The evening always gets me.....

I know exactly what you mean. I am the type of person who CANNOT go to bed hungry, or feeling like I haven't eaten enough. That being said, I am also a bored snacker. My solution is to plan out my meals. I usually eat the same thing, or close to it, for breakfast and lunch. Then I have a dinner with relatively the same amount of cals each day. That way I can allow myself to have snacks at night. My usual snacks are Orville Redenbacker's 100 calorie popcorn bags, 80 calorie cupcakes (store bought cake mix, just adding diet soda instead of the oil eggs and/or butter), just little snacks like this help me out. Also, if there's a snack you like eating, but don't think you can... account for that, and maybe do a little extra cardio... I LOVE pretzel M&Ms, so I run a little extra so I can get the 150 cal bag. All this helps me out, also a couple cups of coffee during the morning/early afternoon will surpress hunger so you won't want a big breakfast/lunch...which means more cals for night time.

Hope this helps, its just my system of doing things :-)

P.S. Having high protein for dinner will help, I eat a lot of boneless skinless chicken breast because its very filling and good cal ratio.

Yes, and that's why I eat a light dinner (salad with some protein) every night so I can enjoy some sweet treats while watching TV with hubby at night. It works for me..

I have this same problem, usually when I get home from work and especially if I don't go straight from work to the gym. I find in the time between getting home and dinner being ready I am starving (or even if I'm not) and I want to snack on bad things especially carbs like bread and crackers. I usually try to eat a healthy snack before at work before going home to reduce the temptation when I do get home.

Oh Yeah! This is a BIG problem for me, especially lately. I've tried to compensate by running every day - but I didn't run today, &so I'm almost 300 cal. over for the day. I'm going to bed right after posting this - very early for me... so that I won't eat any more!!

Good night.

I think a LOT of people have this problem. I try to save my daily protein shake for evening times. I'm supposed to drink it anyway so it's not necessarily extra calories, and it's thick so it's filling like a milkshake would be. If that doesn't solve my problem I have a few of those 50 calorie individual bags of pretzels and 90 cal. snack bars in the cabinet for cravings.

I have a SERIOUS problem with this. My biggest problem is wine in the evening. I love my wine, and there just aren't enough calories in the day for it. So, so sad... So very sad

I used to be a night time snacker. I find having a cup of tea in the evening then after i am done that i brush my teeth. Cause everything tastes gross after. But i admit sometimes i have a taffy candy in bed...

I totally get where you are coming from, I'm the exact same way and in the same situation. I haven't yet found the right thing for me yet...but there are a lot of good suggestions so far above...gonna try them too. But nope, not alone, right there with ya!

I try to keep my hands busy by knitting, and am really working on distinguishing between "mouth hungry" and "belly hungry".

Also, a nice cup of fruit tea seems to help in the evenings, too.

^This. My emotional eating really seems to kick it up a notch in the evenings. I've by no means won this fight yet, but keeping busy helps a lot. Tea is also nice, both the act of preparing it and drinking it. I go for the spicy chai-type teas, so the smell is really rich and it just feels more satisfying to my senses. I also allocate some of my daily calories to the evening munchies, and I rarely go a day without a few squares of dark chocolate (or, now that the Christmas candy is out, dark chocolate peppermint truffles!). But I could still happily eat a couple bowls of cereal, or Mac & cheese...I obviously have a ways to go to defeat the evening cravings.

I save the majority of my calories for after 7 pm.

I usually eat around 300 for breakfast, which keeps me full until noon. I eat 4-500 for lunch (running total max 800). This leaves me 900 or so for my evening meal. I eat a big dinner and a dessert, and that keeps me happy and prevents evening binges. Works for me!

Oh, I'm right there with you! I hate being "hungry" in the evenings, but I have gotten to the place where I can tell myself that even though I might feel hungry, I just have to get past it. Now, I am certainly no expert (I've only been doing this for a little more than a month), but facing the urge to eat in the evenings has almost become a game to me, and I really try to beat it every day. If I HAVE to have a snack, I have found that a sugar-free popsicle (15 CALS!!) is pretty helpful. Folks, I know we don't know each other, but we can do this!! Each one of us needs to realize that we are not alone. There are literally TONS (pun intended) of people out there who are trying to lose weight, and we can use this forum as a support group. This time next year, I'm going to be able to ride my bike with my son, and hopefully even play some tennis! WE CAN DO THIS!!!

I do so good the whole day but by late afternoon to evening its like my body says, "your starving eat everything!" Anyone else go through this?

It's like this for everyone. Having to eat at a calorie deficit is not fun. Think of it as a mortgage payment. The fat you accumulated on your body is your debt. The bigger your debt the longer it takes to pay it off. It's better to (maintain) just make interest payments than it is to go further into debt when you need to take a break from the deficit (interest and principle payments).

The reason why someone who is overweight must eat less than the person next to them who is the same height but not over weight is because the person not overweight is debt free.

It's hard to pay off debt. It makes you never want to go into debt again.

i like this analogy^^^

and yes i am the same way i like to eat at night.. the deficit is the only thing that matters so if you have to save your cals for night then just do that. it has worked for me:)

I was a night eater + wine fanatic! Not sure if that's just a nice way of saying I overate at night and was an alcoholic? lol

But anyways, to stop myself from eating and drinking wine past 7 or 8 I make tea. I went and bought all these flavors (decaf) and I made it a habit to only do that at night. It's sort of a ritual now and it was difficult at first but pretty soon it becomes habit and you won't feel that hunger pang anymore.

omg i get the whole bored snacker thing i wish i could break the evil cycle