SAY "NO" TO LATE NIGHT SNACKING -- OCTOBER 2016 CHALLENGE

lamlamsmakeover · September 2016

Tired of self-sabotaging by munching after dinner? Upset that you double your in-calories at night? Then it's not just me . To get some help (or inspire us by your good example), please join us in this challenge.

You set what you feel is late night snacking. For example, if you have extra calories left for the day, you can have a snack if it's small. Others decide not to eat at a past a certain time. It's up to you.

We go by the formula:
Me: "number indicating how many evenings you stuck to it"
LNS: "number of times late night snacks won"

Example: Me: 2 - LNS: 0 indicates I won the first two nights.

Some people also add a * to the latest number. In the example, that would be
Me: 2 - LNS: 1*
if LNS won the 3rd night.

It's as simple as that. Or as complicated, as you will discover. Nevertheless, the persistence and good results of some of our "old" members (and some people keep coming back) show that the battle is worthwhile .

You will notice some people post streaks of how many days they are free of late night snacking. This is definitely not a requirement, but if you want to do it for motivation, it works well.

Welcome!

luvstheocean · September 2016

Thank you @lamlam2013!

lissadecker · September 2016

OK...I tried this challenge a while back and did not do well, but the snacking that I was doing at that time wasn't really interfering with my progress. However, it seems that it has gotten a bit out of control and I find I am consuming way too many peanuts in the evening. (Sometimes other things, but peanuts really are my go to snack.) Anyway, I am coming back to this challenge for October and giving it another go.

mystic_elegance · September 2016

Count me in again!

Kari_Bear78 · October 2016

I'm in!!

swtlegacy · October 2016

Wld love join

Wysewoman53 · October 2016

Thanks, @lamlam2013 !

VainMommy · October 2016

I'm in!

WalkerPop · October 2016

Here are my October Late Night Snacking Goals:

Eat nothing after 8:30pm 27/31 nights.
Eat nothing after 10:30pm 4/31 nights of my choice.
Choose to adult, instead of impulse today.

Kari_Bear78 · October 2016

Me: 1
LNS: 0

Streak: 8

tlabbie · October 2016

I'm in.

angierosso · October 2016

I was bad last night and so this is a good challenge for me. Count me in. Me 0, Lns-1

lissadecker · October 2016

Me: 0
LNS: 1*

Damned Little Debbie's!

lennoncpa · October 2016

Me: 0
LNS: 1

When I can't sleep I eat. It's such a bad habit and it doesn't help me sleep. I'm in for this challenge.

cowgoo · October 2016

Would love to join!

cmriverside · October 2016

Hi! I did a challenge like this a few years ago, and I learned a lot about myself doing it.

Here is what I changed:

1. There are some foods I simply cannot start eating, or I will eat 1000 calories worth. Already mentioned in this thread are two of those, peanuts and Little Debbies. I had to make a list and those foods I don't even touch unless I accept beforehand that I'm going to eat 800+ calories worth of them.

2. I stopped staying up late. I now go to bed at 9PM. I found that if I am in bed by 9, I don't get hit with late-night cravings. Someone I know who has Diabetes told me that insulin production peaks around 10PM and that was why I was getting the urge to eat around then. I don't know if that's true, but it made sense to me. Now I'm up before 5AM and can manage fine between dinner and bed 90% of the time. That other 10% is just being human and straying, or having not eaten enough to cover whatever I did that day.

3. Dinner (night meal). I now eat two largish meals a day, one about three hours after I get up, (8-9AM) and the other within the next eight hours...so Intermittent Fasting. It's how I naturally eat anyway, and it keeps me on an even keel. My second meal is usually between 3-4PM. I am good until bed if I have a well-balanced meal with plenty of protein. If I have a strenuous exercise day, I'll eat mid-day or have dessert after dinner. Otherwise I stick with two meals and morning coffee.

Good luck to all of you. Listen to your body, make note of the foods you over eat, get on a schedule of some sort. Track, track, log, learn. Oh, and I'm a little hungry every day before dinner. That's just the way it goes in weight loss.