I can't stop night time snacking....HELP!!!!!!

If it is emotional eating deal with your emotions. Get different tools to manage stress like therapy, meditation, exercise, knitting, music, dancing.
If it is habit do something different in the evenings.

I don't watch TV anymore since it's bombarded with food ads. I clean up the kitchen after dinner then walk for 60 mins and hit the bed by 9:30.

I agree with leejoyce31. It can be a process to get the point where you can flat out stop snacking, or have more control over your actions. So many factors can be involved.
Op, keep trying, and try to "cut" your snacking.
Going from "I'm eating out of the bag" to "I have a serving in a bowl and that is it!" is a good first step.
Or returning to the kitchen for a snack only once versus all night long. You'll eventually find something that works and it'll make it easier to "just say no" and stop as other people have mentioned.
Putting away leftovers, storing snacks securely, cleaning up and "closing" the kitchen also helps me. There are certain foods I can't have regularly at the house because I obsess over them.

Last bit of advice--once you are done eating for the night, brush your teeth, floss, and mouth was and gargle. It deters me from snacking a lot if it means I have to redo it all again! (And the mint flavor makes snacking seem unappetizing...)

Find other ways to make yourself feel better... Like bubble bath and go to bed early. Sleep will help with stress too.

If that doesn't work, I'll share my celery!

Please don't feel any guilt because you are snacking. It's your metabolism hitting back. I think it kicks in after you've been dieting for some time, or when you are in maintenance.
Metabolic hormones, hormones that control fundamental emotions like anger and fear, love and hate AND hormones that control your circadian rhythms all originate in the hippocampus of our brains.
When we've been on a diet, however careful we are, the metabolism can become damaged. You are getting binge eating signals because you're on a diet, you're stressed and I bet you aren't sleeping well. Everything gets mixed up in the mind.
Ignore the person who tells you you have 't got enough willpower. However well meaning that was meant to be the fact of the matter is that these hormonal urges are VERY powerful. You have to deal with the stress and (if it's relevant) lack of sleep too. You can't just deal with the snacking because they are all mixed up together.
Here's my six point plan.
1. Increase calorie consumption by 100 cals/day. (You'll still probably lose weight)
2. Tackle the stress issues some way (councillors, doctor etc) Ditch any activity that gives you stress which you can.
3. Start keeping VERY regular hours and eating at very regular times. Go to bed and get up at the same time. Get your 8hours sleep minimum.
4. PLAN balanced, nutritious meals for yourself plus a small allowance for snacks (if you need them). No low carb stuff, no low fat. I mean balanced.
5. Pre-weigh and package your snacks. Don't keep too many portions in the house. Chocolate 1 square at a time is my favourite.
6. Engage friends/family to help you. (I bet you are snacking alone?)
This is all from someone whose been there and only recently realised that it wasn't my willpower but my hormones/emotions that were to blame.
Good luck.

I have no answer for why you're feeling more cravings than previously. But I can say I haven't conquered late-night snacking yet, myself, and I have found food logging to be very helpful for managing my weight in spite of the cravings. When it gets close to the end of the day, I look at what I've eaten so far, and figure out what I can eat for dinner and my final snack of the day to come in on or just under my calorie budget. I've discovered some great snacks that are satisfying while being relatively low-calorie, low sodium and/or low sugar, depending on how well I did on my nutrition profile earlier in the day.

I save calories and macros for the evening because that is when I am most likely to snack as well. I love having some Artic Zero ice cream 150calories a pint in the evening or something like that.

Do you stay in a deficit with these late night snacks?

jennde75 wrote: »

Thanks All for the responses and advice. But this is so weird, in the middle of the night I will get up and eat something knowing I am doing it but for some reason I don't stop myself. Its just so weird. And yes maybe I can control my what I eat and what I don't. I wish it were as easy as everyone claims it to be.

This part caught my attention.
I have always been a late in the day eater and like most of my calories at dinner and then a late night snack.
But early this year I was doing exactly what you are doing.
I wasn't going to bed hungry, but I would wake up like every hour and would eat. Sometimes I would be fully aware I was doing it big felt "out of control", sometimes I wouldn't remember it in the morning but would see evidence, as in wrappers,bags etc.
Not to scare you but I had lost 8 lbs last year and was 4 lbs from my goal weight when this happened and I gained that 8 lbs back plus more.

Luckily, my doctor asked questions, and after figuring out that my deficit wasn't too steep he sent me to a sleep specialist.

I was diagnosed with sleep eating disorder. It is a recognized sleep disorder and not an eating disorder as you would think.

I've been treated and have not relapsed since treatment which was in April. I'm losing weight again.

I'm not saying this is what you have, but please message me if I can be of help.

Not that this will always work, but I hear that brushing your teeth helps (the toothpaste-y feeling in particular)