Question for all the mommies out there

My new "sweet" is a graham cracker with 1/4 tsp. of Nutela spread. Yummy!

Night time snacking is how I stayed fat for so many years. I always snacked at night. Usually potato chips and a candy bar. After the days I used to have I felt I "deserved" it. My husband toddles off to bed around 9:00 I'm a night owl. As the years passed I now eat peanuts and a small square of chocolate, but it is still snacking. Then I tried the jello chocolate mousse desserts, WOW, they are delicious. The 60 calorie one really makes me feel like I'm cheating. So I know keep my night time snack to 1/3 cup peanuts, and a jello mousse. It satisfies me. So far since January, I have lost 35 pounds.

hi! I am a mommy of 3, and I totally get where you are coming from. I do a few things.

1. a large glass of water, ice, and lemon wedges.

2. go to bed earlier and read - too lazy to go all the way back downstairs to find a snack, LOL

3. plan ahead with some low fat snacks. or rather, only one snack.

4. take up a hobby that requires your hands. I can sit and watch tv, but also knit or crochet, or even draw.

5. make a snack for my hubby (oh, don't I sound like suzie homemaker, but he works hard too) and then just have a wee taste of his instead of my own.

I tried getting up and going for a walk, but by that time of night, I am wiped out. so something busy but not physical works better just to avoid the snacking.

lol That's my fave, to take just a bite of whatever fatty snack he has for himself! Somehow, he's been lucky enough to get to eat whatever he wants! *grumble*

I feel the pain there! everyone else gets to eat the yummy snacks!
all of the above are great , also try water & chewing gum so you get the chew part of the snacking without downing a bunch of calories.
Try just going to bed earlier, change up the routine, do different things. any snacks you do eat be sure they are low calorie. I love ice cream, especially chocolate. I have found that the weight watchers, or fit & active Fudge pops are awesome satisfying & only 100 calories. & they are actually larger than the regular fattening variety!
stay strong!

I brush my teeth when I brush my toddler's. That way I don't want to eat anything.

I wish I was one of those high energy moms that feels the need to obsessively clean everything after the kids go to bed, but that is not me. lol

LOL...me too!

Some of my normal night time snacks are yogurt (Yoplait Whips - strawberry), almonds (Emerald cocoa roast 100 calorie packs), rice cakes with laughing cow cheese or peanut butter, hummus with some kind of chips/crackers/veggies, 100 calorie microwave popcorn bags, single serving Skinny Cow or Edy's ice cream cups or ice cream bars.

I used to be the same way...veg in front of the TV or internet and snack like crazy after the kiddo goes to bed. BUT, I have to work out at night, or I don't get to work out at all. I usually get my daughter into bed around 7:45 or 8:00, and I just go ahead and change into workout clothes and get it over with. I don't always want to, but I find that it really does help me not just sit around and eat. I get my workout done (3 nights per week), and THEN I can veg. I try to leave room in my calorie budget for some kind of snack after my workout, so that I don't have to feel guilty. And having pre-portioned snacks (100 cal packs, or single serve snacks) really helps me, because I don't have to worry about grabbing a whole bag of chips and eating them all while I zone out in front of the TV (which I could easily do).

I wish I was one of those high energy moms that feels the need to obsessively clean everything after the kids go to bed, but that is not me. lol

LOL...me too!

Some of my normal night time snacks are yogurt (Yoplait Whips - strawberry), almonds (Emerald cocoa roast 100 calorie packs), rice cakes with laughing cow cheese or peanut butter, hummus with some kind of chips/crackers/veggies, 100 calorie microwave popcorn bags, single serving Skinny Cow or Edy's ice cream cups or ice cream bars.

I used to be the same way...veg in front of the TV or internet and snack like crazy after the kiddo goes to bed. BUT, I have to work out at night, or I don't get to work out at all. I usually get my daughter into bed around 7:45 or 8:00, and I just go ahead and change into workout clothes and get it over with. I don't always want to, but I find that it really does help me not just sit around and eat. I get my workout done (3 nights per week), and THEN I can veg. I try to leave room in my calorie budget for some kind of snack after my workout, so that I don't have to feel guilty. And having pre-portioned snacks (100 cal packs, or single serve snacks) really helps me, because I don't have to worry about grabbing a whole bag of chips and eating them all while I zone out in front of the TV (which I could easily do).

^^^^^THIS^^^^^ is what I do, too. My kiddos (3 kids 5 and under) are down between 8:30-8:45 and then I go work out in my basement. After a workout, I don't feel like spoiling all the work I did, so I'll either have an ice-cold glass of water or some kind of fruit. The exception: a square or two of dark chocolate. I'm experimenting with this, learned from an MFP friend, that dark chocolate can help you lose weight. So far, not so bad.

My kids are older now, but I remember those days. It sounds like you're rewarding yourself (deservedly so) after a full day. Try rewarding yourself some other way, like a bubble bath or treating yourself to a manicure.

I like this!!

I try not to snack but when I do I try to eat fruits or veggies w/hummus

Get Dove dark chocolate. It's so good. I never knew I liked dark chocolate until I tried Dove. I don't think it helps with weight loss but it does help lower your blood pressure. I get the bags with just the little pieces. 2-3 a night is just perfect.

I eat sugar free pudding cups with one of those long handled old fashioned baby spoons. You just get tiny bites and it lasts longer. It feels like you are eating a lot, but you are not.