How to be stricked

Story of my life. This week I've realized that veggies keep me full longer. My approach has always been to eat my usual foods but just a smaller amount, that always led to me with my hand in a cereal box late at night. Try adding greens (asparagus, broccoli anything you like) and see if it will keep you feeling full. Best of luck! You can do it!

I recently skipped breakfast because of the way my morning went and noticed that I wasn't really feeling hungry until lunch time anyway. If you know you're going to want to eat a bigger dinner and snack in the evening, can you try waiting to eat in the day until you actually feel hungry? I realized that I was "wasting" those early morning calories when I didn't even want them and the last couple of days I've found it easier to stay within my goal because I have the extra calories left in the evening, which I would have eaten anyway. Now I eat the calories at night and don't go over! (This is basically intermittent fasting, I think, but I have not done any research into that).

I think it's hard to answer without seeing what you eat and how many calories you're taking in. Is your diary open?

I want to generalize a point that several have offered specifics about: Though we generally all lose weight the same basic way here, calories in < calories out, there are a huge variety of different strategies to achieve that, and different ones work better for different people, to help them feeling satiated & energetic, thus making the weight-loss process sustainable over the longer haul.

So: Experiment with the timing and composition of your eating, to see what makes you feel best.

By "timing", I mean how many meals & snacks you eat throughout the day, and how you distribute calories among them. Some people have 1 meal a day (at least some days), others two (such as 'skip breakfast'), or the standard 3 (could be big breakfast, tiny dinner; the reverse; even calorie allocation among them; etc.) Some people do best with 3 meals and 2 or 3 smaller snacks. Some are better off with 5 or even 6 tiny meals, but closer together.

By "composition", I mean what types of foods you eat, and what macronutrients (protein, fat, carbs) you emphasize or minimize (with a healthy range, of course). Some people find protein filling, so eat relatively more of that; others find healthy fats more satisfying, and allocate relatively more calories to those. Some folks find it satisfying to eat visually large things (like salad) more often. Some do best with a larger proportion of high-volume low-calorie foods (typically high-fiber veggies).

Personally, I do best with a solid breakfast that includes plenty of protein, good protein through the day, and some hearty portions of lower-cal veggies. Most days I eat 3-4 meals, and include a sensible snack if I get hungry at an unusual time, plus sometimes something like home-made popcorn in the evening for munchies.

But you'll be different, in what you find filling, satisfying, tasty & energy supporting. Try a variation for a couple of days. If you like it, keep it. If it doesn't work, try something else. You'll find your best mix, and either get the binge-snacking under control, or find a way to fit in some workable snacks.

+1 to the idea that you should consider adopting a slower weight-loss calorie goal (i.e., target losing fewer pounds per week), in order to make it more achievable. That "declining commitment through the day" thing could well be either too few calories available, or even not getting enough sleep at night. A slower weight loss plan that you can stick with is way more effective than a fast approach that you can't accomplish in real life.