Late Night Snacking For Gals Who Just Love Food
k8millz
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Hey guys.
So, I'm 5'6" and weigh 135 lbs even. I eat a lot of veggies, fruits, lean meats, ya know basic "clean" foods during the day. My macros are currently sitting at 1700 cals, 190c/130p/48f. However, even with how often I eat throughout the day and no matter how nutrient dense my meals are, I'm SO hungry once night time rolls around. I can always count on my sweet tooth to drag me to the kitchen for a bowl of cereal or my brain to talk me into eating five quesadillas at one in the morning. What are some tricks to stop (or at least reduce) this behavior? And what are some of your favorite healthy snacks to have when hunger cravings hit late at night?
So, I'm 5'6" and weigh 135 lbs even. I eat a lot of veggies, fruits, lean meats, ya know basic "clean" foods during the day. My macros are currently sitting at 1700 cals, 190c/130p/48f. However, even with how often I eat throughout the day and no matter how nutrient dense my meals are, I'm SO hungry once night time rolls around. I can always count on my sweet tooth to drag me to the kitchen for a bowl of cereal or my brain to talk me into eating five quesadillas at one in the morning. What are some tricks to stop (or at least reduce) this behavior? And what are some of your favorite healthy snacks to have when hunger cravings hit late at night?
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Fage 2% Greek yogurt with peanut butter powder, a little sea salt, pyure sweetner, chia seeds, and sometimes throw a few geradelli dark chocolate chips on. Tastes like Reese's! So yummy and filling too. Or I love Carr's water crackers (8 crackers for 120 calories) and quarter size 2 pieces of cheese and top the crackers with those (2 pieces of cheese 55 calories) or skinny popcorn.1
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Whole grain cereal
spoonful of Peanut butter or PB and crackers
Glass of milk
Cup of tea
Glass of water
Go to bed then wake up earlier for breakfast1 -
If you know you're going to want a late night snack, budget your calories for it. Instead of eating all 1700 calories throughout the day, eat 1450 and save 250 for another snack.
Good snacks:
Greek yogurt and protein powder
An egg or two (or three
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Tuna salad
Lunch meat roll up (meat and veggies)
Cottage cheese with veggies
Celery and pb2
Apple and pb2
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Losewtforlife4him wrote: »Fage 2% Greek yogurt with peanut butter powder, a little sea salt, pyure sweetner, chia seeds, and sometimes throw a few geradelli dark chocolate chips on. Tastes like Reese's! So yummy and filling too. Or I love Carr's water crackers (8 crackers for 120 .
8 crackers for 120 cal?! Yippee my two whole grain crackers are 130. Going to buy those carrs.. More crackers to munch.3 -
I love my late night snack! So I pre-log it when I log breakfast and fit the rest of the day in. (I do air-popped popcorn and spray olive oil on it.)2
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yagirlmella wrote: »Losewtforlife4him wrote: »Fage 2% Greek yogurt with peanut butter powder, a little sea salt, pyure sweetner, chia seeds, and sometimes throw a few geradelli dark chocolate chips on. Tastes like Reese's! So yummy and filling too. Or I love Carr's water crackers (8 crackers for 120 .
8 crackers for 120 cal?! Yippee my two whole grain crackers are 130. Going to buy those carrs.. More crackers to munch.
Yes!! Isn't it great? 4 crackers for 60 calories and I just double it!
I love crackers and these are big too and so good!
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Just a question, but have you had problems with binge eating? You sound like me. Protein really helps, and waiting longer to eat something sweet during the day. I also try to leave room for a snack later at night. And make sure you aren't being super restrictive during the day.3
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These are all great ideas for late night snacking! I'm gonna try them all out, and start logging my treats at the beginning of the day. Wish me luck!1
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Oooh, a 1/4 cup of vanilla greek yogurt mixed with 1Tbsp peanut butter. Perfect dip for fruit. Add a tiny bit of sweetener if you like. I love it with apple slices!!1
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For sweet, I eat Icelandic style yogurt. 110 cals
For savory, I eat fat free refried beans with salsa and half a serving of light sour cream. 120 cals
I like both of these because they are filling (protein or fiber) and they physically take longer to eat with a spoon. I take tiny bites.1 -
My midnight snack is rice crispy cereal and milk, but in a coffee mug.1
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At night I learned to make a fruit/veggie tray usually around(100 cal) with a dip just as PB2 or boathouse ranch dressing and then I drink hot teas until full- if this will not make you need to use the restroom a lot-1
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Don't be awake at 1 in the morning. The longer you're awake, the more likely you are to eat more. Seriously, there have been multiple studies that link being awake late at night to increased calorie consumption. (And no, I don't have links to said studies. If you're that interested, do some googling) Your body needs sleep & rest to properly function anyway.2
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You sound exactly like me, same measurements as well, and I too can binge eat everything I can get my hands on in the evenings, it's like I'm never full! My sweet tooth gets out of control!
