How to avoid snacking after dinner?

Lots of options.

• If you are staying within your calorie goals - then you could just stick to the current pattern
• You could try out limiting your daily eating window, for example to 12 hours. So you would have a cut off time at night you don't eat after.
• You can plan a snack every night and figure out the appropriate portion. It would be a good idea to pick something that you quite enjoy.
• Hide the foods away that you tend to go for or get them out of the house so that you are less likely to keep going back for them
• Try out some food choices for dealing with sweets - fresh fruit is a nice way to get sweet without going high in calories, you could mix with some nuts or cheese/yogurt. You might also try having a savory treat (instead of something sweet) and see if that is satisfying, such as some really good cheese.

Good luck

malibu927 wrote: »

I try to always save enough calories (200-300) for dessert

That works well for me too. I also try to not keep too much easily accessible junk food around because I end up eating it late night. Also try not to watch TV at night with commercials because every single one will be for food and they make you hungry.

I do most of the above plus try to do something other than watch TV. I find that most of my mindless snacking happens during TV time.

I save the extra calories for snacks. I always try to have quite a late dinner and then a snack right before bed. I couldn't stand going to bed even the tiniest bit hungry. It used to be chocolate and I would just work it into my calories but lately I've started having greek yoghurt with berries and honey and that satisfies my sweet tooth.

I eat dinner later at night around 8:00pm, workout, then go to bed right away after shower so I have no excuse to even look in fridge.

I save 300-400 calories specifically for a late night snack. If that is when you want to eat, go with it and work it in.

I also save calories to snack on after dinner, but it can feel a little bit weird looking at the diary and the "snacks" category is dominating in calories compared to my very calorie dense and filling dinner with very few calories. Mentally I have to remind myself that the (usually healthy!) snacks have been portioned out throughout the day (thinking about adding more categories, but haven't been bothered yet, since my timing varies too).

When I feel like snacking above my calorie limit I complete my diary for the day, then brush my teeth. It makes snacking a little bit less tempting

What worked for me was keeping distracted. Before being mindful of what I was eating I used to plop in front of the TV with my high calorie snacks most nights of the week. Now I workout either at home or outside.

Going to bed earlier helped too, in many ways.

Eating small snack packs did not work for me. It actually made me crave it more so I would end up eating the whole thing!

I slowly was able to completely stop snacking after dinner and trained myself that the kitchen is closed after a certain time and my body adapted.

I have the same problem! I try not to eat anything after dinner, so my body can digest all that food I ate. Also, I am most vulnerable to giving in to temptation at that time (especially if I'm extremely tired) and my kids are always cranky during that time, adding to my mental stress.

Here are the things I have tried:

• Drinking Throat Coat tea, which is a sweeter tea. I brew 2 Cups of it.
• If I have been staying away from evening eating, I allow myself the bag of popcorn that I absolutely love. Just not all the time - Maybe once or twice a week (yes I eat the whole bag).
• Staying busy getting all my chores done for the next day, then going to bed to read or just pass out from exhaustion.
• Eating a small bowl of frozen blueberries. Healthy, and I can't eat them fast since they're so cold. Carrots or cucumbers work as well.

I hope you find a few things to help you.