Over my calories on healthy foods......Help!!

Is there a way you can save some extra calories so when you do want to eat at night you'll have some left over?
Also are you losing still even if your going over in your calories? Cause maybe your body needs those calories.
Are you drinking enough water? Sometimes when the body is dehrydrated it thinks it's hungry when really all you need is more water.
You can also earn extra calories by exercising (if your not already)

-adrienne

I sometimes cheat... If I know that I might have a ice cream sandwich or whatever I log it in.. Even before I eat it. So then it's taken up during the day.. Then bout 10 30p or 11p, I go to look at my cals and I'm like oh yeh, I get my sweet tooth fix...

Try that.. Might work. Nonetheless Good Luck!

That's exactly what I do!

Unfortunately, I think going over on healthy calories is still going over on calories. That's my hot-button issue as well. I do well all day, then eat too many raisins, or too much pineapple, or flax bread with olive oil...it's all heatlhy stuff sure, but at the end of the day it's also a LOT of calories.

I know that I have this problem, so I'm trying to eat bigger breakfasts and to establish a cut-off point for eating at the end of the day so that my biggest meal is not at dinner.

What I've noticed has helped me the most is giving myself a cut off point. I chose 8:30 because I tend to go to bed around 10-11pm.. It was really really hard at first and sometimes I'll still cheat, but I try to eat celery if I HAVE to eat something, that way it barely counts as eating. lol.

From what I've read, you should stop eating 2 hours before bedtime even if it's soley for the purpose of getting better rest. If you eat right before bedtime your body is busy digesting and isn't resting so you'll wake up in the morning feeling less rested than you may otherwise.

The 8:30 pm cut off was most difficult because thats about the time that Brent and I pop popcorn or eat a bowl of icecream while watching tv but I've made Brent my inforcer and he knows that if I try to get food that late he is to reprimand me, or at least make fun of me. Usually thats enough for me to drop my spoon and instead go for a glass of water or handful of celery.

Also remember that the fruit you're munching on right before bed contains lots of sugar and may give you problems falling asleep (at least I'm very sensitive to sugar/caffeine and cannot consume either for a coupe horus before bedtime).
Good luck!
Lahryn

I did it! One day down, many to go. I did cave to 2 pieces of dark chocolate after I had hit my calorie limit but when I wanted more I just made myself some green tea instead and it worked!

Thanks for everyone's suggestions. :drinker:

Yippee! :flowerforyou: