4 Ways To Avoid Night Snacking

Snacking at night is a common issue I see with a lot of busy Dads that are carrying excess weight.

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So today I want to show you four simple ways to stop night time snacking.?

1.? ? Identify Real Hunger

After you've had Dinner, you may still feel like eating something because you may feel a sense of hunger. It’s important to identify whether it is real hunger or not.

Our sense of hunger can come from things such as boredom, stress and thirst. Making sure you’re having adequate water and not dehydrated, will eliminate the confusion between hunger and thirst. Not reverting to food I times of stress and boredom is something that needs to be managed also. But the biggest factor is to identify that real hunger comes from your stomach hunger and understand that you should only eat when this is the case.

2.? ? Stop Skipping Meals

Do you skip Breakfast or even Lunch?

When you don’t feed your body in the first part of the day, your body wants to compensate for the lack of calories later in the day. So even after Dinner, or even before, we want to compensate for this deficit and end up desiring to snack. Unfortunately for some reason, the foods we feel like snacking on around night time are high in fat, salt, calories and sugar, with little nutritional value! So if you skip meals, get into a habit of having Breakfast and Lunch consistently. When the Dads on my program start having Breakfast regularly, it becomes a game changer for them.

3.? ? Healthier Options.

Some snacking at night is actually okay. It depends on the quantity as well as your choice of food for the snack. I mentioned the typical snack choices around night time are high in fat, salt, calories and sugar, with little nutritional value, so we need to start having healthier choices. Choices such as sunflower seeds, nuts, wheat crackers, vegetable sticks, low fat popcorn, fruit and low fat yoghurt.

4.? ? Brush Your Teeth.

Straight after Dinner, brush your teeth. Brushing your teeth will give your body a cue that you are done eating for the day, both physically and mentally. Having a mint flavour in your mouth after brushing will change the taste of food if you decide to eat afterwards, which can act as a deterrent to eating anymore. Another way it acts as a deterrent is that if you end up eating after brushing your teeth, you would need to brush again afterwards, which requires effort and you may not be bothered doing so.?

Andrew Jax

Weight Loss Coach

DitchTheDadFat.com

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????Congrats to Larry who just lost 11.7kg and 10cm in 6 weeks.

Larry is a busy GM from NZ who was needing help with his diet and health habits.

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After booking a breakthrough call with me, we were immediately able to identify what needed improving to reach his health and weight goals.

We activated my Habit Sustainability Formula?? into his daily routine where we were able to optimise his:

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?? Snacking

?? Drinking

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? No exercise, counting calories or giving up alcohol was required.

? He was still able to enjoy meals with his Family as well as the socialising on the weekends.

? He also received the guidance, support and accountability needed to stick to the formula and succeed.

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