Never satisfied after dinner

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  • terar21
    terar21 Posts: 523 Member
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    I'm a big snacker. Unless I'm distracted with busy work, I tend to get hungry between meals. So I account for it. I know I'll need a snack at 10am on work days. I know I'll need one around 3pm. I know I'll need one either before of after my dinner. I just prelog that snack. A little popcorn, some yogurt, cheese stick, watermelon, or just almond milk if I'm low on available calories. I really don't like going more than a few hours without food. I've always been this way at any weight. Carry food anywhere....even through airport security. I find it odd you can carry ziplock bags of various food without any trouble. But I won't complain.
  • Apud85
    Apud85 Posts: 74 Member
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    Try having a late afternoon snack with a lot of protein and moving your dinner back a little. If you can spare any extra calories, I also try to save some calories for a small snack before bed.

    My husband likes eating dinner later in the evening (like 6:30, which is late for me!) and I would always be starving when I would get home and start cooking, so now I make sure I have a protein bar (I like the ThinkThin bars) around 3pm and it has been a total game changer! I don't snack while I'm cooking and have also noticed that I'm more content with much smaller portions when I have dinner.
  • lthames0810
    lthames0810 Posts: 722 Member
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    AbsoluteTara79 wrote: »
    I started delaying breakfast so that I could eat a snack after dinner. It just works better with my schedule, too. I'm in a rush in the morning. I enjoy having a treat once I finally sit down after the kids are in bed. And I'm more tolerant of being hungry when I'm busy at work.

    That is just one idea. Point being - think about what options open up if you decide to work with your natural patterns rather than trying to change them.

    I agree with this idea about natural patterns.

    If you tend to have more willpower in the morning, but less at night, this is another pattern you might use to your advantage. For example, go to bed earlier (fewer hours to torment yourself) and get up earlier (maybe even have enough time for exercise in the AM.)

  • lemon629
    lemon629 Posts: 501 Member
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    Eat more for dinner. Make sure you get enough protein - at least 20% of the calories should come from protein.
    Play with your meal timing. Try having a small snack / mini meal early and then your real dinner later. Also try the opposite-- full dinner at 6 and then a small snack later. Just plan ahead so it is not unrestrained snacking. Or try just drinking something satisfying in the evening. I usually have herbal tea in the evening. It is soothing and also satisfies that desire for flavor.

    Finally, consider whether you are truly hungry. I think you are probably bored. Maybe do something in the evening so you are less bored. Go for a walk or other exercise.
  • franola12
    franola12 Posts: 45 Member
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    You are not alone. It's not even that I am hungry but I just want to snack on something. Now I take Liporidex PM about 30 minutes after I eat and it seems to be working to eliminate my urge to snack after dinner. Another tip my trainer gave me was to drink plenty of water with dinner and if you so get hungry or want to snack, make sure you have some fruit or nuts around and snack on those instead. My favorite is frozen bananas.
  • blue736
    blue736 Posts: 69 Member
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    KBmoments wrote: »
    My dinners vary a lot. But, I will be mindful to add more protein!

    Lower your carbs an up the fats an up the protein the fats will
    Keep u fuller about 10 almonds Healthy fats
  • NearlyMelaine
    NearlyMelaine Posts: 22 Member
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    I always get this!! I eat and then somehow sometimes feel hungrier after I've eaten than before?! I think it's from being in my habit of always being full, always having some kind of pudding and always snacking. Apparently it takes 21 days to break a habit for push through it and hopefully the compulsion will go x Me and you both sister I'm having to do this too
  • KBmoments
    KBmoments Posts: 193 Member
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    NearlyMelaine wrote: »
    I always get this!! I eat and then somehow sometimes feel hungrier after I've eaten than before?! I think it's from being in my habit of always being full, always having some kind of pudding and always snacking. Apparently it takes 21 days to break a habit for push through it and hopefully the compulsion will go x Me and you both sister I'm having to do this too

