ideas to help me stop late night eating

Hi
It might be helpful to open up your diary so people can see what you're eating so they can perhaps point you towards foods that might fill you up for longer. I'm usually in bed pretty early so I don't have to worry about late night eating - but it might be an idea to drink a glass of water when you get the munchies - just to fill you up a little without calories then if you still feel like picking why not try something like carrot sticks? I tend to get the munchies mid morning so I keep sugar free chewing gum in my bag and chew on that for a while.
Netty

You know, there's nothing wrong with eating late at night. As long as you log it and stay within your calories it's just fine.

Despite the inexplicably popular belief, your body expends calories not only while you're awake, but while you sleep as well! (astonished gasps? no? okay.)

So seriously, just make sure what you eat at night is healthy and in within your calorie budget.

water and a gd book

Water helps me, as does turning off all lights in my kitchen after dark. It's also a good thing for me psychologically to "turn in" my calories for the day by 7:00ish. Even though I know I *can* add things after that, I don't really want to.

Protein at every meal helps satiety a lot.

Cut your early meals in half and eat them like this: Half Breakfast upon waking, second half n 2-3 hours. Half lunch, second half in 2-3 hours, dinner - 1/6 plate protein, 1/6 plate starch, 2/3 plate fibrous veggies.
During dinner, plan your late snack and wait 1-2 hours for it. You know it's coming but since you planned it while you weren't hungry, it won't be too big.

Try this for 21 days and it will be a part of your muscle memory and a habit.

I eat every three hours, including before bed. Your body needs you to feed it every three hours or so. (More or less depending on activity levels and other needs). Do this, drink lots of water, and plan on eating before bed. Allow yourself enough calories to eat when you're hungry in the evening.

Again, it's OKAY to eat before bed or late night. Seriously, it's a myth and just not true that eating late night hurts your weight-loss or metabolism. What IS bad is eating late at night when you haven't allotted yourself those calories, and it's even worse when you try to starve yourself before bed and end up giving into the cravings and eating something unhealthy.

So again, it's OKAY to eat late night. Plan a snack or small meal and stay within your calories.

I am a late night eater too. I know I wil always be this way so I just give in to it.
I don't eat breakfast. I'm not hungry. I think it is because I eat late at night.
I eat lunch. Sandwich on low cal, low carb pita or tortilla with mustard or 1/2 tbls mayo and add lots of lettuce, tomato, pickles, hot peppers or soup. Watch the salt.
For dinner I eat a balance of meat, starch and vegies.
I wait to have a salad after dinner ( 2-3cups) but I only use 1 tbls. of dressing. Full fat because lower fat has more carbs.
I eat Popcorn almost every night. Jollytime has a popcorn that is weight watcher approved. I can have 5 cups, 1/2 the bag.
I save the other for the next day for snacking. It's not great but it's guilt free.
After that I have 1 oz of sharp cheddar cheese cut small with wheatable crackers and some grapes, or some activia yogurt with thawed frozen blueberries or a fat free hunts snack pack pudding with 1 whole honey gram cracker. I may also pick on some left over chicken from the frig. but I only have oz.. I don't keep anything in the house that I can get too when I'm on my binges. If it's not here I can't eat it. That's the key. I find if I pick without eating a large amount I fell satisfied and I come in under calories and carbs most days. I have lost 30 lbs. without exercise. I know everyone say's you need breakfast but I have never wanted to eat before noon. I have always ate this way and only started putting on weight since going through menapause.
Getting old sucks but it beats the alternative! Good luck.

Hi
It might be helpful to open up your diary so people can see what you're eating so they can perhaps point you towards foods that might fill you up for longer. I'm usually in bed pretty early so I don't have to worry about late night eating - but it might be an idea to drink a glass of water when you get the munchies - just to fill you up a little without calories then if you still feel like picking why not try something like carrot sticks? I tend to get the munchies mid morning so I keep sugar free chewing gum in my bag and chew on that for a while.
Netty

I'm the opposite; I tend to work evenings, so I end up snacking at 2am.

If you know you're going to be hungry in the evening and want something to eat, don't fight it. Plan out low-cal versions of your favourites, and save up some calories for it.

If you're not actually hungry and just eating out of habit/boredom, try switching your routine about a bit? Maybe the nail painting would help.

some people say this doesn't work, but i brush my teeth! the only thing that tastes good to me is water after i do that

This may sound a bit crazy but I clean the kitchen and put everything away. This way when I go into the kitchen part of me doesn't want to make it diry and untidy again