sticking to eating healthfully (especially in the evenings) has helped my mental self talk. I'm fueling my body with the nutrients it needs and continuing my workouts. My workouts are less about "wearing off the cinnabon I ate last night" but more about "I'm doing this because it will make my body strong".

Today is my Work from Home day. I have a difficult time resisting snacking (normally) on my WFH days. The kitchen is just way toooooo handy. But, I am NOT going to snack *AT ALL* today. Late night or during my work day. I will stick to eating healthy and my pre-planned meals.

This is an awesome challenge. I absolutely it!

Way 2 go everyone!

Girlmom282109

6 days in I'm doing great! I have lost almost 3 pounds in 3 days hopefully it will stay off!

dewdrop

sr88201, your message is so inspiring. I also snack all day long when working from home. You are a very good example that this can be done! Thank you :flowerforyou:

Bohlon, way to go! :flowerforyou: As for Esther, you are just a s usual - no dissapointment . Glad everyone's doing so well.

Now my long story put short: JuneTotalCounter: 16 and the others get reset (travelling yesterday, it wasn't worth it to worry extra about this). But have a look at my ticker, people! As I suspected, I have lost weight! Now I don't know where to go from here :glasses: . I guess I'll just try to maintain for a while (I'm very bad at that, mmm :glasses: ).

fitgal411

19 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:bigsmile: I think I am breaking my late-night-snacking habit!!!!!!!!!!!:happy:

dewdrop

Last night was good. :glasses:

RunRideRay

dewdrop... way to go on the goal. It's has to feel great. You'll need some new goals now, maybe some fitness challenge. Awesome job.

Fitgal.... 19 days I can't even imagine such things. Great job!

Wow, did I bomb last night but who cares!! :drinker: :drinker: I expected such things after I ran 18 miles Sat morning. :noway: It sends my metabolism into overdrive, and I had not ate that much all day. So, no regrets here! I am down about 2 more lbs so hopefully I'll be posting a goal met on weight too.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend, don't forget to call your Dad too!

Raymond

fitgal411

I have done 21 days of no snacking at night. Last night we got home late so I just had dinner and then went upstairs for the rest of the night.

Rainman - good job on losing 2 pounds!!!!!!!!!!!

pkgirrl

Im totally joining this. Even though it's a little late now, I imagine you'll start again next month?

Hmm. I think my main issues, really are when I play video games at night, I just feel like I need something to munch on, and usually make the worst decisions possible. :blushing:

Or when I bike at night, I usually go for about an hour and a half, and burn around 700 cal. So I kinda feel like I need to eat something after (actually, maybe its just the way my bodies train atm, but I get sick and can't sleep if I don 't) Plus MFP reems me out for being way under daily cals

I know the first one is self control, so I'm pretty pumped about this thread, but any suggestions about post exercise food? I'm seriously stumped on that one :frown:

dewdrop

Rainman - good job on losing 2 pounds!!!!!!!!!!!

How about me?! :grumble:

Raymond, thanks! Yeah, it feels good, I'm a bit surprised to have gotten there, actually. I might want to try go just a bit lower than this, but my hubs already tells me that I'm skinny, so dunno what to do. I do plan to tone up and see what changes (if any) that'll bring. Thanks a lot for your reply! :flowerforyou: and well done, you too! :flowerforyou: Keep up the good work! :flowerforyou:

zaza54

Hi everyone-
I have been off the wagon and avoiding mfp. :blushing:
As you can see, I'm back now. Tonight will be my new Day 1.
I'll take some time later to catch up on the thread. I have to keep moving now before it rains yet again.
Sorry, I've been absent, but I hope everyone has been doing well.
Zaza

CarmenSantiago

21 days and still going strong. I think it's a habit now. Or maybe it's just I'm obstinate. :bigsmile:

WTG Raymond and dewdrop! Everyone is doing so great!

Zaza good to see you back!! It's never too late to start fresh! Good for you! :smokin:

SherryRueter

I blew it on Father's day... so back to day 1 for me also.
I ate some sweets today (mostly this afternoon after lunch..just tasted sooo goood).
But, I promise not to snack tonight. I'll eat a healthy supper and no snacks afterwards!
So Day 1 was last night....Day 2 tonight......

...It might take a few attempts to make this a habit.....

CarmenSantiago

I blew it on Father's day... so back to day 1 for me also.
I ate some sweets today (mostly this afternoon after lunch..just tasted sooo goood).
But, I promise not to snack tonight. I'll eat a healthy supper and no snacks afterwards!
So Day 1 was last night....Day 2 tonight......

...It might take a few attempts to make this a habit.....

Good for you for not getting down on yourself, but just hopping back on today. Really, good job!

zaza54

Glad to see you back kerimcdonald. You too Wanda.

fitgal411 and anastacha63, very impressed with your 21 days of no late night snacking!! You are definitely contenders for June.


kimiquious, welcome. Never too late to join this challenge. And, yes, we will run it again next month.

dewdrop, you are making wonderful progress on reaching your goal. So happy for you.

Hope everyone has a good night tonight. Stay strong. I agree with sr88201 about needing time to break habits and create new ones. I haven’t managed to go 21 consecutive days, but I will do that in July. I plan to create a good habit. Thanks sr88201 for that bit of incentive and thank you anastacha63 for your words of encouragement.
Zaza

fitgal411

Rainman - good job on losing 2 pounds!!!!!!!!!!!

How about me?! :grumble:

Oh my gosh . . . Of course you're doing great!:happy: Congrats on reaching the goal!:flowerforyou:

dewdrop

Oh my gosh . . . Of course you're doing great!:happy: Congrats on reaching the goal!:flowerforyou:

:smooched:

Zaza, I had a feeling that silence meant :blushing: , but there's no reason not to get back . Glad you decided to do so and don't worry, you're not the only one.

