No more late night snacking August 2012

OMG! this is SO my problem! I get home from work around 4:30pm and my boyfriend doesn't get home from work until around 12am. It really throws me off! I am always up so I can see him before we go to bed and between 4:30 and 12 I snack. Mostly on candy to be honest :ohwell:

I am really going to try this! Have some accountability for my serious candy addiction!

Thanks for the GREAT idea!!

Suggestion: have a proper meal after you get from work. Then when your boyfriend comes, you won't be hungry. If you do want to join him in the kitchen (which is nice of you), fix yourself some herbal tea (peppermint or wild fruit might make you hungry, so choose something mild) or drink a glass of warm milk (this doesn't have 0 calories, but I think it's acceptable ). The only downside of my suggestion is that you might wake up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom .

Bottom line: stay away from junk! Good luck :flowerforyou:.

I really need a definition of what a binge is. And what constitutes LNS (anything other than consuming planned calories after exercise? what?). If someone gives me a cutoff, a limit, a clear idea of what I'm trying NOT to do, I can stick to it. If I am left to define it myself, then I know from experience that I will tweak the guidelines to suit my purposes at any given time. It's weak, I know. But it's currently my reality.

A couple of months ago I got attacked (see June's thread) for suggesting a cut-off time or no more food intake a couple of hours before going to bed. The guy pretended to be better informed than me on the matter. Meanwhile, he deactivated his account (he seemed to know-it-all in other threads, too).

I do see his point, though. If you eat right and have self-control, you don't need this challenge. If you choose the right food, you can probably put something in your mouth even right before going to bed. Some cannot fall sleep with an empty stomach. Other, on the contrary: once they've eaten something, their body feels like it's action time.

I cannot tell you what to do, because I don't know your body. You have to listen to it. If you are systematically going over calories, then try at least to give your tummy a two hours break before going to bed. What you did last night was OK - binging is when you start with a little something and end up not knowing how much of this and that you had. Binging is giving in to a bag of chips or caramel popcorn. To me, binging is also when you eat without being hungry. You know, I think it's absolutely OK to feel hungry; and yes, to eat a bit when you are.

So my advice is: begin by choosing a reasonable cut-off time. Make sure you eat your calories by that time and stay strong a couple of nights to see how it goes. Of course, don't go to bed with a growling stomach if this happens. Make healthy choices like you did last night. Fix a bedtime, too - I struggle with that myself;, maybe we should start a separate challenge on this?

Tell us how it went. We learn from each other over here. And support each other.
Good luck! :flowerforyou: