How do you satisfy the evening snacking urge???

cwolfman13

if you need to snack make sure it is a 100% protein snack. Carbs will put on the pounds at night. Boil two eggs. Eat string cheese or any kind of cheese. The sunflower seed idea was a good one. They take a long time to eat and keep your mouth busy. Handful of Almonds. Hearts of Palm are a GREAT super low calorie vegetable. 8 of them are 20 calories. And they are filling. I eat these a lot at night.

BlueBombers

I usually have a coffee in the evening and that does it for me but I also eat a lot during the day so I'm not starving at night. Also, just make sure you leave some calories in your daily limit that you can use towards an evening snack.

footiechick82

Frozen Grapes

MIM49

I make my husband take his snacks and sit away from me--far away.

JDHINAZ

I eat and log them as next day's breakfast - this way I can't just brush them under the carpet. After a short while I started thinking very hard about wanting to snack at night knowing I'll pay for it the next day.

Oh good grief. That's just ridiculous.

So here's the thing OP. If you were eating the amount of calories you SHOULD be eating to maintain a safe,healthy weight loss, that will also help teach you good nutrition and eating habits after you reach your goal weight, and you still had the munchies, either you would be told to have a little self discipline or rework what you eat during the day to include foods that keep you feeling full. For me, it was increasing protein and fiber.

But since you are maintaining such a large calorie deficit, the people who have "lived and learned" are trying to pass on some sage advise that they learned the hard way, hoping to see you succeed long after you hit your goal weight.

So you know where I'm coming from, I started out on 1200, not eating back my exercise cals. I"felt full", but started getting very dizzy after standing up, fatigued, but was very proud of myself for maintaining 1200 calories. I, like you, felt I had to be very rigid, since I am also undisciplined. But then I remembered that the last time I did that, several years before, I fell of the wagon big time when some personal issues came up, and I gained back 60 of the 70 pounds I'd lost by being so rigid. I hadn't taught myself how to be disciplined and knowledgable about my body. I had just become really good at depriving myself.

So I increased my cals to 1500, and just recently, again to 1600. I've also recently increased my protein. In 5-6 weeks, I want to try to add another 100 cals to my day, to eat a total of 1700. My weight loss will probably be slower, but I'm in this for the long haul. Not to just get thin. I need to be healthy, and TRULY establish good habits, so the next time a personal issue arises, I have the knowledge and good habits in place to not regain all the weight I've lost.

Now, it may not seem like it, but I'm rooting for you to be successful. And to answer your question, I satisfy my evening snack by eating. Lately, it's been a protein shake and ice cream. I try to have something with higher protein. Just don't add an evening snack by taking away cals from the rest of your day. That's counterproductive.

Strangegirlz

Hot tea is nice and filling,

What? Really?

I must be drinking the wrong kind

Strangegirlz

Hot tea is nice and filling,

Say what?

randomtai

I eat.

Tessyloowhoo

I have also seen plenty of people who eat 1500-2000 calories a day but then I see 500+ calories burned from exercise which lower their net calories anyways.

With TDEE-% you never eat back exercise calories so yes you would net lower than your goal... that is how it works, because your workouts are already factored in to your total goal calories for the day.