Night eating

I had to start going to bed a lot earlier...like 9PM instead of midnight/1AM.

I can get up earlier and I'm not hungry in the mornings. I eat my last meal around 4-4:30PM.

I was drinking a lot of water but I kept waking up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom so I started drinking a cup of unsweetened almond milk. It’s thicker than water so it’s more filling and only 25 calories.

Increasing fat and protein, decreasing carbs, will reduce cravings.

i used to have the calorie equivalent of a 4th meal before bed. then i would skip breakfast. now i force down an egg and whole wheat toast in the morning. it seems to help the rest of the day. early to bed helps too. log everything and maybe have a real late dinner.

I agree with several of the other posts. I go to bed late: 11 p.m. or so. Late night eating has always been a thing for me. Since joining MFP I have eliminated pasta, bread, crackers, muffins, cereals, potatoes etc., switching mostly to veggies and lean meats. So far I make my goal of 1200 calories daily - even without exercise points. Breakfast is coffee. Lunch at 11 a.m. is between 300 and 500 calories. Dinner often fills the remaining calories, but I divide it in two. I eat one-half at 4:00 or 5:00, and the other shortly before bedtime so I can sleep through the night. Somehow knowing that I've something waiting held over, makes the evening much less stressful. I miss the carbs, but the veggies and meats keep me from feeling hungry. Salad works for lunch, but for some reason dinner needs to be broccoli, cauliflower, carrots - weighty veggies rather than leafy veggies.

Before I started splitting my dinner meal, which I now call early dinner and late dinner . . . I should have been a hobbit . . . I did try filling up on 30 ounces of water to drown a craving to eat. Praise Lord, thank you it worked - but I started splitting my dinner meal because I feared the water would not hold me through a really rough night.