Don't Get Busted! On a Diet, Need Help Eliminate to Late Night Binging
Has anyone ever really discovered a short-term approach to your weight loss battle? By now you realize over-night weight loss success doesn't really work. Hopefully, your weight battle is something you are ready to take serious. The helpful tips in this article will help you to begin living a healthier life starting today.
For the majority of us dieters that battle with the habit of late night eating, find we can often give in to the temptation over and over again. Without a doubt this bad habit has got to go if you are going to permanently lose weight on your diet. When you eat foods high in fat or calories during a part of the day when you're not going to do any physical activities afterwards to burn it off, you will gain weight. It is not always the time of day you eat that will end up as unhealthy weight gain, but the type of foods you consume late at night combined with not being active. You know what your favorite junk foods are to eat when no one is looking; cookies, ice creams, chips, and whatever else your mind says will just hit the spot at the time. Eating late at night will not give 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. Be sure to eat three well balanced meals during the day but don't forget to have two or three low fat snacks between meals. A common mistake dieters make is to eat too few calories during the day and then start binging late at night. Never skip breakfast and try to eat the majority of your calories before 7pm.
2. When you start heading for the kitchen to eat late at night, stop your bad habit and redirect yourself to drink 1 to 2 cups of water or a cup of tea sweeten with honey or an artificial sweetener. You will very likely still want to eat after this but remind yourself that you feel hungry late at night due to your habit of eating late or it is because your mind thinks it needs to eat again. Breaking this habit is like learning to quit smoking and takes fortitude and support. Write a note on your pantry, refrigerator or wherever else needed; include your dieting goals and in large letters write something like: Don't Eat What You Don't Want to Wear!
3. Don't purchase your favorite junk food items and avoid late night binging by getting rid of all high calorie foods. Instead of eating junk food, suck on a piece of sugar-free hard candy or get some light popcorn.
4. Stop watching so much TV late at night! If your favorite TV serious comes on at a time when you are more tempted to eat at night, try recording it so you can watch it earlier in the evening. It is easier to start over eating at night when you are sitting down watching the television. Keep life interesting by working on a favorite hobby and being lazy or continuing on with the same old lifestyle patterns. The ads on TV can unknowingly 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 lifestyle begin to improve and the pounds to start coming off.
6. Keep Yourself Busy! Mix up your daily routine and start doing something new! You've already decided that it's time to lose those extra pounds and get healthy; now it's your turn to be proactive about your late night eating habits. Have you heard that on average it takes 6 weeks to break a habit and begin a new one? Put some action behind beginning a new healthy lifestyle and stick to it until your new plan becomes routine. Once you see and feel the difference it makes in your health and fitness, you will begin to feel more and more motivation!
7. Snacking does not have to be the enemy we've made it out to be. It's what we snack on and how much we eat that matters. Yep I said it; occasional snacks that are low in fat are okay. I enjoy eating 1-2 scoops of sugar free butter pecan ice-cream on Sundays. Select 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 fat free doesn't mean you can eat three times as much. It's okay to enjoy it but don't go over board with it!
8. Be Enthusiastic About Your Health! Become excited and determined to lose that weight; you can do this! Since you know what your weak areas are, don't give into your old bad eating habits. When you feel tempted to start eating late at night, you don't have to give into what your mind is telling you to do. 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!
Eating late at night is a common problem for nearly all of dieters. Simply put: If you are on a diet, you WILL HAVE to put an end to any late night munchies. Unfortunately, many dieters will do great 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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