How do you avoid evening snacking?
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I eat dinner at around 7pm and then spend time on MFP & other websites, sew, read, do the crossword in the paper, do some gardening if it's summer. These days it never occurs to me to eat again until breakfast. Snacking's just a habit you can break if you choose.0
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Looking at your diary I would say that unless you are bad about logging in after lunch you would do better to eat dinner every night. That said, you come in far enough under your calories to have a snack nearly every night. If you are craving fats then go for healthy ones, have that handful of nuts or avocado or even a small dish of ice cream. Most likely though your late night munchies are your body telling you it can't go from lunch today until breakfast tomorrow without more fuel.0
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I eat dinner at around 7pm and then spend time on MFP & other websites, sew, read, do the crossword in the paper, do some gardening if it's summer. These days it never occurs to me to eat again until breakfast. Snacking's just a habit you can break if you choose.
so is breakfast.0 -
Thanks! I actually do always track my whole day (this weekend was a weekend full of bday celebrations, so I will admit, I slacked a bit in terms of logging this weekend. No more
That said, I have a couple of days this week where I overindulged on avocado/PB...you may be right about listening to my body though...I am still at a deficit0 -
I eat dinner at around 7pm and then spend time on MFP & other websites, sew, read, do the crossword in the paper, do some gardening if it's summer. These days it never occurs to me to eat again until breakfast. Snacking's just a habit you can break if you choose.
so is breakfast.
This is true - I don't always have breakfast.0 -
Not having "those" snacks available is an option. You could try healthier snacks or allow for those snacking calories so you don't feel bad about it afterwards. Good luck to you! :flowerforyou:0
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I eat dinner at around 7pm and then spend time on MFP & other websites, sew, read, do the crossword in the paper, do some gardening if it's summer. These days it never occurs to me to eat again until breakfast. Snacking's just a habit you can break if you choose.
so is breakfast.0 -
Plan for a snack. I like steel cut oatmeal with cinnamon and brown sugar, greek yogurt with fresh fruit, Healthy Choice fudge bars, popcorn, any kind of fruit.0
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There nothing wrong with an evening snack as long a its the right choice and within your calories. I do fruit, yogurt, Pringles or 100 calories nuts if I get the urge.0
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There nothing wrong with an evening snack as long a its the right choice and within your calories. I do fruit, yogurt, Pringles or 100 calories nuts if I get the urge.
What's "the right choice"?
Tonight, after dinner, I plan on having two pieces of toast with 2 tablespoons of peanut butter, 3.5 pieces of cornbread, & a pint of pumpkin ice cream. Are those the wrong choices?0 -
Make sure you have enough calories left in your daily allowance for a snack or two. Then havew a healthy snack!
I'm watching sodium intake right now, so I know to not eat potato chips or popcorn or any other "cattle feed". My snacks are apples, unsalted walnuts, and/or unsweet greek yogurt with a little cinnamon and splenda.
Snacks, especially healthy snacks that help propel you TOWARDS your goal, will keep you in line while perhaps even increasing your metabolism. Why eat three times a day when you can eat 5, still lose weight, and have incredible amounts of energy?0 -
I know that I enjoy an evening snacking, so I save 200-300 calories for a light meal/snacks. I tend to not really be hungry around lunch time, so I have something light then to balance it out. (I'm much more about breakfast!)
Finding what works for you is part of making the lifestyle change.0 -
This has periodically been a problem for me. Now I have got into the habit of keeping myself amused and having a mug of tea and a biscuit about 9ish. When I was getting into this habit, f I felt I was going to continue snacking I would make sure that I had something reasonably filling like flapjack, thick crusty toast and marmite or fresh salted or plain popcorn - something that was remotely healthy rather than crisps, chocolate, cheese, biscuits or the like. The idea was to nip the snacking spree in the bud rather than generally graze the cupboards for the entire evening. I also stopped having a bottle of beer in the evening that would lead to 2 or 3, and make it harder to resist the snacks.0
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Hahaha I don't know why, but this struck me as so funny. Good idea, though!0
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This has periodically been a problem for me. Now I have got into the habit of keeping myself amused and having a mug of tea and a biscuit about 9ish. When I was getting into this habit, f I felt I was going to continue snacking I would make sure that I had something reasonably filling like flapjack, thick crusty toast and marmite or fresh salted or plain popcorn - something that was remotely healthy rather than crisps, chocolate, cheese, biscuits or the like. The idea was to nip the snacking spree in the bud rather than generally graze the cupboards for the entire evening. I also stopped having a bottle of beer in the evening that would lead to 2 or 3, and make it harder to resist the snacks.
Yeah, beer and alcohol in general would have the same effect on me, so I generally avoid them (with the exception of Friday night when I go out dancing lol)0 -
There nothing wrong with an evening snack as long a its the right choice and within your calories. I do fruit, yogurt, Pringles or 100 calories nuts if I get the urge.
What's "the right choice"?
Tonight, after dinner, I plan on having two pieces of toast with 2 tablespoons of peanut butter, 3.5 pieces of cornbread, & a pint of pumpkin ice cream. Are those the wrong choices?0 -
It might sound overly simple but just don't buy snacks in the first place or keep only snacks you think you can fit into your plan.0
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I don't. I just plan an evening snack into my diet.0
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I don't. I just plan an evening snack into my diet.
^^^^^ this. I realized that my evening snack is quite possibly my favorite time of day. The kids are finally in bed and my day is finally slowing down and I enjoy the snack...so I figure in about 150-300 calories for a snack0 -
I save room for my evening popcorn, especially if I'm watching a movie or tv show. I pop it with light oil on the stove then add a tiny bit of melted butter and parmesan cheese. Eat the kernels one by one. Works for me. I think at 2.5 cups it comes out to around 200 calories, plus it has fiber in the corn.0
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