how can i stop myself from snacking at night before bed?

Question

ive been losing weight but i know that ill lose more if i stop snacking is there anyway i can help break this bad habbit?

Answer 1

Drink water instead.'

Answer 2

Why are you snacking? Is it habit? Is it mood related? Is someone else in the house snacking at this time?

If it's just become habit, try changing it up. Brush your teeth earlier so you won't snack. Drink a water. Have a hot cup of tea or caffiene free herbal drink,or lowfat milk warmed up, maybe even warmed and possibly spiced apple juice, half an hour before this normal snack time. This may signal your brain that it's time for bed not time for food. Whatever you choose to drink, keep it very low calorie, and try low sugar if you are sensitive to sugar boosts. Try going to bed a little sooner.

If it's mood eating, then it's time to assess what the mood is, where it's coming from, and how to diffuse it. Is it the relaxed feeling after you put the kids down to bed, is it the hubby,Is it the stress of the day? Maybe a walk would help, then a low calorie drink. In the evening however a brisk walk may keep you up, so a stroll, or a putter in the garden, or a bubble bath. Just something to change up the mood, and routine.

Answer 3

just stop, thats all there is too it. when you walk to your kitchen at night ask yourself what is more important to you, eating a snack you don't need or losing the weight. if you want to lose more weight you wont eat the snack, its simple.
also don't confuse hunger with appetite. as long as you ate a healthy dinner you're not hungry for the snack, you just have an appetite for it ,which is your mind telling you your hungry, not your stomach.
if snacking is a habit, try chewing sugar free gum and do something with your hands like playing with cards or doing a crossword puzzle or something. a lot of times your appetite comes from boredom or habit so as long as you keep your hands and jaw moving you wont even notice it.

Answer 4

Good for you! Snacking before bed is a hard habit to overcome, but yes, you can break it. Try having a cup of clear tea, or just warm water. Sip it slowly. It puts something in your tummy, which is what your body is habituated to expect before you go to bed, and the tea or water is warm, filling and comforting, so it will be easy for you to get to sleep.
Good luck!

Answer 5

my journey with snacking at night : i replaced into for a volume of time in norway, and had fastened nutrients at that element + nutrients in norway is particularly somewhat costly. that meant that i virtually did no longer have something to devour from 6-7 pm to 11-12 while the sunlight went down (the summerday in norway is muuuch longer, so does the starvation :D ) ... so for a week or so i replaced into so desperate that i spent some 40 greenbacks on some insignificant volume of snacks, yet in the tip, having the nutrients so nicely prepared, doing workouts and rather some actual activity, i've got been given examine of the habbit. one ingredient that i did replaced into to drink rather some water. it somewhat facilitates for the urge to devour sth, and, if i've got been given the prospect i could choose for culmination (yet then back they have been reeeeallly costly :D 2 lemons for 4 money - are you nuts !??!!)

Answer 6

Try munching on some frozen grapes instead of snack food. 2 cups of grapes only 110 calories.

Answer 7

you can try snacking on something that has very little fat, like a rice cake. What I usually do is I try to sleep when I have night time urges to eat. I never get enough sleep anyway.

Answer 8

Drink water. Munch on a rice cake a couple of hours before bed.

Answer 9

yes. eat a BIG dinner around 8 or 9 o'clock and then go to bed at your regular time. you shouldn't be hungry. you should gain weight AND break your bad habit.

Answer 10

Sorry have the same habit + if I get up thru the nite to go to the bathroom I think I need something ,too.

Answer 11

Drinking a couple of glasses of water @ night might help fill you up.