Need some ideas to fight late night cravings to stay on track to lose baby belly fat?
You are so not alone. This is actually a HOT Topic! The ladies at ClubFYM asked for some help in the forums today – thought sharing the tips with you would help you find some solutions to help take control of these cravings that can affect your goals to Lose Baby Belly Fat once and for all!
I need some help!
“I don’t know what my problem is. I *think* I eat enough all day. But, when I get home from work around 6PM I am so hungry that I can’t wait for dinner – I end up eating crap AND THEN also eating dinner. Then I just feel like, Oh well, I already pigged out so I might as well have ice cream too.
This is what I ate yesterday during the day:
7:30 AM – 1/2 cup GrapeNuts with 1/2 cup whole milk, 2 cups green tea
10 AM – 1/2 cup honeydew, 1/2 cup musk melon, handful walnuts, 2 tricuit crackers
11:15 AM – FYM Intervals
12:00 PM – 1/2 whole wheat wrap with lettuce, tomato, 1 slice cheese, 2 slices soy meat substitute, and 1 cup watermelon, handful “soy crisps”
3:15 PM – 1 serving goat cheese rounds (Babybel minis), 1 rice cake with 1 tbsp. peanut butter, 1/2 c pineapple.
Then I got home at 6, ate a big handful of stupid M&M’s, followed by dinner (brown rice with paneer and fresh peas & tomatoes YUM), then PEANUT M&M’s and a few spoons of ice cream. I felt like I had done great all day until that point. Should I be having bigger snacks to avoid a meltdown like this? Should I have a bigger meal at 3, and then skip the 9PM meal?
Thanks for any help! I really need to get this nutrition thing down!”
Karen, member of ClubFYM
My response to Karen
While Karen is on the right track to lose baby belly fat with eating every 3 hours, making sure to choose whole food options and creating meals around a protein and a produce there were some areas I could identify right away.
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“Hey Karen,
Couple things from just a quick glance…
1. Your breakfast needs to be the biggest meal of your day – and I would be sure to add Fruit here – add more protein.
2. If you are starving when you get home – why not eat something at 5 or so or on your way home so you are not famished?
Like a handful of nuts or something portable.
3. Why are M&Ms in the house?
4. Why is ice cream in the house?
5. I would reevaluate the calories you eat during the day and see if you can slightly increase portions (of protein and produce) to make them higher.”
~ Holly
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Several other members were quick to offer support and suggestions on what has helped them to overcome late night cravings. Marloes offered a couple breakfast recipes.
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“Karen!!
I can absolutely relate to you!
I front load my day now more so then I was in the past!
Example -
2 cups spinach
2 tbsp flax meal
Sometimes I will add either peppers or grape tomatoes to this omelet.
OR
1/3 cup oatmeal
2 tbsp flax meal
1 tbsp peanut butter
1 apple
1/4 cup (2) egg whites
These two breakfast meals fill me up for sure! It does help to eat a bigger breakfast!
If unsupportive food is within reach, it is most likely going to become a part of your day….lol on blaming someone else Laughing…I just do not buy it, why offer yourself that temptation?
You can do this, grab a glass of water instead along with a handful of nuts at 5pm and walk away!”
~ Marloes, Member of ClubFYM and 3rd place winner of the Summer Transformation Challenge
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3 Great take away points….
1. Make sure you are eating and eating enough every 3 to 4 hours
2. Eliminate overly processed foods, foods that contain HFCS and foods that contain artificial sweeteners – all of which turn up your desire for cravings
3. The largest meal of the day should be your Breakfast – loaded with protein and produce!
4. Create a SUPPORTIVE Environment….if the junk food is there You WILL eat it!
Stop making it so hard on yourself!!!
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All of what I’ve read is great advice, and I too have stepped up my breakfast to something even I’m proud of! My problem is not a drop/craving through the day or night… mine is actually after I’ve gone to sleep! I literally will wake myself up, and even if I’m not “hungry” apparently my body is craving something — and I just don’t know how to stop my midnight scour through the fridge or pantry. I suppose it wouldn’t be bad to eat then… if I was going to stay away aftewards, but directly after… I curl up on the couch, and fall back to sleep. (grrrrrr, bad me!)
yup this happened to me too previously…but now no more..i still keep the icecream in my fridge but on top of that i always makesure i have many alternative food in my kitchen such as fruits, all types of nuts (almond, wallnut, peanuts), yogurt and homemade healthy cookies. Whenever i feel to dig up for a late snack i just take any type of fruit or the easy way just take yogurt..it really stop all the craving and make me full. Now i’m more focus abt my midnight craving because i think it just wasting all my effort and its not worth..
