sharonavis14 Member

When you find a tried and true way to stop eating at night, let me know. If I plan to do something either in the house or out, sometimes that helps. But it's not fool-proof. I understand where you're coming from and I'd really like to be able to know how to quit, too. Wish I could offer something more... I understand.

Since I'm by myself, sometimes I justify eating more because I don't want the food to go to waste. Some things you can't freeze and use later. I also eat when I'm tired. I'm a night owl and I hate to go to bed, even when I can hardly stay awake.

My "normal" eating is to eat everything, all the time, in large amounts. I can't go back to "normal" any more because I just eat, eat, eat. I've yo-yoed all of my life. No excuses, just love food and seem to have a "need" to eat to fill some bottomless pit. I know I'm not the only one.

If I eat later, around 7:30-8 p.m., I seem to have less desire or need for eating everything in the kitchen. That helps me. I've had trouble sleeping and I try to have low cal snacks and even diet pop that I can grab. I do this when nothing else helps. I've never had bulimia so I can't add anything to that part. This group…

I know exactly what you mean. Nights are the worst for me. Tonight has been easier because I've got a lot of personal projects to do and I've been busy all night. I specifically planned this so maybe this is all I have to do; PLAN. So far, so good. Night all!

I'm pretty new to MFP and have really enjoyed reading the posts. Calorie tracker has helped me a lot. However, if I go over my 1,200, I think that I might as well just eat more! Don't know what to do about that. I can't seem to stop. I should do a lot of things to distract myself, but just don't. I'm trying to lose weight…

I'm so happy to have the chance to see all of your posts! Everything is really familiar to me. I have the worst time with food at night. I think now it's because I just hate going to bed. I don't want to miss anything. I can tell I'm not hungry. I've only been a member of MFP for about a week, but just the act of recording…

I read your post and was immediately interested. I have been on depression medication for years and have always had to work to keep my weight in check. I went to Weight Watchers and lost 20 lbs. about 6 yrs. ago. I felt great and I could buy SMALLER sizes of clothes. Then I moved and my motivation went out the window. So,…

I have just started MFP and logging ALL of my food has really helped to keep me real. It's really hard for me because I tend to eat at night. I can curb my food craving by working on the computer on a personal project, but sometimes that doesn't help. I think knowing I'm not the only one with "food problems" does help.…

Thanks for sharing your story. I want to tell you that I certainly admire what you have accomplished! I know how it feels to not lose weight when you're doing all of the right things. It's the most discouraging thing and I go crazy! I've had to fight being heavy all of my life and it's never easy. I would be so happy to…