night eating

Jimmykick

Lift, eat, sleep and grow
I'm in bondage to late night eating
here it is 9:00 pm and I am starving. I want to grab a handful of fruit but of course I will not. I know carbs in general after dinner are not a good practice so I was wondering what you guys eat this late besides a protein shake?
 
Eat a can of tuna. It might not be appetizing to you right now, but it is food and it is good for you.

There are fairly low-carb fruits like strawberries, although they are now going out of season. I know that DougoeFre5h doesn't eat carbs in the evening, but others do. If your plan is to avoid carbs then fine.

Not sure if you are more hungry (eat tuna) or more trying to get a sweet fix (sugar free jello might be an option?) or what.
 
yogurt

The last two things I eat is regular yogurt with fruit on the bottom, then protein shake. Sometimes a little juice. If your hungry at night there is nothing wrong with leveling off your blood sugar with a little quality carbs. If you don't then you can go into a glycemic state that will cause a catabolic reaction=muscle loss.
I love yogurt. I eat it three times a day.
 
I started to hit some LOW gi carbs later in the evening, but usually no less than 2 hours before bed.

I buy slabs of cheddar cheese and snack on that when the carb cravings hit. I dont know why but it seems to take some of the edge off. Natural pb on some celery works too. My usual bedtime meal is 1/2lb leanish ground beef and maybe some veggies.
 
DougoeFre5h said:
I started to hit some LOW gi carbs later in the evening, but usually no less than 2 hours before bed.

I buy slabs of cheddar cheese and snack on that when the carb cravings hit. I dont know why but it seems to take some of the edge off. Natural pb on some celery works too. My usual bedtime meal is 1/2lb leanish ground beef and maybe some veggies.

how late will you eat the beef and veggies?
 
DougoeFre5h said:
I started to hit some LOW gi carbs later in the evening, but usually no less than 2 hours before bed.

I buy slabs of cheddar cheese and snack on that when the carb cravings hit. I dont know why but it seems to take some of the edge off. Natural pb on some celery works too. My usual bedtime meal is 1/2lb leanish ground beef and maybe some veggies.
er...I've been eating a lot of natural PB, so don't get me wrong, but you go realize it is still full of sugar, right?
 
Thanks for the responses

I meant I avoid high GI carbs. Is a bowl of oatmeal okay? How about cashews? While high in fat are they ok to have a few handfulls a night?
 
It seems that I need to eat right before bed or my body is starving through the night...I'm okay with some carbs for my "bedtime" meal. Sometimes I''ll dump a package of instant oatmeal in to a protein shake. I get tired of eating the same things all the time so I'm always trying different things. I tend to eat the same things for a few weeks until I totally burn out on them.

Some other late night meals I eat are pb and celery, lean beef (usually cold and left over from a previous dinner), plain yogurt w/ a small portion of fruit, sharp cheddar cheese w/ Tobasco Sauce and Lemon Pepper on it (one of my favorites), heated tortilla w/ natural pb, handful of beef jerky, cottage cheese w/ small portion of fruit, pork rinds (yeah I know what you are thinking but read the label, they are actually high in protein, low carbs, and a relatively clean thing to eat), package of lunchmeat, hardboiled eggs lightly salted or with tobasco sauce, blenderized nonfat milk w/ natural pb,...etc...

A good way for me to "spice up" the ordinarily somewhat bland diet is to use sauces like Tobassco, Topatio, etc... a few drops can liven up some pretty tastless food items.
 
As soon as im finish my comp im going to test out the following

rices cakes with pb, cottage cheese and tuna on

my mouth is watering at the thought of it lol
 
anything in my book is on the menu.right before i lay down i will eat.if i'm trying to eat clean it's a big ole protien shake and a turkey on whole wheat with mustard and spinach,but if i'm not losing bf then i will eat everything in the place!!
 
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