Starving at night!

For me i have found as long as i keep it healthy i still lose appropriately going over my cals.. so like an banana and apple or grapes or something like that or even a salad your body has an easy time digrsting it and its full of nutrients you need especially when your body is hungry

What do you eat for dinner, and when? Perhaps try a larger meal, or a different ratio of macros. Or leave room for an evening snack.

Chandler330 wrote: »

I try to leave wiggle room for a snack if I know my meals are going to be earlier. I feel like if I leave myself hungry or feeling deprived then I am less likely to stick with something. Try cutting corners on calories in somewhere and make some room to work in a sensible snack.

This.

I usually feel like desserts or a snack late, so I've been trying to find healthy-ish snacks/desserts. Chobani makes some nice greek yogurt treats like dulce de leche and chocolate that have lots of protein, but feel like dessert.

jilly30 wrote: »

I do excellent during the day but when night comes I'm thinking if food and starving! I'm taking in my proper calories throughout the day! This is so frustrating! any ideas or tips would be appreciated.

I allow about 400 calories for bedtime snacking. I just don't sleep well on an empty stomach and I think it is a long time habit I developed.

Certain types of food will satiate you more and for longer. Meal timing planned to your individual preference may help curb the hunger when eating at a deficit. Please don't confuse that with the 'don't eat after 8pm' or the 'you can only eat clean!' folks, this has nothing to do with that and I certainly don't agree with that mindset. However, finding out which foods fill you up and for keep you full for longer (meat/potatoes are a good example in my experience) is a huge part of the puzzle, as well as finding out how to plan out your meals and snacks so that you aren't as hungry.

I will usually eat very little during breakfast and lunch and save the majority of my calories for the evening with little or no snacking. It's worked fine for me, but it might not work for you. Maybe you need a bigger breakfast with hearty ingredients to keep you full until a lighter lunch, snack before dinner, etc. etc. ...

If it's strictly a willpower game, you will eventually lose the battle and binge or give up. You need to find out how to set yourself up for success and make it as easy as possible. That is my suggestion.

As everyone else has suggested - leave calories at the end of the day for snacking. Depending on how long you've been doing this you may also find that the feeling of hunger at night will start diminishing as your body adjusts to your new habits. (Or it might not; everyone is different.)

Also, I find if I get to the monster-hunger stage then it helps a lot to pick something out to eat conscientiously (choose something that fits into my calories, weigh everything, pre-log it, plate it nicely) and eat it as slowly as possible while focusing on the flavors & textures. It changes the focus from filling a void in my stomach to the ritual of preparing food and eating it.

I tend to binge at night, I am STARVING at night. Idk why. So I tend to leave 300ish calories for 8-10pm so that I have the calories to eat if I want.

When I get the urge to over eat at night I try and do exercise instead. Works well for me.

Arrange your calories so that you are not hungry at night. Save a few hundred of a snack after dinner.

i eat a huge bowl of popcorn each night between 9 and 10.

Only 240 calories ( 80 gr of un-popped popcorn) Nice when you want to eat a couple of hundred of something

mz_getskinny wrote: »

This is exactly why I love Intermittent Fasting!! I'm not hungry in the morning so I don't eat. My eating window opens up in the afternoon and I get to eat up until I fall asleep every night (if I want to!) It's a lovely concept, especially for night bingers

Yup, this is pretty much what I do. I don't starting eating until around 11 a.m. or noon, and if I do eat before then, it's a very small amount. More like a snack. I save the majority of my calories for the evening, and I usually don't eat dinner until around 9 p.m. or sometimes 10 p.m. Then I go to bed within about an hour of supper. Don't fall for the myth that you have to stop eating so many hours before bed...not true unless you have issues with something like acid reflux. The time of day you eat does not matter. I've been eating right up until bed for about 7 months and have lost 80 pounds. So if you are less hungry at certain times of the day, eat a smaller meal, and save some of those calories for night time. That may help you.