Hey Sakai!
Here are some strategies that might help.
- Make sure your "evening meal" is a good one, with sufficient protein.
- Banish all dangerous snack foods from your house (or lock them up if you can't get rid of them because of other people). If it's not there, you can't eat it.
- Stock up on better snack foods. Baby carrots are a good example. I guarantee that you cannot eat enough baby carrots in one evening to ruin your weight loss. Also try things like 2% cottage cheese, water-packed tuna, etc.
- Delay your snacks. Instead of getting up and going to the kitchen the minute you think of it, make yourself wait ten minutes. Then stretch it out to 20 minutes. Make it a challenge. How long can you put off that snack?
- Drink more fluids. Sometimes a flavored tea or other beverage can satisfy urges without adding too many calories.
- Tape your favorite TV shows while you're at work, so you'll be able to watch them instead of sitting around bored.
- Clean! I know, pretty lame suggestion... But it keeps one busy, and it's harder to snack with a cleaning rag in hand.
Jay