HELP: Need advice on foods that fill you up for longer, and how to curb eating late at night!

Maximize protein, fiber, and to an extent, fat. Minimize carbs, which do fuel your body but too quickly... they end up leaving you hungry.

Also keep a few "flavor heavy" items around the house for your snacky moments. Like pickled things...

Also, drink a glass of water when you feel hungry after dinner and see if that helps. If you're still hungry 20 minutes later, just get a snack. Don't get to the point that you're going to end up on a binge.

Protein, protein, protein. Reduce the carbs. Keep the fats at 25-30%, but your protein should be at least the same % or higher than your carbs. Should do the trick. For example breakfast, saute kale with garlic in a teaspoon of coconut oil. Add 3/4 cup egg whites and one whole egg. Top with 2 tbs of low fat feta cheese. Add in a half serving of oats if you have enough calories in your day. Keeps you full quite awhile and is quite nutritious. A small apple with 2 low fat mozz cheese sticks for a snack (200 cal) or cottage cheese and berries (I like to add a teaspoon of sugar free jello to my cottage cheese) make great snacks. Fage 0% Plain Greek yogurt with some type of sugar substitute (stevia) and lower cal fruit is also yummy. Hot tea is great this time of year with our without caffeine as suits your needs. I can't get enough of it. So many flavors.

I also make protein bars to have on hand in the freezer. Look up recipes for Jaime Eason's pumpkin bars and lemon bars. Bake a batch and freeze them. Make great grab and go snacks, or something to eat in the evenings when you crave something on the sweeter side of things.

Oatmeal and tuna are very filling. I like to save about 120 calories for a square of dark chocolate at night. It satisfies the....I need a sweet snack before sleeping idea.

I agree with many above, protein is important and helps fill you up. Cottage cheese or greek yogurt with fruit. Also set aside calories for your evening snack. Eat your favorite veggies, fruit, or sugar free jello. Make some sugar free pudding with unsweetened almond milk and add protein powder. Avoid cereal, bread and heavy carbs at night.

I have been there with the struggle of wanting to eat everything at night! For me I like something sweet at the end of my day so I have a casein mug cake topped with almond butter and a little Walden farms pancake syrup. I also make a hot tea (usually chai) with 1/4c almond milk. The mixture of the slow digesting protein from the casein and the healthy fats from the almond butter make me feel satisfied and the tea goes well with it and takes a while to finish so I don’t feel like I want to keep eating afterwards.

I also struggle with late night munchies, but what has helped for me is, going for homemade low calorie soups when I feel the urge to have a late night meal--soup can be very satisfying!
I also recommend eating plenty of fiber during the day, and not skipping out on protein.
also, drink water regularly, because hunger and thirst is often mistaken for one another.
hope this helps!

-Christine

Cashew

cynthiasgarden wrote: »

And, if you really must have something sweet, I've found that almonds dipped in dark chocolate will satisfy me, and it doesn't take very many. Even my dr agreed that is a healthy snack, if you don't overdo it. But for me, about 5 or 6 is enough.

I'm in love with dark chocolate covered hazelnuts! Hard to find and $$ though.