Hungry at night

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'll usually drink a glass or orange juice which takes the "edge" off any bedtime hunger for me. If I find I'm absolutely starving I'll grab a piece or fruit or a few raw veggies to munch on.

If you are starving you should eat more during dinner.

[Anonymous]

I try to go to bed earlier. We eat dinner around 6pm and if I go to bed at 10 I'm usually okay. If I go to bed at 11? I'm ravenous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes after dinner, I get super hungry! I know I have read that it is bad to eat right before you go to bed, and I feel like I would delve into "dangerous territory" if I started this. Do you guys eat a snack before bed (if so, what) or do you just suck it up and go to bed hungry?

I always eat something about 2 hours after dinner. Dinner is usually at 6ish, so I eat something between 8-9 - usually greek yogurt with granola. The protein keeps me sated, and the yogurt helps with digestion. Also there are studies that say eating closer to bedtime (not at bedtime) can help with being in a better mood and not getting into silly fights with the SO.

[Anonymous]

terryleal wrote:Yes, I always get hungry just before going to bed and that is why have to sneak a little snack with me to the bedroom so that no one know I am eating at night.

What happens if someone knows you are eating when you are hungry?

[Anonymous]

Oh my god, me too. I second someone's suggestion of decaf tea. I have a mug of chamomile. I try to make it my routine. It helps take the edge off my fake hunger. For me, the after dinner snacking is for comfort, although there are some times when I've gone to bed with a growling stomach. I eat a pretty big dinner, so I don't really understand this.

[Anonymous]

This is exactly how I lose weight when I see the scale creep up. I finish dinner by 6:30 PM and then nothing hits my lips except decaf tea and water. I go to sleep famished. I drop those unwanted lbs like a rock. God knows how many snack calories I must be packing in at night that causes me to lose so quickly when I stop doing it.

[Anonymous]

I often have a bowl of cereal or glass of milk before bed. Not always though. If I feel hungry and ignore i, iI usually end up not sleeping well, waking up hungry during the night, walking up with a headache etc. If you feel hungry don't ignore it. Munchies you can ignore, but not hunger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I often have a bowl of cereal or glass of milk before bed. Not always though. If I feel hungry and ignore i, iI usually end up not sleeping well, waking up hungry during the night, walking up with a headache etc. If you feel hungry don't ignore it. Munchies you can ignore, but not hunger.

I'm the poster before you and have never woken up hungry or with a headache, unless I have PMS. I guess it varies from person to person. When I want to lose weight I just go to sleep to make the feeling of hunger go away.

I do work out at 5:45 AM so if I go to bed hungry I wake up hungry and eat a cheese stick before the gym...I definitely cannot work out on an empty stomach in that case.

[Anonymous]

Ugh I have a problem of eating at night sometimes, and hate it. Can stick to healthy eating all day and around 10pm I'm staaaaarving and something unhealthy is calling my name, and I will get out of bed and eat cheese and crackers or fried chicken or some other crap I haven't touched all day. Ugh ugh ugh. Working on it.

[Anonymous]

I love Sleepytime or peppermint tea made with 1/2 water and 1/2 almond milk (regular milk would work fine, too, and it would probably even be more filling), with a little honey. If I eat much before bed, I sleep horribly, but the tea + milk really does it. Plus just holding the warm mug and sipping it is sooo relaxing.