I've managed another 3 consecutive days. :happy: Total days: 19 (I believe I've slipped off only for about 3 days this month). Mostly with good excuses :glasses: .

Keep up the good work, everyone. Keep on trying hard. We cna do this! :drinker:

SherryRueter

Day 2 ...Accomplished.

I tried to analyse why/what made me fail at day 9 / day 10. First of all, the weekend. Second, I think I was low on protein. Starting my day off with a higher protein breakfast really helps me all day long. I try to start with a protein shake, and 4 eggwhite omlet. which brings me in at around 35-40 grams of protein. Last of all I fell off the wagon because it was Father's day. I see Fathers day (as well as countless other holiday's) as a reason to celebrate and, to celebrate means to eat. That is another habit I should possibly change because I shouldn't link celebration with Food...it should be Celebration = having fun with people I like.

Anastacha63, I hadn't reallly realised that it is an accomplishment to start again. Many times when we fail, we stop trying.

Zaza, Dewdrop, Rainmain...it really is an accomplishment for all of us who are re-starting the challenge after failing.

Way 2 go everyone...keep up the Challenge. Just being mindful of what we are doing late at night is part of breaking the habit.:smokin: Have a Happy Tuesday!

zaza54

sr88201, I know what you mean about linking food and celebration. I don't see any way around it. If we entertain, we have to offer food - that's just what you do. If my kids come home or my parents are here, I particulalrl try to have what they like. I spent most of Father's Day on food prep.

Tonight is my newest Day 1. Much easier tonight than over the week-end since no one is around. I had a satsifying dinner and dessert ( from mfp) and then watched a movie on TV so I wasn't tempted to eat. I'm still full - must be the bulgur for dinner.
I'm tired since I woke up too early this morning. So, good night. Hope everyone was successful at the challenge tonight.
Zaza

SherryRueter

Day 3...accomplished...Day 4 in the works...

I hope that everyone has a good day today and does well tonight.
I'm low on motivation this morning. :frown: I woke up early enough to do my morning exercise routine but, I just didn't feel like doing it. So, I ate my normal breakfast and got ready for work.

Normally I work remote today, however; I choose to go into the office because I figured that I would probably be motivated more if I was onsite as my work place has an onsite fitness center. And it worked! :happy: I have already I signed up for a time slot over my noon hour. Normally I exercise a little in the morning, and a little again at noon. Today I will just do it all at noon!

Zaza, Glad to see you are trying again.:glasses:

Keep up the good work everyone.

CarmenSantiago

23 on the books! The scale is starting to move again (stuck for 2 weeks or longer) so that makes the "no late night snacking" even easier. Total motivator to see the scale finally budge.


I hope everyone has a great day! :flowerforyou:

dewdrop

I've managed another 3 consecutive days. :happy: Total days: 19 (I believe I've slipped off only for about 3 days this month). Mostly with good excuses :glasses: .

+2 for each counter. It was tight the past couple of nights (I finished dinner a bit past 9), but they still count to me . Less than a week to go, huh? :noway:

anastacha, well done! :flowerforyou: Gladto hear that the scale has decided to play on your side .

fitgal411

I have done 24 nights! NO LATE SNACKING!!!!!!!!! I am pretty shocked and am sure I'm going to make it the whole month!

anastacha63 - you're just like me, didn't miss a night? Friendly competition!:happy:

And to everyone who did miss a night - don't give up, just keep going, and everything will start to work out for you.:flowerforyou:

zaza54

Wow - anastacha63 and fitgal1411 are in a tight race to the finish!! Well done. Very exciting and inspiring to the rest of us. Please keep it up!! I want to see a perfect month.
Zaza
PS I made it to Day 2. :laugh:

SherryRueter

I tried really hard yesterday not to eat junk. I caved just slightly at supper time by eating some corn bread and lite syrup and a 100 calorie pack of cookies(all at supper so....this isn't late night snacking). I'm finding some new ways to be sucessful on this challenge. Some days, I stick to the challenge, other days, I just have my snack earlier in the day.

Not so yesterday though as I had 2 hershey kisses and a tsp of peanut butter(which were past my 7:30 cut off time). . It just was a hot and stressful day yesterday (found ants in my kitchen! and we are going out of town for the weekend) The snack truely helped my stress level and, it's not like I binged on a lot of food like a box of cookies, M&Ms or Ice Cream.

So....with everything I'm thinking I can count it as Day 4 accomplished because normally if I were to snack after 7:30 I would SNACK....not just eat a couple pieces! This (for me) was successful.

I already have my exercising in for today, I made the commitment before I went to bed last night and completed Core work as well as Kick boxing. Then, I had my Protien shake for breakfast.

Day 4 (I'm counting as being accomplished)
...Working hard on Day 5....

dewdrop

So....with everything I'm thinking I can count it as Day 4 accomplished because normally if I were to snack after 7:30 I would SNACK....not just eat a couple pieces! This (for me) was successful.

You have my vote on this. I totally agree: the point is to stop after a bite and not binge. I couldn't do it, this is why I said "nothing after cut-off time". But, as said, I am sure you're doing right to count it as Day 4.

Zaza, welcome back. Your PS made me have a good :laugh: .

I also wanna see a full month and hey, ladies, well done! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: . But my 2-penny worth opinion is that winners are all those who stick with this challenge up to the last day of the month,regardless of how many times they had to reset their counter (and were honest enough to do so and perseverant enough to keep hopping back on). So, PEOPLE, keep us posted!