BEE #158: How To Break The Nighttime Eating Habit

The Breakthrough Emotional Eating Podcast

The Breakthrough Emotional Eating Podcast
BEE #158: How To Break The Nighttime Eating Habit
Dec 21, 2025
Kristin Jones

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Do you feel totally in control with food all day… only to lose it at night?

The house gets quiet. Your guard drops. The cravings hit.
 And suddenly you’re back in the pantry—again—wondering why this keeps happening.

In this episode, Kristin Jones breaks down why nighttime is the hardest window for emotional eaters—and why it has nothing to do with willpower, discipline, or “being good enough.”

You’ll learn what’s actually going on in your brain after dinner, including:

  • Why decision fatigue and emotional backlog explode at night
  • How daytime restriction fuels nighttime urges
  • Why rules like “don’t eat after 7” backfire (and make cravings louder)

Then Kristin walks you through a simple, brain-based 5-step system that helps calm nighttime cravings fast—without shame, dieting, or white-knuckling:

  • How to build a truly satisfying dinner that prevents rebound snacking
  • Why planning a snack can reduce overeating
  • A 2-minute emotional pause that stops the urge before it takes over
  • The “permission protocol” that rebuilds trust with food
  • A tracking method that reinforces progress instead of guilt

You’ll hear real-life examples, exact phrases to use in the moment, and reassurance you may have needed for years:
 Nothing is wrong with you. Your brain learned this pattern—and patterns can be changed.

Bonus: Kristin is sharing a FREE 3-Day Nighttime Snacking Reset, complete with a printable tracker, so you can put this into practice immediately and start having calmer nights—starting tonight.

If evenings are your toughest time with food, this episode (and the reset) will help you:

  • Reduce nighttime cravings
  • Stop the binge-and-reset cycle
  • Wake up without shame or “starting over” energy

👉 Download the FREE 3-Day Nighttime Snacking Reset HERE.
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If you want to learn how to stop nighttime eating, get my 3 Day Nighttime Snacking Reset: https://go.kristinjonescoaching.com/nighttime-snacking-reset

Needing more specific and direct support for your emotional eating and overeating? Check out my online course, Stop Dieting Start Feeling, and my personalized coaching program, Breakthrough To You.

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