Anybody else have trouble with wanting to stuff your face at night??

I'm going to bed earlier just to stay away from the kitchen!

I ran into this issue early on as well, and tried the recommendation of relatively evenly dividing my calories between my meals, with the general wisdom being that I wouldn't get so hungry later if I'd eaten enough at earlier meals. This proved absolutely false for me. I don't get very hungry in the morning, but whether I eat then or not, I'll be very hungry in the evening. I consume more than half of my days calories from 6pm-10pm, and lose weight just fine, and it's far more sustainable. You could try spreading them out evenly, or see if it would be easier to borrow those calories from another meal. It's all very individual.

And it's a myth that carbs will turn to fat. They are converted to glucose, some of which will be used, and some of which could be stored in the muscles and liver as glycogen for later use. It could only be stored as fat if you consumed more carbs than your body had the capacity to store as glycogen.

I was like this all of my life until I started eating a low carb/ high fat diet. Now... I find that I am hungrier in the mornings, and rarely want to eat in the evenings. Sometimes, I’m even turned off by the thought of eating at night.

I have been struggling with this but just a few days ago decided to return to intermittent fasting. It's totally eliminated my night time eating! Yahoo! Try 12:8 Eat your first meal at noon, no more eating after 8. Herbal tea is OK if you need something.

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Yes! And I found a solution. First drink 16 ounces of water. Then get some old fashioned oats. Not Quick Oats. Old fashioned oats take longer to break down, keeping you full longer. Buy Nestle Nido Kinder powdered milk. It's not formula, it's just milk with a lot of extra vitamins for babies. It's slightly sweet, and is delicious in the oatmeal. The protein, good fats, and potassium in milk helps you to stay full.

Put 2/3 of a cup of oatmeal and 1 scoop of Nido in a microwavable bowl. Add 1 to 1.5 cups of water. Put it on the microwave in 1 minute increments. Watch the oatmeal, stirring between sessions. When the oatmeal starts to rise up out of the liquid, it's done. It should be runny, that's how you want it. Add salt. Believe it or not the salt brings out the sweet, just like with watermelon. Finish your water before you start eating.

The entire shebang is 240 calories. That makes me full, but If you're still hungry after 30 minutes, do half the recipe again for a total of 360. If you just can't stand it so bland, you could try Splenda. Brown sugar is just sugar and molasses. (Don't believe me, put a half a teaspoon of molasses in a cup of sugar and mash it with a fork-you'll have brown sugar). So if you add a tiny bit of molasses to your oatmeal with Splenda it'll taste like brown sugar. Use it sparingly. Too much molasses is bitter. I personally like it without. But Splenda is calorie free, and molasses is only 20 calories per teaspoon.

You might also want to get a free app called "relax and sleep well hypnosis" by divinity publishing. It's amazing! If you use head phones, the sounds are designed to induce delta brain waves, the kind we have when sleeping. This is scientifically proven to work. But it must be stereo head phones. It works by putting a slightly different sound in each ear.

Good luck.

I have a terrible time from the time I get home from work until I go to bed, I can’t seem to break this habit!

First, make sure you're calorie budget is sensible. With 50 lb to lose, a 1200 calorie budget is extreme. Extreme deficits don't work because you don't abide in them. Are you active in your day? Is your activity level set accurately? Are you getting enough fat and protein to have satiety?

MotherOfSharpei wrote: »

Yep. This is why I practice IF. I can eat all my calories at dinner and then I feel full for the rest of the evening.

Life changing for me. I go to bed fat and happy every night while I'm at my leanest ever.

Yes. I usually do great during the day, and then struggle with cravings at night. Some nights I do good and others I give in

I don't do IF, but I found that if I just push my whole day back a little it helps with the late night snacking. Instead of eating breakfast at home, I eat it at work, around 9 or 10 .. I end up having my dinner around 8-9PM, and the night time snacking has gone way down.

Rather than changing what you eat, maybe a small timing adjustment would address this for you.

I found sugar free jello or sugar free drink works for most of my late night cravings.

My absolute FAVE is Nutella - I just can't live without it. Everything in moderation though- I save calories for it in the evening just in case!

I’m a huge fan of granulated sweetener and I make myself a very large milky and extra sweet coffee which generally makes me feel gross!! Or brush your teeth earlier in the evening signalling ‘ I’m done ‘ xx good luck

I have trouble most nights after working 3-11 shifts. On a good night I can shower and go to bed, most nights I overeat only to regret it in am. Trying to brush teeth as soon as I get home to avoid eating. Good luck to you .