Late Night Eating

I have been struggling with very bad reflux for many years and it just seems to be getting worse,so I finally decided to do some serious research  on the net,and thats how I ended up here. Anyhow it is definitely is most noticeable first thing in the morning,and invariably is at its very worst when I decide to eat a large meal right before sleeping. Anyhow I have been through times when I tried giving up these late night meals but I always seem to go back to them.  Sometimes I would just decide to have a snack before going to bed,but once I start doing this,the snacks just seems to get larger,until I am eating full meals again. Anyhow I hope that some people can relate ,and maybe offer some suggestions as to whether it is a good idea to eat at all after a certain time or not. I find it SO hard to resist not eating when I am watching tv and all of these great looking food commercials come on late at night. I am certainly not overweight,in fact I am quite thin,so it is easy to rationalize eating whenever I am hungry even very late at night. However,I always seem to forget how lousy I usually feel the next day.   

ok thanks a lot Tammygrl for the advice and warm welcome. I think I will just try and go without eating after 8:00 since I am not sure I trust myself to keep my snacks small. Anyhow I am sure I never want to eat a full meal late again. I used to think maybe it was ok if I didnt eat the wrong things   ,but now I am much more aware of what happens in my stomach once I lie down after a large meal .thanks again,Steve 

Hi there Steve...I know it may be hard...but try to cut the beer as well if possible! Stopping your eating as early as possible is a great idea!! Keep me updated on how you are doing. Wishing you the best!

Thanks for the advice and support from both of you. I know I really have to get the beer drinking under control,thats for sure. I quit for nearly 6 weeks until about a week ago. The reason I went back to it was simply because I was feeling so lousy with my GERD symptoms. I let my coffee drinking get out of hand,plus as I said I was eating late at night,sometimes full meals. Therefore it was inevitable that I would start drinking again,just to help me feel better temporarily. As usual though it got out of hand,and at times it makes me feel much worse than I ever would have felt without it.    Anyhow all I can do is keep trying,and I am definitely seeing the link between what I put into myself,and my cravings for substances like alcohol. I am glad I found this forum,so I can at least talk about it,and it helps knowing that maybe others can relate,Steve  

Thanks for the thoughts Tammygrl. I am trying to quit drinking again.  I havent had a beer in

about 20 hours,and I definitely feel much better than yesterday. My reflux was so bad I was having a very hard time swallowing +breathing,so I didnt each much yesterday ,just a bowl of soup at dinnertime. Thankfully I was able to get a good sleep and woke up feeling well enough to function today. I must admit I stll feel some discomfort in my chest /upper abdomen,but I am hoping if I start treating myself better that this will get better as well. I definitely know that I have to watch what+when I put into my stomach,since it seems that every time I have started to drink again,its because I was having very noticeable GERD symptoms. At least I am now convinced that it wont just go away by starting to drink beer again. Eventually this will just make it much worse,thanks again for listening,Steve