Hi! Thank you for starting this group! I'm not sure which of the three I might have, but I find myself waking up in the middle of a dead sleep, somewhat still sleeping, my eyes aren't even fully open and I'm jumping out of bed, like an alarm went off and I have to eat something, but I'm aware of what I'm doing. I have to leave quite a deficit to make up for what i might eat during the night. I don't eat a lot during these episodes as I'm aware of what I'm doing, sometimes it's just a spoonful of peanut butter or sometimes a spoonful of tuna damned noodle casserole. The worst part is I don't even feel hungry when I'm doing it, it's like a night time food eating gremlin takes over me and depending how early I go to bed it can happen up to two times a night. It's awful! My dad had it too. I remember family members joking that hecwoukd wake up during the night and eat god knows what, I can say it truly isnt funny! I have a thought that I may be depriving myself too much during the day and my mind just takes over when I'm at my most voulnerable, but I just don't know and it's terribly frustrating and embarrassing and it happens every night!

I hope that works for you! I do that too... As I'm reaching for a spoon! I truly believe it could be mental as my mind just seems to take over and there's no stopping it. Last night I wasn't so fortunate as I went right into the kitchen and started eating my grandmother's donuts, which meant I had to skip breakfast... The worst part is we have TWO kitchens here! I've also read if instead of reaching for food try guzzling some water. The struggle is real!!! I'm thinking of actually taking zzquil just to stay asleep, but I don't think that's a very good idea. I don't understand it, it's like a switch that's went off. I've lost 100lbs and have maintained luckily, but still have 20lbs. to lose and I'm pretty sure night eating is the culprit. I haven't had any sweets in three years, until recently. Now I'm completely unhinged. I know it's not ideal, but I try to stay under 1000 cals. Which may be affecting this madness, I'm just super paranoid that I overestimate my calorie burn, so I try to keep the deficit low. I wish you luck, hopefully us talking about it helps in some way!

The fruit is a good idea! I've recently rediscoverd the love of strawberries, you can have a good amount for such few calories. Gum always stirs up hunger for me though. I'm thinking of locking myself out of the house forcing myself to sleep in the backyard until I can get this under control, just like a raccoon, course... I do believe raccoons probably eat better than I do on some days. For two days I didn't wake up once... But it could be because I went to bed at 2a. So do I walk around exhausted and not get up to eat... Or do I just sleep and continue the cycle. Two of the worst solutions. I hope you have has better luck!

Hi! Thank you for the articles! Definitely going to read them. I have been skipping breakfast as of late and doing an intermediate fast. I don't eat between the hours of 8a through around 1-2p. Not sure how that's working, but I figured if I'm hell bent on eating at 1 or 2 in the morning then I certainly can't justify eating breakfast. Somehow I have to figure this out. Now instead of waking up to eat I eat food before I go to bed, it's morphed into an entirely different animal. The worst part of it all is I'm not even hungry but will still eat! I'm so happy you've found something that's working for you and thanks so much for sharing