New Challenge for Late Night Snackers (June 2012)

"washed off the carmel"??? - Now THAT takes DISCIPLINE!! Congrats!!

Me: 7
LNS: 0

I think I really *like* the ZERO in the bottom position, lol!!

Me-3
LNS-0

Wasn't craving anything last night which is new. Maybe it will continue.
Good job guys!

This is my biggest downfall--I can get great workouts in, make excellent choices all day long and then I find every reason in the universe to eat "just that" and "just that" turns into a full-on binge with me promising to "start again the next morning"...if I never gave myself permission to binge with the promise to start again, I wouldn't have needed to lose weight in the first place. So, I'm in. I struggle with this every single night and so I'm going to post my record every single morning. I hope that it becomes a fixture in my life and not just a temporary fix.
My cut-off time will be 9PM since we eat dinner late.
Thanks!

hang in there dewdrop and zaza...you will be pulling ahead as of tonight, right??

way to go DrG3n3 and beeps with perfect records so far. And to everyone else for giving it there best. Sorry i did not have time to read through everyone's post
last night was really hard for me as i was upset at being alone and had to work very hard to stay out of the kitchen. But i thought of this thread and refused to give in

Me 7
Lns 0

Me; 3

LNS; 0

I've gone 3 days without snacking at all. Snacks have always been my downfall. I could easily eat 400-1000 cals a day in unnecessary snacks. I feel so much happier with myself when I go to bed knowing I have not over stuffed myself in the day.:laugh:

ME - 6*
LNS - 2

SUCCESS!!!

am in. late night snackers has been my biggest problem.
my cut off is 7.00 PM.

Hope I can make it this time.

Me: 1
LNS: 0
Although, much of it had to do with the fact that our family slept in our treehouse last night and I didn't want to get out of my warm sleeping bag and trek across the wet grass....well, whatever works, right?

Ok, I joined in a few days ago. I talked to my Dr about my strategy for weight loss, and was very surprised at his response. Healthy choices are always the right way to go, but the time of day doesn't affect weight loss! I was skeptical, so I did some research for myself, and actually asked a nutritionist about it. Eating before bed does NOT make u gain weight. Now, that doesn't mean the tub of ice cream or bag of oreos is a free.for all (her words). A healthy snack is perfectly fine before bed. Protein is better, as it helps the muscles. I'm not gonna go into detail, research it.for yourself. Good luck tho, if u still choose to not snack. I wish everyone the best of luck in their journey!!

For me, I'm not trying to stop eating at a time because I think the time of day that I eat is important. I just know that my downfall is to eat good and healthy all day long and then have that free for all you are taking about at night that puts me way over my calories for the day. So, I'm putting the time cutoff on myself just because there is never any good, healthy snacking that comes out of my late night snacking!

It's 10:45PM and I stopped eating just before 9PM--we had a very late dinner--I went over today which is usually the trigger for binging which always happens at night---so this is a great time to have begun this challenge. I am strong and know that I can do this tonight. I'm just going to worry about tonight--no, not worry, just be done eating for tonight.

Count Me IN!

I think the biggest thing for me is not about eating at a certain time of day (because I'm sure it hasn't got as much to do with WHEN as WHAT! ) but I do find my biggest problem is eating when I'm tired, or eating when I'm actually thirsty and for me that is at the end of the day. In the morning if I'm refreshed I don't need much food during the day but the busier the day, the more I want to eat!

So...my cut off will be 8:30pm on not so tired nights and 8pm on tired nights!!

Me: 4
LNS: 0

Going well so far!

I did get up and eat something last night--but it wasn't mindless and uncontrolled snacking--I was really hungry and unable to sleep. I had some dried fruit and nuts, ate slowly, then brushed my teeth and went back to bed. I recorded it until today's food. I will count this as half for me, half for LNS for yesterday. It's 10:44PM now, so my eating is done for today. This is really different for me--I have 284 cals left and ordinarily I would eat all of them--no matter what time and no matter if I was even really hungry or not. I'm not hungry now, but I know I would have eaten just because I "could". So, thinking positively about tonight my count is:
Me: 2.5
LNS: .5

This is really perfect timing for me! Thanks to all for keeping me accountable and mindful.

ME - 7*
LNS - 3

Even though I ate late, I am counting is as a success as I didn't eat anything after I was done (couldn't even finish my dinner).