how do you avoid night time snacking?

the apple straws from gourmet world you can have 38 straws is 130 calories oh and um 76 corn nut chips is 140 calories you just have to be slow while eating it ..o wait and also kettle popcorn 5 cups is only 100 calories popped

A cup of decaf tea sometimes helps me. Also gum. Gum is my friend after dinner especially when I'm cleaning up so I don't pick at leftovers. Sugar free pudding is also a yummy treat if you want something for dessert...

I have this problem. I can do well all day and then when the evening comes I can really snack and it. One of my favorites is raison brand and 2% milk. I often have 2 to 3 bowls of it at one time. I can wake up around 2 or 3am and eat some cereal. i need to make healthier choices. The evening is my most problematic time.

i have been having this issue too!!!! i figure it's silly to expect myself to go for 4+ hours without eating just cuz it's night. so since i tend to sleep in late, my "food day" is from the time i wake up till the time i sleep. otherwise if i try to deny myself i either go to bed grumpy, or i wake up STARVING the next day, and i end up screwing up everything so i try to excercise in the evening to jumpstart my metabolism at night (which is of course the time when it's usually slowing down). the bonus to that is then i get extra calories to eat! i tell myself that if i want to eat, i need to go work out and gain the calories that i want *before* i can eat them. then i try to find healthy but filling substitutes. lately i've been eating about 2-ish cups of fresh strawberries (quartered) and i add splenda on top. it totally hits my sugar craving and it definitely helps fill me up. that's only about 100 calories. or i do a salad. lettuce is kind of icky and boring, but it's also low in calories. i solve this problem by getting light dressing and using more than a serving. i will fill a HUGE bowl full of lettuce (2.5 cups ~10 calories) and then i'll use a some extra dressing to make me actually like the salad. so if it's 50 cals for 2 tablespoons of dressing, i'll maybe have a large enough salad to put 3 or 4 tablespoons on it. that's 75-100 calories, and i don't feel guilty. there's even lighter salad dressings out there to help lower the cals on that, too! right now i'm just hooked on honey dijon so i've gotta cut back a *little* bit lol...

hope this helps!

My friend lost 65 pounds last year, and when I asked her how to curb this bad habit, she told me to "get a life". Meaning, go read a book, knit, scrapbook, write.....basically, get your mind busy on other things so you don't think about eating.

The toothpaste thing is a great idea too!

I'm gonna get a LIFE!

i go to the gym after dinner. by the time i get back it's time for shower and bed.

I am a night owl, and usually have about 5-6 hours between supper and when I go to bed, and I find myself wanting a snack around the 9pm mark. The easiest thing for me to do is PLAN for that snack. I make sure that I have an extra 200 or so calories left after supper so I can have a healthy snack and not blow over my calories.

I usually have a cup of fresh blueberries and a cheese string, or an apple with peanut butter or my favorite, a 1/4 cup of popcorn kernels popped in a brown lunch bag in the microwave. These range in the 100-200 calorie range, they satisfy my urge to snack, are quite filling, and are healthy.

Eating out of boredom is partly why I have all this extra weight to lose in the first place, so before I eat anything outside of my regular 3 meals, I ask myself WHY I am wanting to eat, and if the answer is anything other then I am hungry, I don't eat it. This has really helped eliminate the eating out of boredom, the eating just because the food is there, and especially the emotional eating I was prone to do before.