3 Tips to Curb Your Nighttime Nibbling

Find yourself craving an evening refrigerator raid — almost every night? It’s more than likely due to stress or sheer habit than a ravenous appetite. Satisfying, healthy meals throughout the day should help curb an evening food fest, but if you still find yourself craving food after 7 p.m., here are some solutions:

1. Brush your teeth immediately after dinner, or chew a piece of minty sugar-free gum. This is an effective tactic — chocolate ice cream and spearmint are not a great combo.

2. Go ahead and have a snack. Just be sure to limit your portion size to one serving. If you’re in Wave 1 and going for nuts, count a few out in your hand and leave the rest in the kitchen. If you’re choosing a Wave 2 or 3 fruit, try cutting it up as you eat it. This forces you to eat slowly and methodically, so you’ll savor your snack and be more mindful of how much you’re eating.

3. Eat breakfast every day! Something as simple as one cup of whole grain cereal with one cup of skim milk can jump-start your metabolism in the morning and help curb your appetite later in the day. If you’re satisfied all day long, you’ll be less likely to go snack-crazy at night.

Source: SonomaDiet.com

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3 Responses to “3 Tips to Curb Your Nighttime Nibbling”

  1. Lana Weber on October 30th, 2008 9:02 am

    Is it true that it doesn’t matter when you consume your calories whether it be morning noon or nite, but instead what counts is the total number of calories you consume by the end of the nite. I exercise regularly (aprrox. 180-200 minutes of cardio a week)and 4 days a week of weight training. I have a clean diet (no white starches, pasta bread or friend foods). At nite I end up consuming most of my calories. Low carb fat free milk (made with Splenda, only 3 grams of sugar per serving)and 2 bran muffins home made with bran and no oil, sugar, butter or white flour. It is what I look forward to every nite.

    PS I am 37 years old, 115 pds and I am 5″4

  2. Donna M Young on October 30th, 2008 9:30 am

    HELP I m soooooo hungry at nite I even get up in the middle of the nite and look for sumthing to eat Thank You

  3. renee on October 30th, 2008 9:52 am

    Several diets now say to stop eating at 7:00 or 8:00 PM. I work second shift 4 or 5 days a week - sometimes until midnight or later, with a last break around 9 or 10 - and want something when I arrive home. I also am post-menopausal and often have difficulty falling a sleep, but have found that a snack before bed helps. (I am not able to get up as that wakes my husband) Do you have any suggestions? I have gained weight recently and need to take it off, but have not been able to eliminate food so early in the day.

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