AUGUST No late snacking

dewdrop

Pick a cut-off time. Count the number of consecutive nights when you don't eat past that. Report here. It's that simple .

Well, truth is, it's not :grumble: . It's a habbit which is hard to break, but let's fight it together. Let's challenge ourselves this month again. :flowerforyou:

Poison5119

Okay.... I"m game. I am of the mind that your body doesn't REALLY know or care when it's getting nourishment, and that it doesn't make any difference in terms of weight gain, except when you eat salty chips and drink a liter of water just before bed - then that's a no-brainer, you might wake up with some water weight - but I'll give it a try....

I don't generally snack after dinner anyhow, but I do work out a few nights a week when I might not be able to get dinner til 7:30, so my cutoff time will be 8pm.

jesp1216

hmm im game for this, il put my cut off time at 7:30 and see how i do (i tend to workout late at night n end up hungry after) sooooo lets see wat happens

cboehm

Count me in - this is by far one of my worst eating habit I love late night snacks or a drink. I will be making 8 pm my cut off.

hasiangirl

i deffinately want in...my cut of time is after dinner period ...lol i'd like to say 6:30 at the latest but sometimes we have very hectic nights and dinner doesnt get on the table till 7:30 but imma aim for 6:30 at the very latest dangit lol

neenaleigh

I started to try this....(the last two nights) :grumble: but I am friggin starving by bed time and it makes it hard to sleep when your tummy is growling! I feel so much better when I eat and then go to sleep! :bigsmile:

fitgal411

I'm in! Cutoff is 7:30pm

mrsprazak05

I'm in also! My cutoff will be 7pm...if I'm feeling hungry past that...I"ll drink water...

BabyWeight2009

This is one of my worst habits! I'm in, cut off time: 8pm because my husband often doesn't get home until late and we end up eating dinner at 7:30...and yet somehow i still snack before bed! but no more!!! (hopefully)

Starrotts

kkkkkkkkkkk im in im the worst for eating at nite its my big problem but am willing to try...........cutoff time 7 pm...:grumble:

conmonja

This is a biggey for me the cut off time will be 7:00 . I f I am desperate I will drink more crystal light This is a good one for me .

dewdrop

I'll set mine at 8p.m.. Kinda early for me, since I often go to bed past midnight. Yet, who knows, if I stay strong at this I might end up going to bed earlier, too .

Russia, it may not matter (according to songbirdy, it scientifically doesn't), but I double my calorie intake for the day at night, when I get static in front of the computer. So this is not about going to bed with a growling tummy, it's about not eating dinner after dinner, so to say.

dewdrop

Last night was good :drinker: . I'm counting Sat, too, cos we got home only shortly before 8 from out biking tour (at least 4 hrs of biking) and we hadn't had lunch, so I wanted to cook and it got late (I think I finished eating at 9:30 or so). Still, I was under my calories for the day, so I was pleased :happy: .

hasiangirl

Well I totally failed....i kept munching until about 10pm and went to bed at 1 am so atleast i stopped 3 hours before bed right? :laugh:
lets see at 7:30 i had a banana
at 9:00 i had a handfull of nuts
and at 10:00 i had a bite of spinach soup with little pasta balls in it (just one bite) and 5 goldfish... thats not all that bad is it? =/ lol atleast most of them were healthy foods (kicks herself...stop making excuses damnit) :laugh: :laugh: and yes i was talking to myself

dewdrop

Well I totally failed....i kept munching until about 10pm and went to bed at 1 am so atleast i stopped 3 hours before bed right? :laugh:
lets see at 7:30 i had a banana
at 9:00 i had a handfull of nuts
and at 10:00 i had a bite of spinach soup with little pasta balls in it (just one bite) and 5 goldfish... thats not all that bad is it? =/ lol atleast most of them were healthy foods (kicks herself...stop making excuses damnit) :laugh: :laugh: and yes i was talking to myself

HAHA :laugh: , loved this. Well, it was healthy and it was just a bit. I take it, you did not go over your calories - am I right?

If you think it was bad, reset the counter, just to motivate you more. Otherwise, count last night too, but try harder next time .

hasiangirl

Well I totally failed....i kept munching until about 10pm and went to bed at 1 am so atleast i stopped 3 hours before bed right? :laugh:
lets see at 7:30 i had a banana
at 9:00 i had a handfull of nuts
and at 10:00 i had a bite of spinach soup with little pasta balls in it (just one bite) and 5 goldfish... thats not all that bad is it? =/ lol atleast most of them were healthy foods (kicks herself...stop making excuses damnit) :laugh: :laugh: and yes i was talking to myself

HAHA :laugh: , loved this. Well, it was healthy and it was just a bit. I take it, you did not go over your calories - am I right?

