Late night snacking

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  • uniqsol
    uniqsol Posts: 36
    I have found that if I don't eat a good, filling breakfast and lunch I am much hungruer at night. Try beefing up those two meals and see if that helps.

    This is kinda my "trick" too, except that I switch up & make lunch & dinner more filling. I try to up my protein b/c, for me, I've found that if I have that, I'm not as hungry.
    Sometimes I have to really consider if I'm truly hungry or if I'm just bored & want to indulge in being snacky. The latter takes some willpower to fight against, but when I can rationalize it, it seems to help me find ways around snacking (drinking some water/tea, working on things around the house, etc).

    When I can't work my way around rationalizing it (meaning my willpower has absolutely no will other than to have a sweet treat, lol), I try to take the time to portion something out to slightly under a serving size and eat slowly. Often just a bite or two is all it takes to satiate the "need" and I don't even finish the snack. (Mind you, this is coming from someone who LOVES the salt-sweet combo!).

    Hope this helps a little! Feel free to friend me as extra support is always welcome :happy:
  • bigpenguin570
    bigpenguin570 Posts: 52 Member
    sugar free jello w/fat free cool whip - go to town!! or raw carrots/celery sticks with 1-2 tbsp. of diet dressing ;)
  • ddrobins1956
    ddrobins1956 Posts: 36
    I love the Freezies for snacking. I bought a huge box at Sam's club. They are so good. Soda flavors: Orange Crush, A&W Rootbeer, Doctor Pepper, etc. I snip open 3 every evening and they take me around a half hour to eat all 3. And only 60 calories. I also make up my own hundred calorie bags. I use the Chocholate Cheerios, a few Almonds or Walnuts, mini pretzels, raisins, etc. I add up all the calories as I make my batch and then divide it into individual snack bags to equal 100 calories. much cheaper than the already made ones.
    There are also lots of Weight Watcher's snacks that I make up for a once a week treat. Like where you use just a chocholate cake mix and a diet coke, mix up like you would a regular cake, divide into cupcakes and they are 1 points for each cupcake if you make them into 18 cupcakes. They freeze well too. I love cake and brownies and this is a good substitute.

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