Hungry at night
JL82198
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I need help at night...I get off work feeling pretty good about working out at lunch time and then going back to the gym for another hour or so after work and by the time I get home I am starving.
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I need help at night...I get off work feeling pretty good about working out at lunch time and then going back to the gym for another hour or so after work and by the time I get home I am starving.0
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i would just have a little snack!!! and ik how you feel bc i try not to eat after 5 and im always starving but i just try not to think about it drink a lot of water and just keep thinking that when you wake up tom you can eat. that gives me something to look forward to and makes me want to go to bed early so id think about being hungry and getting up the next day and fulfilling my hunger.0
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The more often you eat the better it is for your metabolism.....thats why serious weightlifters/bodybuilders etc. will get up at 3am to eat. They stick to the eating every 3 hours to keep the metabolism burning. You should always eat after the gym, you need to feed your muscles. The key is what you eat. Protein is best to help your muscles. Don't be afraid of carbs, just eat the right kind. Whole grains and vegetables are best. After a workout fish and veggies or something of that sort is very good for you. Your body needs fuel to burn, when you dont' eat for hours you are tricking your body into starvation mode which will negatively effect how your body burns the calories. When your metabolism is running great you are always hungry! The key is to eat the right way.0
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OMG! Not eating after 5?!?! I would die! I try not to eat after 7pm but it can be hard when I don't get home til 6pm most nights! Do you have any good ideas for filling foods with not so many carbs/fat?0
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My favorite for later is an egg white omelet, with vegetables and morningstar breakfast patties. Lots of protein, not much fat and hardly any carbs. The egg whites are full of protein and the sausage patties have only 80 cal with 3 g of fat and 2 net carbs. My other post work out is a protein shake (EAS Whey) with a serving of sugar free jello instant pudding (25 cal). The pudding thickens the shake and the pistachio tastes like ice cream :-). When I have a sweet tooth that is what I opt for.0
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i would eat cereal theres hardly andy calories in that or fruit like cantelope or strawberries so you can eat big chunks and they feel filling.
o i get the 100 cal snacks like baked cheetos or sun chips, and theres cookies and a lot of other things and they dont have much fat in them at all and there a pretty filling snack.0 -
Okay, I'm just responding to the last post, not the entire string. Here are some great filler upper snack ideas.
1. 1 tablespoon of peanut butter (24 plus grams of protein)
2. Whole bag of popcorn - once popped the oil is spread out and it's like 30 calories a cup.
3. South Beach Diet Granola Bars (14 grams of protein!)
4. Fruit - half a cantalope is totally filling and around 130 calories (I think)
5. 30 peanuts - tons of fat, and protein, but good fat and you will burn this fat faster than sugar fat.
6. A small bowl of cereal - great for late at night, any choice is around 200 cals.
Good Luck - I used to be hungry (ravenous actually) at night, and I started eating dinner later. Now I eat around 7:00 and am way better. I turned my nighttime cravings into 3:00 cravings. I'm still ravenous just at a different time!
Best of Luck to everyone - I've lost five pounds in like 6 weeks so I am miserable myself and constantly thinking about food! Ha Ha! - I'm healthier tho - at least that is what keeps me goin! Sheesh!:grumble:0 -
i would just have a little snack!!! and ik how you feel bc i try not to eat after 5 and im always starving but i just try not to think about it drink a lot of water and just keep thinking that when you wake up tom you can eat. that gives me something to look forward to and makes me want to go to bed early so id think about being hungry and getting up the next day and fulfilling my hunger.
wow i couldn't imagine not eating after 5, I usualy don't even eat supper till like 6 or 7 and i still get hungry before i go to bed.
I think its better to eat little snacks even late because it keeps your metabolism going instead of not eating anything all evening and throughout the night.0 -
i would just have a little snack!!! and ik how you feel bc i try not to eat after 5 and im always starving but i just try not to think about it drink a lot of water and just keep thinking that when you wake up tom you can eat. that gives me something to look forward to and makes me want to go to bed early so id think about being hungry and getting up the next day and fulfilling my hunger.
wow i couldn't imagine not eating after 5, I usualy don't even eat supper till like 6 or 7 and i still get hungry before i go to bed.
I think its better to eat little snacks even late because it keeps your metabolism going instead of not eating anything all evening and throughout the night.
well id eat after 5 bc i have to up for class early everyday and your not suppose to eat 5 hrs before you go to bed so i go to bed at 10 and thats 5 hrs before.0 -
i would just have a little snack!!! and ik how you feel bc i try not to eat after 5 and im always starving but i just try not to think about it drink a lot of water and just keep thinking that when you wake up tom you can eat. that gives me something to look forward to and makes me want to go to bed early so id think about being hungry and getting up the next day and fulfilling my hunger.
wow i couldn't imagine not eating after 5, I usualy don't even eat supper till like 6 or 7 and i still get hungry before i go to bed.
