Diet Helps -- Beat Binging

Serious Weight Loss Help - Stop Late Night Binging Habits

Are you someone that needs find an effortless technique to your weight loss problem? By now you realize effortless weight loss solutions don't really work. Yo-yo dieting isn't fun, so perhaps now your weight problem is something you are ready to take serious. The easy steps and tips in this article will help you to begin living a healthier life starting today.

For most of us who are on a diet and seem to constantly struggle with the urge to eat late at night know, we end up giving in to temptation without really thinking about the consequences of our actions. Without a doubt this bad habit has got to go if you are going to reach your weight loss goals on your diet. When you eat more calories during a part of the day when you're not going to do what it takes to burn off what you just ate, you will gain weight. It is not necessarily the time of day you eat that leads to weight gain, but the type of foods you over indulge yourself in late at night combined with not burning it off physically afterwards. You know what your favorite junk foods are to eat during your favorite late night TV show; cookies, ice creams, chips, and whatever else you've been craving throughout the day. Eating late at night will not allow your heart the rest it needs because it is working overtime to help digest all the food you just ate.

Below are 8 Ways that will help you be more successful in your diet, and will help you put an end to the late night eating that is sabotaging your diet.

1. Eat 3 good meals during the day with 1 or 2 healthy snacks between meals. Dieters often eat too few calories during the day and then start binging late at night. Be sure to eat a well balanced breakfast and try eating most of your calories before 7pm.

2. When you get the urge to eat late at night, try drinking 1 to 2 cups of water or your favorite herbal tea. You will more than likely still feel hungry after this but remind yourself that you feel hungry late at night due to your custom of eating late or it is because your mind thinks it needs to eat again. Breaking this custom is like learning to quit smoking and takes strength and support. Write a note on your pantry, refrigerator or wherever else needed; include your desired new weight goal and in large letters write something like: The key to losing weight is to put an end to my late night eating habits!

3. Quit buying your favorite junk food items and avoid late night binging by not bringing home any high calorie foods. Instead of eating junk food, get a piece of sugar-free hard candy or get a scoop of sugar-free ice cream.

4. Drop the late night TV habit quickly! If your favorite TV serious is aired too late at night, try recording it so you can watch it earlier in the evening. It is easier to start munching at night when you are sitting down watching the television. Keep your life interesting by working on a favorite hobby and NOT watching just TV for hours on end. Delicious looking TV food advertisements can begin to trigger the impulse to eat and being bored can be one of the biggest dangers to late night eating.

5. Write down your successes! Have a written copy of your diet plan in view, so it can help you keep your weight loss goals constantly on your mind. This will allow you to see your progress, as you begin to see your late night eating practice begin to improve and the pounds to start coming off.

6. Get Physical! Mix up your daily routine and start a new activity! You've already decided to improve your overall health and lose weight; now it's up to you to be proactive about your late night eating habits. Have you heard that on average it takes 6 weeks to break a habit and replace it with a new one? Launch a good healthy lifestyle and stick to it until it becomes a new life pattern. Once you see and feel the difference it makes in your health and fitness, your motivation to continue will be stronger than ever!

7. Between Meal Snacks. If you don't over indulge yourself here, you can feel guilt free by choosing low calorie, high protein diet snacks. Yes; occasional snacks that are low in fat are okay. I enjoy low calorie snacks and my favorite treat is 1-2 scoops of sugar free butter pecan ice-cream on Sundays. Decide on a favorite snack and see if you can find a low calorie or sugar free version of it. Just remember though that even if the snacks are low fat, they may be loaded full of salt! Just because it is advertised as low fat or is sugar free doesn't mean you can eat three times as much. It's okay to enjoy it but don't over indulge yourself

8. Be Enthusiastic About Your Health! Become completely dedicated to getting healthy and losing weight; you can do it! Since you know what your weak areas are, don't give into your old bad habits. When you feel tempted to grab a snack late at night, you can do this and overcome. The next morning you can wake up and enjoy a healthy breakfast that will help you start a brand new day and you will be one day closer to a happier, healthier you!

Binging at night is a bad habit for most of dieters. Never forget that: If you are on a diet, you HAVE TO put a stop to all late night munchies. Many dieters will stay on target during the day only to blow it late at night; but that doesn't have to be what happens to you!
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