Evening Snacks Sabotaging Great Efforts...

I often have that issue, since I recently started traveling for my job. I am often not able to keep a good eating schedule. I try to think ahead and plant healthy easy to grab snacks in my fridge. Precut carrots and fruit that is already preped to eat. Have yougert or lite cheese handy. If you cant curb the need to snack, try changing what your snacking on. Good luck

I always snack in the evening since I get heartburn if I don't but my OMG favourite snack now is ...
1 Sargento string cheese (50 calories)
10 Green Grapes
10 Red Grapes
1/3 of a raw cucumber with the peel
2 tbsp of Bolt house classic ranch dressing (45 calories)

It is such a low calorie snack but it is fricken feeling and takes forever for me to eat while I read threads on here.

I have the SAME issues. I find keeping a cup of water or tea in hand at all times after about 8pm helps. If i get the urge to go snack - I drink something instead. It's tough though!! I usually end up drinking so much water my stomach is yelling, but I'd rather fill it with water than junk

I had the same problem. It was suggested to me to increase my protein in my breakfast and to always eat a protein with any carb that I eat. ( and make sure it was whole grain carb). This stabilized my blood sugar throughout the day and has eliminated a lot of the craving at night. I do still get them but I feel that I'm able to control them since eating more protein. I was surprise how much it has helped.

I like a serving of almonds because they are salty and crunchy like chips, etc, but full of good stuff. I always feel content after.

Wow....for a minute I thought you were talking about me!! IT has always been my downfall.....eat perfect all day and then eat something I think I am not suppose to ......and boom....oh, I mine as well eat everything in sight and start tomorrow.

That is one of the things that I am loving about this program.....as long as I stay within my calorie count.....I figure that I have accomplished my goal.

One of my biggest triggers is seeing food ads on TV....I have literally gotten up and driven to a fast food place to buy what I have just seen. So, these days I am clicking all food ads off immediately.

Good luck......and when you go to take that late night bite....remember you are not alone!!

Misty

Write your goals down and put them where you go to get the food in your house like the refrig, right inside it.

But more importantly, WRITE DOWN your "WHY" and read it everytime you reach for food that is not in your plan.

Your why must be a MUST. Today, my wife told me my son is very proud of me for doing what i am doing. I have more reasons WHY, but just that one is enough for me to be able to say no.

Keep your goals SMALL. Meaning, I will just work on making a good decision on this one issue in front of me. And then say out loud "Good job! I am a great decision maker and am in total charge of my destiny"

I hope that helps and friend me and others too if you want to!!!!
Austin

I suggest apples, pickles, fatfree yogurt, flavored waters, sandwich thins or bagel thins and thin sliced deli meats like Castle Wood meats from Sam's. 2 ounces only have between 60-90 calories and I use mustard. You can do alot of eating on 200-250 calories with these items. Also sugar free Popcycle popcycles only have 15 calories. Good luck.

I don't think that eating at night is a bad thing.. it's all about what you eat and how it fits into the rest of your day. You could try portioning out snacks into ziplock bags and just eating one and going to bed, keep raw vegetables and dip in the house, etc. It'll take you a while to adjust, your brain will probably say "this is total crap" for a week or two but you will get used to it.

I probably used to clear 500 or 600 calories right before bed, usually brownies. I still eat before bed, but I switched to fruit, a bowl of cherries or strawberries. You can eat a lot without too many calories.

I hope this isn't exactly the opposite of what you need to hear, but it's working for me.

I have a little bit of ice cream (almost) every night. A big part of my weight was put on because of my evening binges. I know that if I don't allow for that, in a managed way, that I will fail. I seriously have a freezer full of frozen somethings or others. It's really quite disgusting and totally not healthy. But if it keeps me on track, it's worth it in the long run. Plus a small serving of frozen yogurt is so much better than the entire bag of chips (and, then, probably a big serving of the frozen yogurt) I'd eat if I felt denied.

If you're more of a salty person - a bowl of preportioned nuts and crackers (or nuts and crackers mixed). Throw in some granola for a sweet/salty mix. (use little snack baggies and fill them with 100-200 calorie portions?)

While massive lifestyle changes are all well and good, sometimes we really need to work with our weaknesses. And that means planning and allowing for them.

Glad to hear I'm not alone in this situation. More ideas from long timers here that have been proven to work would be greatly appreciated.

Try pistachios in the shell, and make a routine out of it. Find a fancy cup to put them into, and take the time to remove them from the shell, sometimes I find it's more the process of eating at those times, rather than the need for food. So a labor-intensive snack that is somewhat low-calorie really helps curb the craving, and satisfies the "need" to eat.

I hope this isn't exactly the opposite of what you need to hear, but it's working for me.

I have a little bit of ice cream (almost) every night. A big part of my weight was put on because of my evening binges. I know that if I don't allow for that, in a managed way, that I will fail. I seriously have a freezer full of frozen somethings or others. It's really quite disgusting and totally not healthy. But if it keeps me on track, it's worth it in the long run. Plus a small serving of frozen yogurt is so much better than the entire bag of chips (and, then, probably a big serving of the frozen yogurt) I'd eat if I felt denied.

If you're more of a salty person - a bowl of preportioned nuts and crackers (or nuts and crackers mixed). Throw in some granola for a sweet/salty mix. (use little snack baggies and fill them with 100-200 calorie portions?)

While massive lifestyle changes are all well and good, sometimes we really need to work with our weaknesses. And that means planning and allowing for them.

Great ideas! Sometimes you have to just work with what your body will allow you to to keep on track! Great job!

Irony. See the status update I created just before seeing this as one of the most recent topics. Needed it right now. Thanks.