My binges almost always happen at night. I think part of it's the fact that I'm tired and part of it is that I've been resisting ALL day and I just can't resist any longer.

I think it helps when I do something in the evenings besides watching TV (reading a book, cleaning the house, etc.) and also brushing my teeth, putting my retainer in, and getting in bed. If you stayed up all night wanting to binge those things may not help you. I'm usually ok once I get into bed, it's just getting myself out of the fridge and into bed that's the hard part..

I eat quite a lot of calories before bed, generally 400-500, but I don't have breakfast and tend to not have a large amount in the daytime, so it balances itself out. You cannot do both really. I would certainly be going over goals if I were to eat before bed, and eat when I got up, but I do not. Your body has probably become used to eating before bed, and if you do get hungry before bed(especially if you go to bed late), then there is nothing wrong with eating something, if it is done in a controlled way. I have a piece of fruit, a hard boiled egg and some greek yoghurt with peanut flour and oatmeal mixed in before bed every night. I have dinner at 9pm or so, and don't go to bed until 2am, and I tend to get hungrier at night than in day, so this works for me.

However, because I take a sleeping pill and that reduces control, I do sometimes find I binge at night, if I stay up too long. It is the time of day where most people are winding down, getting sleepy and as a result, are less in control. Best thing is to do what I am doing, and switch everything off earlier each night and go to bed. Ignore the urges to binge for a few nights, even if you find it harder to sleep, and eventually you will adjust. Have something to eat before bed, preferably something higher in protein, maybe with a hot chocolate. so you do sate any hunger, then go to bed and ready.

In the case of the person above me, well, it could simply be that your workout burnt more than your hrm/mfp showed, and your body wanted more nutrition. It happens sometimes, and the foods you did eat sound very healthy. I don't think it necessarily is always a binge when we eat more than we had intended on eating, if we are eating in response to genuine hunger.