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Hello Bobo and everyone else.
My name is Shellie and I am addicted to night time eating. I am a night owl. I will normally go to bed between 10 - 11 pm but read until 2 - 4 am. I was eating a half bag of chips and a bunch of bit size candy bars. they're small they don't count as much. Right? NOT!! Tonight is my second night of not eating. I have allowed myself a choice of either saving calories during the day and having fruit or light pop corn for a after dinner snack but none after I go to bed. I am so glad I have found this group. I thought i was the only person that consumed as many calories between 12am & 3am asI do for lunch or dinner. I hope to be able to check in each night however I travel a lot so I'll do my best. Have a fabulous Monday!
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Hello, all! Just saw this group as I'm climbing into bed, sounds like just the ticket. My name is Gregory and I generally do well until evening. Then I will eat everything that's not tied down!
21 days doesn't sound too tough, I can do that - with just a little help. Sign me up, please!0 -
Hi did my first one last night no food after my evening meal felt hungry this morning tho so had my breakfast day 1 done kate xx0
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Woke up twice last night rather hungry both times and just got back into bed knowing I'd feel better if I didn't eat nything and rather awful if I messed up the challenge on night one! Thanks for starting this, Abobo! And to all passing day one and beyond, congrats!
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I just told my husband yesterday that this is my downfall! And he agrees that it is his as well. I am fine all day. Then I eat dinner. Then I eat everything (especailly sweet stuff) that's in the house. We dedcided yesterday to only have ONE thing after dinner. We do popcorn or a lower calorie dessert. Let's see how long I can make that last!0
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Hello, I too have the curse of night eating and am hoping to use this group j for accountability. Eating in my sleep is a big issue for me too. So I have a plan to make the snacks so incredible hard to get in my sleep that I will have to wake up to get the packages open. LOL! Also, I am peri-meno so the salt craving at night are almost hypnotizing. If anyone has suggestions for this salt craving thing I'm open to all suggestions. Nice to have a place to check in. Thanks.0
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hi everyone just joined today so this is day one thinking i am going to take a long hot bubble bath every night especially when my partner and daughter get out the evening snacks move my gym session to later in the evening and have a constant supply of water to sip when at home. hopefully this new strategy will work if all else fails i am going to tape my mouth shut lol0
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Hi all! I'm Mark.
I'm glad to have found this group. I'm right there with you all. Even though I usually snack on healthier foods like yogurt, a tuna or deli sliced turkey sandwich, or apple slices with peanut butter they are still extra calories that are unnecessary.0 -
Hi, I just spotted this forum. I'm new to MFP having signed up in January and then not done anything with it. I started again and have been doing ok for 10 days now. Today I finished work and totally fell off the wagon. I skipped lunch owing to someone being late for the meeting, ended up buying rubbish and binging.
Feel ashamed and embarrassed now. I had a really long day and was just too tired (or lazy) to prepare a proper meal.
Tomorrow I will climb back on and for the rest of tonight am avoiding the fridge. I've logged what I have eaten and that is a line in the sand for today.0 -
I can honestly say that I didn't eat after dinner last night. So excited!!! The hubby and I will have a date night in and watching a movie...will be saving some calories so that I can enjoy some skinny pocporn and skinny nacho cheese chips during the movie with a cup of coffee just 2TBS of organic half an half. Our church is having VBS this week and I am helping with the worship for the kids which involves dancing so I will for sure gets extra activity points! Come on everyone, let's continue:)0
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I just came across this group and this is my week spot. I love to snack after we put the kiddos to bed. My husband normally tries to keep me in check but I still snack. Last night was my 1st night with no snacking. Only a glass of tea for the night. This is a great week for me to start this challenge. I have a craft show this weekend and will have lots of late nights working.
:bigsmile: 1 night down 20 to go!!!!0 -
Hello, everyone! Just wanted to take a quick moment to answer some questions and welcome our continuously growing group, jfray, kitten349, markthebark, sispry1, miniapplecoco, belle_reve9, and MMR007. Is anyone else amazed (and a bit comforted) by the fact that so many of us overdo and ruin our plan post-dinner!?!
@ Judy - yes, just check in this thread and I'll keep a running count.
I will update the count as late as possible tonight to see how many of us successfully made it through the night LAST NIGHT!
Checking in and reading this thread has seriously kept me from snacking. So thanks y'all!0 -
June 16
Day 2 Complete and Successful!!! So far so good! Keep positive everyone!0 -
Hi! 1 day in a row! I'm on a roll....
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So many new successes to share and recognize! You all are motivating and encouraging me! So here goes, and please post your check-ins so I can update. I really am so excited and encouraged by our count! Cheers!
3 days: spogna
3 days: Bo
2 day: rlstepp29
1 day: hungry_annie
1 day: monique3677
1 day: gxmiller31
1 day: jhloves2kni
1 day: dankas001
1: equallyyoked
new: belle_reve9
new: miniapplecoco
new: sispry1
new: markthebark
new: kitten349
new: jafray4
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?: jrsygirl109
?: mshea62
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?: HeidicooksSup
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?: hanan20142015
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It's day 2 (or night 2) and so far I'm doing good. My cravings just started, so I munched on a few grapes. I'm going to read a very good mystery for a few hours, which will hopefully keep my mind off food.
