Help! How do you deal with munchies at nighttime?!

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  • liftsalltheweights
    liftsalltheweights Posts: 73 Member
    vlogsbyariel wrote: »
    Cynsonya wrote: »
    I eat dinner super late. Tonight was 9pm. Still full. No snacks needed or wanted.

    You shouldn't eat dinner that late because your body doesn't digest as well at nighttime. Try to eat between 5 - 7pm so that your body has time to digest it's food before going to bed :smile:

    I can understand not going to bed right after eating because some times it's very uncomfortable but there's no reason a person should only eat between a certain time.
  • ScoobaChick
    ScoobaChick Posts: 186 Member
    I put the kids to bed (usually I have no snacking free time before they go to bed in any case), then I take a very hot bath which makes me sleepy then I crawl into bed with a book or the iPad and a cup of herbal tea.

    By the time everything cools down I don't want to leave my warm nest to go forage for food in the cold. This works well when hubby is away on his business trips when he is around and late night snacking it's way harder to control myself so sometimes I will just tell him that I am feeling weak-willed and then start my hot bath-herb tea- book in bed routine.
  • punkyb07
    punkyb07 Posts: 43 Member
    Protein fills me up. My evening meal is my most protein heavy one for this exact reason.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    edited March 2016
    punkyb07 wrote: »
    Protein fills me up. My evening meal is my most protein heavy one for this exact reason.

    OP - protein before bed & reflux doesn't work for me.

    My evening meal is high protein too, but sometimes I still want a snack later on. ScoobaChicks rec for tea; chamomile is soothing for reflux.
  • aktarx
    aktarx Posts: 11 Member
    My problem is that although I would have about 200/300 calories to spare, I would have no carb allowance left. Mind you its my first week monitoring my micros, so I need to get more savvy in how to properly stretch my carbs throughout the day.
  • emilycat214
    emilycat214 Posts: 84 Member
    I save calories for an evening snack most days. Microwave popcorn is something I love and is filling.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    TrishAndGirls wrote: »
    I feel starved at night, how do you deal with the cravings and hunger after supper time?!

    So you eat dinner and you're starving afterwards? Either you're dinner isn't right or you have a habit of just eating regardless of whether you're truly hungry or not...my guess is probably the latter...habits can be broken, it just takes some will and time.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    vlogsbyariel wrote: »
    Cynsonya wrote: »
    I eat dinner super late. Tonight was 9pm. Still full. No snacks needed or wanted.

    You shouldn't eat dinner that late because your body doesn't digest as well at nighttime. Try to eat between 5 - 7pm so that your body has time to digest it's food before going to bed :smile:

    The only reason not to eat dinner before bed is if it causes sleep issues...otherwise it makes absolutely no difference. I eat dinner most nights between 8:30 and 9 PM and I easily lost 40 Lbs + and have easily maintained that loss going on three years.

    Also, I don't know what all these people do exactly that they can eat at 5 and no later than 7...do these people actually have jobs? Hell, I'm not even home most nights until after 7.

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