Night binging

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  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    KaitlynNannery2015 wrote: »
    Don't eat empty carbs

    And why?


  • familygal
    familygal Posts: 1 Member
    Brush your teeth. Works for me
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    Kalikel wrote: »
    When I really, really want to do a hand-to-mouth thing, I'll eat lettuce. It is about as close to calorie-free as you can get and gives you crunch with the white stuff if you want crunch.

    Breaking a junk food craving is just a matter of determination. You make up you mind that you're not going to do it and if it pops into your head that you'd like to, you just stop that short with an emphatic mental NO and move on to thinking about something else.

    The more you resist, the more resisting becomes your habit. Then it gets easier and easier until one day you're thinking, "I can't believe I used to be like that."

    Bad habits ARE hard to break, but not impossible. You can do it!

    Lettuce?? LOL, she's not a rabbit.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    KaitlynNannery2015 wrote: »
    Don't eat empty carbs

    What's an empty carb then?
  • madhatter2013
    madhatter2013 Posts: 1,547 Member
    lmkelly679 wrote: »
    So here's my problem, I'll do amazing during the day then once my daughters in bed and I'm relaxing my cravings /hunger hits hard and I completly ruin the day. I don't deprive myself, I don't skip meals and I drink a good amount of water so I know it's not my body's way of telling me i need it all.
    How do you guys fight this? I would love to just go to bed and avoid it all but I'm not going to bed at 8!

    This is exactly what I do, but I also have to get up at 4am. It works!
  • BoxerBrawler
    BoxerBrawler Posts: 2,032 Member
    Either save up the calories for snacking at night or just say "NO".
  • jesikalovesyou
    jesikalovesyou Posts: 172 Member
    madhatter2013 wrote: »
    lmkelly679 wrote: »
    So here's my problem, I'll do amazing during the day then once my daughters in bed and I'm relaxing my cravings /hunger hits hard and I completly ruin the day. I don't deprive myself, I don't skip meals and I drink a good amount of water so I know it's not my body's way of telling me i need it all.
    How do you guys fight this? I would love to just go to bed and avoid it all but I'm not going to bed at 8!

    This is exactly what I do, but I also have to get up at 4am. It works!

    Me too! I was like, "What's wrong with an 8pm bedtime?!" But I am an old soul.
  • acheben
    acheben Posts: 476 Member
    familygal wrote: »
    Brush your teeth. Works for me
    Yep. Either budget the calories for a late night snack or brush your teeth immediately after putting your kids to bed.

  • KarlaH9801
    KarlaH9801 Posts: 362 Member
    I drink lots of nice herbal or green tea. I also like air popped pop corn, especially if you eat it one piece at a time. I also go to the success stories here in the message boards, or look up fitspiration or health/fitness on pinterest. A good distraction helps, especially if it takes two hands. Maybe learn to crochet? You can't munch out with yarn wrapped all around your hands! :-)
  • dubird
    dubird Posts: 1,849 Member
    1. Don't keep "junk" snack foods in the house.
    2. Don't keep foods near your computer or wherever you spend your evening.
    3. Find something to do with your hands.

    For me, if I don't have munchies handy, most of the time I won't munch. However, if we have a bag of chips in the house and I start getting munchies, I will eat most of it in one go without realizing it. Snacking had become a habit, especially when I'm just surfing on the computer (as opposed to doing art or gaming), so I was consuming a LOT of calories without realizing it. If I keep those kinds of foods out of the house, most of the time I'll get the munchies and without something handy, I can ignore it. Finding something to do with my hands also helps. If I really REALLY craving something (usually chips), then I have to go to the gas station and get a smaller bag. Granted that's usually a 2 serving bag, but it's much better than having the large bag in the house!

    If you're getting up in the middle of the night to snack, try drinking a protein drink or eating something with protein about an hour before bed. Maybe the high protein Boost or something. That might curb the craving enough that you don't wake up. You'll have to build that into your daily calories, but if you know ahead of time how much you need, it's not difficult to do.
  • YolliB2014
    YolliB2014 Posts: 104 Member
    I have the same problem. Since you have no trouble controlling what you are doing during the day, try utilizing that control and plan for the evening. If you know you're going to have a snack at night, eat a little less at your meal times or skip your snacks between meals and enjoy them later.
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    dubird wrote: »
    1. Don't keep "junk" snack foods in the house.
    2. Don't keep foods near your computer or wherever you spend your evening.
    3. Find something to do with your hands.

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  • justrollme
    justrollme Posts: 802 Member
    familygal wrote: »
    Brush your teeth. Works for me

    ^ Agreed, that simple thing can really help.

    I'd also suggest trying to replace that craving with some other type of "reward." For example, one of my guilty pleasures is watching youtube beauty gurus testing out skin care and cosmetics, etc. (I don't even know why, I barely wear any makeup myself, except lip stuff, but I love watching those.)

    Sometimes, when everyone has gone to bed and I'm left to my own peaceful devices for awhile, that craving shows up, because that was when I used to binge eat whatever junk was around or left-over. "Old habits die hard." Well, my old habits can die a very hard, stabby death. >:)

    Now, when that happens, I distract myself with the youtube stuff. Sometimes, I'll read through the "Success Stories" section, instead. Or even just read. (It is a lot easier to read when not snacking at the same time.) In doing stuff like this, I have learned that the craving is not an actual hunger for food, just for something little that is all mine, to satisfy.

    Try to find some other way to sate yourself. <3
  • demoiselle2014
    demoiselle2014 Posts: 474 Member
    TheOwlhouseDesigns wrote: »
    by eating a huge bowl of air popped popcorn in the night. Which i fit in my calorie allowance

    That is exactly what I was going to suggest.

  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    senecarr wrote: »
    dubird wrote: »
    1. Don't keep "junk" snack foods in the house.
    2. Don't keep foods near your computer or wherever you spend your evening.
    3. Find something to do with your hands.

    mister_bean_if_you_know_wat_i_mean_by_eragon1354-d6h5x6l.jpg

    Ha ha!

    I think she meant knitting or something similar. :)
  • cheryl3660
    cheryl3660 Posts: 182 Member
    I have the same problem. Since I do intermittent fasting, I time my eating window for later in the day/evening so that instead of being a bad habit I am feeling guilty over, it becomes part of my normal eating routine. I've actually managed to cut back my snacking by doing this. Just plan it into your specific dietary goals and make good snacking choices that fit in with those goals.

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