Eating At Night and Weight Loss
IntoFit | May 25th, 2009 | General Health Tips, Weight Loss Tips | 3 Comments »
Eating late at night is a controversial subject. Many health experts will tell you that if your body needs calories, it does not matter what time you get them at. However, I think that if your body does not need calories, then eating at night can be detrimental if your trying to lose weight. Especially because night time eating tends to be unhealthy, purely out of habit and generally out of boredom.
Many people consume a large number of their calories at night – after dinner. At night, your body is shutting down. You do not need as many calories as you did at breakfast. Although you may feel like a nighttime snack, your body actually doesn’t need it.
Want versus Need.
The battle is on! You want it, you know it will taste good. In fact, you can taste it at the tip of your tongue. But the only reason you want it is for those taste buds. A fight with yourself in your head may ensue. Fight the fight. Just say no. Simply tell yourself, it’s not an option. After a healthy dinner, your body does not need more energy to help you sleep or watch TV. Listen to your body and don’t let your taste buds take over your brain. Have a tall glass of water or a decaf herbal tea.
Not eating past 8:00 pm (for me) was a way to control unnecessary calories going into my body at a lousy time (watching TV and needing a snack, looking in the fridge when I got bored). This was the way I broke myself of a nasty habit. When I stopped eating at night, that’s when I really started to see the results. I’m not always 100% successful. I try my hardest. 85 % of the time I can talk myself down for a late night bowl of cereal, but I do have days where I give in.
If you think your hungry at 10pm, do the test! Ask yourself if you would have a boiled egg or a piece of grilled chicken to curb your appetite. If only chips, popcorn and ice cream sound good to you - then you’re probably snacky…not hungry. If you think a hard boiled egg sounds good, then I bet you really are hungry! Boil yourself an egg.
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Sometimes I brush my teeth really early before primetime TV and that helps.
It’s weird but it works for me!
Great tip! I do that sometimes too
let’s not forget that the opinions are divided