The nightly munchies are here! How do you satisfy them?

depending on how hard you work out you could drink 1% choc. milk google it

i eat 2 dark choc. kisses a night

dove dark chocolate mini's. eat 1 or two pieces. chocolate milk is great after a workout. nesquik has 100 calorie bottles.

Mine is popcorn. I heart popcorn

I try to remember the saying that has been pounded into my brain for as long as I can remember: "(arbitrary number)% of hunger is thirst". So I drink a big glass of water, or milk - well soy or almond milk... if I'm still feeling the need for a snack after about 30 minutes I'll try to determine what I'm craving, sweet, salty, crunchy, etc...

I try to keep junk snacks to a minimum in my house, because I know I will eat them if I buy them (Girl Scout Cookies, courtesy of my husband, aside). I really like Nutella for that sweet chocolate craving. Nutella on a banana is delicious, and is more filling and nutritious than a couple pieces of chocolate. Fruit slushy is good too, frozen fruit blended with water and a touch of sugar or honey, adding enough water to get it to the desired consistency - anywhere from sorbet thickness to liquefied.

I also like to keep fresh veggies in the fridge for a crunchy low cal snack. Bell peppers, carrots, celery, edamame, cucumbers, etc. And for salty cravings I like Triscuits or pretzels. Books-A-Million's coffee shop has a crunchy salty snack which I absolutely love, Grasshopper Asian Snacks Wasabi Me. (No grasshoppers, just pretzely, crackery things and dried peas or beans coated in wasabi). I never realized until a couple weeks ago it was single serving, we usually get a good 3-4 servings out of each pack, and it is under 150 calories for the entire package. Plus the heat from the wasabi gets those good endorphins up!

If you're planning on going to bed soon after your snack though, I would keep it just filling enough to satisfy your craving, and light enough to not have it interfering with sleep.

I hear you! I cannot even sleep I am so hungry. I have tried water and everything finally I just got up and had a muffin. So much for only having 6 calories left now I am over! I might ry having a glass of chocolate milk before I go to bed. That might work!

I have a sugar free chocolate pudding cup (sometimes two). It really helps with the chocolate cravings and it's only 60 calories. I will also sometimes keep a dark chocolate bar in the butter section of my fridge and just pull off one square when I need it.