Cravings

I have a hard time with that too and my cravings are always for junk. One days that I am able to resist I justbrush my teeth and go to bed. Unfortunately I usually talk myself into eating whatever it is "I can just have one piece" but I cannot do that. I end up eating the whole bar, or whatever it is.

I am eating wheat thins candy bars ice cream. Any kind of junk food I can find. This is horrible. I do awesome during the day and then that happens. I think that I am going to try brushing my teeth and going to bed. That might work. I hate how things taste after I brush LOL.

Somehow for me, brushing my teeth always makes me feel less hungry - I think my body is conditioned into knowing that brushing teeth = bedtime, no more food now! haha!

First off, eating at night isn't the devil the media cracks it up to be.

If you're hungry and it fits into your daily calories do not in the slightest feel guilty about it. Our bodies don't just magically turn on the fat storage switch when we sleep.

I find I like eating fruits (especially raw strawberries which are like 145 calores for a POUND) and protein cures my late night cravings. I either eat some leftover meat or chug a casein shake (milk protein).

Try doing a mini workout after he leaves. It can be as simple as 20 push ups and 20 crunches or make it more if you want. I find that, followed by a glass of water, helps me kick that need to feed. After that, a nice cuppa tea helps too. I like something spicy, like cinnamon spice, because it tastes like a treat.

Beyond that, just don't keep the junk food around. Then "whatever you can find" won't be so bad.

Sweets.........#bad

That could work - there are a lot of people who do that.

I personally know that I am going to be hungry at night, so I have about 300 calories reserved for after dinner snacks. Last night I had 2 T of Philidelphia Indulgence spread on 2 graham crackers, topped with raspberries. Sometimes, I make a big bowl of air popped pop-corn drizzled with butter. I just generally let myself have whatever I want, as long as it fits within my calorie goal.

Your metabolism doesn't stop after 7pm, 9pm or whenever.....IMHO, eat when you are hungry. If you plan your day ahead of time, you can hold on to some calories for night time snacks.

And thank you! :happy:

Your cravings could be out of habit or that your body might be missing some sort of nutrient. Usually protein makes my cravings better because I can realize that I'm not physically hungry, but mentally hungry.

Maybe you should not buy junkfood for a while and see if that helps? Or do what I do, if my husband wants junk in the house I'll buy something that he likes but I don't (like chipsahoy, I'm a cookie snob) Usually if there is more effort for me to eat something (such as having to go buy it) then I tend to just ignore the craving, have some herbal/fruity tea and go sulk for a while. Sometimes I sulk for hours and sometimes just for a few minutes until my brain gives up the craving.

Go to bed earlier. You're probably eating because you're either bored or lonely...or both. Sleep takes care of bored and lonely, and adequate sleep aids with weight loss.

I am eating wheat thins candy bars ice cream. Any kind of junk food I can find. This is horrible. I do awesome during the day and then that happens. I think that I am going to try brushing my teeth and going to bed. That might work. I hate how things taste after I brush LOL.

get all those things out of your reach/way/house!.....i find to stop the sweet cravings, sugar free jelly( or sweet jello for u.s.a?) and strawberries...i eat a lot of strawberries but it cures that sweet craving! and i dont have anything snacky in the house extra than exactly what i need for my calories ....u can do it!

This is my coping mechanism. I have to have 100 calories packs of a sweet and a salty snack in my house. I know that I am going to eat something after dinner so I decide on sweet or salty and have the snack. Those calories are factored into my plan so I am not doing any damage. Also, I know what I can't have in my house or I will binge and that is peanut butter and hummus.

My snacks are Skinny Pop 100 calories bags, Pop Chips 100 calories bags and for sweets, either a single piece of dark chocolate or I cut Kind bars in half and only eat one half. Store the Kind bars in the fridge, they are harder to eat when cold!

I don't know about anyone else but knowing I have a treat in the house makes me calm down and think LESS about food.

I do the same exact thing, which I think is mostly due to habit. But, i have found that I can curb those cravings by substituting. If I can potato chips, I eat the Mt. Olive pickle snackers, because I want the salt. If i want something sweet or choclate, I eat a square of really dark choclate. It's all about training yourself to find a satisfying alternative. (even though, there really isn't one for ice cream lol) And even if you feel hungary, you might really just be thirsty, so drink a big glass of water.

Similar problem!

I usually try to reserve a lot of calories for night-time, as I prefer to eat at night rather than during the day (or rather, I'm not as good at resisting cravings at night!).

I recently found a recipe for double chocolate cookies which are 51 cals per cookie. They are small cookies (a few bites) but flavour is great and they fill me up! The recipe is on my blog Add me if you'd like!

Tonight I had terrible cravings so I had a small turkey burger (homemade - turkey mince, parsley, onion) in one slice of wholemeal bread. The protein helped me feel fuller but it's also something I enjoy, so it seemed like a treat! I also had 3 of my double chocolate cookies, making sure I kept under my calorie goal.

I suggest maybe have ready some food you enjoy that can fit with your calorie goal - a protein based one as well as a sweet one for when you're really craving sweets! Also - drink more water. Even if you decide to have a snack, make sure you drink water before and during. Helps fill you up!