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New Challenge for Late Night Snackers (June 2012)

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  • dewdrop
    dewdrop Posts: 1,715 Member
    Me: 13* - LNS: 5 :smile: :bigsmile: :happy:
  • gmukris
    gmukris Posts: 539
    Me: 10*
    LNS: 3

    Feels good to be back on track!
  • trich33702
    trich33702 Posts: 21 Member
    Last night was really hard. I didn't get home til 8:30 and I was starving. I can't let myself ever get that hungry again. I wanted to snack really bad. Instead I drank a bottle of water ate dinner and waited and hour. The urge to snack didn't leave, so in order to not further temp myself I got off the sofa and went up stairs. I knew my lazy self would not walk back down the stairs for a snack. So that's what I'm going to try to do from now on drink a bottle of water then head up stairs when the cravings start.

    Me: 2
    LNS:0
  • piesbd
    piesbd Posts: 196 Member
    I AM IN!!!!

    This is what I struggle with....

    So did awesome until the kid went to bed (Hubs is out of town this week). After that I had 3 Oreos, 1 graham cracker (with pb)... and I was already at my calorie limit..... I finally went to bed.....

    Ugh!

    So, I guess that would make it:
    Me: 0
    LNS: 1

    Gotta do better!
  • ksantomas
    ksantomas Posts: 19 Member
    Last night substitued video games for snacking! Kept my hands busy and my mind occupied. Interestingly, I found it was a great way to relieve the stress of the work day when I named the enemy characters.
    Me: 9
    LNS: 4
  • Beeps2011
    Beeps2011 Posts: 12,256 Member
    Me: 16
    LNS: 2

    I nearly had to go over my cut-off time....I gobbled sweet raw cherries as close to that time as I could - so it goes in the "W" column because I was still short on my calories for the day!
  • je6305
    je6305 Posts: 29
    I can completelty relate to this, I am guilty of eating so well during the day & staying positive but then night hits & I instantly go to the kitchen and start snacking on sweets :-(

    I need to start this challenge asap! :-)
  • Brandnewdea
    Brandnewdea Posts: 6 Member
    So glad I saw this topic! I (almost every night) give in around 9pm and eat cookies. Starting this challenge tonight!
  • bikinisuited
    bikinisuited Posts: 881 Member
    Glad to see this challenge. My snacking habits are hurting my goals.
  • bikinisuited
    bikinisuited Posts: 881 Member
    How do I count the

    Me:
    LNS:

    I am starting late!
  • dewdrop
    dewdrop Posts: 1,715 Member
    How do I count the

    Me:
    LNS:

    I am starting late!

    Any night which goes according to you plan gives you (i.e. "Me") 1 point. The point for every night in which the evil LNS win obviously has to go to them :grumble: . So say you do awesome the first night :glasses: - this will then be:
    Me: 1 - LNS: 0
    and so on.

    It's never to late :wink:. Welcome :flowerforyou:
  • bikinisuited
    bikinisuited Posts: 881 Member
    Thank you for the warmth invitation. This should help me stay more focus!
  • missxh0llywo0d
    missxh0llywo0d Posts: 14 Member
    I know that I am starting late, but I have a serious problem with late night snacking because my fiance doesn't get home until 1230am... I have been doing better because I used to eat dinner at that time with him, but now when he gets home he eats and it makes me hungry again too... so I snack. But starting today, I am going to fight that urge to snack so late!

    My cutoff time for the rest of June will be 10pm. In July, I will shoot for 9pm for my cutoff time! :)
  • HYP1317
    HYP1317 Posts: 74 Member
    ME 3
    LNS 0
  • chm08005
    chm08005 Posts: 2 Member
    I'm in, my cut off is 9:30 pm.
  • bikinisuited
    bikinisuited Posts: 881 Member
    Starting day 6/19/12!!!

    ME 1
    LNS 0

    One day down!
  • lulabellewoowoo
    lulabellewoowoo Posts: 3,125 Member
    ME - 13
    LNS - 6*
  • dewdrop
    dewdrop Posts: 1,715 Member
    I know that I am starting late, but I have a serious problem with late night snacking because my fiance doesn't get home until 1230am... I have been doing better because I used to eat dinner at that time with him, but now when he gets home he eats and it makes me hungry again too... so I snack. But starting today, I am going to fight that urge to snack so late!

    My cutoff time for the rest of June will be 10pm. In July, I will shoot for 9pm for my cutoff time! :)

    Our competition is a friendly one, so it's not too late to join, at every point of the month. Plus, you can take this as training for July :wink:.

