PM Munchies

Wedding Planner · January 29, 2011

I need advice and suggestions Please <_< I can go all day without real hunger or thinking about food but..........between 8pm and 11pm I feel like I want to snack, munch, and graze. I've tried to keep my hands busy but that only works for so long. I try to eat Protein, string cheese, yogurt, SF pudding but I crave salt and sweet :blink: .

Is anyone else going through the night time munchies??

Tiffykins · January 29, 2011

Yep, it's the one "bad" habit that I've noticed has been sneaking back in lately. I'm 20 months out, and just recently started wanting to munch at night. I stick with beef Jerky, or Pork rinds since both have little to zero carbs, and it satisfies my salty/crunchy thing. Most of the time I can ward off the "want", other days I cave and raid the pantry. Problem for me is that the "making the best choice" is a lot harder now than it was a year ago. But, it's something that I know I'll deal with for the rest of my life, and being diligent really does help me stay out the kitchen.

janinemaire · January 29, 2011

Tiff, I have to say what you said kind of worries me about "making the best choice is a lot harder now". I'm barely three months out and I'm already struggling. I would hope that in the future it gets better not worse. By continuing to make right choices wouldn't our bodies adjust to a knew eating style? I do love the sleeve but I would hate to lose the weight just to gain it back in a few years. Sorry I guess I need someone to tell that won't happen. Janine

Yep, it's the one "bad" habit that I've noticed has been sneaking back in lately. I'm 20 months out, and just recently started wanting to munch at night. I stick with beef Jerky, or Pork rinds since both have little to zero carbs, and it satisfies my salty/crunchy thing. Most of the time I can ward off the "want", other days I cave and raid the pantry. Problem for me is that the "making the best choice" is a lot harder now than it was a year ago. But, it's something that I know I'll deal with for the rest of my life, and being diligent really does help me stay out the kitchen.

SFOTraveler · January 29, 2011

I am barely a month out and have been having this feeling as well. I definitely don't feel like I have lost all hunger and have to "force" myself to eat. There are times during the day that I get extremely hungry. And then in the evening, around 8-10 as you have described, I definitely want to nibble. Bad bad bad habit

TijuanaPlication · January 29, 2011

Bummer - I thought most sleevers were OK with this. I feel the same!

I am barely a month out and have been having this feeling as well. I definitely don't feel like I have lost all hunger and have to "force" myself to eat. There are times during the day that I get extremely hungry. And then in the evening, around 8-10 as you have described, I definitely want to nibble. Bad bad bad habit

Tiffykins · January 29, 2011

Tiff, I have to say what you said kind of worries me about "making the best choice is a lot harder now". I'm barely three months out and I'm already struggling. I would hope that in the future it gets better not worse. By continuing to make right choices wouldn't our bodies adjust to a knew eating style? I do love the sleeve but I would hate to lose the weight just to gain it back in a few years. Sorry I guess I need someone to tell that won't happen. Janine

I wish I could tell you that it gets better. BUT, my experience has not been that it's "easier" to make the best decision. I can eat 2-3 times the amount I could at 2-3 months out. I still love food, and it tastes good. I have figured out ways to cheat with the sleeve. So, nope, it has not gotten easier. Does my body run better on Protein, yes. Does my body want to sleep off carbs, yes. Do I always want to eat Protein, NO, and my body tells me I've overdone it.

Grant it, I have changed my relationship with food. I am never physically hungry. I can not eat shitpots of food. I can not binge on junk or I feel icky.

BUT, it's not any easier than it was pre-op to say "no" to that 3rd Peanut Butter cookie. The sleeve gives great restriction, the sleeve has removed all of my physical hunger, the changes and new habits I made during my losing stage have given me a great advantage, BUT, the decision-making, the making the best choice still falls on me, mentally.

Surgery only keeps me on the straight and narrow for the majority of the time. Reviewing my pre-op pictures, and seeing 129.5lbs on the scale scares the absolute hejeebies out of me so I rely on fear of getting fat again, and really focusing on my health to keep me from overindulging.

janinemaire · January 30, 2011

Thank you, I guess we all have to find our own way and what works for us and what doesn't. I just hope for me and everyone else on this board we can make the right chose most of the time.

I wish I could tell you that it gets better. BUT, my experience has not been that it's "easier" to make the best decision. I can eat 2-3 times the amount I could at 2-3 months out. I still love food, and it tastes good. I have figured out ways to cheat with the sleeve. So, nope, it has not gotten easier. Does my body run better on Protein, yes. Does my body want to sleep off carbs, yes. Do I always want to eat Protein, NO, and my body tells me I've overdone it.

Grant it, I have changed my relationship with food. I am never physically hungry. I can not eat shitpots of food. I can not binge on junk or I feel icky.

BUT, it's not any easier than it was pre-op to say "no" to that 3rd Peanut Butter cookie. The sleeve gives great restriction, the sleeve has removed all of my physical hunger, the changes and new habits I made during my losing stage have given me a great advantage, BUT, the decision-making, the making the best choice still falls on me, mentally.

Surgery only keeps me on the straight and narrow for the majority of the time. Reviewing my pre-op pictures, and seeing 129.5lbs on the scale scares the absolute hejeebies out of me so I rely on fear of getting fat again, and really focusing on my health to keep me from overindulging.