Late Night Cravings :-(

[Kankles]

During the day I am absolutely fine, I feel full from lunch & dinner but then when I'm led in bed I start to feel peckish and the cravings kick in (normally chocolate as well to make matters worse). Twice within the last week I've had 1tsp if nutella after midnight because I crave chocolate so bad that it actually keeps me awake!! Ok so I didn't go mad and the nutella worked but how weird that all of a sudden I'm feeling hungry at night?

Anyone else get the same thing or am I out there on my own :-(

 

[PurpleSky]

Yes i get peckish in the evening. I always have my HEXA+B then a bowl of porrige or weetabix with skimmed milk. Then i use the rest of the skimmed milk to make up a highlights hot choc and i'm sorted. Also make sure i have some pre prepare fruit on hand. Also i do a lot of crafts and i;m finding that keeps my mind elsewhere lol

 

[shaunyf23]

Im the same and no matter how much fruit i shove in I dont feel full. Sometimes what I do is when I make a free meal such as pasta bog or chilli I put it in containers and then have another meal at night and that sometimes helps. your not on your own I think we are all the same, hope this helpls xx

 

[Kankles]

Thanks for your replies, I guess what's missing is a little night time snack. I eat dinner between 6:30 & 7:30 most nights and go to bed at 10:30 but I'm always awake gone 1-2am!!

 

[Crys]

I tend to save the majority of my syns for my post dinner/late night chocolate fix

 

[Kankles]

I tend to save the majority of my syns for my post dinner/late night chocolate fix

The other night I was led in bed and the more I tried to get choc out of my head the more I thought of it, I went downstairs and looked in the snack box and all that was there was a double decker, yum but not at 14 syns, hence the tsp of nutella!!!

 

[pebbles67]

You know that twin thing ? Well I am up every night to the loo, usually I'm thirsty too so i take meself off and gets some water and a 4 syn milky way or something and its so annoying, haven't done it for months but I've Been up last few nights .x

 

[cherry-pie]

Thanks for your replies, I guess what's missing is a little night time snack. I eat dinner between 6:30 & 7:30 most nights and go to bed at 10:30 but I'm always awake gone 1-2am!!

I have a similar evening meal time & bedtime to you and I try to have a fibre plus bar or something similar about 9.00 with a cup of tea - I look forward to it, finishes me off for the day & I don't usually feel hungry until about 10.00 the next morning (I'm up at 6 but can't do breakfast then so its a yogurt and fruit at my desk through the week!)

Hope you work it out and get back into a good sleep routine! xxx

 

[Kankles]

You know that twin thing ? Well I am up every night to the loo, usually I'm thirsty too so i take meself off and gets some water and a 4 syn milky way or something and its so annoying, haven't done it for months but I've Been up last few nights .x

Haha ! Well that's another thing we've got in common my long lost twin! It's driving me insane craving sweetness so late

 

[*Emsie*]

Would having an options before bed work? Or mixing it with some quark so like a choccy mousse?

 

[pebbles67]

Would having an options before bed work? Or mixing it with some quark so like a choccy mousse?

Worth a try emsie

 

[mistysmummy]

I understand where you are coming from I sleep eat and dont know why or what I have eaten until I see the wrappers in the morning, I can be 100% through the day and it gets ruined by nightime munchies xxx

 

[beccaharrison89]

I am exactly the same, i am always wanting something late at night, half the time i know i am not hungry and its all in my head. I save my hexb for the evening and half hour before bed i either have weetabix, 2 wholemeal,or 2 harvest morn benefit bars.
I dont go to bed till quite late most nights so always hungry.
I ave a big takeaway over wkend therefore i try not ave any syns through the week and this is where i am struggling

 

[Lady A]

I swear by eating ice cream! No joke ladies...I have my dinner at around 7pm and then I have a scoop of wall's soft scoop light vanilla ice cream with chopped banana or any other fruit I fancy at 9:30 and it keeps me full. It's only 3 syns per scoop and it's so creamy it really is yum plus you don't have to save all of your syns either. I think there was a study which said that if you finish a meal with dairy or include a certain amount of dairy in your diet then you tend to lose weight more easily. I can't give you any more info on this at the moment but my only advice would be is to stick to your HexA & syn allowances.

 

[Kankles]

I've saved my hexb today so I cam have 2 alpen light bars!!! Hopefully this will help (fingers crossed) x

 

[Kankles]

Well I found things ok for a couple of days but then the last 2 nights my late night cravings are back! Maybe it's because I lay in bed reading everyones recipies and food diaries that reading about foods gets me started again!!

I need a bell on my fridge right now! I already had a banana & slice of ham, surely I can't still be hungry?!

 

[pebbles67]

Well I found things ok for a couple of days but then the last 2 nights my late night cravings are back! Maybe it's because I lay in bed reading everyones recipies and food diaries that reading about foods gets me started again!!

I need a bell on my fridge right now! I already had a banana & slice of ham, surely I can't still be hungry?!

hi there k, wish you were still on here. but then it is nearly 2am. feel a bit 'nose out of joint' tell me im being daft. dont think that thread needs me anymore. sleep well matey, stay away from that nutella and i wont eat anymore of this tin of roses - oops xxxxxxx

 

[charleybabes]

i always feel hungry at night.. somtimes its mind over matter with me .. and if i know there is nothing to eat then i just feel hungrier.. so what ive started to do is save a healthy extra b and have two alpen light bars with a glass of my left over HxA milk and take that to bed and it feels like a little treaty snack in bed!!..
or what about having a muller with some chopped banana or a bit of honey drizzled in and eat with a teaspoon.. i always find that as its taking longer to eat it makes me feel fuller ...

 

[RegField]

Well I found things ok for a couple of days but then the last 2 nights my late night cravings are back! Maybe it's because I lay in bed reading everyones recipies and food diaries that reading about foods gets me started again!!

I need a bell on my fridge right now! I already had a banana & slice of ham, surely I can't still be hungry?!

If you are lying in bed reading about food then of course you are thinking about food!

Are you in bed with your computer? It's really not a good idea - it won't let your brain relax enough to get to sleep.

Try a good novel instead!

 

[Kankles]

hi there k, wish you were still on here. but then it is nearly 2am. feel a bit 'nose out of joint' tell me im being daft. dont think that thread needs me anymore. sleep well matey, stay away from that nutella and i wont eat anymore of this tin of roses - oops xxxxxxx

Listen my English rose I need you! That's all that matters. X x

And no more sweeties!!!! If I have to stay away from the sweetie tin, you do too!!!

X x x