Challenge: Can you stop nighttime snacking for a whole month

zaza54

A little over a year ago, my friend dewdrop put out a challenge to forgo snacking at night. It was a great challenge and helped me lose a little weight. For several months thereafter, I renewed her challenge. Unfortunately, I fell off the wagon. Now, after a hiatus of several months, I am back on mfp. I need the accountability and friendly competition of a challenge to keep from packing on those calories at night.

So, if you have the same problem and want to challenge yourself and me, join this challenge for the month of Feb. (it's a short month - how bad could it be?) Here's what you do:
Choose a cut-off time and then do not snack or consume anything caloric after that time. Keep track of how many consecutive nights you do not snack past your personal cut-off time. The person with the longest stretch of consecutive nights of no late night snacking through Feb. 28th wins the challenge.

My cut-off time is 9:30 p.m. because I don't go to bed before 11:30 or midnight. I do allow myself a later cut-off time of 11:30 p.m. for special occasions/week-end nights if I'm out.
Choose a time that works best for you.

Since some of us fall off the proverbial wagon by snacking past our cut-off time and have to start all over at Day 1, this challenge lends itself to newcomers at any time. So, everyone is welcome even if you start the challenge after Feb. 1.

I''ll touch base on Feb. 1 to see if anyone is interested.

Zaza

Alexandra888

This is definitely my downfall on diets. I get bored at night so i eat cuz it is after all the best past time activity. So my cut off time will be 9:00. I work til 11:00 sometimes so i do need to eat a snack on my breaks or i get really shaky and weak. Good luck!!

TwentyTen

Oh this is a challenge, as I often will wake in the middle of the night and fill my tummy with a bowl of cereal. It helps me get back to sleep. Maybe downing a bottle of water will be as effective? I don't know, but I will give it a go! I will simply make my cutoff time bedtime since I do not tend to snack at night, but in the wee hours of the morning . Lets do it Zaza.

weaklink109

Oh this is a challenge, as I often will wake in the middle of the night and fill my tummy with a bowl of cereal. It helps me get back to sleep. Maybe downing a bottle of water will be as effective? I don't know, but I will give it a go! I will simply make my cutoff time bedtime since I do not tend to snack at night, but in the wee hours of the morning . Lets do it Zaza.

Speaking from experience....if you drink the water, it really will become "the wee hours of the morning" if ya know what I mean!!:laugh:

Seriously, I wish anyone well who tries this, but seeing as how I am up now due to insomnia, and my tummy is growling, I am going to do what I always do in this situation. Find something filling and low calorie and add it to my food diary for Sunday!!!

One thing that usually fills and satisfies me is a teaspoon of almond butter and a banana.

yolandita

Wow! this one is hard because alot of the times my overnight snacking is due to night terrors. I'll eat something filling but low cal because food puts me back in my comfort zone. I don't wan't to snack at night, so i'll try to find some other way to put myself back in my comfort zone and join this fitness challenge.

kmwhealth

This is a challenge for me, I get so snacky at night, which is probably not helping me take off a few pounds. My cut-off time will be 7:30 because I usually go to bed around 9 or 9:30.

zaza54

Hi-
Great to see so much enthusiasm for this challenge. You have tonight to practice and we'll start officially tomorrow night, on Feb. 1. Good luck to all!!
Zaza

nina1968

I am in. sounds great. I have 15 lbs to go, so this will really help. My cut off time will be 730. Good luck to everyone

nina1968

I am in. sounds great. I have 15 lbs to go, so this will really help. My cut off time will be 730. Good luck to everyone

zaza54

bump

3littlegirls

I'm in. My cut off time will be about 830 pm (translation - right after my girls are in bed). That would be a good 2 hours before I crash for the night.

enj09b

Ah, I'm in, too! Cut-off for me will be 9:45, except on Sundays, which will be 10:30. I'm at work or in class until a little after nine most days, and at work until ten on Sundays.

lilangel7671

Maybe this challenge will be good for me. I have been struggling to get my late-night eating under control! I actually have been binging so badly I feel sick sometimes..so hopefully I can stick to my guns this time! I'm a clean eater (probably about 85-90% clean) and get really bad cravings for junk at night..ugh! But thanks everyone I'm in! :drinker:
Edit to add: My cut off time will be around 9:30, some nights I am in bed by then, others not..so I think that should be good.

Overfifty1957

Sounds like a good challenge to me. My cut off will be 8:p.m. since I go to bed about 9-9:30 and get up really early. Weekend will be later about 10.

zaza54

Welcome everyone. :flowerforyou: I really need this challenge and am so happy to have some friendly "competition" (company). We'll start officially tomorrow night. For now, I'm practicing. My dinner guests just left and I'm not going to have anything else with calories for the rest of the night. At least, that's the plan.
Zaza

zaza54

Good morning.
It's Feb. 1 and this challenge begins tonight.
For those of you who haven't seen this thread yet, here's how it works:
Choose a cut-off time and then do not snack or consume anything caloric after that time. Keep track of how many consecutive nights you do not snack past your personal cut-off time. The person with the longest stretch of consecutive nights of no late night snacking through Feb. 28th wins the challenge.

I need the accountability and friendly competition of a challenge to keep from packing on those calories at night.
So, if you have the same problem and want to challenge yourself and me, join this challenge for the month of Feb.

My cut-off time is 9:30 p.m. because I don't go to bed before 11:30 or midnight. I do allow myself a later cut-off time of 11:30 p.m. for special occasions/week-end nights if I'm out.
Choose a time that works best for you.

Good luck and stick with this so you can be earn the title of "Ms. or Mr. February" on Mar. 1 when we compare who has the longest stretch of consecutive nights of no late night snacking from tonight through Feb. 28.

zaza54

Hi-
Just a friendly reminder that the challenge starts tonight. I know a couple of you have early cut-off times. How are you doing? Hang in there. Floss and brush your teeth and CLOSE the kitchen!!!
Good luck everyone.
Zaza

Alyxw

Hi,

I would like to join this thread too! My cut off time will be 8pm ;-)

Wishing you all the best!

zaza54

Welcome Alyxw!
So, how did everyone do this evening? I stuck to my cut-off time and it's a good thing because I was out of control right up until 9:30. Thank goodness for this challenge. I knew I had to stop eating because I was too embarrassed to start this challenge and blow it on the first night.
Now, all I have to do tomorrow is stick to my calories AND not snack at night.
Zaza

TwentyTen

We'll see how it goes tonight when I wake up at 3 or 4am. With any luck, I just won't!

3littlegirls

I did good last night.. Got my girls to bed, and then came down and had my snack... It helps from right after my snack until nearly 11 I was on the computer finishing up my oldest daughters invite for her birthday party, so time flew by and I was completely distracted.