I open the pantry every night before bed looking for something, and even if I’m not hungry, my hand just reaches for biscuits or chocolate. My effort lasts maybe until the evening, so dieting isn’t working for me either. How do you think I can break this habit? Or do you have something similar?
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7I’m just like you; even if I’m full, I always have to rummage through the fridge at night. But I also have an issue related to blood sugar. I went to the doctor, and they said I have a loose beginning of hypoglycemia. I think you should get tested too?
What kind of logic is this? You’ve said that eating at night doesn’t directly cause weight gain, but of course it will if you’re eating cookies or chocolate. So you’re just consuming empty calories, what does your body do to burn that?
Eating at night alone does not cause weight gain, that’s true, but particularly sugary and fast carbohydrate foods trigger insulin resistance. This, in turn, makes metabolism harder in the future. It would be sensible to replace these kinds of foods and get a resistance test.
I should add that I generally don’t feel hungry at night. I’m not sure if it’s more out of boredom, but I can’t relax unless I open the fridge. I even thought it might be something psychological 
So do you have crises like this at other times too? Or just at night? For example, does it challenge you to have a snack during the day and not eat anything?
At one point, I was living in the dorm with a friend, and he was like that too. He would get up at night and eat Nutella with a spoon in one hand, and in the morning he would say, ‘I need to do something.’ I think it’s that simple: just don’t bring Nutella, chocolate, or anything like that into the house. What he is, is what he is.
I think your body might constantly want to eat because it burns energy at night. They say that the calories we burn while sleeping can be quite high. That’s why you might have trouble resisting food.