snacking to much

[captain danbo 0]

I am having a hard time with not snacking. I do really good till about 1:00am (I work till 6:ooam) I eat my last meal around 11:30pm but around 1:00 I feel like I really need to eat. I have been snacking on stuffed olives, and pickels mostly so my Snacks are not really that bad but I would still like to stop. I have not had my first fill yet so maybe that will be a big help.

Does anyone have any tips for quiting snacking? Someone said to switch to Nuts but I am worried about the amount of fat in nuts. Any way I feel like crap because I try so hard to eat well all day then I feel like I am blowing it in the early AM. Someone please tell me this will be much more EZ after my fill.

[FarmerE 0]

I used to work midnights as well (part of my huge weight gain was from it). Is 1am a time that works slows down and you have more free time? I figured out that I was snacking out of sheer boredom. Between 1am and 2am the night started really dragging on. Can you try taking a quick walk around the boat, the bldg, something? Maybe just to clear your head? Or can you take a 10 minute break and read a chapter in a book?

Working mids is really rough on the body. You've been doing really well though, keep up the good work!

[Jeni 85 0]

I agree with jack

But snacking seems to be a need for those working overnight.. Trust me i would know.... Not only do i work overnights. But i work in this little parking booth of a hotel.. where pretty much the whole night its me and the cars or virtually empty lot... This is when snacking is most tempting...

I try to keep myself as busy as possible so i don't think about food... It also helps that im still in school so i do homework... But if i really cant avoid it, i choose healthy things like;

*Yogurt (light)

*Almonds (i find these fill you up faster and you eat less of them)

*Jello (sugar free)

*Breakstones Cottage Doubles ( lots of protien so it will actually keep you full longer)

*Baby Carrots (i find i can only have at most 5 and im done)

I hope that can help you a bit... Good luck... I see your doing great as it is!!!!!!

[green 6]

Midnight shift is when the body really screams for carbs. I have gone through this myself. I think what your body really wants is energy. Why not have some tuna and hard-boiled eggs available to snack on. Energy from Protein lasts longer than the quick fix from carbs which are really only complex sugars, I believe. There are tins of tuna which come with pop top lids - you don't need a can-opener. Eggs are rich in the Vitamin Bs. And the advice to have to fresh fruit and raw vegies around is good advice.

[Dibaby 0]

Well my tricks are just to allow myself to have the good for me Snacks around. Then if there is something I feel that I'm craving or whatever..I play mind games with myself. I have drilled it into my head to tell myself over and over..."Eating this is not going to get me to my goal"..it seems to work. I think half of learning to loose weight is all in your head. Good luck.