If you think it was bad, reset the counter, just to motivate you more. Otherwise, count last night too, but try harder next time .

i didnt even look after putting it all in last night...but nope i still had 96 cals left and i'm on a low low low cal diet (1000 allowed a day if i dont exercise) luckily I exercised last night lol so i was able to eat 1196 or something like that :laugh:

mrsprazak05

Took the family on a picnic at the park last night ...and we didn't leave our house until 6...but I made darn sure I ate and was done by 7pm! We got home at about 9:30...and got the kids to bed...then my hubby trained me for an hour (boot camp style)...after our 3.5 mile walk after the park...needless to say...I WAS HUNGRY by the time I sat down at the computer last night (about 12 midnight)...but I resisted. Even when my hubby asked me to scoop him a bowl of icecream! I still resisted...and just drank more water!! yay!! Good luck this week everyone!!

foxyforce

i dont even know why im gonna try

but...8pm,

except on school days that i am there until 10 and get back at 11, im allowed a snack after that brutatlity

we report weekly?

cboehm

first night I totally failed :laugh: :laugh: I couldn't help myself true blood was on late and I needed popcorn -- oh well today I will do better LOL and I will not fail the rest of the week

Poison5119

Okay, question.

First two nights, great -- no snacking after 8pm,.... only one problem: I did HIIT training on the elliptical tonight, for a total of 30 minutes of cardio, and I have 348 calories left (a combination of leftover cals from the day, and my 270 exercise cals).

I can't eat them? But I'm supposed to eat them... right? How does that work? Somebody chime in.

VeganGal

I'm a couple days late, but I'd still like to join! This is my worst habit. My cutoff is 7pm.....hopefully this will keep me more accountable!

fitgal411

Okay, question.

First two nights, great -- no snacking after 8pm,.... only one problem: I did HIIT training on the elliptical tonight, for a total of 30 minutes of cardio, and I have 348 calories left (a combination of leftover cals from the day, and my 270 exercise cals).

I can't eat them? But I'm supposed to eat them... right? How does that work? Somebody chime in.

I think that if you don't eat back the calories for one day, it's okay. But you should make sure that you ate most of your calories at dinner or earlier in the day, instead of having some left over late at night and then thinking it's okay to snack.

fitgal411

3 nights without snacking . . . and yes, I'm counting tonight because there is NO WAY I am giving in. I actually don't feel hungry at all!:bigsmile:

laurajoyk

I'm totally in! Sorry I'm a couple days late. I'm going to set my time for 8pm. This will be kind of a challenge, but it will will help me go to bed at a decent time at night too : )

dewdrop

we report weekly?

whenever is good for you, loathesome
I need to do it daily. though now I'm only reporting fail :sad:

Russia, eat them, if you feel like it. Tam said she didn't eat all the exercise calories back. I wish I were that strong :grumble:

Poison5119

Okay, question.

First two nights, great -- no snacking after 8pm,.... only one problem: I did HIIT training on the elliptical tonight, for a total of 30 minutes of cardio, and I have 348 calories left (a combination of leftover cals from the day, and my 270 exercise cals).

I can't eat them? But I'm supposed to eat them... right? How does that work? Somebody chime in.

I think that if you don't eat back the calories for one day, it's okay. But you should make sure that you ate most of your calories at dinner or earlier in the day, instead of having some left over late at night and then thinking it's okay to snack.

Okay, thx... it's just that I didn't check the numbers until after 8pm and realized what I did... as it happens, I did have a very small bowl of bran with a tiny bit of milk and 1/3 of a banana around 9pm for a total of 120 cals because I really was hungry after 8oz of water.... FAIL!!!!

kblu0816

Okay, question.

First two nights, great -- no snacking after 8pm,.... only one problem: I did HIIT training on the elliptical tonight, for a total of 30 minutes of cardio, and I have 348 calories left (a combination of leftover cals from the day, and my 270 exercise cals).

I can't eat them? But I'm supposed to eat them... right? How does that work? Somebody chime in.

I think that if you don't eat back the calories for one day, it's okay. But you should make sure that you ate most of your calories at dinner or earlier in the day, instead of having some left over late at night and then thinking it's okay to snack.

Okay, thx... it's just that I didn't check the numbers until after 8pm and realized what I did... as it happens, I did have a very small bowl of bran with a tiny bit of milk and 1/3 of a banana around 9pm for a total of 120 cals because I really was hungry after 8oz of water.... FAIL!!!!

Nah I don't think that's a fail. After doing HIIT they suggest you have a small snack around 100 cals that has a good proportion of carbs and protein and it sounds like you got that plus some fiber so you should be fine. :happy:

dewdrop

Okay, thx... it's just that I didn't check the numbers until after 8pm and realized what I did... as it happens, I did have a very small bowl of bran with a tiny bit of milk and 1/3 of a banana around 9pm for a total of 120 cals because I really was hungry after 8oz of water.... FAIL!!!!

Nah I don't think that's a fail. After doing HIIT they suggest you have a small snack around 100 cals that has a good proportion of carbs and protein and it sounds like you got that plus some fiber so you should be fine. :happy:

I second that.

If you want to know what FAIL is, I can describe my last night's adventure. But I'd rather not :blushing: .

kblu0816

I second that.

If you want to know what FAIL is, I can describe my last night's adventure. But I'd rather not :blushing: .

uh oh......

louread

I will give this a try. This is my biggest issue. I will cut off at 8pm. I never fall asleep before 1 or 2 so this will be a challenge.

laurajoyk

I've heard from all the trainers at the gym I used to work at before I moved that you should have something to eat within an hour of working out to keep your metabolism up. So if you work out late, you need to at least have a small snack.

I did well last night. YAY one day down LOL