Thanks a bunch, BoBo, for all your work moderating this group and figuring out and posting the roll call. So far, I think this will work for me. I sure hope the snacking and cravings are gone after day 21. I also hope this gets easier. The accountability is very helpful.0 -
day 1 done!0
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Hi,
Im new to the group, this is day one for me. Am i to check in every night i dont snack at night?0 -
Im bad for this too.I have 5 children under 6,i home educate them too,they go to bed and i feel like i need time to just be on my own and do nothing,so i end up watching tv and eating.If theres no chocolate or cake or biscuits then its toast,cereal,etc.
I will join you.I need to go to bed earlier anyway so tonight i will eat nothing after dinner unless i am really hungry then i will have some fruit.I will try to go to bed at a decent time too.0 -
Made it last night but wow I tested my will power. Sitting and watching a cartoon with my kiddos while they had a snack before bed. I wouldn't let them eat anything that I couldn't say no to and I drank a ton of tea trying to keep my hands from grabbing a cracker or two.
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Last night I had the usual post workout protien shake with fruit. But in a moment of weakness had 2 cups of plain yogurt mixed with protein powder and honey.
At times I feel like I could eat mountians of food in the evening hours. Most likely because I have been in that habit and my body seems to be still in that habit too.0 -
Early evening check in. I did not eat after joining the group at 7.15 last night. Believe me I could have done but having had a hugely bad day (only food wise -no excuses) I joined this group and thought that I would be letting me and all of you who are managing to do this down!
I've just cooked a filling low cal tea and have a plum in the fridge that is within allowance for later.
Hope you are all doing well.0 -
wow day one done today is day two been to the gym for an hour and just finished my tea next lots of water and a hot bubble bath lol0
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I ate skinny popcorn and pop chips with coffee while watching a movie with the hubs. all planned. next time will do a 20 min workout right b4.0
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Hello! Hope everyone is having a good day! I just took my students on a hike on this beautiful LA day! Wanted to welcome some more new members, loanaevans and IvorEdward.
loanaevans brought up a good point…when to check-in?
You can check-in whenever. Especially if you are looking for some support and encouragement. However, I am trying to do the count and record based on how you did the PREVIOUS NIGHT. As many of us stated, our problem is that we sometimes snack way late (like midnight) so it would be most accurate if we checked in the next day about our previous nights' successes.0 -
Ugg no day one for me. I ate dinner and by 9:30, I was ready to eat the dog with salt of course. So I ate a 100 cal snack pack and a bar. AT THE SAME TIME. so frustrated with myself. I'm gonna keep trying though.0
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miniapplecoco: what's wrong with eating a 100 cal snack pack and a bar? Were you in fact hungry? If so, then you needed to eat! I ate dinner earlier and felt ok but I knew I still felt kinda hungry. But I resisted eating trying out the wait and see what happens and after doing a few other chores and errands, I just decided I was still hungry. So I ate a small side dish. My mind then started wandering about what else I can eat but I knew then I was just being snacky. I immediately logged on here to get some motivation & see how y'all are doing. But I don't feel bad for eating and neither should you. I know that I ate less than usual while exercising more than usual today (went on a long hike and run with my students) so it made sense to me that I was still hungry.
For the record, I think it's completely ok to eat when we're hungry. But the part I think we need to rethink is when we're eating not because we are hungry (be it boredom, sadness, loneliness, or just plain habitual - like I'm watching TV so let me eat and eat and eat!). Just my humble opinion 0 -
Checking in/accountability- 1 more day! Thank you, Abobo08 and all participants for the opportunity to retrain my habits. Since we are all habitual to some extent, the trick is to cultivate better habits. I'm not a night owl, typically in bed from 10 to 11 or so. So I struggle with after dinner grazing and that is the habit I want to change. Therefore, I will have finished dinner by 6:30 and no snacking after that. If I make it to bed snack free, I'm declaring victory - at least for today.
That's just what I think will work for me, not necessarily for anyone else. We each have to find our own path. Be gentle with yourself.0 -
This is day 3 for me - I can tell when I'm not going to overeat so I can count the day. Tonight I'm being strong.0
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Good morning, had time to do an update this morning regarding yesterday. I will update it tonight for the rest of you who log in later today. Thank you thank you for checking in and keeping each other motivated.
gxmiller31 said it best, be gentle with yourself. Check on everyone later, have a fantastic day!
Here is it (please let me know if I've made any errors!)
4 days: Bo
3 days: monique3677
3 days: jhloves2kni
3 days: spogna
3 days: rlstepp29
2 days: equallyyoked
2 days: sispry1
2 day: jafray4
1 day: hungry_annie
1 day: gxmiller31
1 day: dankas001
1 day: belle_reve9
1 day: kitten349
1 day: loanaevans
new: miniapplecoco
new: markthebark
new: IvorEdward
?: bblumenberg
?: jrsygirl109
?: mshea62
?: princessaclar
?: HeidicooksSup
?: tashatp22
?: queenkori t
?: hanan20142015
?: kornishpiskie
?: smoocow0
