Late night snacking.

So i just totted up todays cals and im short. By a lot! nearly 500cals.

So my question is..is it late to eat this much late at night? Logically my head is saying a calorie is a calorie no matter when i eat it but then this gets all mixed up with my silly ed brain.

Also what would make a good snack..usually i have a hot chocolate made with lots of milk (240 cals) but this isnt high enough today. Ive already had 5 portions of fruit today and dont fancy any more. The amount of sugar in them is bothering me today for some reason.

I'll repeat you over something I posted in another thread.

I know you're not after fruit so much, but it'll help - trust me. And the sugar in fruit is all-natural.

A PB and banana toast combo is a good, easy late night snack that won't be too dense. You can either opt for your hot chocolate, and then have a slice of toast (90-100 for a large, thick cut slice, I use Warburtons), with a large banana (110) and a teaspoon of PB will get you to 500. Grilling it makes it extra nice. ;] Without the hot choc, go for two slices of toast, the banana, and three to four teaspoons of the PB.

Don't fret about sugar! I got like that. Then I realised all my sources were natural and also remembered we still need some sugar to function just like everything else. :] And good on recognising you need something extra. And late night eating isn't bad at all, particularly if you need to catch up. It is just generally a better idea to go light on the food later on at night so you're not going to bed with a full stomach - I've found that going to sleep very full can give me horrible wind the next morning which is why I avoid it.

You could also make yourself a smoothie using the hot chocolate powder and bulk it up with some ice cream, or fruit (again!). Or, a fistful of nuts alongside your hot chocolate would also bulk it out - it's about 250 calories for 40g of cashews, I think.

Eating at night hasn't hurt me even remotely. I'm trying to loose and I've always lost, so I don't think there's any problem with eating at night.

Nut butters is another good idea. As well as a thing of Dannon yogurt. I think it's like 200 cals? Also, maybe a granola bar. I know some of them are higher cal even though they're small.

I personally crave carbs at night, so I might have a small bowl of cereal or two pieces of toast with some peanut butter or jam spread on them.