The Battle of the Bulge - Determination vs. Binging

Lose Weight by Winning the Battle of Late Night Binging - Discover How to Get Powerful Results Here

Are you looking for a stress-free technique to your weight loss struggle? By now you realize promises of easy weight loss solutions don't really work. Hopefully, your weight struggle is something you are ready to take serious. The helpful information in this article will help you to begin living a healthier life starting today.

For nearly all of us who are on a diet and seem to constantly struggle with the habit of late night eating, find we can often give in to the temptation over and over again. However this bad habit has got to go if you are going to reach your weight loss goals on your diet. When you start to eat during a part of the day when you're not using very much physical energy, you will gain weight. It is not always the time of day you eat that leads to weight gain, but the type of foods you eat during a binge, late at night combined with not being active. You know what your favorite junk foods are to eat after everyone else has gone to bed; cookies, ice creams, chips, and whatever else your mind says you 'must' have. Eating late at night does not give your heart the rest it needs because it has to constantly work 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 bad late night eating habits.

1. You should be eating three low calorie meals during the day but don't forget to have two or three low fat snacks between meals. Don't deceive yourself and eat too few calories during the day and then start binging late at night. Be sure to eat a well balanced breakfast and try to always consume most of your calories before 7pm.

2. When your mind tells you it's time to eat late at night, try drinking 1 to 2 cups of water or a warm cup of tea. You will usually 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. Put a note on your pantry, refrigerator or wherever else needed; include your dieting goals and in large letters write something like: No more BINGING allowed - stay on target and watch the fat fall off!

3. Don't buy your favorite junk food items and avoid late night binging by hiding all high calorie foods. Instead of eating junk food, have a piece of sugar-free hard candy or reach for a sugar-free jello.

4. Drop the late night TV habit quickly! If your favorite TV serious is showing late at night, try recording it so you can watch it earlier in the evening. It is easier to start grabbing food at night when you are sitting down watching the television. Keep life fun by working on a favorite hobby and not just sitting around doing nothing but watching TV. Watching food advertisements on TV can unknowingly trigger the impulse to eat and being bored can be one of the biggest dangers to late night eating.

5. Journal it! Have a written copy of your diet plan close by, which will keep your goal of losing weight always on your mind. This will allow you to see your progress, as you begin to see your late night eating custom begin to improve and your weight go down.

6. Be Thrilled to be Alive! Mix up your daily routine and start moving! You've already decided that it's time to lose those extra pounds and get healthy; 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? Begin creating a good healthy lifestyle and stick to it until it becomes a new lifestyle for you. 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. Get psyched up for the challenge! Become excited and determined to lose that weight; you can do this and your worth it too! Since you know what your weak areas are, starting putting action behind not giving in to bad habits. When you feel tempted to snack late at night, get a glass of water and the feel of hunger will pass. The next morning you can wake up and enjoy a healthy breakfast knowing that you won a battle the night before and you will be one day closer to a happier, healthier you!

Late night eating is a terrible problem for most of dieters. To sum it up: If you are on a diet, you need to IMMEDIATELY put an end to the late night munchies. Many people maintain good diets 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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