I think its better to eat little snacks even late because it keeps your metabolism going instead of not eating anything all evening and throughout the night.
well id eat after 5 bc i have to up for class early everyday and your not suppose to eat 5 hrs before you go to bed so i go to bed at 10 and thats 5 hrs before.
Who in the world told you that? You can eat 10 minutes before bed, the only thing that changes is the rate of digestion. Shoot, I have known people to wake up in the middle of the night and have a protein shake, it doesn't matter. If you have acid reflux it might make you uncomfortable, but other than that you should eat. Your body can only repair itsself while you're asleep, and not only are you in a caloric deficit, you're not giving it any fuel to use from 5pm til whenever you eat breakfast, that's at least a 12-hour fast.0 -
See what I mean!!! It is all very confusing and all I know is that I am hungry at night and alot of the time it ends up that I give in to the hunger and end up eating something bad for me which ends up on my behind!!! I hate it and I want it to stop!!! :mad: I think that the protein shakes sound like a good way to start! I have been doing alot of weight circuits the last month and maybe that is why I am hungry...I need more protein!!! Thanks for all of the suggestions I really think this helps to talk it out with others in the same situation!:flowerforyou:0
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I have the same issue at night as you do. What I've done is to have lots of fruit in the house so that I either have an orange segmented or an apple that I will core and slice so that I have to eat it one slice at a time which then, at least for me, seems to fill me up and I'm okay the rest of the night.
I don't know what it is about evenings at home but it sure does try to break your back with food.0 -
Try to have some complex carbs and a full serving of protein immediately (within 30 minutes) after workout.
This is an excellent thread:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/8138-starving-after-workouts
I like cottage cheese, or chicken, or apple with peanut butter at night - don't carb up too much - you'll just want more.
Cereal begets cereal, IMO. I can't have just one bowl of cereal. It goes down fast, and makes me want MORE carbs.
I've been making hot cocoa with cocoa powder and lowfat milk - not the sweetened kind - just Hersheys cocoa powder. If I make it with a bit of soy milk or almond milk, it is yummier still! Milk has plenty of sugar already without adding more.
Even Swiss Miss is bad - lots of sodium. Same with the pudding cups. Lots of salt.
And I think you should eat closer to bedtime. I can't go to sleep if my tummy isn't happy :noway:
~Cheryl
u tell em, song :laugh:0 -
i would just have a little snack!!! and ik how you feel bc i try not to eat after 5 and im always starving but i just try not to think about it drink a lot of water and just keep thinking that when you wake up tom you can eat. that gives me something to look forward to and makes me want to go to bed early so id think about being hungry and getting up the next day and fulfilling my hunger.
wow i couldn't imagine not eating after 5, I usualy don't even eat supper till like 6 or 7 and i still get hungry before i go to bed.
I think its better to eat little snacks even late because it keeps your metabolism going instead of not eating anything all evening and throughout the night.
well id eat after 5 bc i have to up for class early everyday and your not suppose to eat 5 hrs before you go to bed so i go to bed at 10 and thats 5 hrs before.
Who in the world told you that? You can eat 10 minutes before bed, the only thing that changes is the rate of digestion. Shoot, I have known people to wake up in the middle of the night and have a protein shake, it doesn't matter. If you have acid reflux it might make you uncomfortable, but other than that you should eat. Your body can only repair itsself while you're asleep, and not only are you in a caloric deficit, you're not giving it any fuel to use from 5pm til whenever you eat breakfast, that's at least a 12-hour fast.
what are you talking about it is common sense that your not suppose to eat before you go to bed bc you need time to burn off the calories i learned it in school so i think i would know . and i wake up early in the morning.0 -
IMO....it's a dieting myth... there's an article from Women's Health about 7 nutrition myths
"The advice: Shut the kitchen down after 7 p.m. to prevent weight gain.
The real deal: The no-food-right-before-bed rule was meant for the nighttime nosher who mindlessly wolfs down a bag of Oreos while watching CSI: Miami. If you get home long after dark, a late dinner is perfectly fine. A calorie is a calorie, no matter what time you eat it, according to Katie Clark, R.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of family health care nursing at the University of California, San Francisco. But do keep your evening meal light--along the lines of a chicken breast, steamed broccoli, and brown rice. Too much chow will keep you up at night: To break down all that food, your gut has to churn like a cement truck. "
There was another article I read that also debunks the not eating late scenario, that talked about how many Europeans eat their evening meal at 10pm, and they are half the size of Americans, and that it's what you eat, not when you eat. I couldn't find the article, but that really leapt out at me since we eat around 7 - 7:30pm and I knew there was never going to be a time when we could be done eating by 6 since we don't get home until 5:30.