Just imagine u’ve been working out so hard to elimate all those pounds and suddenly in mere than 5 minutes all the unwanted calories are inside your body..huhuhu..it’s just not worth it.
I still keep my icecream just for the kids. whenever i want to dig something unhealthy i will talk to myself..”is it worth for you to eat???’ especially for a late night carving because we reallize that we will be sleeping after that and just think that all the junk food just lying deep in your stomach…huhhh…that’s how i motivate myself.
But as Holly’s suggestion don’t give up your carving and i followed the suggestion. if i am in need of something that i miss the most (of course chocolate) i’ll make sure i binged in the broad daylight so that i still have time to make it up all the calories but night definately is no no no…
i always make sure fruits, nuts n yogurt or healthy cookies are handy so that u can just pop a few pieces or a few spoon full.i luv cooking so i’ll make sure my cookies, cakes are all with healthy ingredients. until now my kids dont even realise that all the cookies i’ve made are all oat based!!!..they really luv it.
thanks a lot holly for making me realise these BIGGGG mistake. Now i feel more energize than before.
It was like this was written just for me! Mine is around 3pm everyday. I plan and plan all my supportive meals and yet I just don’t feel as if I have enough. The greek yogurt and fruit (and sometimes cashews or almonds) is one of my favorite 3pm-ish snacks, but that doesn’t seem to help. I believe this is a mind set for me. I can write everything down and most of the healthy stuff I really like, but then 3pm hits and it seems like all bets are off. This starts a downhill slide for the whole day. My husband and kids are allowed to pick one snack that they really enjoy to keep in the house – that would be cookies and cream ice cream. When they are all eating it I normally make myself busy and clean up the kitchen or something, but then it calls to me. The callings get louder and louder until I quiet them. I try eating fruit, yogurt, nuts, or anything supportive, but that doesn’t seem to help. This is my choice to eat this junk and yet, I feel as if my control just slips away.
Anyway, I would love to stop this cycle now, but I just haven’t figured out how. Thank you so much Holly for all your support and encouragement.
Also, congratulations to the Summer Challenge people. I am not sure talking about the winners or even the finalists, but to all of you that completed the entire 12 weeks. I entered for the Holiday Challenge and ended up selling my house and building a new one which started last June and went through March of this year. I used all the stress of selling, building, and a double move to side track me and it shouldn’t have. To all of you that made a big difference you are amazing and should feel so proud of yourselves!
Jennifer
Hey Everyone. Now that I have been tracking what I eat since June 13th, I do notice that when I eat a bigger breakfast, regardless of the calories I seem to stay in better control of myself. My typical breakfast now consist of grapenuts cereal with some of the cinnamon harvest organic shredded wheats and the plain shredded wheats (total of 1 cup) and 1 cup skim milk with a tablespoon of raisins. This week though, I’ve had more protein breakfast, I am now in love with egg whites, I put a tablespoon of peanut butter, and sliced bananas(sometimes add a bit of fruit preserve or yogurt) and roll it up like a burrito and it is so good. Also with a piece of fruit.
I too get the midnight hunger, but now I keep a jar of almonds on my nightstand, and eat like 10 with water. I find myself that I’m snacking more on nuts now than before. If I want something sweet, Sams Club sells the Truenorth, pecan/almond clusters, they’re very good.
waheeda when you talk about healthy cookies being in the house what exactly does that look like for you? I always think that my 4 children need to have snacks around for them, they don’t like nuts so I have cookie & cupcake baking stuff around so any ideas about recipes for healthy cookies would be great!! thanks, Lisa
Waheeda,
I would also like to have the recipes you told us about. My kids need healthy baking, as they also like chocolate cupcakes. Thanks. Lynda
I like to have a hot beverage with no caffeine such as green tea, chamomile, or esp decaf coffee. It fills me up without hardly any calories, maybe a half teaspoon of honey. Or chew gum. Paint your fingernails.
Make sure you are keeping a food journal. Writing down EVERYTHING you eat helps you think about your food choices. Try to make entries before you eat so when you actually see what you are going to put in your mouth, you can stop yourself and make a healthier choice. Keep trigger foods out of your house – don’t torture yourself. It’s a great feeling when you win the splurge war. Remember, it’s your choice.