Night eating

Night eating was my worst habit.  I have found that if I allow myself a small snack around 8:00 every night I am OK.  Usually it is sugar free pudding, occasionally it is 4 reduced fat wheat thins and a babybel light.  I can go without snacks during the day as I am so busy at work I don't have the time to snack, so my nighttime snack is fine, it fits into my calorie and carb count for the day and my NUT approves of it.

Same boat as you! I am going to pledge with you👍 We can do this🎉

This is a tough time for me too.  I also save a snack for the night, and make sure I make it a healthy one.  

This has always been my downfall. During my 6-month pre-op phase, I would give myself 2000 calories a day and eat 1300 of them after 6pm. Now, my trick is to go upstairs around 7pm and read in bed for a couple hours. I don't think of the bedroom as a place for eating, so it keeps me successfully preoccupied. My husband also enjoys getting to watch whatever he wants on TV during that time, lol.

Don't know if this will work for you, but I was told by a family member who is constantly on-line and goes to a naturalist doctor to take magnesium for restless leg syndrome.  It helped me.  As for eating at night, I got off the computer earlier and read books on health or behavior change.  I would practice stopping a binge, telling myself, NO.  I am an adult, I have to take responsibility and act like an adult.  A child needs/wants instant gratification, I am an adult.  If I wanted a particular food, I could have it tomorrow for a planned snack.  I am still working on this.  I talk out loud now, to train my brain.  I do not want to eat mindlessly. I want to change the habits of calming down at night, boredom, trying to get to sleep---to not include food.  

Omg that is hard for me too. Just pray about it and that really helps. Don't give up just stay on your path. You look amazing.

Robin

Studies show that people who eat breakfast tend to eat less at night. Make sure you are getting some protein first thing ( even just a shake).