So, my opinion being expressed, JL82198 - if it's in your calories for the day, a small healthy bedtime snack shouldn't hurt.0 -
what are you talking about it is common sense that your not suppose to eat before you go to bed bc you need time to burn off the calories i learned it in school so i think i would know . and i wake up early in the morning.
Well I don't use 'common sense', because most of it is bunk. Considering that my major is in Exercise, Sport, and Health Ed. and I'm in my third year, I think I have an "idea" of what's going on in the human body. So I use science.0 -
what are you talking about it is common sense that your not suppose to eat before you go to bed bc you need time to burn off the calories i learned it in school so i think i would know . and i wake up early in the morning.
Well I don't use 'common sense', because most of it is bunk. Considering that my major is in Exercise, Sport, and Health Ed. and I'm in my third year, I think I have an "idea" of what's going on in the human body. So I use science.
ya and i learned it in biology class and most of here arent trying to bulk up were trying to lose weight so we cant eat whenever we want.0 -
what are you talking about it is common sense that your not suppose to eat before you go to bed bc you need time to burn off the calories i learned it in school so i think i would know . and i wake up early in the morning.
Well I don't use 'common sense', because most of it is bunk. Considering that my major is in Exercise, Sport, and Health Ed. and I'm in my third year, I think I have an "idea" of what's going on in the human body. So I use science.
ya and i learned it in biology class and most of here arent trying to bulk up were trying to lose weight so we cant eat whenever we want.
It sounds like you may have either been misinformed or you may have misunderstood the information. You need a caloric deficit to lose fat, but you don't need to fast or stop eating at a certain time to maintain that deficit. And my interest in bodybuilding doesn't mean I can 'bulk up' all the time. In fact, I have to reach single digit body fat to compete, and I'm currently dropping to 15% body fat. I haven't even had the chance to do a true bulk yet because my body fat was far too high when I started. Please don't assume that my workout choice influences my information in any way, that's offensive to me.0 -
Okay, I'm just responding to the last post, not the entire string. Here are some great filler upper snack ideas.
1. 1 tablespoon of peanut butter (24 plus grams of protein)
2. Whole bag of popcorn - once popped the oil is spread out and it's like 30 calories a cup.
3. South Beach Diet Granola Bars (14 grams of protein!)
4. Fruit - half a cantalope is totally filling and around 130 calories (I think)
5. 30 peanuts - tons of fat, and protein, but good fat and you will burn this fat faster than sugar fat.
6. A small bowl of cereal - great for late at night, any choice is around 200 cals.
Good Luck - I used to be hungry (ravenous actually) at night, and I started eating dinner later. Now I eat around 7:00 and am way better. I turned my nighttime cravings into 3:00 cravings. I'm still ravenous just at a different time!
Best of Luck to everyone - I've lost five pounds in like 6 weeks so I am miserable myself and constantly thinking about food! Ha Ha! - I'm healthier tho - at least that is what keeps me goin! Sheesh!:grumble:
Minus the cereal and bar, this is just about close to what I do. Works every time....
Love the peabut butter!!!!!0 -
what are you talking about it is common sense that your not suppose to eat before you go to bed bc you need time to burn off the calories i learned it in school so i think i would know . and i wake up early in the morning.
Well I don't use 'common sense', because most of it is bunk. Considering that my major is in Exercise, Sport, and Health Ed. and I'm in my third year, I think I have an "idea" of what's going on in the human body. So I use science.
ya and i learned it in biology class and most of here arent trying to bulk up were trying to lose weight so we cant eat whenever we want.
It sounds like you may have either been misinformed or you may have misunderstood the information. You need a caloric deficit to lose fat, but you don't need to fast or stop eating at a certain time to maintain that deficit. And my interest in bodybuilding doesn't mean I can 'bulk up' all the time. In fact, I have to reach single digit body fat to compete, and I'm currently dropping to 15% body fat. I haven't even had the chance to do a true bulk yet because my body fat was far too high when I started. Please don't assume that my workout choice influences my information in any way, that's offensive to me.
i wasnt trying to be affensive but everyone i know says the same thing that your not suppose to eat 5 hrs before you go to bed i have been told that since i was young and idk anyone that thinks otherwise. but i know that you can think what you want and i think what i want but all ik is its working for me and im not starving myself in anyway because i eat enough during the day.0 -
I am also a night "grazer" as well.
To try to get past this, I try to eat something like an apple before I leave work. That way my hunger is tamed before I get home. The tricky part for me is cooking dinner so I grab the carrots and have them close by - that way I can crunch, crunch, crunch while I cook.
It's been helping - I just wonder what I'm going to do when I get tired of the carrots. :grumble:
Maybe I'll switch to celery and peppers?
Good luck!0 -
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