SAY "NO" TO LATE NIGHT SNACKING -- OCTOBER 2016 CHALLENGE
lamlamsmakeover
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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!
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!
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Thank you @lamlam2013!0
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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.3
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Count me in again!
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I'm in!!3
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Wld love join3
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Thanks, @lamlam2013 !
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I'm in!2
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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.
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Me: 1
LNS: 0
Streak: 83 -
I'm in.2
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I was bad last night and so this is a good challenge for me. Count me in. Me 0, Lns-1
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Me: 0
LNS: 1*
Damned Little Debbie's!
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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.4 -
Would love to join!3
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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.
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10/1
Me: 1*
Lns:0
Streak: 13
Goals
1. No eating after 8 for 5/7days
2. Either Sat OR Sun allow something sweet (work into menu)
3. Log everything5 -
Ok, I'm in no eating after 8 for this week, except for SPRED Agape on Thursday.3
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Goal: Eat no snacks outside of my calorie goal after dinner 6/7 nights per week. Pre-logged snacks are okay!
Me:1
LNS: 0
Streak: 12 -
Me: 1*
LNS: 0
Streak: 21
New month, new start!
Goals:
-No eating after 7pm
-Stay consistent with BOTH calories & exercise.2 -
I'm in. Thanks1
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Late night snacking is fine as long as you're still within your deficit. It doesn't matter when you eat as long as you're not going over.
On the weekends sometimes I go over in the middle of the night and count it as breakfast the next day if i know I'm going to be sleeping in until mid day. I'm still losing.0 -
Sept Streak: 10
10/01
Me: 1
Lns: 0
Streak: 112 -
October
Goals: Not eating after 8pm except for during football season when there are late games.
Me: 1*
LNS: 0
Streak: 69
And even with late night game for the Ducks last night, I didn't eat past 8pm. It wasn't a pretty game to watch...
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Me: 1
LNS: 0
Streak: 31*4 -
My first challenge! Looks like a good place to start, thank you!3
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Late night snacking is fine as long as you're still within your deficit. It doesn't matter when you eat as long as you're not going over.
On the weekends sometimes I go over in the middle of the night and count it as breakfast the next day if i know I'm going to be sleeping in until mid day. I'm still losing.
Clearly this challenge isn't for you. I hope you find group that's as much of a help and encouragement to you as this group has been to me.
Though you've probably moved on, I'll share that LNS has been a life-long a problem for me. It's not the math, but the trigger LNS can become. Weight loss (for me, anyway) is less math and logic than understanding the guy in the mirror and controlling his impulses.
Good luck on your journey.5 -
October Late Night Snacking Goals Update:
- Eat nothing after 8:30pm 27/31 nights. 1/27
- Eat nothing after 10:30pm 4/31 nights of my choice. 0/4
- Choose to adult, instead of impulse today.
Me: 1*
LNS: 03 -
I'm in, and the timing couldn't be more perfect because I'm struggling in this area big time!!!3
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Goal is to no LNS 29/31 days. Late night being anything after 8pm. My low resistance is to anything with chocolate4
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I'm in! Starting my health kick tomorrow, been prepping the cupboards last two days.
Rule will be -
No snacking after dinner. I work different shifts so wont set a time, just nothing snacky after my last meal.
Good luck all!6
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