Don't Get Busted! On a Diet, Need Help Stop to Late Night Binging

Has anyone ever really discovered an effortless technique to your weight loss issue? By now you realize promises of easy weight loss solutions don't really work. Perhaps now after years of dieting, your weight issue is something you are ready to take serious. The established techniques in this article will help you to begin living a healthier life starting today.

For nearly all of us dieters that battle with the urge to eat late at night know, it is not easy to resist late night temptations. It should be expected that this bad habit has got to go if you are going to burn-off unwanted fat on your diet. When you consume too many calories during a part of the day when you're not using very much physical energy, you will gain weight. For the most part, it is not always the time of day you eat that leads to weight gain, but the type of foods you over indulge yourself in late at night combined with being inactive. You know what your favorite junk foods are to eat during your favorite late night TV show; cookies, ice creams, chips, and whatever else you may be craving at the time. Eating late at night does not give your heart the rest it needs because it has to work overtime to help digest all the food you just ate.

The following 8 tips will help you be more successful in your diet, and will help you put an end to bad late night eating habits.

1. You should be eating three low calorie meals during the day and allow yourself several (2-3) low calorie snacks between meals. Many people who want to lose weight will eat too few calories during the day and then start binging late at night. Never skip breakfast and try eating the majority of of your calories before 7pm.

2. When you start heading for the kitchen to eat late at night, instead try drinking 1 to 2 cups of water or your favorite herbal tea. You will very likely still be hungry after this but remind yourself that you feel hungry late at night due to your custom of eating late or it is because your mind thinks it needs to eat again. Breaking this custom is like learning to quit smoking and takes strength and support. Write yourself a note on your pantry, refrigerator or wherever else needed; include your dieting goals and in large letters write something like: Don't Eat What You Don't Want to Wear!

3. Don't purchase your favorite junk food items and avoid late night binging by not buying any high calorie foods. Instead of eating junk food, grab a piece of sugar-free hard candy or go for a scoop of sugar-free ice cream.

4. Put an end to late night TV! If your favorite TV serious comes on at a time when you are more tempted to eat at night, try recording it so you can watch it earlier in the evening. It is easier to start binging at night when you are sitting down watching the television. Keep physically active by working on a favorite hobby and giving in to your old habits of inactivity. Mouth watering food advertisements can unknowingly trigger the impulse to eat and being bored can be one of the biggest dangers to late night eating.

5. Journal it! Have a written copy of your diet plan were you can access it easily, which will keep your goal of losing weight always on your mind. This will allow you to see your progress, as you begin to see your late night eating routine begin to improve and your weight loss goals getting closer and closer.

6. Enjoy Life and Get Moving! Mix up your daily routine and fight boredom! You've already decided to lose weight and improve your overall health; now it's it falls on you to be proactive about your late night eating habits. Did you know that on average it takes 6 weeks to break a habit and start a new one? Put some action behind beginning a new healthy lifestyle and stick to it until it becomes a new lifestyle for you. Once you see and feel the difference it makes in your health and fitness, you will be so excited and well pleased, it will be like an extra burst of energy that will help you reach your weight loss goals even faster!

7. Low Calories Snacks. Grab a healthy liquid snack like low fat yogurt or soy milk smoothies with fresh fruit mixed in, it will help to keep you energized and feeling full for hours. I was relieved to find out that; occasional snacks that are low in fat are okay. I enjoy treating myself to 1-2 scoops of sugar free butter pecan ice-cream on Sundays. Pick a favorite snack and see if you can find a low calorie or sugar free version of it. Just remember though that even if the snacks are low fat, they may be loaded full of salt! Just because it is advertised as low fat or is lower in carbohydrates doesn't mean you can eat three times as much. It's okay to enjoy it but don't let it get out of hand.

8. Be Positive! Become energetic and totally committed to losing weight; you can reach your goal! Since you know what your weak areas are, don't give into your old overindulgence. When you feel tempted to binge late at night, you don't have to give into what your mind is telling you to do. The next morning you can wake up and enjoy a healthy breakfast knowing that you won a battle the night before and you will be one day closer to a happier, healthier you!

Binging at night is a constant struggle for the majority of dieters. Final thought: If you are on a diet, you HAVE TO put a stop to the mid-night munchies. Many dieters will stay on target during the day only to blow it late at night; but if you apply the information in this article, you will not be one of them.