    There's two approaches to LNS: either you eat *nothing* past your cut-off time or you eat a *healthy* snack. Since for me the latter ends up by putting bad stuff in my mouth, I have to go by the first (I do allow myself exceptions - see my post below, but as a rule I need to stay away from any food). If you're stronger than me, then you could have a healthy snack (try to stay away from carbs) or sip on tea/milk, so that you still join your fiance while he reports on how his working day went. You just have to figure out what works best for you :flowerforyou: .
  • debilang
    debilang Posts: 889 Member
    June 12...Me (0) LNS 1 (Could not resist those Cheez-its)
    No more!!!
    June 13...Me (1) LNS - 0
    June 14...Me (1) LNS - 0
    June 15...Me (1) LNS - 0
    June 16...Me (1) LNS - 0
    June 17...Me (1) LNS - 0
    June 18...Me (1) LNS - 0
    June 19...Me (1) LNS - 0

    Total: Me (7) LNS - 1

    Almost forgot to log in and report that it has gotten easier for me not to think about LNS. I am glad others are taking the challenge! It really works to be ACCOUNTABLE!! If at first you don't succeed...try try again :drinker: Debbie :heart:
  • dewdrop
    dewdrop Posts: 1,715 Member
    After finishing the cooking for the next day, I tasted the boiled broccoli last night. As I was doing it, I realized it tasted too good to be real, so I must've gotten a bit hungry (I wonder why, I had a good dinner 2hrs before). I also realized that there was some desert in the fridge that I could have just a tiny slice of :smokin: (temptation, sweet temptation).
    So I did not put anything anymore in my mouth for the night :drinker: :
    Me: 14* - LNS: 5
  • dewdrop
    dewdrop Posts: 1,715 Member
    If at first you don't succeed...try try again :drinker: Debbie :heart:

    I second that!
    Also, if at some point you fail again, then try try try again :wink:.
  • gritty1
    gritty1 Posts: 19 Member
    ME 2
    LNS 1

    In my defence your honour I was playing sport at the time and when we had finshed someone got out some chocolate and orange rolls so I had 2 (oops)

    Though I did refuse the maltesers.

    Felf really guilty as well.

    I will defeat LNS...:)
  • Brandnewdea
    Brandnewdea Posts: 6 Member
    ME 1
    LNS 0

    The first night is always the easiest, right? lol
  • ksantomas
    ksantomas Posts: 19 Member
    So glad I saw this topic! I (almost every night) give in around 9pm and eat cookies. Starting this challenge tonight!

    Oh cookies! I have never met a cookie I didn't like, can sooo relate to this.
  • ksantomas
    ksantomas Posts: 19 Member
    Having a great day, on track, organized feeling great. Start walking around the house putting myself together for the following day, stop by the freezer pluck a weight watchers ice cream bar out of the freezer and proceed upstairs. I'm halfway through eating the ice cream when I begin to think: (a) when did I get this ice cream? and (b) it is past my cut off. LNS gremlin strikes again! At least I logged it in and did not try to "hide" it.

    Me: 9
    LNS: 5
  • piesbd
    piesbd Posts: 196 Member
    Last night was GOOD!

    So, now it is a tie.

    LNS: 1
    Me: 1

    :smile:
  • ajl101
    ajl101 Posts: 1
    I know it is almost the end of the month but I want to start this challenge too! Any advice? I am such a late night snacker. If only I could just stop eating after dinner. Are people having an evening snack before their cut-off time or just dinner?
  • Beeps2011
    Beeps2011 Posts: 12,256 Member
    It looks like last night was a good one for the participants!!

    Me: 17
    LNS: 2

    ajl101 - I do usually have a snack before my cut-off time. Sometimes, if I have a later supper, than I do not. But, if I eat my supper between 6 - 6:30, then I'll usually have a snack between 8 - 8:30 pm. I'm working on making sure that is a HEALTHY snack....if it's healthy, the point goes to me (because I still need to get all of my calories in) - if it's unHEALTHY, or if I eat past 9:00 pm (anything), then the point goes to LNS.

    But, there's no "hard-and-fast" rules for this challenge. It's really just a way to help keep those of us who are REALLY trying to cut-down/eliminate late-night-snacking HONEST!!
  • missxh0llywo0d
    missxh0llywo0d Posts: 14 Member
    Okay so I started yesterday and I stayed strong! I had some coffee (black) when my tummy started growling, but that's it!
    Me: 1
    LNS: 0
  • gmukris
    gmukris Posts: 539
    Me: 11*
    LNS: 3
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