OnAMission2Me's Journal, 07 January 2017

After dinner snacks is one of our greatest temptations. I believe it is a way to great diet success, if you can fast during that time. 

drinking tea or coffee will help (if caffeine doesn't affect you). Brushing teeth also helps, and then doing something that is relaxing that I enjoy to help keep my mind off of it. For me, it's reading. 

After dinner is hard..... I agree with Warrenwinter - fast after dinner if at all possible.  

I often will have a cup of hot non-fat frothy milk with vanilla and a little sweetener. It's feels like a treat and isn't fattening, plus some think that milk helps with sleep.  

Probably not going to like this answer, but do a fast--longer the better. My first fast was 100h, and since I've had no problems controlling appetite or portions. 

drink plenty of water each day  

In intermittent fasting we're encouraged to not eat dinner after 7-8pm. That's when the fast begins. You sleep through the night and don't eat until 12noon. That means you've already fasted for 16 hours. Then between 12 and 8 have a lunch and a dinner, preferably no snacks. That's your 8 hour feeding window. Do that everyday and you're doing a 16-8 intermittent fast. I just did a 24hr fast, 7pm Sunday to 7pm Monday. Then had a generous dinner, a couple drinks, and a piece of unsweetened chocolate for dessert. Tomorrow I'm only going to fast until 12 noon, but I plan to not eat after 8pm, giving myself an 8 hour window. This is fairly new to me, I've only been doing it earnestly for a couple weeks. We'll see. 

Yes having a curfew on eating is a good thing. I try not to eat any later than 7 pm at the latest. Putting yourself on a strict eating schedule is also good. If i get a craving after 7 i have some water, and more water, go jump on my treadmill for a few minutes. Eating ice also helps me. But getting into a routine of eating regular for me has helped me not to want dessert. I was also a grazer after dinner, i would usually skip lunch then eat dinner and snack until i went to bed. The fasting also helps as well. Keep moving forward and don't give up and hold yourself accountable.  

DLynne, your fasting window can be anytime, just as long as you string together a non-eating period.... 

Me too, no eating after 7pm - it's good to set a curfew. 

i try to .. otherwise I wake up feeling really gross in the morning but im a real early riser.. I say of you do eat late, then dont eat early, meaning adjust your "feeding " window. I try and have my meals between 930am-7-8pm. It just works my schedule. If you a night owl, then eat when it works for you..  

water is good, but if you really need something sweet, try a little green tea with some honey or sugar, that is my cheat when I want to snack at night. Yes, it has some calories that way , but its a lot less than cookies or cake as long as you don't dump in the whole jar. I sometimes have a small glass of koolaid to. Curfews are good, but if you get to the point you feel deprived, or really hungry, your going to lose motivation. I learned that the hard way a few times. 

I just joined this site to track macros. People seem super supportive which is pretty cool nice community. Just to throw this out there, we all have to find our niche what works best for us as individuals. Seeing everyone bodies react different, by no means am I disagreeing with one you are all right, great suggestions. The main Idea is to have a basic meal plan that suits our personal goals. Like most people have brought up I to do intermittent fasting, but like Rckc said the fasting time doesn't matter. I personally fast in the morning and not so much the night but I don't find myself really hunger after dinner. I follow a basic outline to suit myself 4-6 hrs fasting, snack, small meal , big meal. To be honest since I have been tracking I didn't realize how little I was actually eating for my RDI I wan't even hitting 50% on 2500. Today was the first day I went over 50% since I have been eating like this for awhile and I don't want to throw my body in survival mode. One big thing I feel is key...listen to your body, No this does not mean when the hunger pains hit we stop at Mickey D's and get that favorite because we are hunger as HELL! Even though sometimes we all want to ~_^ and than again sometimes maybe you should but never without great gains before hand in my opinion and most definitely NOT if you are not disciplined enough. Lets be honest though McD's isn't worth a cheat day in my book but we all have our own carvings. Anyways to get back on track of the topic you can try working out or any thing that distract you is the big and water like everyone pretty much has already said I would say change up your plan keep the foundation if you're making progress and enjoy it but make dinner more filling if you are going to fast at night. Lots of things really play factors in a statement like this to me though. So much that if I go much further on it I think I will really feel like I'm writing a chapter in a book and my grammar blows. So I will just close with this if you have a plan that is eat A,B,C lala (breakfast) 1 hard boiled 1 piece of toast use that structure to fit you but put the (Healthy) food you enjoy that fills you where you need it,No I don't mean switch (lunch) 4oz chicken breast 3 cups spring-mix with "Philly Cheese Lean Pocket" LOL I like to keep things fun. Sorry all in advance for the spam all, I hope you guys can take something from it and it isn't me just talking yeeaah. So something I would eat in a day by the way the red onion and green pepper were split in half in breakfast and lunch just easier entry SUN 22JAN 2017 1303 kcalRDI 52% 0 kcalNet - 205.0 lb(25 lb to go) My Food Diary Sunday 22 January 2017 Fat Carbs Prot Cals 42.01 129.43 103.39 1303 Breakfast 10.78 22.30 23.92 276 Egg 1 large 4.97 0.38 6.29 74 Egg 1 large 4.97 0.38 6.29 74 Hillshire Farm Deli Select Oven Roasted Turkey Breast 2 oz, 56 g 0.50 3.00 9.00 50 Red Onions 1 cup sliced 0.09 11.63 1.06 48 Green Peppers 1 cup chopped 0.25 6.91 1.28 30 Add Item Lunch 15.52 13.86 44.51 375 Great Value Canned Tuna in Water 4 x 1/4 cup, 8 oz 4.00 40.00 200 Banana Pepper 1 small (4" long) 0.15 1.77 0.55 9 Best Foods Real Mayonnaise 1 tbsp, 14 g 11.00 100 Green Peas (Solids and Liquids, Canned) 1/2 cup 0.37 12.09 3.96 66 Add Item Dinner 8.56 62.36 31.89 453 Rice Noodles (Cooked) 1 cup 0.35 43.82 1.60 192 Wal-Mart Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast 4 oz, 112 g 2.50 23.00 110 Stir Fried Vegetables 1 oz 1.21 1.54 1.29 21 Iron Chef General Tso's Sauce & Glaze 2 tbsp, 32 ml 16.00 60 Scrambled Eggs 1 egg, 50 g 4.50 1.00 6.00 70 Add Item Snacks / Other 7.15 30.91 3.07 199 Peaches (Solids and Liquids, Water Pack, Canned) 1 cup halved or sliced 0.15 14.91 1.07 59 Garden of Eatin' Pumpkin Corn Tortilla Chips 8 chips, 28 g 7.00 16.00 2.00 140 Add Item  

Do you ever get ravenous from that? I always find it best to wipe the slate clean at the end of the day, good or bad. Surely maybe work out or something to burn some calories, take a shower and call it a wrap. Key point to add to all this would probably be that it matters a lot where are at in your process. Starting should be very strict count your macros for several weeks this really helps you get a strong idea of what you can and can't get away with along with what your go-tos really are. After you get the routine and knowledge you need for yourself.Than you can slowly loosen the rings just so it's doesn't feel like OMG MY MACROS!!! Just normal healthy living =D 

I try to eat by 6 but, life happens and I just start fast from whenever I last eat. 

I tend to eat 6-12 almonds and drink some water approximately 30 minutes before I go to bed. The added protein keeps me full. I hope this is helpful.