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Originally Posted by sockmonkey
Hi ladies. Just wondering if any of you have any suggestions on how I can curb my evening/late night snacking. I eat great during the day at work, but it seems as soon as I get home from work in the evening that I am always sooo hungry and then later again before I go to bed. Any suggestions??? TIA!
What kinds of food are you eating during the day? What's your dinner like? Are you really hungry or is it boredom/stress/habit? Listen to your body (literally, it'll tell you when its hungry and what kinds of food to eat) and ask yourself "do I need to eat right now or is this a passing feeling?" "Am I truly hungry?" If the answer is no, then find something to do with your hands and mind- not too complicated, but enough to get your mind off food.
I get bad boredom hunger mid-afternoon (what I've heard someone call 3:30-itis) and I have to find something to occupy my time until its time for dinner or class. Cleaning and decluttering seem to be at the top of my list right now. I'll stop around 4 or 4:30 for a light snack, then back to cleaning until 5:30. Then I usually either get ready for class at 6pm or start dinner.
DH likes to snack at night, so that's kind of an automatic green light for me to snack as well. I will sometimes eat my dessert later instead of right after dinner (sometimes an hour before bed helps a lot!). If you're truly hungry, not just in the want-to-eat mode, try having yoghurt or some kind of protein since it'll fill you up and last longer than carbs.