nightly cravings...augh..

Take a half scoop of protein about 15 minutes before bed. Your body is probably working against itself.

Ideally I'd suggest moving your cal intake into the morning, as that's when you're body is more efficient at burning them. If you really like dinner food (like me,) why not try just a brunch of leftovers. Alternatively when that late night hunger kicks in, have a cup of green tea. It will help make you feel full and just pop on a television show and think of something else! Sometimes there is nothing to help except having to use a little more willpower.

I found granola bar wrappers in my bed when I made it yesterday morning. Don't even remember eating them !

I do that all the time. I think I ate about 2 cups of nuts last night. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. :explode:

I'll admit that I'm on a time crunch and therefore wasn't able to read all the responses yet; so I have no idea if anyone has recommended this.

If this is literally a "wake and eat" kind of thing -- why not track it for the next day? (i.e. when you go to bed tonight, Monday night, and wake up halfway through Monday night to snack -- log it on Tuesday's diary, not Monday's) Then the calories are already logged and you don't have to "save" any calories. Therefore you don't have to worry about going over your calories because they're accounted for when you actually wake up to face the day.

For me, too many carbs during the day equals out of control snacking at night.

Are you actually hungry when you wake up? Or is it a habit cause you can't sleep? Maybe a trip to the sleep doctor would be in order. If apnea is causing you to wake up then that can be solved with a cpap machine. SInce I got mine, I sleep like a baby all night. (I never was a middle of the night snacker though). I agree with the protein instead of carbs before bed. Maybe some yogurt instead of cereal.

Thanks for your input.
My real killer is cereal, which would not be bad
But, I can’t stop at one bowel.
It’s usually 2.augh..:ohwell:
Thanks again...
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Thus the reason I only buy it a few times a year and usually for vacation.
Hubby is diabetic so has to have a snack before bed to keep his blood sugar from falling too far during the night. We usually have an apple with some peanut, almond or pecan butter. I'll have one too so just plan it into my calories accordingly. Experiment with different varieties of apples, they are awesome with nut butters.

Cereal is one of my kryptonites, too.I can eat half a box in a sitting, no problem. I had to give it up entirely. The boyfriend buys cereal that I don't really like, so luckily I only break into it when there is literally no other food in the house. That's pretty rare.

I'm also one of those people who can wake up from a dead sleep at 2 AM absolutely famished. I tend to eat dinner early in the evening, so I've been attempting to move that last meal up closer to bedtime. I get headaches in the night, too - always have - and one of the ways I've helped soothe that over the years is by snacking on sweets in the middle of the night. I'm trying to not do that, too. It's hard.

You're not alone in this!