Eating after Dinner

I love to eat at night, so I usually have a snack like cereal or cottage cheese and fruit after supper.

Lately I've been doing strange things.  I would have my snack but every time I'd pass by the kitchen I would grab a small handfull of cereal and pop it in my mouth dry.  I can't help myself!  The extra calories don't push me over my maintenance but I feel that this type of snacking is not normal.

Has anyone else have this problem of picking at food?   Any suggestions to help stop these cravings for cereal at night?

WHATS WITH US AND CEREAL??? I'm obsessed with it. I cant help but have some flakes after eating too. I swear, they must hide some nicotine-like substance in it. And if theres vanilla silk around - it's all over with. MMMmm Mmmmmm....

i am recovering from some eatin dissorder and tryin to eat enogh calories a day i get scared to eat in the day and whatever i dont get before dinner i eat right after dinner and that could be like 600/800 calories! i need help

My goodness! I do the same thing, I have to eat after dinner, normally healthy stuff like fruits but I overdo  it and get guilty later on.
 It's a really bad habit for me,  I just don't feel satisfied unless I get to munch on fruits after dinner. 

I wish i can stop, but it's been hard not to.  I think it's emotional eating for me.  Whenever I see fruit lying in the kitchen I have to go by and take it! 

I hate when that happens and then I beat myself up for giving in to temptation. 

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to quit this addiction?

I am a habitual snacker, its one of the things (along with a desk job) that caused my weight gain. I still snack, but now its popcorn or a ounce of almonds or sometimes some fat free potatoe chips (olestra brand). I watch my calories and my daily activity levels closely (I am an engineer so gathering data comes natural to me) so now I know when I cant snack and when I can. I also try to make sure that 1/8 or less of my daily calories comes after dinner and I dont allow myself a snack until I have done my workout routine after dinner. This is part of my "reward" for exercising ;-)

Is eating some oatmal cookie bad to eat at night?

omg cereal, i always go back and forth in my kitchen and grab handfulls and then i take out the whole bag out of the box and there's only a little bit of cereal left and i'm like "oh crap!" lolz i ate the whole box!

Ok

Me and my mom want to have a night to oursevles because

1.she works mon-sun and saturdays are her day off

we were going to have cookies and ice cream

Im 14 and weigh 118 pounds im 5'9 i need to know will that hurt my weight if i eat that stuff?

Plus can u have 1 sweet food once a day? and not in moderation?

You are way to young to freak out about eating a treat with your mom one night a week.

i do the cereal thing but not after dinner, after i come home from school. usually raisin bran or honey nut cheerios

I've recently started this too! I've decided that I'm going to brush my teeth after dinner and staying out of the kitchen.