How do you stop that late night eating? :(

A cup of tea or black decaf coffee always helps me. If I really want to push the boat out I grab a few Mange Tout from the fridge :-)

Oh and I agree with all the above calls for water but too much can mean you are up half the night......

I tend to want to eat the most in the evenings and it is my highest snack risk. So i tend to store up my calories during the day. I like to keep my breakfast and lunch around 200-300 calories each, and if i exercise during the day, i have a huge buffer for the evening. I also eat my dinner very late and tend to go to bed shortly after.

I know some people think you should not eat X hours or certain kinds of foods before going to bed, but i figure i am at highest risk at that time. So if i eat more later, i stay at/under my calorie budget with no problems. And so far that is working.

I have also heard that having something sweet triggers your body that the meal/eating is over, so you might try a square of dark chocolate or some other reasonable sweet when you're done eating for the day. I also find brushing my teeth both stops the sweet treat urge as well as acts as a deterrent to eating more (i don't want to have to re-brush before bed).

Not sure if this will help - hopefully at least an idea or two.

Good luck!

BRUSH YOUR TEETH!!

for real.. who wants to eat when their mouth is minty fresh!? We know it will taste like crap!

Brush, brush brush.. your teeth.. and belly will thank you!


PS.. protein before bed will help with the cravings, and help repair and build muscle! Dont feel like you cant eat before bed.. you burn calories while sleeping! Give your body something to burn! just dont over do it!

Save some calories for your late night snacks.

Yep. I eat 3/4 of my daily intake by dinner, leaving me with a fun fest from 8pm until midnight. :-D

^^ yes! exactly.

My friend had crazy carb cravings in the middle of the night... The thing is the more of the stuff you eat, the more you want, to a point where it'll wake you up at night.

You just need to wean your body off too many fast carbs (white bread, sweet stuff), have a high protein dinner that gives your body something to work with over night and I'm sure you won't wake up anymore craving rubbish.

Hiya!

Hope you're having a great day!

You have to be really ruthless wirh yourself- it's just too easy to think that you have a hard day and that you 'deserve' a treat. Save some calories, say 150 for a snack after dinner, have it, enjoy it and then that's it.

Physically take yourself away from the kitchen and put your mind to other activities- you'll soon forget.

If you feel tempted, think of that gorgeous you at your target weight in a bikini looking AMAZING!

Good luck!!!

I eat my 3 meals during the day and one night time snack every night with coffee. It is planned and I save the calories for it. If I just ate the snack without the coffee it would not feel me up enough for the night. Otherwise, I keep busy with my hobbies, documenting, read book or clean.

This was a very big part in my weight gain, but I would have fourth meal AND snacks. I just had to set my mind to it and it was hard the first few days but became a habit to NOT eat at night. For me that meant after seven unless I walk that night then I come home and eat a banana and that really fills me up.

I think a lot of us have this problem. I recently started having it again. It is boredom or that you start worrying about the next day etc. emotional eating basically. It might sound silly but this use to work for me. This app is to help with counting calories so I would leave calories available to eat fruit after dinner, frozen fruit. Just a cup is under 100 calories, its like 60 and inexpensive. I would also make a notebook called me. In the notebook I placed my before photos and below wrote my goals for ex... Lose 30lbs so many inches or a size I wanted to be. After that in the notebook I clipped pages from magazines of what I would want to look like and or clothes Id want to get in. Sounds silly but works. So every time before Id hit that kitchen Id grab the notebook and flip through it and add if I wanted from magazines and such. I lost a total of 176lbs at that time no joke.

Eat some fatty ribs with some green leaf salad 2-3hrs before bed. Protein + fats = full and you'll sleep really well!

Carbs are rapidly digested and quickly converted to blood glucose. Your blood glucose will return after 90 minutes. Then your insulin level will be at maximum. Your insulin will stack the glucose away in the form of "fat".
After a while, the glucose in your blood will fall below normal, and you'll feel hungry again.
If you have a carb snack, the whole process begins again. You'll be getting fatter and feeling hungry at the same time!

That pretty much sums it up.

Show me the scientific study that shows that you shouldn't eat after a certain time. I think that is a myth.

Planning for it would be the best option, but you could also go to sleep or whiten your teeth. You can't eat with teeth whitening strips on, & you have to brush your teeth afterwards, so usually by then you don't crave food anymore.

Give yourself a manicure.

I'd be thrilled to hear how that solves nocturnal carb cravings... :huh:

lol

Not sure if this has been mentioned since I admit I haven't read the whole thread, but when I'm having a bad craving at night before bed, I'll go ahead and brush my teeth! It usually deters me from eating long enough to where the craving passes.

I actually asked my sister how to stop this. She said just go to bed. lol Seriously though I have read that when you are tired, and you ignore the sleep signal, you're body gets confused. It mistakes the sleep signal for hunger. Can't remember where I learned that, so if anyone could verify that would be great.