tips on how to stop late night bingeing?

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BeautyFromPain
BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
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okay so pre much after i close my diary off for the day and hop into bed i will wake up couple hours later and go raid the cupboards.. sometimes healthy food, sometimes not... that is not the point though, the point is i know i shouldn't be eating for any other reason than to fuel :( arghhh. how to stop this? tips would be wonderful!
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  • mallory3411
    mallory3411 Posts: 839 Member
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    Just don't get up and out of bed.

    Drink water. Have a cup of tea. Do something to distract you.
  • captaincharisma24
    captaincharisma24 Posts: 155
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    have a vegetables or a fruit to calm your hungry, if you like lemon water, lemon is a good suppressor to hunger also brush your teeth when you feel like eating. thats all i got.
  • Hungry_Tuna
    Hungry_Tuna Posts: 361 Member
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    Yeah I have this problem from time to time too.. Captioncharis has some good suggestions.
  • mallory3411
    mallory3411 Posts: 839 Member
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    Just to add from looking at your diary... you are always way under protein. Try increasing your protein which should curb nightime hunger.
  • pornstarzombie
    pornstarzombie Posts: 297
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    Do you take any meds that might help contribute to it? I know ambien does it for me, so did serequel.

    That's why I've started having some really hot, sweetened non-caffieneted tea after I crawl into bed. Or lately it's been diet hot cocoa mix with unsweetened almond milk...sommeeetimmmesss I'll add a shot or two of butterscotch schnapps, if I have the calories left. :)

    Then, if I wake up later...pull the covers over my head, roll over, and do not get up.
  • lauehorn
    lauehorn Posts: 183
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    Just to add from looking at your diary... you are always way under protein. Try increasing your protein which should curb nightime hunger.

    I was going to say the same. Evaluate your diary. If you are starving a few hours after going to bed, you aren't fueling correctly or enough during the day. If you are still hungry, by all means, get a snack! Your body is telling you it needs fuel. Just make sure you keep healthy snacks around - a little peanut butter and fruit or veggies is a good snack with protein, fats and carbs to keep you full.
  • LisaLashesxx
    LisaLashesxx Posts: 133 Member
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    try cleaning ya teeth when you get up to go for the fridge............everything tastes bad after a teeth cleaning session. Only thing that doesnt is more tooth paste, and I cant see ya eating that!!

    x
  • Thena81
    Thena81 Posts: 1,265 Member
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    dont get out of bed or go to bed lol, it s working for me and i eat breakfast that way also, meaning if i go to bed earlier, then i get up earlier and eat breakfast. if i binge i stay up all night cause of the sugars and dont eat a good breakfast
  • _Sally_
    _Sally_ Posts: 514 Member
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    Are you going to bed hungry? I find it helps me if I have a cup of soy milk (unsweetened, plain), skim milk, plain ff yogurt, a lowfat cheese stick, etc. - some other small snack with some protein in it within an hour before going to bed. I personally can't sleep when I'm hungry.
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
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    Just to add from looking at your diary... you are always way under protein. Try increasing your protein which should curb nightime hunger.

    And how do you suppose I have more than 120 grams of protein per day? Plus, protein is kinda expensive...
  • deannarey13
    deannarey13 Posts: 452
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    Late night binging indicates that you have starved your body for most of the day. Eat more (nutrient dense) foods throughout the day and this will take care of most of the cravings, the rest is a mental hurdle.
  • deannarey13
    deannarey13 Posts: 452
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    Just to add from looking at your diary... you are always way under protein. Try increasing your protein which should curb nightime hunger.

    And how do you suppose I have more than 120 grams of protein per day? Plus, protein is kinda expensive...

    120 grams of protein is likely enough protein for the day for you.
  • thatgirl125
    thatgirl125 Posts: 294 Member
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    I take a water bottle to bed, whenever I go to bed I am slightly hungry but can still fall asleep. It is rare for me to wake up in the middle of the night starving, but the times I have I and just drank my water then laid there until I fell back to sleep. You will fall back to sleep. Its like breaking your child of waking up in the middle of the night for a bottle. you just got to cut it out or else you make it so every night you and your little one is getting back up to eat. Just force yourself to sleep and within a few days you wont be even waking up to eat.
  • deannarey13
    deannarey13 Posts: 452
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    Holy cow! While working out is GREAT, give your body a rest. I looked through your diary and you are burning 700-1500 calories in exercise per day, almost every day. I stand by my previous statement. I know this from experience (at least for me). I was eating 500 too few in a day and this was my problem. By the time evening rolled around, it was a constant struggle to stop the binging. What your magic number is, I don't know but I would start with cutting back a little in exercise and increasing calories. Your body needs more based on how much you are exercising. JMO of course, I am no doctor.
  • HotBodUnderConstruction
    HotBodUnderConstruction Posts: 420
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    I tend to crave more food at night than during the day...so usually I save up most of my calories for dinner and snacks afterwards that will still fall within my caloric goal for the day. I always go to sleep really full/makes me sleep better and I wakeup with a ton of energy to workout in the morning.
  • XXXMinnieXXX
    XXXMinnieXXX Posts: 3,459 Member
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    I'm on Mirtazipine\zispin and this makes me feel hungry in the night and makes me crave naughty foods. Find only way around it is not to have junk in the house so if it happens atleast its something healthy! I also try to have a couple hundred calories left so if it happens I log as I eat and it stops me from going over my calories most of the time or atleast not far over. If like me a lot of thr time its not because you actually feel hungry the only way is to not have unhealthy foods in. I have kids but everything I have in is healthy or has to be cooked from scratch usually. I also usually have 100 calorie snacks in so I can have 1 or 2 of those if I need to. Things I like but know I probably won't binge on them... Like bags of popcorn. Hope this helps a little x
  • kittyninja
    kittyninja Posts: 118
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    Stop yourself from waking up to begin with. Look up ways to sleep better. Make sure you don't consume any caffeine late in the day. Do everything you can to get to sleep and stay asleep. If you have insomnia problems, ask your doctor to prescribe some medication.
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
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    I take a water bottle to bed, whenever I go to bed I am slightly hungry but can still fall asleep. It is rare for me to wake up in the middle of the night starving, but the times I have I and just drank my water then laid there until I fell back to sleep. You will fall back to sleep. Its like breaking your child of waking up in the middle of the night for a bottle. you just got to cut it out or else you make it so every night you and your little one is getting back up to eat. Just force yourself to sleep and within a few days you wont be even waking up to eat.

    The problem is, I don't think I AM even hungry half the time. And it was all good for a couple months as well, but now as a really hard week/month for me is coming up I have picked the habit back up and can't even seem to stop myself :/
  • captaincharisma24
    captaincharisma24 Posts: 155
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    also eat more food during the day so when you go to bed you wont get hungry.
  • CyberEd312
    CyberEd312 Posts: 3,536 Member
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    I don't have this problem any more because every night when i head to bed, I take my nighttime snack with me which usually consist of 30 Almonds and a glass of 1% chocolate milk.... It fills me up, takes care of my low sugars (type 2 diabetic) and keeps me from needing to go raid the fridge at 3 in the morning....... there is no rule you can't eat right at bedtime just needs to fit it into your caloric intake for the day...... Good Luck.......

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