Serious Weight Loss Help - Win the Battle of Out of Control Binging Habits

Do you need to find a fast approach to your weight loss issue? By now you realize easy weight loss solutions don't really work. Yo-yo dieting isn't fun, so possibly now your weight issue is something you are ready to take serious. The easy tips in this article will help you to start living a healthier life in no time.

For most of us who are battling with the constant cravings that hit us at night know, that it is not easy to resist late night temptations. However this bad habit has got to go if you are going to get healthy and succeed on your diet. When you give in and start eating during a part of the day when you're not really doing anything to burn off those calories, you will gain weight. It isn't necessarily the time of day you eat that will end up as unhealthy weight gain, but the type of foods you start to eat late at night combined with not using any energy afterwards. You know what your favorite junk foods are to eat late at night; cookies, ice creams, chips, and whatever else you think you must have. Eating late at night will not allow 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 but don't forget to have two or three low fat snacks between meals. A common mistake dieters make is to eat too few calories during the day and then start binging late at night. Never skip breakfast and try to consume most of your calories before 7pm.

2. When you get the urge to eat late at night, instead make it a point to drink 1 to 2 cups of water or your favorite herbal tea. You will more than likely still have cravings after this but remind yourself that you feel hungry late at night due to your lifestyle of eating late or it is because your mind thinks it needs to eat again. Breaking this lifestyle is like learning to quit smoking and takes willpower and support. Put a reminder on your pantry, refrigerator or wherever else needed; include your weight loss goals and how many pounds you want to take off and in large letters write something like: No more BINGING allowed - stay on target and watch the fat fall off!

3. Quit buying your favorite junk food items and avoid late night binging by hiding all high calorie foods. Instead of eating junk food, suck on a piece of sugar-free hard candy or go for some light popcorn.

4. Drop the late night TV habit quickly! If your favorite TV serious is showing late at night, try recording it so you can watch it earlier in the evening. It is easier to start grabbing food at night when you are sitting down watching the television. Keep life fun by working on a favorite hobby and not just sitting around doing nothing but watching TV. Watching food advertisements on TV can unknowingly trigger the impulse to eat and being bored can be one of the biggest dangers to late night eating.

5. Record your Weight Loss Progress! Have a written copy of your diet plan nearby, which will keep your goal of losing weight firmly fixed in your mind. This will allow you to see your progress, as you begin to see your late night eating habit begin to improve and the pounds to start coming off.

6. Enjoy Life and Get Moving! Mix up your daily routine and get active! You've already decided to get rid of unwanted fat and start focusing on better health; now it's up to you to be proactive about your late night eating habits. Do you realize that on average it takes 6 weeks to break a habit and exchange it for 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. Between Meal Snacks. If you don't over indulge yourself here, you can feel guilt free by choosing low calorie, high protein diet snacks. Yes; 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. Select 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 the label reads that it is low fat or is low in carbohydrates doesn't mean you can eat three times as much. It's okay to enjoy it but don't over indulge yourself

8. Let Your Enthusiasm Grow! Become completely dedicated to getting healthy and losing weight; you can do this and your worth it too! Since you know what your weak areas are, look for ways to overcome any temptations. When you feel tempted to eat unhealthy late at night, it's an artificial feeling that will go away when you go to bed. The next morning you can wake up and enjoy a healthy breakfast that will help you start a brand new day and you will be one day closer to a happier, healthier you!

Late night eating is a common problem for many of dieters. Final thought: If you are on a diet, you need to IMMEDIATELY put a stop to all late night munchies. Many people maintain good diets during the day only to blow it late at night; but you can tell your own story of success.