July 2010 - No more snacking after dinner

lulabellewoowoo
lulabellewoowoo Posts: 3,125 Member
edited September 21 in Motivation and Support
The challenge continues! (to challenge us). If you're mad about snacking late at night, in particular on chips, popcorn and M&Ms, join us in the struggle to defeat this habit and change it to: "No more late night snacking!" Take either dinner or a cut-off time to be the last time you eat for the day, after which tea and water only drinker. Then stick to it! and most importantly, stick to us, so that you get over slip-offs. Be certain that you can do it!

Here's to July and us fighting this together.

This will be a monthly thread so join at ANY time, with each of individually tallying at the end of the month. Don't give up. One night of non-success does not scrap you for the week or the month. Make a goal, and if you overcoming one extra night a month of success, then you are a winner!
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  • lulabellewoowoo
    lulabellewoowoo Posts: 3,125 Member
    Me 0 - Snack 1

    Didn't start the month off too well. Totally forgot it was even a new month. But am totally motivated for tonight. Cut off as it is the weekend will be 9 p.m.

    Hope you all can join me.
  • leix
    leix Posts: 176
    ill join.
    i can't remember last time i snacked after tea.
    but that doesn't mean to say won't cross my mind for the month ahead.
  • rosemary10
    rosemary10 Posts: 253
    Last night was difficult - was at work of course. Dayshift gave me a homemade cinnamon bun so I broke my rule of "eating only the good food I bring before eating other food/ snacks".

    Me 0 / Snacks 1

    The snacks are ahead :noway: - I need to bump it up!
  • lulabellewoowoo
    lulabellewoowoo Posts: 3,125 Member
    Bad start. Me 0/3 snacks. Time to get serious. Today is the day!!!

    Welcome Leix.

    Rosemary - Looks like we are slim pickins this month. Maybe people are waiting until after July 4. Thanks for sticking with me as Dew has so much going on this summer she won't be able to join us for at least this month.
  • JoyWil
    JoyWil Posts: 4 Member
    Hi, I am new to this site but not the battle of weight loss. I can do great all day and then destroy it with late night snacking. I hope to cut off at 8:30PM. Thanks for the challenge:smile:
  • shafterone
    shafterone Posts: 5 Member
    I am so in:)
  • jennebelle
    jennebelle Posts: 12 Member
    This is a great challenge for me - after dinner is my favorite time to eat. I think a realistic goal for me would be to not eat after dinner 5 nights/week.
  • diet45
    diet45 Posts: 392 Member
    I stopped eating snacks after dinner. I started on June 1st and haven't had anything. I actually think it became a huge habit. I also use to snack in the afternoon on unhealthy foods. I now have healthier or low-cal choices instead of candy and chips.
  • jennebelle
    jennebelle Posts: 12 Member
    wow - a month of no snacking at night - great job!
  • JoyWil
    JoyWil Posts: 4 Member
    Day one in "no more snacking after dinner" so far so good but has only been 30 mins. Lord keep me strong!:happy:
  • lulabellewoowoo
    lulabellewoowoo Posts: 3,125 Member
    1 ME (finally)/ 3 snacks
  • JoyWil
    JoyWil Posts: 4 Member
    1 Me/0 snacks:happy:
  • lulabellewoowoo
    lulabellewoowoo Posts: 3,125 Member
    Great job Joy. Keep it going
  • rosemary10
    rosemary10 Posts: 253
    Oh goodie, lots of new people. And they sound determined. Just the thing I need since the snacks have been winning out against me. My weekend and holiday company is gone now so I have no more excuses.

    No snackin for a month? What's your secret diet45? :flowerforyou:

    Me 0 / Snacks 5 ( I think this is a new did pooly record for me :noway: )

    Funny Joy. He will help us :flowerforyou:
  • zaza54
    zaza54 Posts: 1,475 Member
    Hi-
    After yet another hiatus from mfp and this thread, I am back to try again. If I can just stick w/this, I know I will see results. Eliminating late night snacking is also such a healthier way of life. So, I am in. Tonight will be my Day 1.
    My cut-off is 9:30 p.m., except for evenings out - then I can go as late as 11:30 p.m.
    Good luck to you all.
    Zaza
  • zaza54
    zaza54 Posts: 1,475 Member
    diet45 , I just read your post that you have been going strong with this challenge since June 1. Amazing!!! :drinker: That must be a record. This is very motivating. Please keep posting. Thanks.
    Zaza
  • nikilincoln
    nikilincoln Posts: 7 Member
    Count me in too! My goal is no snacking after dinner. Day 1!
  • lulabellewoowoo
    lulabellewoowoo Posts: 3,125 Member
    3 ME /3 snacks

