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It sounds like a joke, doesn’t it? I mean they could call it Zaz eating syndrome. I have known for a long time that night eating is my main issue a lot of the time. It’s why I get so discouraged about my diet. I do fine during the day, healthy meals, reasonable quantities (most of the time) then late nights I’m grazing away. Part of it is not sleeping. If I were asleep, I couldn’t be eating in the middle of the night.
But still, naming it a “syndrome”? I’m usually pretty defensive about psychology and understanding that people have real problems, change isn’t easy, etc. But this one seems like it’s stretching it. “I couldn’t help myself, I have night-eating syndrome.”
Of course, the point is recognizing the problem and doing something about it.
“Night eating syndrome is often associated with emotional upset such as anger, sadness, or worry,” [Ciechanowski] says. “During the day we get caught up in our lives. We work, get the kids to school, or run a home. But at night, when it’s quiet, there’s less distraction from our feelings, and one way to regulate those feelings is through eating.”
It’s interesting and I think I’ll talk about it with the endo.
Anyone else got the syndrome?
Well, Duh! I’ve known I had this problem for years, I just didn’t know it was a “syndrome.”
It’s the reason I gain weight when I am married and lose it again when I am single. I blame it on staying home, watching tv instead of going out dancing in the evening. Have you ever noticed how many food commercials there are during prime time? It’s a subliminal message telling us to eat, eat, eat. I do great on my diet most days until after supper. Once I have supper I want to keep eating until I go to bed. Thank goodness I don’t wake up in the middle of the night for snacks. And I have noticed lately that my morning readings are higher on nights that I eat more. Some nights I don’t eat supper until 8:00 or 9:00 and that’s not a very good thing, either. I do try to confine my late-night eating to protein to keep the blood sugars reasonable.
By: adamswife on September 5, 2007
at 8:44 am
“Anyone else got the syndrome?”
Who doesn’t ?………………. LOL
One thing I try to remember. -
If I get rid of a bad habit – I have to replace it
with something better,or I will turn into a
piece of Swiss cheese.- Full of holes. -
I replaced eating after 8 p.m. with sewing or playing/tinkering with my sewing machines.
Meds I was put on after my car accident caused
me to gain a lot of weight,(another ugly long story I try to forget).Often I stay up into the early morning hours,if I “need” to eat I only eat protein and nibble on radishes,tomatoes,mushroom or a cucumber sliced length wise.
“Night eating syndrome is often associated with emotional upset such as anger,sadness,or worry.”
I agree with that too.
By: schnuckiputz on September 5, 2007
at 11:40 am
Having been made aware of this ’syndrome’ I decided to really watch myself and try to overcome this tendency to eat everything in sight after 7:00 in the evening. So-yesterday I ate as much or more than I usually do. :rofl: Apparently I didn’t confine myself to eating protein. My BG was 157 this morning. I NEVER go that high.
By: adamswife on September 6, 2007
at 9:54 am
I tried very hard to not eat when I wasn’t hungry last night, too. I think I ate pretty much as much as normal – but my bg was 112 this morning. It hasn’t been that low in months!
By: Zazzy on September 6, 2007
at 10:34 am
I seem to switch between two modes myself, either I eat way too little/seldom or I keep nibbling things all the time I am awake, but I tend to not want food when sad or angry instead I just sleep, not that it is better for you to do what I do though.
By: TheDarkWraith on September 6, 2007
at 10:34 pm
At this point sleeping would probably be a lot better for me than eating. I’m not getting enough sleep most of the time, and I am getting too much food. Sounds like it might take care of two problems.
By: adamswife on September 7, 2007
at 12:41 am
“I tried very hard to not eat when I wasn’t hungry last night, too. I think I ate pretty much as much as normal – but my bg was 112 this morning. It hasn’t been that low in months!”
Wonderful,Zazzy !!!!!!!!!!! Celebrate and treat yourself to
a bunch of pretty flowers.
“but I tend to not want food when sad or angry instead I just sleep”
TDW,when I’m emotionally upset I tend to go either way……
I gain weight – or lose a few pounds,can’t quite figure it out myself.
It must have something to do with the chemicals my brain
releases,I think.
By: schnuckiputz on September 7, 2007
at 10:40 am