Snacks at nite.

TheresaEdwardsmfp
TheresaEdwardsmfp Posts: 64 Member
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Any healthy tips for snacking at nite?! Please help.!!! 😊😊

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  • katelynntavano
    katelynntavano Posts: 22 Member
    When I'm bored at night and want to snack we try to take walks and now that it's the winter I try to go to the condo gym and just walk on the treadmill. Usually I decide against a snack when I get back unless I am actually hungry.
  • QuickLean
    QuickLean Posts: 4 Member
    Hello, I also have the urge to snack. It isn't hunger, it is habit. A bad one! Can anyone give any tips on how to break this habit? In the meantime any advice on best items to snack on? Thank you.
  • davidrip1
    davidrip1 Posts: 70 Member
    Strawberries with coconut vanilla low cal yogurt dip.
  • Angierae75
    Angierae75 Posts: 417 Member
    Leave room for a 100 or so calorie snack. Sometimes I want it. Sometimes I don't.
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    QuickLean wrote: »
    Hello, I also have the urge to snack. It isn't hunger, it is habit. A bad one! Can anyone give any tips on how to break this habit? In the meantime any advice on best items to snack on? Thank you.

    If I have calories to spare I do not require myself to be hungry to enjoy eating them. I do not consider that a bad habit just a smart allocation of calories.

    If you are struggling to stay in your calorie goal because of the snacking that is a different story. I would start by trying to leave some. If that doesn't work start analyzing what you are doing before and during the snacking. If it is often the same thing that is your cue to snack and you have to know that to overcome it. Shining a light on something can often fix it all by itself. I don't know about you but the thought that I am doing things I don't want to do simply because I am following a script does not sit well with me. If that doesn't get it you will either need to stop engaging in the other activity or associate it with a different activity like a hobby that keeps your hands busy.
  • kenyonhaff
    kenyonhaff Posts: 1,377 Member
    You can have the same snacks at night as you would in morning, afternoon or any other time of day. If it fits in your calorie allotment, go for it.

    Simple as that!
  • kenyonhaff
    kenyonhaff Posts: 1,377 Member
    QuickLean wrote: »
    Hello, I also have the urge to snack. It isn't hunger, it is habit. A bad one! Can anyone give any tips on how to break this habit? In the meantime any advice on best items to snack on? Thank you.

    My best advice is that's it's usually easier to try to replace a habit with another, rather than trying to simply stop a habit.

    It also helps if you can change the environment that you do the bad habit -- for instance, if you are used to eating snacks at your desk at 10 am, at 10 am avoid being at your desk (if possible). If you're used to eating snacks on the couch at 8:00 pm try not to be on the couch at 8 p.m. -- maybe you designate the time that you do a relaxation yoga video in the spare bedroom.

    For example:

    * Replace your snack with a cup of tea or other low or no cal beverage
    * Instead of snacking, do a 15 minute yoga routine
    * During "snack time" go for a short walk
    * During your usual snack break, do an activity you enjoy: a crossword puzzle, watch a cat video, text your best friend, do a craft, pop bubble wrap, meditate.
    * Chew some sugar free gum
    *
  • wanttobfit2020
    wanttobfit2020 Posts: 8 Member
    I am also trying to break the after dinner snacking. I'm finding if I drink more water in the evening then I don't feel hungry and nothing sounds good so I don't go over my calories. If I do end up snacking, then I weigh it and log it, I don't beat myself up about it. I have only went over in my calories once since I have actively been logging.
  • fdlewenstein
    fdlewenstein Posts: 231 Member
    I use to snack a lot after dinner, but since I started logging my food I've stopped. Sometimes I leave a calorie allowance for a planned after dinner snack. Other times I would have a Zevia soda, Good earth tea (requires no sugar), or a cup of coffee with a tablespoon of whipping cream. I also chew gum (Spry). Drinking water does also help. Its a matter of discipline and commitment. Its not an easy thing to change, but be patient with the process. If your really having a difficult time...do something active! Go for a walk or clean the house.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,600 Member
    If boredom or habit are part of the picture, consider resuming an old hobby, or starting a new one. Particularly good are things that require clean hands (needlework, sketching, playing a musical instrument, etc.) or create dirty hands (painting, carpentry, gardening, etc.)

    As someone said, it's usually easiest to break a habit by creating a replacement habit, not by just trying to tough it out.

    Snacks in the evening are fine (that "no food after 6" stuff is misleading, at best), as long as you have the calories for them. If they create calorie problems, or you simply want to break the habit for your own reasons, that's where other strategies can come in.

    Getting enough good quality sleep, and managing stess, can both be part of minimizing evening cravings, too. When we're fatigued, the body seeks energy, and food is energy. (Plus an earlier bedtime means fewer hours available for snacking. ;) ).

    Best wishes!
  • TheresaEdwardsmfp
    TheresaEdwardsmfp Posts: 64 Member
    Thanks so much for all ur tips. 🤗🤗
  • gothchiq
    gothchiq Posts: 4,590 Member
    I try to make sure I have enough calories left for a small snack because I can't sleep if my stomach is growling. So for example I eat an ounce of cheese, some olives, and tomato slices or a mandarin orange.
  • TheresaEdwardsmfp
    TheresaEdwardsmfp Posts: 64 Member
    Well, I have set aside some snacks, 2 mandarin oranges, which I love, a rivita cracker with low fat spread and some ham. Am so very proud of myself. Lol

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