How do you conquer night time cravings?

Some possibilities:

1. Go to bed earlier so you aren't up, alone, and bored.

2. Make sure you're eating enough. Sometimes when we're hungry, it's simply because we need more fuel. Your diary is closed so I can't see what your daily goal is, but a lot of people who come here want to lose weight as quickly as possible, so they try for 2 pounds a week and get a goal of 1200, which is too low for most. Or they have a bigger calorie goal, but they don't know they should eat back their exercise calories to net their goal. If either of those applies to you, check out In Place of a Road Map for a way to set more realistic numbers: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/937712-in-place-of-a-road-map-ver-3-0

3. If your goal is already realistic for the amount you want to lose, perhaps you should just shift some calories around so you have more available for evening snacks. Timing of food doesn't matter, as long as eating before bed doesn't give you indigestion or acid reflux or something.

Best of luck!

I'd try possibly shifting some cals around, like what was just mentioned. And when I get hungry late nights, I just go get a 16 oz glass of water and chug it down ...

Make sure you are eating enough and feel satisfied, not hungry during the day, otherwise your will power will go out the window at night when the hunger sets in. Or, if it's just boredom, drink water or tea when the cravings hit! You honestly have to put mind over matter and just keep telling yourself "This isn't worth it. Eat tomorrow".

I log in night time snacks first thing each morning and if I worked my day around to have them, I eat them. If not, then I don't eat them because I didn't earn the right to snack.

Go to sleep (if the kids are asleep, obviously). Or...have a cup of green tea with some organic raw honey. It's usually what I do. I cut my eating off before 7pm most nights.

If you look at my food diary (it's public) you'll see that most days I have a huge breakfast that leaves me very full all day long so I only have to have smaller meals the rest of the day.

I use "lemonation" I keep a bottle of homemade lemonated water on the stand... so if i get that craving for a snack...It's bottoms up!! So far it's working.... I freeze a bottle and take it out when i get home from work.... or i add ice if i forget.:blushing:

I have this same problem. Usually 700-1000 calories at night

night cravings are generally more a habit than hunger... I try not to eat after dinner, it just doesn't serve me well. Try to replace the habit of eating with a different habit; have a hot bath, a cup of tea, a yoga video, a walk, a came of cards; even food prep for the next day... just something that can be repetitive.
if you really are hungry, have something healthy and easy to digest like yogurt.

The only thing that definitely works for me is to go bed earlier. I work 2nd shift so I am up later at night and that's when the cravings attack. Last night was bad, would have killed for a egg sandwich with cheese. Put my book down, went to bed, woke up, no egg sandwich craving.

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Eat real food! Real food, unlike processed food, doesn't leave you with witdrawal once digested. The withdrawal may feel like hunger, but hunger comes hours later or the next day. I'm never hungry when I don't eat, evenings included, and when I do eat, it's at regular social times. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. If you're stressed, bored or cold, have some water or tea. Go for a walk. Cravings are temporary. Figure out your triggers. You'll sleep so much better.

Or, everyone can unplug their tv's, or throw them in the trash. I bet your life would change completely. You'd find more productive things to do instead of veg out.

I can't do that, because Doctor Who and Game of Thrones.

I second this!



Anyway, to answer OP's question, I agree with chugging some water, and when that doesn't do it, I have a little skim milk instead.

I always leave calories for a snack at night. I wouldn't survive without them!

stop telling yourself you're bad. fuel is fuel.
work hard and fuel your body

ok, you have an if i don't eat it i never will get any attitude, and thats simply not the case,
i know im a closet eater too , mines in my car. i have remedies that have worked , most of the time , like 13 our of 14 days, and on the days i give in , i relax about it, cuz one day isnt worth killing myself for, theres options here.
leave enough calories available so when you do snack
its not over goal.
save that time for your me time, and exercise
really look into the reasons why that is the time you "need" to snack.
it it hunger?
de stressing?
coping mechanism??
etc??