Originally Posted by p9morbid

this may sound stupid to a lot of folks, but I have eaten pickels for years to curb late night hunger. I buy Vlasic dill spears at the grocery store JUST for that purpose. They have essentially 0 calories and they're really salty. Anytime I get that urge to eat at night I will drink a big glass of water while I eat a pickel spear. I'm instantly gratified and no extra pounds.

Originally Posted by backinthesaddle

Having decided some years ago that constant insomnia was worse than weight gain, I started having a big bowl of popcorn every night about 1/2 hour before going to sleep.

It works, it's like styrofoam pellets to fill your stomach cavity. And the popcorn has lower calories than some of the alternatives. (I don't use microwave, I use old fashioned with very little oil)

Results: I sleep much better, and I've gained 5 lbs/yr: total 30 lb weight gain!

Now I'm cycling to take off the weight, but keeping the popcorn so I can sleep.

I don't pretend this makes sense, but it works for me.

Originally Posted by serottajeff

It does make sense. Orville R sells a MiniBag package of (microwaveable) popcorn with only 100 calories per bag. Shouldn't take much to exercise that off.