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How do you prevent your late night cravings?

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  • caraiselite
    caraiselite Posts: 2,631 Member
    eat dinner later or break it into 2 meals.
  • Dreamerryu27
    Dreamerryu27 Posts: 281 Member
    Either Hot tea or a Cold smoothie followed by allot of water!
  • Lennox497
    Lennox497 Posts: 242 Member
    The best way I deal with late night cravings is making it part of my calorie intake plan. I usually either have a 1/2C to 1C of the Fage 0% fat Greek yogurt, coupled with either a cup of diced strawberries or a peach.
  • CMmrsfloyd
    CMmrsfloyd Posts: 2,380 Member
    I eat less during the day and eat at night when I get hungry. Problem solved!
    THIS. I am usually eating at 11pm and night and still staying in calorie limits.

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    Yep I know that I like to snack at night, and I know I can't stand going to bed hungry so I 'budget' calories so that I can have a few snacks after dinner. It's worked well for me.
  • nikinyx6
    nikinyx6 Posts: 772 Member
    If my brain says 'feed me' I try to distract it...usually will do sit ups, or some other calisthenics, then check email and MFP, i'f I'm actually hungry after that, i'll have a bowl of berries, or something else healthy, but usually just the distraction makes the craving go away.
  • jennaworksout
    jennaworksout Posts: 1,739 Member
    its hard!!!! I usually try to have like a hot chocolate ...something to sip on, water of course is filling, or yogurt....
  • momto1g1b
    momto1g1b Posts: 118 Member
    Why not eat at night? I have my bedtime snack around 10 or 10:30 pm, and I make sure it's both sweet and salty to curb any junk food cravings (banana/chocolate protein shake and natural peanut butter on whole grain toast).
  • clover5
    clover5 Posts: 1,640 Member
    If I have calories available, I eat whatever I want. If I'm going to go over on calories because of hunger, it must be nutritious food. But sometimes I just go to bed. Like last night - I went to bed hungry.
  • auntiebabs
    auntiebabs Posts: 1,754 Member
    I eat less during the day and eat at night when I get hungry. Problem solved!

    I usually get home from work between 7 and 8pm...

    I've really just shifted my meals to fit my schedule
    10AM I'll have a cup of coffee
    12N-ish I'll have a light snack
    2PM Lunch (really my first meal)
    8PM Dinner
    10-11PM Supper
    1AM Bed

    I figure as long as you're giving your body good nutrition and your habits are consistent your body will figure out how to use it.
  • lavieboheme1229
    lavieboheme1229 Posts: 448 Member
    Brush your teeth and close your food diary. works for me every time.

    and if all else fails, I also have some tea.
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