Eating after midnight - next day?

I use to blow my diet by waking up in the middle of the night and eating something like ice cream and tons of sugary crap. I felt ravenous and could eat over 3,000 calories a day like that.

I counted it for the next day if i woke up closer to my waking time, and counted as that day if it is closer to the time when I fell asleep. It's simple.

i finally found out what was causing the middle of the night cravings, it was consumption of simple high GI carbs spiking my blood sugar and my sugar was crashing in the middle of the night as a result. When i started doing low carb, my middle of the night cravings stopped. Yet in the morning i feel hungry as hell, I just delayed it by reducing my carbs and types of carbs, but my calorie deficit is also causing hunger.

your problem is not enough calories and probably consuming high GI carbs causing your blood sugar to crash.

This is really helpful to me - thanks for sharing!

If it were me I'd stick my finger down my throat so I could eat two packages of crackers before midnight.

This comment sickened me. I cannot express my disgust at saying this, even as a joke. Eating disorders can be triggered even by (ridiculous) comments such as these.

LOL! But you'll overlook the fact the OP is worried about eating CRACKERS because it will put her OVER her 1000 calorie intake for the DAY. Right? Gimme a break.

Eating after Midnight- next day? ....... :yawn: I thought you were going to ask if we turn into gremlins!!!

People have eating disorders on this site? Say it isn't so!

Thanks for asking, I'm actually a doctoral student with a thesis in the topic of Nutritional Science.

Eat more. And look into a gluten allergy for the tummy if it's that bad.

Alright here chica, listen up. One: you are eating 1000 calories a day, I don't care how tall or short you are, or how much you weigh that is a no no, your body is in starvation mode at this point, so it will hold one to every ounce of fat that you put in it, because your metabolic rate starts to slow down. You need to be eating every three hours at least and small snacks since it takes about 3 hours for the average person to empty their stomach. Your body is like a fireplace, you need to keep throwing logs in for the flame to shine! and keep going strong, Same goes for food. Two: you are probably holding fat around your stomach and your bloated because you are eating salted foods, like crisps?. Take a look at your nutrition, are you getting enough protein? are you eating to much salt ( retains water), are you eating lots of fruits and vegetables, are you drinking enough water?. You need stop focusing on the calories, and focus on healthy non processed foods that are naturally grown from the ground. Your body recognizes healthy nutrition not toxins. You are very small, that is for sure, but you are probably not doing any muscle related exercises am I right? To have a proper body composition and to increase your metabolism you need to do weights! you need to gain a relative good amount of muscle. That way you can tone your body, and make it look the way you want, as well as feel better, stronger, have a healthier life etc.. In the morning: Try to have a some protein, have a fruit smoothie with vegan protein powder, and if you don't want the protein powder, then put some almond butter in the smoothie, add some Greek yogurt to your fruit smoothie and bam a great breakfast, with protein, good fat and good carbs, you will feel less hungry during the day and not be hungry at night: Lunch: try a big salad with loads of veggies, oil and lemon/vinegar, some mixed nuts on top some mixed berries, and a baked potato. You can do something similar for dinner, and try to snack as much on fruit and veggies and nuts and seeds as you can. Also drink at least 2 litres of water a day. I guarantee if you do this, you will feel better stronger, and you will lose the bloat. Now hunny, please no more talk about this 1000 calories of starvation hell please. Be safe and healthy, cause that is dangerous, and you could seriously hurt your self. You could lose lean muscle tissue and bone tissue even, nutrient deficient your self, and cause your self lots of diseases. Good luck

Unsurprisingly, OP hasn't logged any food in quite a while.

You need to strength train. It doesnt have to be heavy lifting - just lift a one lb dumbell if you have to. You are probably too weak to lift because you have basically no muscle tone. Im not trying to insult you - If you are really thin and starving yourself with that few calories, not only is your body eating your muscle like candy, but your body is both 1) in starvation mode which causes you to gain more fat and 2) stressed which produces cortisol, which causes your fat to be stored around your organs. This is what causes that pregnant look (I suffer from it too and it sucks). To lose fat, you need to build muscle. One strength training workout will boost your muscle building process for up to 48 hours, which makes everything you consume (sugar fat and all) go straight into your muscles. Your body still needs energy, that your muscles are stealing, so it draws that energy from your fat stores around your organs. Building muscle literally burns fat.