How to avoid late-night snacking?

I save cucumbers or pickles for those times.

I can eat an entire cucumber and not feel guilty. I feel full, but it's not going to undo my day. Also, sugar-free Jello.

I also will pick up a pack of chewing gum and keep my mouth busy that way.

It's mind over matter! If you absolutely can't concentrate on anything else, have something, but control yourself, and make it a good choice that you won't regret.

I'm a late night snacker as well and what works for me is coming on this site. Anytime my brain starts to crave icecream or chips or something (I live with other people so those things are always in my house).... I just log onto this site or a different one to distract me!

Benadryl.....lol

I recommend you eat a bowl of cereal before bed.
GO!

I have a huge problem with this also! Honestly, I just go to sleep earlier than I used to and find I eat less. Or if not to sleep, it helps me to at least close down the kitchen and be in my bedroom with everything I need (water, laptop, book, whatever) by 8pm, so I have no reason/excuse to be in the kitchen.

A few suggestions come to mind:
--Try eating more calories during the day. So, not so hungry at night.
--Eat a bigger portion of protein at dinner, like suggested above.
--Drink more water throughout the day, and a nice big tumbler of water with dinner.
--Drink a cup of cocoa or decaf at night. SwissMiss makes a delicious "diet" cocoa called Sensible Sweets. It's really satisfying.
--Drink a protein shake at night after dinner like EAS AdvantEdge. They really fill me up.

Hope some of these suggestions help.

When dieting and exercising your body craves crunchiness! Eat some crisp celery, or a pickle! Or some lettuce! Anything crunchy! and it will help with those late night snacking! Also, sometimes your body can mistake dehydration for hunger so make sure you are drinking plenty of water throughout your day!

I drink tea or coffee -- nice and warm and not too calorie-laden.

Also? I made a resolution to floss every single night this year. This makes me NOT want to eat afterwards, so I do my dental ritual early -- and I spend a lot of time on it -- so I don't want to eff it up by eating afterwards.

Brush your teeth, nothing tastes good after that

I have this issue myself... The things I try are
A big glass of water.
If water will not do, the light yoplait yogurts. they come in dessert flavors(100 -110 calories)
Or a the sherbert push pops (depending the brand 50 - 80 calories) -only 1 though

Oh I mean SNACKING. Not just a few pretzels or some peanut butter, I mean I start eating and can't stop and destroy my goal & progress.

How do I stop this? Ugh

Instead of changing this behavior, have you ever attempted to just eat less calories during the day so that you can snack at night without going over your daily goals for intake?

I do this.. ^^

OK - I know where you're coming from. I am at that point too... it is not about hunger all the time. Sometimes it starts out as hunger, but we've come so far we know we can overlook a small hunger pang when we don't really have the calories budgeted for another snack.

For me this happens when I get home from work at midnight. Sometimes it is innocent (dangerous) thoughts that I need to satisfy a small craving - and then who knows how many tortilla chips (baked not fried as they may be, they're still laden with salt, calories, and guilt) enter my gullet... only to realize that the craving wasn't satisfied -- not even mollified! Nope - just gets bigger and more out of control.

The other night I stood in my kitchen after having fed the dog thinking - This is not the time to be opening those chips Peg - you are a little hungry but those chips are not going to do it for you... well, what WILL do it? I don't know... maybe a bowl of cereal... too many calories... because I'd need 2 servings so between Almond Milk and the cereal I was looking at 240 calories... so instead I BELIEVED my small inner voice that said I AM STRONG and just need a few tortilla chips.

At least 2 servings of tortilla chips later (140 cal each) - a handful of walnuts or two - two or three fistfuls of organic granola cereal (210 cal per serving) - I finally decided that I'd better have that bowl of cereal before I do some HUGE damage to my day.

I had a couple hundred calories left from the day -- but I went over of course. My biggest problem was what I call "piggie eating" - it is non-measuring, snuffalufagus eating! Just eating like there won't be enough time to get it all in if I don't work it. That's what I need to work on -- I am working on it.

I am starting to not allow food into my kitchen that is not separated into individual servings. I think that is my downfall and may be the same for the OP. If you had a bag of one serving you could eat through it and not feel so bad... but if you allow free feeding (which is what I allow for my cats) you lose control. I lose control too. This is a deep-seeded issue that you need to work on - find the issue behind it. When you can name it you can start to control it.

I drink a ton of tea. I browse through the tea isle when I am grocery shopping too, so I have a variety at hand. I also like the idea of setting a cutoff window for food. Mine is no snacking after 8:00. Only tea, and if I need something I stick to a small serving of fruit or vegetables.

A friend of mine made a sign for her fridge that said, "If you're not hungry enough to eat an apple..... YOU'RE NOT HUNGRY!" It is a simple but very effective way to remind yourself to check in with you're body.

You seem to eat a massive amount of junk food... chocolate and sweets every day, sometimes for breakfast! It shouldn't be that difficult to replace them with something more nutritious that will leave you extra calories for a bigger snack later in the evening if you want one.

I do the same, I often snack on something while I wait on the kettle to boil, or if I head to the toilet, I poke my head into the kitchen and have a handful of something, but if you actually want to cut fat as your profile suggests I think you need to be looking at snacks that are less packed with sugar and empty calories

I will tell you what I do that works for me....As soon as I get done eating dinner I go straight to the bathroom and brush my teeth. I am too lazy to have to brush more than once so it truly helps to keep me out of the kitchen.