There are recipes for low carb breads you can make.

The key to not being hungry is having sufficient fat intake. I used to be always hungry, and I had super blood sugar crashes if I didn't eat very regularly. Now I am rarely hungry and I don't crash like I used to. After a few weeks, if your fat intake is sufficient, that should solve the hungry problem. Add butter to your dinner, cook in olive oil, add cheese to your dinners.

Snacks: Cream cheese on veggies, or spread cream cheese on a slice of deli meat and roll it up. Cheese & Pepperoni. A can of tuna fish. A can of black olives. There are recipes for low carb desserts. We make a keto chocolate milkshake that we often have after dinner. Tonight I am trying out a recipe I saw here for keto cheesecake.

I have to agree with @FIT_Goat
I had that problem with sugar. Candy specifically.
I had to just stop. Completely. I had to treat it like it was a drug or something.

Do you really get hungry, or is the evening snack a habit? Change your routine and see if that helps to kick the habit

I do really well with cauliflower tossed with olive oil, garlic, and salt, and roasted until it's browned and chewy. It doesn't taste like bread. It isn't a substitute for bread. But somehow it does it for me anyway.

I agree with @FIT_Goat , too. For me the cravings have decreased dramatically over time.
When I find myself craving something sweet or a "treat" in the evening, I try to focus on foods that are flavorful that do fit the plan: pickles, pepper jack cheese, celery with chive and onion cream cheese, buffalo chicken dip, a fat bomb or cream cheese cloud, bacon, pepperoni, a "Skillet pizza" (just mozzarella and pepperoni), etc.

Nuts and blackberries are my go to evening snacks. Easy, no prep and keto friendly. I also like a large glass of soda water flavoured with a sweetener like MIO but I try to avoid artificial stuff and look for stevia. With regard to bread if you give yourself time you may find you get over the cravings - at least I did. I really don't miss bread and doubt I will ever eat it again. I won't go so far as to call it poison but the downside of eating it is greater than the up. I've found a couple of things I can do with my eggs that help me not miss toast. I add either: peanut butter, small amount of ketchup or a couple Tbsp of mayo. I find those flavours jazz up the eggs enough that I'm happy without bread. Before using these ingredients I was starting to get bored with eggs.

BTW, the two suggestions above are both thanks to the fine folks on this forum who have been most helpful to me. I've learned a lot from this group.

I have celiac disease so I gave up "real" bread 6 years ago. Lucky for me gluten free bread is easier to give up. While it's not terrible it's basically lacking the airy texture that would compel anyone to eat a whole loaf.

I agree with the above that keto and bread probably can't mix, especially not if it's a food you lose control around. When I feel snacky in the evening but know that I'm not truly hungry I have a cup of hot tea with a splash of heavy whipping cream and it does the trick. Maybe try that until you can get a handle on the cravings? Good luck!

I was also a complete bread addict (I lovingly baked my own bread from scratch) and there is really no other way for me to deal with it except to give it up completely.

To deal with evening eating, I push dinner back to about 8:30-9pm most nights. Then by the time I'm done eating, cleaning up, it's almost time for bed.

I've had some periods of hunger that I had trouble controlling a little while ago. I knew I didn't want to eat and blow my whole day, so what often helped me was simply drinking a hot beverage. Whatever you like, tea, coffee, broth... If I had some calories available and I didn't think just the drink alone was enough, I would add some butter or MCT oil to help kill the hunger. Even if I didn't have calories available, if I couldn't get it under control I would add the fat anyway because I would rather fat be what puts me over than anything else.
I realized the source of my hunger was connected to how much artificial sweetener I was using. Once I cut my usage in half, I had an immediate change and I was back to enjoying control all day again. Consider that as a possible hunger trigger. It's incredibly common. I can handle a little with no issues, but if I take even an extra teaspoon of coffee syrup in the morning, I can really feel the hunger monster coming. And it's not even specifically a sweet craving I get. Just feeling like I want to eat. Anything. Everything.
Anyway, stay focused and if you're working the plan well, and stay away from the grains, you'll find it eventually becomes manageable or goes away entirely.

I agree with Fit_goat - cutting out bread entirely is essential, low carb substitutes can be concocted, but they are not going to taste the same and may cause cravings to persist. Cutting it out completely is your best bet. After a few weeks the cravings will subside and if at that point you want to incorporate a small serving of the real deal as an occasional "treat" you can, but even small amounts once in a while may trigger cravings, you'll have to experiment and see how you react.

I also tend to like to eat later in the day; what I've found helpful is skipping breakfast. I'm not particularly hungry in the morning, especially since eating LC, so I don't usually eat "breakfast" until noon, and it's generally pretty small (a couple of eggs or a salad with meat, cheese, seeds or nuts, hard boiled eggs if I have them on hand, and olive oil and vinegar). I then have dinner at a normal time, which leaves me plenty of room for second dinner or a big snack at around 9 pm. As for fast easy snack ideas, you've gotten plenty of ideas so far, but my go-to evening snacks (when I'm not hungry enough for second dinner, lol) are cheese and nuts, heavy cream with berries and a sprinkle of cinnamon, or a couple squares of very dark chocolate. I also second slimzandra's and deksgrl's advice to make sure you are getting enough fat. That really does do wonders for suppressing appetite and keeping the munchies at bay.

myname20 wrote: »

1. So of course the main point is to avoid carbs. I love pasta, rice, bread, potatoes. Ok, I can hold myself and not touch rice and potatoes. I eat pasta 1-2 times a week. But I cant stop myself from eating bread!! Bread ADDICTS, help me with advice, please!!! Is there any product which tastes similar but is low carb? Except the expensive stuff.. How do you stop yourself from touching bread? Yeah I could buy full package of some healthy bread and eat one piece a day, but then the rest would get old and.. you know whats the point? Help!!

Bread has always been my weak point too. Most of my life, bread came as a requirement with every meal.

Then one day I woke up and told myself I want to live the Keto life. And just like that, I forgot entirely that bread existed.

I'm against attempting to make carbohydrate recreations, like using some sort of low-carb flour to make bread. It makes a poor excuse for real bread, and all it does is make me want to eat some real carbs.

Just quit cold turkey and don't look back!

myname20 wrote: »

2. I have no problems eating low carb at daytime and mostly also dinner. But I always get hungry after dinner - it is like a rule! I wonder what kind of snacks can I make for myself?! And I dont want to cook something complicated for snacking.. What do you eat when you want to snack? (carrots and few nuts really doesnt make me happy or full at evenings

Protein shake. Having one before bed time is probably one of the healthiest things you can do for your body.

It's also filling, and if you get the right flavor, pretty much a dessert before bed.

On some nights, when I ate too early and not enough calories, I'll add some different oil to the protein shake to add more calories and healthy fats. Any oil would work, hemp, flax, olive, coconut.

myname20 wrote: »

Hi everyone, just recently started low carb dieting and I have 2 problems I would like to solve. .. if possible

2. I have no problems eating low carb at daytime and mostly also dinner. But I always get hungry after dinner - it is like a rule! I wonder what kind of snacks can I make for myself?! And I dont want to cook something complicated for snacking.. What do you eat when you want to snack? (carrots and few nuts really doesnt make me happy or full at evenings

I'm a nighttime snacker. That's definitely when I gained all my weight With this woe I don't get so hungry anymore, so I started eating dinner later, at the time when I used to start snacking. And then I pre-plan my day to include one snack after that. Before my recent Quest low carb PB cup addiction, I'd have 20 g of cheese with a big cup of tea and that tided me over until bedtime.