Late night eating . . . HELP!

write down your goals or take a "before" picture and post them up around the kitchen, that way you have a visual reminder of what you are comporomising my snacking.

exercise before bed, usually exercise curbs my appetite for about an hour

since it sounds like it is coming from boredom, find something to do instead

I struggle with the same thing... I go to bed fairly early because I get up early to head to the gym, and I wake up 1.5-2 hours after falling asleep needing to use the restroom and I almost always want to eat. I try to have a reasonable snack about 30 minutes before bed to help with this, but I seem to do it almost mindlessly and half asleep. Tough habit to break!

I do really well during the day with my eating plan but it seems that no matter what I budget for my bedtime snack it is not enough. I eat 3 main meals a day and 2 snacks (mid afternoon and bedtime) and it seems like I always want to eat more at bedtime. I know it is more a psychological thing than a hunger thing and need to find a solution. Any suggestions?

how about foregoing one of your daytime snacks and lightening the calories on your lunch so you can have a bigger dinner and before bed snack??? I do this on my hungry weeks (pms time or after big workouts) there is nothing wrong with when you eat its what you eat and how much in the day. In fact some people have to have that food before sleeping for their metabolism to have some fuel while its doing its nightly repairs. If you think its boredom.. up your water intake. Sometimes your body says drink more but your brain says eat more when you aren't in fact requiring more food. You just have to listen to your hunger signals and definitely keep up with your food diary so you can recognize and guess which one it is: hunger or boredom. If you find yourself at the limit for your daily calories but think you are going to grab a snack then reach for some better choices like water of course and maybe some salsa with celery sticks. or a low cal fiber bar or an apple or light popcorn... I always tell everyone that this journey begins in the grocery store. Have yourself ready to go snacks. I always have staples like the above in my fridge/cabinets. Buy what you like so you can eat guilt free. Your body runs on food. Just make it good food

I do really well during the day with my eating plan but it seems that no matter what I budget for my bedtime snack it is not enough. I eat 3 main meals a day and 2 snacks (mid afternoon and bedtime) and it seems like I always want to eat more at bedtime. I know it is more a psychological thing than a hunger thing and need to find a solution. Any suggestions?

if you think its psychological thing then try a new routine and break that cycle... say to yourself you have to work for it first. walk in place for ten minutes first then see if you still want it. or drink an entire glass of water then see how you feel. add some limes or cucumbers to the water if you need to. maybe set yourself an alarm when you are reading. when it goes off the book shuts and you go to sleep. Our wieghtloss depends on getting enough sleep. Its something I am working on for sure but when I do get enough sleep I see the results I want on the scale. when I don't ... the scale doesn't budge. Hope this helps

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Great advice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have only just realised how important sleep is - I cant wait to sort out my sleep habits and like you say see the results - Or at least feel energised from say 8 hours sleep a night!

I also liked to tuck into bed with a book and a snack. When I started weight loss I really craved these snacks. Like u I recognized this as a habit vs hunger. I didn't find any great trick to get past it. I had to tell myself " I'm not hungry". Knock it off. Etc. after a week or two of standing up to myself the cravings stopped. Isn't it funny how your own mind can be your worst enemy or your biggest supporter!

There is a group here on mfp you can join, called "LNS FIGHTERS". (LNS = Late Night Snacking)