No late night "junk"snacking - March 8 - 14

lulabellewoowoo
lulabellewoowoo Posts: 3,125 Member
edited September 20 in Motivation and Support
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/84065-no-late-night-junk-snacking-march-1-7

Many times, we may have a great day as far as eating healthy, getting in our exercise, right up through dinner. But then the after-dinner munchies start to happen. We sit in front of the TV or we get a snack for our kids and we realize that we are eating potato chips, ice cream, chocolate bar, when in reality we didn't even really want it.

That is what this thread is about. For some of us, we make a cut off time that may vary from day to day and decide not to eat anything past that time at all (usually about 2 hours before bed). For other, we may make a resolve to simply not put anything processed in our mouths past that given time and keep everything natural.

Whichever way you do it, please come join us and encourage us and be motivated to keep your day healthy even past dinnertime.

WELCOME ANY NEWBIES, welcome back us oldie but goodies.
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  • joliekarno
    joliekarno Posts: 11 Member
    This is exactly what I need. After dinner I was full and kept eating junk until I was WAY over my calorie allotment. Can I commmit to not eating after 10 pm? Here goes.
  • lulabellewoowoo
    lulabellewoowoo Posts: 3,125 Member
    This is exactly what I need. After dinner I was full and kept eating junk until I was WAY over my calorie allotment. Can I commmit to not eating after 10 pm? Here goes.

    Welcome. Set a goal that is good for you to work with. I had orignally set mine at 9, but then went to bed shortly after. I've since moved it to 7:30 on week days just to give my body time to digest before bed, but each person is different. Do what works for you. We are happy to have you.
  • rosemary10
    rosemary10 Posts: 253
    I was 6/7 for last week. Onward and upward for this week.

    TeeTee - you will be in the body contest for sure the next time. You have great resolve and don't give up. It'll be great fun.
  • miss_alias
    miss_alias Posts: 26
    This seems like a great thread! Late night snacking is my downfall. Just last night watching the Oscars I found myself stuffing my body with chocolate when I just had dinner an hour earlier. Not good! I'm going to set my cut off time for 7:30pm.
  • teetee1281
    teetee1281 Posts: 1,076 Member
    2 nights in a row. I counted to have frozen grapes, but it's 8pm and I am not hungry, so I will delete them from my diary. No need to eat them just because I can.

    Rosemary: Thank you for the encouragement. I am definitely hitting the gym hard and somewhat tempted since I am almost at my goal then I can start to tone and work more weights from there. Though, rumor is the next one will be in October, and I much rather be back in the states than participate in a body competition. We'll see. :wink:

    Welcome to all the newbies!
    My weeknight goals is 730 pm.
  • dewdrop
    dewdrop Posts: 1,715 Member
    I'm one day up and one day down :angry: - after almost a month of being good, one would think I'd know better, argh! :grumble:
    Well, this is just to let you know I'm still around :smile: Keep up the good and inspiring work, everyone :flowerforyou: .
  • rosemary10
    rosemary10 Posts: 253
    I'm one day up and one day down :angry: - after almost a month of being good, one would think I'd know better, argh! :grumble:
    Well, this is just to let you know I'm still around :smile: Keep up the good and inspiring work, everyone :flowerforyou: .
  • rosemary10
    rosemary10 Posts: 253
    I'm one day up and one day down :angry: - after almost a month of being good, one would think I'd know better, argh! :grumble:
    Well, this is just to let you know I'm still around :smile: Keep up the good and inspiring work, everyone :flowerforyou: .

    Dewdrop 95% is still an A. It's awesome and inspiring to me. Just when I think it's getting easier it becomes difficult again.

    Monday was good for me.

    Why is time always so strange on the posts?
  • lulabellewoowoo
    lulabellewoowoo Posts: 3,125 Member
    1/7 for me this week on "no late night snacking" and on keeping within my calories. I had the munchies last night, so thank goodness for this thread and knowing I'd have to report, or I would have started picking.

    Dewdrop - isn't it amazing how many ups and downs we have without even having a clear reason sometimes? But you will definitely get back on track, I have no doubts.

    teetee - good job on listening to your body. Because you mentioned the frozen grapes yesterday, I went and bought some and put them in my freezer for my little late snack. Didn't get any last night though, but probably will after the gym tonight.

    Rosemary - I love your positive attitude to dewdrop about the 95% and an A. Sometimes, stepping back and looking at the overall picture and success is what matters. But then again, for me, sometimes just having ONE DAY of success if a huge accomplishment :smile: Glad to have you to help us keep things in perspective.

    Have a successful evening ladies. See you tomorrow.
  • miss_alias
    miss_alias Posts: 26
    1/7 for me.

    Wow is all I can say. Last night was the first night in a long time where I didn't reach for something to eat while watching reruns of The Office at 7-8pm. I'm pretty proud of myself! I also stayed within my calories and while I still think it's a bit off eating your exercise calories, I'm giving it a try and will hopefully see some good results when I weigh-in next Monday. Have a great day everyone! :smile:
  • rosemary10
    rosemary10 Posts: 253
    Good job miss_alias, I think you will see some results over time. I've been really pleased with the MFP site. It really does work.

