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I can stick to my diet all day, but the evenings just go to pot. Help!
Here's the scenario: You've eaten a healthy breakfast and a reasonable lunch. Dinner is a grilled chicken breast with salad and small jacket potato, and for dessert, fresh fruit. But at 9pm you're sitting on the sofa watching your favourite TV programme, and at the first commercial break you're in the kitchen with your hand in the freezer. Just a couple of spoons you promise yourself. By somehow, by the end of the evening, you've polished off the entire tub of Ben & Jerrys. And you feel really awful for failing [again!] - not to mention a little queasy!
Sound familiar? Are you good during the day, but at night you can't stop snacking? If so, you're not alone. But the good news is that you can deal with this problem by adopting smart strategies. According to the National Institute of Health, it doesn't matter what time of day you eat. It's what and how much you eat, and how active you are during the entire day that determines whether you gain, lose or maintain your weight. The problem with snacking at night is that usually people are not saving up calories during the day to eat at night.
First, you need to identify why you are eating late at night. Are you really hungry, or are you bored, distracted, anxious or even tired?
Next, develop ways to avoid the situation, or smart ways to control your hunger. For example, if you find that you need to eat something before bed, cut out a snack during the day, or reduce the portion size of your dinner to save the calories for later.
Tips to avoid late night binging
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