WEEK 5 HABIT CHALLENGE: Control Your Late Night Eating

Its week 5 of the WEEKLY HABIT CHALLENGE. if you have been following the simple, easy way of changing your lifestyle then I believe you are seeing results by now. Well, I am seeing result because just in 7 days i lost 5lbs this is 2.2kg.

This week is all about finding ways to beat or eliminate late night eating. Imagine having breakfast
in the morning, lunch and dinner and by 9pm or 10pm you are sitting in front of the television watching a movie or a show, then the commercial break comes and you see yourself heading to the fridge or cupboard to get a snack or anything to eat. I use to do these and a lot of people do it as well.

There is something known as the Night Eating Syndrome, according to research it affects 27% of obese people and it is associated with depression, stress and other health problems. If you eat late at night in order to cope with stress then it won't be a surprise if you keep gaining weight.

When i stopped eating late at night, i felt better and happier because i knew i was heading to a healthier me and seeing myself losing weight. Once its 6pm, nothing enters my mouth apart from water but sometimes when I cant cope, I can take 2 crackers just to shut up the body.

But why are you eating late at night?
It is very important to identify why you eat late at night, is it because you are hungry, stressed or bored? When you must have identified why you are eating late, find smart ways to stop or reduce this. Like eating less during the day and finding little snack to eat at night.

Tips in avoiding late night eating

• Keep healthy snack in the fridge. 
• Portion out your snacks. Portion control is the secret of losing weight and keeping it off. keep unhealthy snacks out of your reach.
• Eliminate problem snacks. If your weakness is chocolate, it shouldn't be in your home. If you love biscuits and you think that you have the will power to keep it at home and still not eat it, you got to be kidding me. you and I know that once it is there, you must eat it. so to avoid temptation, don't buy it
• Take a hot bath 
• Do little exercise before going to bed
• Do something different.