    Maybe we can goal ourselves to try 3 days in a row of not late night scrounging...and then see how far we can get haha
  • KBmoments
    KBmoments Posts: 193 Member
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    franola12 wrote: »
    You are not alone. It's not even that I am hungry but I just want to snack on something. Now I take Liporidex PM about 30 minutes after I eat and it seems to be working to eliminate my urge to snack after dinner. Another tip my trainer gave me was to drink plenty of water with dinner and if you so get hungry or want to snack, make sure you have some fruit or nuts around and snack on those instead. My favorite is frozen bananas.

    Same...not even really hungry. Maybe I just like the act of eating. Does not bode well for weightloss!

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,114 Member
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    KBmoments wrote: »
    I've been noticing a pattern lately. I'll eat dinner, but then continue to scrounge around for food...maybe 30 minutes later or so.. and continue this the rest of the night. Sometimes I can control all the snacking, but more often than not, I'll keep asking myself, "Hm, what else can I eat?" I eat pretty early (around 6), so then I have the whole rest of the night to think about what else I could be eating! I don't think it's because my meals aren't tasty, because I do enjoy them.. I guess it's more of just compulsion to eat more or never really feeling "full".. or just plain wanting to 'eat.' Anyone else deal with this and/or have overcome this problem?

    When I get home from work, I have a light snack ... often cottage cheese and cucumbers or pickles (I'm after the salt!) That snack amounts to maybe 100 cal.

    Then my husband and I go for a walk ... and then we have dinner. So dinner doesn't usually take place until somewhere between 7:30 and 8 pm.

    After dinner, I make myself a cup of my favourite tea. And I get busy doing stuff around the house. Later, not long before bed, I have a small bowl of yogurt with fruit or something.

    It's a pattern that seems to work for me.

    But could it be that some of your desire to find something else to eat is just boredom? What would happen if you went out for a long walk after dinner? Or joined a spinning class one night a week? Or maybe enrolled in a community class of some sort (photography, painting, welding, or whatever they've got on offer)?



  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
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    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    eat later. eat desert. save up some calories for an evening snack, etc...

    This. Even just 30 minutes later can help, if you're not too hungry. I usually have about 400 calories to mess around with after dinner in maintenance and 200-400 when I'm cutting.
  • KBmoments
    KBmoments Posts: 193 Member
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    Machka9 wrote: »
    KBmoments wrote: »
    I've been noticing a pattern lately. I'll eat dinner, but then continue to scrounge around for food...maybe 30 minutes later or so.. and continue this the rest of the night. Sometimes I can control all the snacking, but more often than not, I'll keep asking myself, "Hm, what else can I eat?" I eat pretty early (around 6), so then I have the whole rest of the night to think about what else I could be eating! I don't think it's because my meals aren't tasty, because I do enjoy them.. I guess it's more of just compulsion to eat more or never really feeling "full".. or just plain wanting to 'eat.' Anyone else deal with this and/or have overcome this problem?

    When I get home from work, I have a light snack ... often cottage cheese and cucumbers or pickles (I'm after the salt!) That snack amounts to maybe 100 cal.

    Then my husband and I go for a walk ... and then we have dinner. So dinner doesn't usually take place until somewhere between 7:30 and 8 pm.

    After dinner, I make myself a cup of my favourite tea. And I get busy doing stuff around the house. Later, not long before bed, I have a small bowl of yogurt with fruit or something.

    It's a pattern that seems to work for me.

    But could it be that some of your desire to find something else to eat is just boredom? What would happen if you went out for a long walk after dinner? Or joined a spinning class one night a week? Or maybe enrolled in a community class of some sort (photography, painting, welding, or whatever they've got on offer)?



    That's a nice pattern you've got going! I also think it could be boredom... Maybe if I start a routine of walking afterwards or a class that would definitely help! Thanks for sharing.

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