    I'm still 1/7. Tomorrow will be better. I really am happy though since I lost 2lbs from last week.
  • teetee1281
    teetee1281 Posts: 1,076 Member
    Rosemary: Congrats on the 2 lbs! I definitely agree that MFP works.

    Dewdrop: I definitely agree with Rosemary, there are days that are difficult, the most important thing is that you get back up, not allow a mess up to mess your progress up.

    Miss_Alias: Its funny that you amazed yourself, but even better that you realize you are able to control your snacking habit.

    lulabelle: Thanks for the compliment, now I have to learn to listen to it when I eat out too. When I am at home, I have good control but when I go out, I just don't want to bring a doggie bag home.

    Last night was another successful night for me.
  • melsy78
    melsy78 Posts: 65
    Oh this is me!!!!
    I am a late night snacker - doesn't help that hubby works 3/5 nights - so it is just me watching TV and eating junk!
    Last night was good - nothing after dinner but tonight i had a Mars bar and 3 licorice logs - not so good!

    7:30pm is supposed to be my cut off point but I was hungry and I knew the food was there :(
  • lulabellewoowoo
    lulabellewoowoo Posts: 3,125 Member
    2/7. Even got to have a kid's portion of fat-free Rita's custard. With sprinkles of course. My kids laugh at me because I really only eat ice cream so I don't look crazy eating just the sprinkles. Love my sprinkles. Pure sugar, but so yummy.

    How did you guys do?
  • jeh6050
    jeh6050 Posts: 2 Member
    Evenings and weekends are my bad times!

    Last night was good all day , porridge for breakfast, small sandwich and fruit for lunch. Went to the gym at lunchtime and resulted in me being STARVING by the time I got home from work. Thought I shoudn't have dinner at 6.15, and would wait until 7.30 ish, and would be OK to have a snack.
    So I had a piece of toast with marmite. Then I had a cookie. Then I had a mini egg, and another mini egg, until I'd had a whole tube of them, and that was the good day ruined! Then had dinner at the appropriate time, wasn't hungry afterwards, but thought "well, i've already ruined today, so i'll have another cookie", and proceeded to have one.

    I seem to justify this evening snacking to myself and then feel guilty afterwards.

    Any Tips?
  • lulabellewoowoo
    lulabellewoowoo Posts: 3,125 Member
    Evenings and weekends are my bad times!

    Last night was good all day , porridge for breakfast, small sandwich and fruit for lunch. Went to the gym at lunchtime and resulted in me being STARVING by the time I got home from work. Thought I shoudn't have dinner at 6.15, and would wait until 7.30 ish, and would be OK to have a snack.
    So I had a piece of toast with marmite. Then I had a cookie. Then I had a mini egg, and another mini egg, until I'd had a whole tube of them, and that was the good day ruined! Then had dinner at the appropriate time, wasn't hungry afterwards, but thought "well, i've already ruined today, so i'll have another cookie", and proceeded to have one.

    I seem to justify this evening snacking to myself and then feel guilty afterwards.

    Any Tips?
    You sound like I was until I found this thread. I now plan my day out ahead of time, sometimes the night before. Then I set an alarm to let me know when my cutoff time has come upon me. I have saved myself a bunch of useless calories this way. I started with a 9 p.m. cutoff time. Then gradually decreased it by 15 minutes until I'm now at 7:30 and happy. I also found a really good, strong peppermint tea that I sip throughout the evening as it gives me that "just brushed my teeth" feeling and the water is filling.

    I wish you all the success. Keep posting here about your successes.
  • miss_alias
    miss_alias Posts: 26
    2/7!!

    Last night I went to bed at 7pm to read for a few hours before calling it a night. It really helped being in my bedroom and as far away from the kitchen as possible in my house!
  • dewdrop
    dewdrop Posts: 1,715 Member
    Dewdrop - isn't it amazing how many ups and downs we have without even having a clear reason sometimes? But you will definitely get back on track, I have no doubts.

    Well, mine was clear this time :smile: - I am not home on time, usually, and I do not want to grab crap in town, I'd rather have my healthy meals (that night I had eaten "raw" for instance). However, challenge-wise I am not eating according to plan :ohwell: .
  • zaza54
    zaza54 Posts: 1,475 Member
    hello everyone.
    I am sticking w/the challenge. So far, i have made it thru the whole month without any late night snacking (I won't say what I've done befoe my cut-off time :ohwell: - suffice it to say, good thing I've been stopping at 9:30!!:laugh: )
    Good luck!
  • rosemary10
    rosemary10 Posts: 253
    2/7 for me.

