Late Night Grubbin'

[StephanieM]

We have similar stats, I went from 194 to 146 with the help and support of 3fc in 2010. Before I made the decision to lose weight, I didn't think I was that big, didn't think I looked that bad. I bought a scale and was shocked at my weight, I used to weigh 125 in high school! I had a problem with binge eating at night as well.

I just had to make the decision and really look at myself. I started working out and making better choices, eventually found my niche by weight lifting and doing Atkins because those worked for me. There's a link to my thread about getting close to goal back then is in my siggy, take a look at the difference the weight loss made.

You have to make that decision and stick to it or you will never get there. Be strong, listen to your body. Find out what is triggering you to eat and nip it in the bug. There's a forum here for binge eaters (Chicks in Control).

I stopped because I had to plan a wedding, move, and then got pregnant. I've had my baby now and I'm ready to get back at it. You can do it too!

If you want, I can even be a accountability buddy for you. If you want, you can pm me and we can motivate each other and keep each other on track. Or you can join one of the challenges here and have others motivate you. It's up to you to make that decision to be healthy.

[BananaMontana]

Originally Posted by carter

I have trouble with late night snacking too. Here are some of the things that help me:

* The sorts of snacks that I eat when I am having these late-night snack attacks - don't keep them in the house. If they have to be in the house, have my partner hide them from me.

* Don't go into the kitchen late at night. I try to discipline myself to do the kitchen chores right after dinner, because if I save them for before I go to bed, as is my habit, then I am more likely to snack as I do the kitchen chores.

* Use my will power and discipline to not even start on the snacks. As a general rule about myself and temptation, I find it MUCH easier to eat none of something than to eat a small amount of it and stop. So before I dip into the nuts, berries, salty snacks, cheese, rice, whatever it is that is singing my name, I try to take a deep breath and just not even start. If the voice in my head says "just one piece," I try to let the rational mind chime in with the reminder that it's very hard for me to stop at one. I have the control to not even start - I just to have to exercise that control.

For better or worse - I don't know if you will find this comforting or not - I still struggle with this, 2.5 years and more than 115 pounds into my weight loss process. Just last night, I violated both the second and the third paragraphs of the above, and ate a few hundred calories more than I needed to for the day. Just keep at it. Keep trying new tactics, don't be afraid to switch them up if you find yourself working around your own tactics after a while.

I think the biggest thing for me will be not keep the foods that tempt me in the house. I do tend to snack when I clean up before bed too. It doesn't even have to be something I like. Just food that's near me so I eat it. I'll have to try cleaning up earlier and possibly just not having the food so I can't start in the first place.

Originally Posted by StephanieM

We have similar stats, I went from 194 to 146 with the help and support of 3fc in 2010. Before I made the decision to lose weight, I didn't think I was that big, didn't think I looked that bad. I bought a scale and was shocked at my weight, I used to weigh 125 in high school! I had a problem with binge eating at night as well.

I just had to make the decision and really look at myself. I started working out and making better choices, eventually found my niche by weight lifting and doing Atkins because those worked for me. There's a link to my thread about getting close to goal back then is in my siggy, take a look at the difference the weight loss made.

You have to make that decision and stick to it or you will never get there. Be strong, listen to your body. Find out what is triggering you to eat and nip it in the bug. There's a forum here for binge eaters (Chicks in Control).

I stopped because I had to plan a wedding, move, and then got pregnant. I've had my baby now and I'm ready to get back at it. You can do it too!

If you want, I can even be a accountability buddy for you. If you want, you can pm me and we can motivate each other and keep each other on track. Or you can join one of the challenges here and have others motivate you. It's up to you to make that decision to be healthy.

Seeing the scale is a big shock for me. I still feel like I look skinny, but I know in my head that I don't. It's weird. Then I look at my size 18 pants vs the size 7 I was in two years ago and I feel like I'm in an alternate dimension...then I feel depressed so I eat some cheetos til I feel better. Bad cycle.

I definitely need an accountabilibuddy. I kept lying to my friend when she tried to help me lose weight though. "Yeah, I exercised!" while I had really spent the day napping. I get embarrassed and don't want to admit I'm slacking. I do need to start being honest about it though, or else I will never have a reason to change.