Late Night Snacking issue! Anyone else?

try chewing gum - it helps supress my appetite

my hardest part of the day too. i started drinking mint tea after dinner and it helps. some say to brush your teeth right away too.

go to sleep!!! lol, i have the same problem sometimes. but i've set a 9pm cut-off time for eating so my body has ample time to digest food and i don't feel like i'm wearing 50 extra pounds around in the morning. try just getting a big glass of water and going to sleep, chewing gum (although i've heard for some people it just stimulates their appetite even more), add a "nighttime snack" to your food diary and pre-plan what you're gonna have... or if you're gonna have something, just choose ONE thing and don't feel guilty about it... just try not to do the late night snacking 7 days a week. you'll be fine once you figure out what works for you, but I have the sameeee issue sometimes, it makes you feel like you just "undid" your whole healthy day.

Late night snacking is my absolute weakness and the reason I gain weight. I always try to workout during the day, and i'm always pleasantly surprised at how much healthy, late night snacking it will buy me. I know, I know...eating before bed is generally bad. But if it is your weakness, what can we do but work with it. Factor in the calories and make sure you have plently of healthy stuff on hand so you don't hit up the poptart stash : )

Something I've found helps me is that I will eat a pound of strawberries, which isn't high in calories, but is surprisingly filling. I stay full until breakfast and it doesn't ruin my day.

If you have to have an evening snack, try eating a sugar-free popsicle. They are basically just colored, frozen, water and will satisfy that need to have something sweet.

Funny enough I did this exact same thing last night with crackers, i stayed up too late do to being on night shift 6 nights previous, a lame excuse cause i was tired and should have gone to bed and eliminated the issue. Glad I work tomorrow day shift and won't be able to do it again.
To respond to your question how to fix it, I would say ensure you exercise accordingly to remove those excess calories. I think after a few times doing the extra exercises may change the hunger pang and going to bed early will be what I'm doing then I'll have a good breakfast in the morning.
I read somewhere the snacking is definitely associated with people staying up later with lack of sleep = weight gain or heavy people.
Hope this kinda helps

How about snacking more during the day between meals, that way you are full at night. It works good for me. I eat like 6 times a day; three meals and snacks in between and I always feel full after dinner till the next morning.

Late night snacking is actually quite common. I have the toughest time preventing my night snacking from getting out of hand and I feel like it often blows away my entire day's effort to eat healthily. But, I believe once the cycle is broken, my intense cravings for snacks will stop or at least be reduced to a managable level.

Here are some things I've tried: An extra glass of water at night will sometimes kill the craving. Sometimes I'll have some fresh fruit, veggies, or even a small slice of bread; whatever I think I may have gone too light on during the day. You see, I have a theory that when I feel like snacking it's because my body is missing something from the big picture of nutrition, but it will always default to craving sugary snacks.

So, my suggestion is to try taking a mindful approach to why you're craving the snacks. Try out a few different things like the extra glass of water, or filling in the nutritional 'holes' as I've tried explaining above. Maybe keeping your mind busy with some sort of activity will do the trick. Brushing your teeth right away after dinner, and many other great ideas were mentioned here. Take note of what seems to curb the cravings, and what doesn't. Over time you might learn a few things that work, and perhaps once you break the cycle you will get control of the snack monster. Even so, there might still be a day here and there when nothing short of a half pound of M&M's can make you feel sated, and that's okay as long as it doesn't become the status quo.

I had that problem tonight as well, so I had a drink of some 0 calorie soda (which is really still not good for me), but something else I have found helpful is taking yoplait no fat whipped yogurt and freezing it. It comes in chocolate flavor. Then just eat it like ice cream. So you get the frozen sweet treat you're probably craving, and some needed protein and dairy to help your belly feel full. I work out at night usually too, and I try to go to bed early to help keep me from wanting to snack, but it's not always fool proof. Just try to keep some snacks around you that won't make you feel like you've blown your day, or that you can have a handful of and still feel good about sticking to your plan. That usually works for me, anyway. Good Luck!

I have the exact same problem...it's nice to see all of these posts and know that i'm not alone! I do well with Yogi's Blueberry Slim Life green tea. It is a natural appetite suppressant, and tastes yummy as long as you don't mind the bit of caffeine in it. Drinking 0 calories is better than starting the eating since once I start, there's not much control left.

this is a major problem for me. i have mild insomnia and when 2 am hits i am ravenous. since i started MFP i haven't but i know it's just a matter of time because if i'm up, i'm thinking about food and fall asleep with a very audible rumbling tummy.
i saw an ice cream maker at target for $25, and i found a recipe for making fat free frozen greek yogurt. it calls for sugar but i'm sure could be substituted with date-paste or splenda...
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/frozen-greek-yogurt/
save calories and dollars at the same time?