Hunger at night

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Serena1

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Hey all,

I'm new to this forum and i'm still trying to figure out how everything works here.

I am 21 years old and currently weigh 177.8 lb. I am having trouble loosing weight. Some days i would be 175 then i'd regain to 177 lb.I don't know what i am doing wrong... I've been drinking ONLY water for the past few months. I cut down on my fast food intake and unnatural sugar intake. I've increased my veggie intake as well. 5 months ago, i started at 185lb but now i'm stuck at 177. I started working out for about 2 weeks (jogging) and I still faced the same problem so i stoped the workout.

Another problem is that during the night is when i get really really hungry! I feel like my stomach is eating itself and then i go and eat so much to calm the hunger down! How can i stop being so hungry at night time?


I don't have any friends or family who are being supportive with my weight loss journey. Everyone is saying i am fine the way i am now but i am overweight! I'm 5'3 and weight 177lb.

Please help :(
 
I found some other thread on this forum to answer my late night hunger! I will try some of the tips the other people have posted on those treads.

Can someone just point out what i am doing wrong about my weight loss though? I seem to be either stable at 177 lb or lose then gain back to 177lb. I am going to re-start my workout slowly tommorow. 5 mins running then speed walking and increase the duration as each day passes.

Thanks a lot :)
 
Do you have an irregular sleeping pattern? anything very stressful currently in your life? What kind of eating habits do you have?

For me my eating habits felt like it was stemmed from depression, which started because of unhealthy eating habits.

One thing I've started doing is counting calories, I won't do it forever, just for my first 3 months so I can know what food has what in it so I can make smarter choices.

Another thing was my sleeping pattern. I'd work at 4pm - 1am, stay up till all hours of the night go to sleep around 6/7am and then only eat either at work or bring something home.

Stress could be a huge factor playing tricks on your body. I would eat when I was stressed, I still am but I am more conscious of what I eat now.(week 5 starting monday of eating healthy)

I've cut out 99% of soda. I have had maybe 2 glasses iover the past 4 1/2 weeks and I just didn't enjoy it, I am loving water, especially after a work out, nothing better!

I will not eat anything deep fried anymore, and I've made a huge effort to fix my sleeping pattern and eating 3 square meals a day, a snack of fruit or veg if I get hungry in between or just water(water sometimes does the trick for your hunger cravings)

These are some things that have hurt me in staying healthy and at this point its all about commitment. If you are not committed you won't see results.

Quitting exercise is not the answer, I am sure you are just frustrated and I 100% get it. You just gotta keep at it. Just keep going, the longer you do something the more likely you will stick with it. I personally feel great. I've only lost a few pounds so far but I just started my workouts this week 5 days in a row 1 1/2 hours on a treadmill with high incline.

You may not see results you are looking for right away, you just gotta keep at it! Good luck :)
 
I know some people like to start with a 1200 calorie diet, but I've found a 1500 calorie diet was best for me to start at. I didn't want to feel as if I was starving myself when I started and then get discouraged. It's been working great for me.

Don't give up on exercise! It will help you lose even more weight and will have many health benefits!
 
Also as far as eating late at night, I always make sure I have room for a small bowl of bran flakes and a splash of milk. It's a great late snack. Eat at night won't sabotage your diet as long as your not eating over your calorie limit.
 
Thanks! I'll start with a 1500-caloric intake and see how that works out for me!
 
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I suggest you use the bmr calculator on this site to see how many calories you burn a day. Then simply cut that by 500 calories to start with. After a week you will have lost 1lb. Add in some exercise and you can lose even more than 1lb a week.
 
My caloric intake is supposed to be 2488 a day. I have decresed it to 1200-1500 a day with a minimum of buring 600 a day on the treadmill. I eat late sometimes just so I dont wake up in the middle of the night starving. What I eat late is usually a big egg white omelette with a little bit of cheese and salsa. I even have steamed vegetables with it most of the time for the fiber to keep me full all night. I usually dont eat past 10:30pm though. Its not true about "you shouldnt eat too late". Its all in WHAT you eat, not how late!. I have read many articles that state "if you eat at 7pm, then go sit on the couch and watch tv, whats the difference in eating at 10pm, and going to bed?....nothing!". "Youll still burn the calorie the same way doing nothing!" Think about it. I have dropped 14lbs since 6/14/2011. Im careful of what I eat. Im not overweight, just have some that I want to lose since I gained a little weight from being injured at work, had surgery, and cant do much physically. I have a large build and no one ever believed I weighed 230. They thought I was 200, but 230 is too much for me. Im shooting for 180. I want to lean out like I was in my bodybuilding days. Strict eating habits and working out religiously is the key.
 
if you look up a calorie maintenance calculator, you can see how many calories you need to maintain your weight. mine is usually 2100, so i try to stay between 1500-1700. I underestimate my activity levels (it's usually 7-10 times/week since i work out twice a day sometimes) to sedentary or 3 times/week, which gives me a lower maintenance need. then i don't count any exercise that i do as calories burned, that way everything is a bonus that i burn above my deficit between maintenance and intake. so i might eat 1700, which is only a deficit of 400, but if i run/walk at my lunch time for 45 minutes plus do a nighttime run or gym workout or exercise class, i might actually be burning an additional 400 calories on exercise. so it's actually an 800 calorie deficit. i don't count the exercise because i don't want to invest in an expensive body monitor, and i also don't rely on what the machines tell me. plus, i know that if i think throughout the day, it's okay to eat 2,000 calories because i'll go to the gym later, then maybe something happens later in the day that keeps me from getting to the gym, i would have wasted that whole day and not had a deficit at all. you usually can control the times that you work out and make yourself available to exercise, but not always. but you can ALWAYS control what passes you lips! that way you never waste a day to over eating.

my two cents :)
 
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