what's your best trick??

jle · 01-20-2008, 10:35 PM

Hey all, trying to lose fat here. I need to kill eating after 6:00. What is your best trick to getting rid of nighttime munchies??

kitebean · 01-20-2008, 10:57 PM

um you don't have to kill eating after 6:00 to lose fat.....no one else here does!

Mindi911 · 01-20-2008, 11:27 PM

agreed - if anything you should have a little something so your body doesn't shut down during the night.

just make sure whatever you eat is healthy

Amanda76 · 01-21-2008, 12:42 AM

Not eating is the best way to ENCOURAGE night time munchies. PLAN to eat every three hours or so and you probably won't find yourself interested in muching on things that aren't a part of your diet.

There was a thread in here recently that asked when most of us eat our last meal...an hour before bedtime seemed to be about the longest anyone went without food.

jle · 01-21-2008, 07:05 AM

oh goodie, I guess my problem is once I start it, I just keep eating. But it's usually healthy, I do eat every 3 hours, and I keep my kcals around 1800-2000 and fat intake about 25%, prot 35% and carbs 40% but I'm still hungry at night.

kitebean · 01-21-2008, 09:27 AM

Maybe post up your current nutrition plan and approximate timings and the girls can comment to see where we can make suggestions to help.....

(sorry if my initial response seemed rude, I sometimes get frustrated when I see myths that I used to believe - like not eating after 6 - bandied
around - puts me back in that place and I guess I'm still not over it!!! )

PS Unfortunately, especially this week, I am still HUNGRY! LOL

Amanda76 · 01-21-2008, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by kitebean

Maybe post up your current nutrition plan and approximate timings and the girls can comment to see where we can make suggestions to help.....

That's where I'd go from here, too. If you start tapering cals at night that could be your issue. Eating more fat at night may help. You may need to switch up the sources of your carbs.

Also make sure you're drinking lots of water and that you're not burning more calories than you think you are.

Dr Clay · 01-22-2008, 01:15 AM

I have all my clients eat within one hour of bed, and they get shredded. The key is WHAT you eat.

Opt for lean protein, fibrous carbs, and a little healthy fat. If you're still hungry, eat more veggies

jle · 01-23-2008, 07:05 AM

I get up 5:00 am my time

7:30 Oats cooked .7 to 1 C
Egg Whites 4
1 piece of fruit

10:00 Turkey sliced (deli lean) 3 oz
W/W bun (small)

12:00 Chicken or Fish 3 - 4 oz
Veggies or salad
rice or pasta 1C
handful of peanuts or almonds

3:00 whey prot shake
.5 C berries
prot poweder
milk

6:30Lean game meat 4 oz
1/2 carbs (rice, pasta, beans)
veggies 1-2 C
or
Big Spinach salad

after that I try to eat carrots stick w hummus or cottage cheese
maybe some more boiled egg whites.

Bed 9:00-9:30

CrazyEnough · 01-23-2008, 07:29 AM

Nuts at night (almonds, cashews, pistachio) along with either a casein shake or cottage cheese works great for me as eating the nust feels liike "snacking". Of course, its only an ounce or two and you have to make it fit within ur daily allowance, but it sure beats being hungry then snacking to no end

kaspar_19 · 01-23-2008, 07:29 AM

I try to spread my meals evenly throughout the day. If you are mildly hungry in the evening, and have already had your last snack of the day, I would go for a tablespoon of psyllium husk mized in a glass of water. It's a type of insoluble fibre that many use nutritionally to "up" their fibre intake in their diet. Of course, if you actually are significantly hungry, you really should have something nutritious to eat.

Amanda76 · 01-23-2008, 07:34 AM

You might notice your morning meals are A LOT closer together than your evening meals. You can try spreading those out a bit so your evening meals can be closer together.

I would either replace your 3:00 meal with a real meal or eat a real meal within an hour of your shake (I'm assuming that's post workout). Eating a real meal within an hour of your shake will push your 6:30 meal back a bit.

Eat a fattier meat (salmon, maybe...I don't see a good source of omega 3's in your diet) or add some olive or flax seed oil to your 6:30 meal so it might satisfy you longer.

Switch to always eating something high in protein before bed (egg whites and cottage cheese are good, most people like to use cottage cheese because the casein takes up to 8 hours to break down completely). Also add a fat, like nuts (which will also slow digestion). If you don't want to add any more calories than I've already suggested, try moving the almonds you're eating at noon to your bedtime snack.

You can, of course, try one or as many of these ideas as you want, depending on what fits your needs. Maybe someone else can give you some more (edit: I see I was beaten to the punch already

).

jle · 01-27-2008, 08:45 PM

Thanks to all, those are all great ideas

I'm trying to get that 3:00pm to be a bigger snack. I'm going to try cottage cheese, nuts, veggies, whey shakes, for my last food intake of the days.

I made up a treat - nonfat plain yogurt, prot. powder, little splenda almond extract and blueberries. I call my blueberry cheese"fake" MMMMMMM!

justagirl · 01-27-2008, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Amanda76

Not eating is the best way to ENCOURAGE night time munchies. PLAN to eat every three hours or so and you probably won't find yourself interested in muching on things that aren't a part of your diet.

There was a thread in here recently that asked when most of us eat our last meal...an hour before bedtime seemed to be about the longest anyone went without food.

amanda i love your posts

edit:and apparently i need to spread out some reputation before i give it to you again :P

kaspar_19 · 01-28-2008, 03:10 PM

Actually, something interesting I've been reading about it "Metabolic Typing." If you are a fast oxidizer (as in food goes through your system pretty fast!), you may have a stronger appetite than slow oxidizers. Everybody's processes foods a bit differently, and I'm a pretty strong believer in this metabolic typing stuff. For fast oxidizers to feel satiated, they are supposed to eat "heavier" meats, such as red meat. You may consider trying bison, which is quite delicious, lower in fat and calories, yet higher in protien than most meats (including chicken and turkey). You should also make sure that you are getting a nice amount of healthy fats as well, although it looks like you have a pretty nice balance in that department. You may also choose to cut out any starchy carbs in your last meal, as they may be affecting your blood sugar (and thus hunger) later in the evening. If I were you, I would replace the rice/pasta/beans with avocado. This would make your meal much more satiating (higher in fat and higher in fibre). If you don't have any allergies, try having a teaspoon of bee pollen about 1/2 hour before dinner (only about 15 kcal, rich in vitamins!). I find that it dampens my appetite just a bit, plus I think it's yummy!

Just a few suggestions!!

Sambakitten · 01-30-2008, 09:20 PM

Am I the only one here who gets hungrier after I have veggies or a piece of fruit? lol! I teach dance, sometimes for several hours at a time, and the best thing that keeps me from getting hungry (during that whole time!) is Kashi Seven Whole Grain Flakes cereal with soy milk and a banana. I swear, that stuff sticks with you! And it only has 180 calories, 1 g of fat, 5 g of sugar and it has 6 g of protein (and that's without the soy milk!) Kashi makes several other cereals too, but in my opinion this is the one that tastes the best without more added sugar.