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Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Stopping The Late Night Eating
For some, eating right goes well all day until the after-dinner snacking starts and a perfect day is ruined by a bowl of ice cream or too many handfuls of chips. With individuals who are struggling with weight control, late night eating is often described it dieters biggest problem. The first place to start tackling the late-night hunger is to realize your motivation and then determine the best strategy for either changing your motivation or dealing with it.
Here are 3 common reasons people have the nighttime snack attack:
Boredom You may be bored or dealing with another emotion like stress, and use this time to preoccupy or anesthetize yourself with food.
Restriction You have restricted your calories too much during the day and truly are hungry.
Off-Limits Thinking The psychological nature of dieting prompts you to feel as if late-night eating is taboo, which, in turn, creates the off limits thinking. Sometimes when we tell ourselves we can't have something, we end up wanting it all the more.
To combat those cravings, here are some real-life survival tips for beating the refrigerator battle:
When you feel the tug to comfort yourself with late-night snacks, try reading a good book or even going to bed early.
Keep your hands busy by visiting dieting forums and watching message boards that have people on them that are going through the same exact thing you are. Often it is good for your psyche to see that others are struggling also. You can give each other support.
Write in your journal how you are feeling and why you want to snack. Often by the time you finish writing you don't feel quite as hungry.
"Close" the kitchen by turning out all lights, doing the dishes, and simply putting it out of your mind. Brush your teeth and make sure that your mind knows that you are not going to be eating any more that night.
Eat enough throughout the day to make sure that you really aren't hungry.
Posted by HoodiaPharm HungerAway ::
8:03 AM ::
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