How To Stop Overeating at Night
How many times have you gone all day, sticking to your diet, and then you blew it by overeating at night? I think we have all done it at one point or another!! At night, the body actually needs less food than at other times of the day since it is metabolically less active. We will look into some ways to help prevent the nighttime eating!
Eat a healthy breakfast:
Start your day with a healthy breakfast. If you don't eat breakfast your body struggles to maintain the sugar levels in your blood, making you crave for candies and sweets. Without breakfast, you are less likely to make healthy choices or might skip other meals, making you more vulnerable to overeat later at night.
Eat regular meals:
In order to keep your blood glucose within normal levels and avoid fluctuations in your insulin response, you should consume small and regular meals through the day. If you don't have a balanced diet and you only eat at the end of the day, you will feel ravenously hungry creating conditions that lead to overeating at night: your body is attempting to compensate for all the energy it lost during the day. Try not to go more than 3 or 4 hours without eating something.
Emotional Eating:
Avoid emotional eating or eating to cope with stress. Many times stress leads to overeating at night. Cope with stress in healthy ways that don't involve food, i.e. exercise.
Adjust Your Diet:
If you’re eating a lot of simple carbs as part of your diet like white rice, crackers, popped corn, and other fake sugars, sometimes they can cause real cravings. Try to avoid simple carbs in favor of whole veggie or whole fruit carbs that have fiber, which will fill you up. Add protein whenever possible.
Drink Something:
Hot tea with honey or warm water with lemon can help you feel as if you’re indulging when you’re really not.
Get Rid of Junk:
It’s called “junk” food for a reason, it’s not even food. Why keep it in the house when you know how the aftermath will feel?
Brush Your Teeth:
Anytime you feel the urge to indulge, try brushing your teeth. The toothpaste will give you a nice flavor in your mouth and will satisfy the idea hunger.
Go to Bed:
If it’s close to your normal bedtime, just go to bed. You are likely eating because you are tired!
Stay Fit. Stay Classy. Stay True
Jenna
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