    Alright, so tonight I'm about to kick SNACKS little patooty. Of course, I have to extend my time as we are going out with family for dinner at 7:30. So 9 p.m. is my cutoff for tonight.
  • lulabellewoowoo
    lulabellewoowoo Posts: 3,125 Member
    Me 0 / Snacks 5 ( I think this is a new did pooly record for me :noway: )
    Don't worry Rosemary. I think having a holiday right at the beginning of the month messed a lot of us up. But you can succeed and overpower those silly SNACKS!
  • JoyWil
    JoyWil Posts: 4 Member
    So far so good - last night was hard I really wanted more - but I stopped at tens minutes after my cut iff time and put the cookies away. Me 3/ snacks -0:flowerforyou:
  • rosemary10
    rosemary10 Posts: 253
    I am back in the game! :drinker:

    Me 1 and Snacks 5
  • hamiltonba
    hamiltonba Posts: 474 Member
    zaza - I always considered eating at 9PM - late night snacking. I'm thinking nothing after 6PM......
  • nikilincoln
    nikilincoln Posts: 7 Member
    So far so good! I've replaced my after dinner snack with hot tea or water.
  • rosemary10
    rosemary10 Posts: 253
    Thanks Lulabelle :flowerforyou:

    Way to go Joy :flowerforyou:


    Good idea Niki :flowerforyou:

    Work is not going real bad. I've mostly held off on the snacks till I ate my own food. Am being reasonable tonight. :drinker: So it's Me 2 and the Snacks 5.
  • diet45
    diet45 Posts: 392 Member
    I just had to start somewhere, so I started with snacks @ night. I then realized just how many snacks I was eating throughout the day....grazing!!! I'm surprised I am not much more heavier than I am. I will confess that I was going to bed hungry and just told myself too bad. I have been trying to eat more of my calories during the day and I'm not hungry at night when I go to bed.
  • lulabellewoowoo
    lulabellewoowoo Posts: 3,125 Member
    3 ME /4 snacks

    I ate too late last night, so I'm giving it to snacks. But I am on top of it today.
  • lulabellewoowoo
    lulabellewoowoo Posts: 3,125 Member
    4 me/ 4 snacks

    Last night was a late dinner, but a heavy workout, so I'm okay with it. My husband made me realize last night that I've set myself up for failure because I had fallen off the horse and expected perfection. When I first started this challenge, my cutoff time was 9:30 and then I gradually moved it down 15 minutes week by week until I got to 7:30. Now I have been having problems, so I am going back to 9:30 and working my way back slowly. Success in small increments.
  • lulabellewoowoo
    lulabellewoowoo Posts: 3,125 Member
    5 me/4 snacks

    Took my last bite at 9:15, but did two hours at the gym, and laid sod in our backyard until 9 p.m., so I even had calories left over. Wow, what a day. Overslept for work this morning...OOPS
  • rosemary10
    rosemary10 Posts: 253
    Lula, you are faithful with this. It's inspiring. I have hit a plateau it seems with the weight loss. Actually I'm less motivated I think. It's getting easier to just eat what I want and tell myself I'll work on it tomorrow. :noway: . And I can't really say where I am with the snacking. At work every night I work I end up having a bit of snacks, maybe a bite here or a bite there. It adds up after awhile. When the diet thing was "new" and working so well like never before, it was motivating. Now that I'm happy with the size clothes I wear it's becoming drudgery and I'm getting tired of limiting myself in order to gain the final victory. :frown: Not even sure what the score is with the snacks.

    Me 4 , Snacks 6
  • Jbrownell
    Jbrownell Posts: 1
    This will be day one for me. Snacking has always seemed to be a problem. I am also hoping that if I stop snacking at night maybe my husband will too
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