    It helps me to not have junk food in the house. This calorie restriction doesn't leave much room for junk food at all because of the need to get in a certain # of fruits, vegetables, calcium, protein grams and nutritious fats. I'm guessing that when I get to my target weight that the maintenance calorie limit will be higher. But I want a healthy lifestyle eating habit that will last me for the rest of my life. I want to eat food that is nutritious, yummy and not too hard to get ready.

    Melsy78 - maybe with hubby gone your snacking is from boredom or feeling like you need a lift since you're missing him. You might try using that time to invest in yourself- like a little spa time or do your nails etc. I like to knit. I've got a project that I want to get done and I can't snack at the same time I'm knitting. But I can still watch TV.

    ZaZa - good to see you again
  • lulabellewoowoo
    lulabellewoowoo Posts: 3,125 Member
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    zaza - amazing. that is awesome. and I'm patting myself on the back for doing a week. You are an inspiration.

    rosemary - i absolutely agree on not having room for junk food. but our bodies will thank us.

    miss alias - I like the idea of chilling out before going to bed FAR AWAY from the kitchen. Hope you got some rest.

    dewdrop - it's extremely impressive that knowing you were going to eat later than planned, you still made sure you made healthy choices. That has to count for something big.

    As for me, success for this week, 3/7 on both late night eating and calories.
    Tonight, little date with hubby, so cutoff time will be 9:30 for me.

    Have a great day
  • zaza54
    zaza54 Posts: 1,475 Member
    Thank you lulabellewoowoo and rosemary10 for your support. :smile: This challenge makes all the difference. Like miss alias, I've been hiding up in my bedroom watching TV at night. That routine is really helping because I've made it through 9 nights in a row. Now, if I could just bring that same discipline to the rest of my day and lower my calories and junk food eating. :grumble:
    Good luck everyone!
    Zaza
  • dewdrop
    dewdrop Posts: 1,715 Member
    dewdrop - it's extremely impressive that knowing you were going to eat later than planned, you still made sure you made healthy choices. That has to count for something big.

    :heart: and I won't say more

    I had finally one night of eating before my cut-off :smile:. You know what bugs me? That March started perfectly, on a Monday! I thought: "1st of the month on a Monday, awesome!". So when I blew that day, this has followed me since. Argh...
  • rosemary10
    rosemary10 Posts: 253
    dewdrop - I don't think we are defined by our messups but more by our progress. We have these great goals that we are making progress towards. Over time we keep improving bit by bit. An occasional messup can be expected. It's the general upward trend of our habits that gets us to our destiny. We didn't get in these health/diet/weight problems overnight. Perfection isn't the goal and I don't think it's even possible. If we want to get lasting results we need to change our thinking about food and ourselves. If our goals are only external ie. "to make us look better", good though they are they won't carry us very far. You have been doing really great and had MUCH success. You have helped the rest of us. You are successful not perfect, and this won't keep following you. Now snap out of it.

    Someone (I don't recall who) said,
    " sow a thought reap an action, sow an action reap a habit, sow a habit reap a character, sow a character reap a destiny"
  • dewdrop
    dewdrop Posts: 1,715 Member
    Thanks, Rosemary! What can I say, one knows their true friends when in need. You're so special, ladies! :flowerforyou:
    Now let's not make a drama out of it - I am moving on! 26 is the number I need to beat, hehe.
  • rosemary10
    rosemary10 Posts: 253
    Sorry dewdrop for being a bit overbearing. Cool new goal though.

    I'm 3/7 this week
  • lulabellewoowoo
    lulabellewoowoo Posts: 3,125 Member
    4/7 this week on time cutoff (I made 9:30 my time and was done by 9) and still good on calories. Didn't plan my day very well so didn't eat a lot during the day. Was afraid at dinner time I was going to start wolfing it down I was so hungry. Consciously made myself take a sip of water between each and every bite and actually had leftovers, surprisingly enough.

    You guys are doing great. We are coming up on the weekend ladies. Plan accordingly :) Don't forget to have fun. Weather is finally clearing up here so I plan on burning some extra calories doing something outside, which means yummy foods.

    Have a fantastic Friday!
  • dewdrop
    dewdrop Posts: 1,715 Member
    Sorry dewdrop for being a bit overbearing. Cool new goal though.

    Not at all!!! I read your text a few times, because I really liked it :wink:.

    And, to prove it: I've got 2 nights down now. :wink:
  • jeh6050
    jeh6050 Posts: 2 Member
    Last Night made my cut off 8.30pm and had finished dinner by 8.15. however seem to have gotten the mindset that since i cant eat after 8.30 i must eat everything i can before 8.30 and had a lot of biscuits as well as a dessert.

    Today will be better. Now i know my problem is late night eating and snacking in general i can tackle it!
  • zaza54
    zaza54 Posts: 1,475 Member
    I'm stil going strong. I just have to remember to pay attention to the clock over the week-end. i almost blew it last night because we went out to dinner. So far, it's 11 nights in a row. yeah! (the only thing I'm doing right:ohwell: )
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