Evening Snackers?

MrsATrotta

I am the same way I do fine all day then 8 pm hits and I turn into a rapid dog.lol Im only exaggerating a little. I also gym at night so I dont bored eat and so Im really tired and just go to sleep.


Ive recently been eating every two hours something small but with a taste of whatever im craving then to gym on weekdays then INSTANTLY to sleep. I also try not to buy snacky food. So if I really want it that bad id have to prepare something and Im usually just not willing to do that lol

Not buying snack food is really important bc let's face it after work,working out, taking care of family, cleaning or whatever else your day brings most of us can't even think about cooking an actual meal unless it's one of the 3 main dishes lol!! Good Idea!

MrsATrotta

i know I've commented like 4 times now but alsoooo I reallly like the fiber one bars and bc they are so dense I feel like they make me feel a little more full as far as a snack goes... just a thought.. They are pretty tasty and only 90 calories

Yardtigress

I have an evening snack every night, it helps keep my blood sugar level during sleep( I have dawn effect, where if I don't eat after dinner my liver makes glucose while I sleep, it just doesn't know when to stop) I plan my day with that in mind. Some of my snacks are:
3oz carrot dip chips and salsa with a cup of beef broth or 2 cups some nights
3oz carrot dip chips and a snack size of hummus with broth
Greek yogurt with .5oz walnuts and broth
Half an apple sliced thin with 2 tbsp of PB2 and broth
Half an apple sliced thin with a babybel cheese slice thin and broth
It crunchy, sweet, and spicy on different nights. Good luck

knitapeace

I try to save room for a nighttime snack every single day. It's usually not carrot sticks and wheat germ either...some chips and salsa, a small bowl of ice cream, or my go to: peanut butter M&Ms. Early in my weight loss efforts I had a night where I bit my husband's head off* then went to bed early because I didn't have any calories left...not my finest hour. I made a promise it would never happen again, and after discovering TDEE and increasing my exercise so I can have a decent number of calories, it never has.

*delicious but high in calories

gabylewis22

Two tips for evening snackers (me being one of them!).

1. Split your dinner in two. So if your having a bowl of pasta or something, have half of it at say 7, and the other half at 9. You'll then be less tempted to snack as you wont have to sit around for hours being hungry.
2. Brush your teeth straight after dinner. This genuinely works for me, and apparently works for people with lots of different cravings (including my Mum, who brushed her teeth everytime she wanted a cigarette!). You'll have a nice clean mouth and you wont want to spoil it with food!

onefortyone

I made it through last night, so I'm officially in day two of detox! I couldn't tell which were hunger pains and which were phantom pains last night, but I netted 1300 pretty healthy calories, so I knew i wasn't going to waste away lol.

I'm glad there are other people who have the same issues as me! I do think it is my biggest barrier to weight loss. I thought about how smart it'd be to brush my teeth earlier, but didn't do it! I chugged plenty of water, which I usually struggle to do throughout the day, so that's a nice bonus.

I wish it were as easy as leaving room in my calories for whatever snacks I want - but mentally, I *want* the whole bag of chips, sleeve of cookies AND the chocolate bar (not that Hershey stuff, proper Dove). It's not like, oh I'm peckish, I should have a nibble on something. I think mentally I want to feel 'full' and want to maintain that full feeling all night. So cold turkey really is the only way I feel I can go to beat this thing. After this week is done I'll leave myself room for dessert once a week, but otherwise I want to change the habits that put me at 200lbs in the first place.

scraver2003

I've been getting better. A LOT better. I have been focusing on having something for dinner that is what I REALLY want and crave. I count/measure my portion and I also try to save calories to have a more generous dinner. I am finding if I am truly satisfied from dinner, I can better force myself to not snack. Each day it gets a little easier.

iPlatano

Save calories for later!

janicebinva

I like to keep a stash of low-calorie snacks in the house for when I've just got to munch on something. For me, baby cut carrots work well. They are a little sweet, they're crunchy, and you can pretty much eat all you want as long as you're not dipping them in something. Same thing for other plain veggies like green beans, celery, cauliflower and such. Another big weapon for me is sugarless gum. I pop a piece of gum, and then I have something sweet to chew on for a while. Sometimes I'm amazed that that makes me feel like I've had something to eat. Also plain tea (decaf at night). Another thing I've been using lately is diet soda. It makes me feel like I'm "having" something, but no calories. I know the artificial sweeteners aren't very good for you, but I figure it's better than eating 1000 calories in snacks.

milkyskinn

I save calorie space. I ALWAYS get hungry at night, and I eat right before bed, too! I have to eat every 2-3 hours or I just get shaky and grumpy and I can not sleep with a rumbling stomach, lol.

I just keep it healthy and try to not eat anything naughty after 8pm- I usually have my last snack at 10-10.30pm, a small serving of oatmeal with some chopped up dates or fresh fruit, and a little piece of goat cheese. Having some protein and healthy sweetness is key for me

Also; teaaaaa. Drinking tea at night really helps in making me feel satisfied, too!

scubasuenc

I plan the evening snack into my daily calorie plan. I usually have 150 to 300 calories available for a snack after dinner. What I have depends on the calories available and where my macros sit for the day.

HanamiDango

A good part of my cals is evening snacks. On high cal days, it is all mainly snacks. Depending on when I eat dinner, depends on how much I need at night. I am going to try to limit my snacks and try for better snacks. I want to give more cals to other meals, but I can not cut out my snacks.

Good luck to you!

onefortyone

I'm loving all the tips, and hearing about people in the same boat as me! I made it through night #2 with no snacks after supper, even though again, the phantom hunger pains started right after my 700+ calorie meal lol. I netted 1600 so I feel like yesterday was a victory so I'm pretty proud of myself! I'm hoping after this week I can do the healthy substitution thing and it won't cause a backslide, something like a light hot chocolate (I actually hate tea, don't take my British citizenship away lol), or carrots and hummus.

I hope you ladies with the same struggles are doing well?

iluvmpiche

I find that changing your habits is the best thing. When I watched TV or played games I would munch on waaaaay to much. So I made it a rule to eat ONLY at the dinner table. No food in other rooms, which was a rule for me when I was a messy little kid. Instead, I'll just have tea or coffee (black) or water. No more mindless munching and extra calories.

BrigitteAube

I find the easiest thing for me to is allow myself extra calories since I know I will be snacking later in the evening. However, I know that I'm usually not even in hungry and it's just out of force of habit/boredom/random emotions... This is probably my biggest struggle in trying to lose weight and be healthy. I feel that if I can finally curb this bad habit it will make other aspects of my fitness goal easier to attain.

So in a nutshell, try leaving yourself some extra calories for a small snack later in the evening and work towards healthier snacks and then none at all. Cold turkey might be too rough.

onefortyone

Tonight's plan went kind of pear-shaped, but I will prevail! My husband got home early and had to leave early to go train for his second job, so I hastily made supper and we ate at 4pm. So I KNOW I won't make it 6-7 hours until he gets home and we go to bed. So I skipped my mid-afternoon snack and I'll have it at around 7pm (yesterday I had my snack at 4 and supper at 7, so it works out).

I don't know if it's technically cheating, but I am happy that I'm staying in control! And the gallon of ice cream in the freezer is still relatively untouched (usually it'd be GONE by now. Gone.)

I agree I will definitely start allotting calories for an evening snack after this week (maybe instead of my afternoon one... I don't need that many snacks per day), but I feel like cold turkey is the only way I can really break this demon's back so that I won't feel the compulsion to OVER eat at night any more. Plus, now that I've set a goal I'd hate to abandon it. So here's to being almost 3/7ths of the way through this week!