Cant stop eating in the middle of the night.

[Lisa33 10]

HELP - My problem is that I cant stop eating in the middle of the night.

 

I eat healthy in the day and walk wherever I can, but when I go to bed at night I wake up everynight and end up scoffing whatever I can. I even dip my finger in the brown sugar for something sweet to have.

 

Im clapping on the weight and extermely depressed about how I feel about myself, I have not got much confidence at the moment and always wear the same clothes to hide myself in.

 

I keep getting up each day and promising myself that I will not pig out on that night when I go to bed.

 

It obviously dosent work. We dont buy choccie in or biscutis in as I eat them all in the middle of the night.

 

I know that this is a habit which I can break as i have done it before, but it was very hard, but when I got over the first 3 days it got easier.

 

I find it really hard to find the will power to do this, but I know that if I dont do something about it pretty soon Im gonna feel much much worse about myself and end up feeling more depressed than I already do.

 

I know that I have to do the hardwork myself and no matter how many times I promise myself that I can do it, it never seems to transpire. Please help any advice would be appreciated.

 

Lisa xx

[barleycorn 10]

You could try handcuffing yourself to the bed...

 

jb

[NorthernStar 11]

I saw this condition on TV, well worth watching; if I remember correctly it's caused by eating a sugary diet meaning the body constantly craves short energy bursts.

 

I found it on the net - here!

 

.......and here (26 mins in), it's called night eating syndrome.

Edited September 4, 2012 by NorthernStar

[Scare 10]

Do you take food to bed with you too or is it just waking up in night then getting up to go into kitchen for food?...How long as it been going on for?. The only way you will stop doing this is to fight the urge to get up and eat, first few nights may be difficult but eventually you will break the cycle and maybe sleep through. You already mentioned you actually broke it for a couple of days and you said yourself it felt easier but then you went back into the old routine. I would try this route again otherwise your gonna end up piling on alot of weight, it sounds like boredom more than depression.. I used to do something similar to this but I would eat junk at nighttime while I was still up, I put on 2 stone quite quickly and I stopped doing it immediately and after a few months I just noticed my belly had gone flat again....

[PeteMorris 10]

I know it sounds a bit radical, but couldn't you go to the docs, and get 3 or 4 sleeping tablets. Just to get you through those first few nights, which you say are the worst? If you're sound asleep you can't be munching! Makes sense to me!

[RainbowAngel 10]

ohh my goodness, i thought it was just me

 

my fella and kids make a joke out of it and call me the midnight muncher. i wake up go to the loo then just cant help going down and rummaging about. sometimes i actually cant even remember going down until hubby laughs sayin hes found my eveidence... piccalilli on a knife in the sink.. the block of cheese not even put back in the fridge but in the knife draw, biscuit crumbs or salt alover.

 

i havent done it for a few weeks but sometimes it goes on for months then stops then starts back up.

 

im certainly not depressed or lonely or anything.it does worry me sometimes cos i try to stop my self, one night i had a 15 minute argument with myself on the top of the landing ...... but then my legs won and took me to the kitchen

[maz-cooper 10]

yes i saw it on tv too.It was sweet stuff the girl was craving and ice cream etc.It might be an idea to try the doc there might be a remedy we don't know about.

[regatta 10]

You could try handcuffing yourself to the bed...

 

jb

 

kinky.

[Lisa33 10]

I dont have a lot of sugar in the day and try to keep it to a minimum if I can. I get up about 2am or 3am and whatever I can get my hands on to eat I will eat it, dont matter what it is.

 

I have heard of lots of people with this problem. People laugh when I tell them about it and yes its true it is funny in some respect, but it gets me down and when it actually comes to resisitng the food, its like someone waving food in front of my face.

 

I have had this problem for about 8 years now, but before it wasnt bad at all it was just now and then. Its now every night sometimes 2 and 3 times a night.

 

I have a idea that rather than going "cold turkey" to just cut up some fruit like a nectarine and put it in the fridge and when I get up to eat just eat that and just allow myself that.

 

Im gonna give it a go and i know I can do it, its just really hard and I dont like hard work lol.

 

I will do this tonight and give you all a update.

[Isabelle 10]

Try drinking a glass of water instead when you get up feeling hungry, it might fill you up, although you might wake up needing a wee and then go to the kitchen again

[regatta 10]

Sup a dozen pints of Lager before you go to bed, you certainly won't get up in the middle of the night, infact you won't get up for breakfast or dinner, look at the weight you'll lose.

[molly-61 10]

sounds to me like your blood sugar level drops during the night/early morning..you have to have diabetes to have blood sugar related ailments...i have the night time blood sugar drop occasionally but have a good hi fibre / carb supper. it works for me .

 

 

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