I make little cups of 50 cal per serving mousse mixes up (I use almond milk) then I fill small containers with kids up with mousse and they don't stay soft like ice cream so it takes a little work to eat them but they help the sweet tooth at 50 cals a pop.
This is my alternative to dairy products1 -
That should read lids not kids lol
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I make myself have a huge glass of water first, and then if still stupidly hungry, have a snack or cashews0
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it sounds like a habit that just needs to be broken.0
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There is nothing wrong with eating at night if that is what you like to do. Just save some calories for it. I love a small nighttime snack. I usually save a couple hundred calories and if I don't use them then I can bank them for another day.1
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For sweet, I eat Icelandic style yogurt. 110 cals
For savory, I eat fat free refried beans with salsa and half a serving of light sour cream. 120 cals
I like both of these because they are filling (protein or fiber) and they physically take longer to eat with a spoon. I take tiny bites.
That refried beans, salsa and sour cream sounds yummy. I will have to try that1 -
I have a snack, "aka" 5th meal at 10pm every night.
A premier protein fiber bar
A snack I baked, Crustless cheesecake, carrot cupcake
Ice cream (you could try halo top or Arctic zero)
Vanilla Greek yogurt with berries and nuts.
Those are the ones I tend to stick to, mostly the first and last.0 -
melissa6771 wrote: »I have a snack, "aka" 5th meal at 10pm every night.
A premier protein fiber bar
A snack I baked, Crustless cheesecake, carrot cupcake
Ice cream (you could try halo top or Arctic zero)
Vanilla Greek yogurt with berries and nuts.
Those are the ones I tend to stick to, mostly the first and last.
Recipe please for the crustless cheesecake and carrot cupcake
Thanks!
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You sound exactly like me, same measurements as well, and I too can binge eat everything I can get my hands on in the evenings, it's like I'm never full! My sweet tooth gets out of control!
I make little cups of 50 cal per serving mousse mixes up (I use almond milk) then I fill small containers with kids up with mousse and they don't stay soft like ice cream so it takes a little work to eat them but they help the sweet tooth at 50 cals a pop.
This is my alternative to dairy products
So how do you make these? Sounds yummy!
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Don't be awake at 1 in the morning. The longer you're awake, the more likely you are to eat more. Seriously, there have been multiple studies that link being awake late at night to increased calorie consumption. (And no, I don't have links to said studies. If you're that interested, do some googling) Your body needs sleep & rest to properly function anyway.
I don't stay up that late. I'm in bed by 10 pm due to my work schedule (well most of the time anyway) I've had my hunger pangs wake me up, and at one in the morning the only thing that sounds appetizing is something incredibly bad for me. I'm gonna play around with the timing of my meals and see if that makes a difference at all.
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Losewtforlife4him wrote: »melissa6771 wrote: »I have a snack, "aka" 5th meal at 10pm every night.
A premier protein fiber bar
A snack I baked, Crustless cheesecake, carrot cupcake
Ice cream (you could try halo top or Arctic zero)
Vanilla Greek yogurt with berries and nuts.
Those are the ones I tend to stick to, mostly the first and last.
Recipe please for the crustless cheesecake and carrot cupcake
Thanks!
I second that!
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@k8millz @losewtforlife4him
The Crustless cheesecake recipe I posted in the recipe section. Please look there.
The carrot cupcakes, I used the cooking,light recipe, whcihmimwill post here, I took out one T of the oil, made 9 cupcakes instead of 12, made half the frosting recipe and lightly frosted then9 cupcakes, and skipped the shredded coconut because the one I had was no longer good. The coconut only adds like 10 calories per cupcake.
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/carrot-cupcakes-with-coconut-cream-cheese-frosting0
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