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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another snacker here.  Some of the things you can do.  First, STOP the Diet Coke, or if you must, stop any for the last half of your day.  If your day is 14 hours, then only drink diet coke in the first 7 hours.   While it is calorie free, some studies have shown that the artificial sweeteners still cause insulin spikes which trigger your body to store energy.  While you are winding down and using fewer calories, your body is converting glucose to glycogen and glycogen to fat and the insulin spike is encouraging this and speeding it up.

Also, after dinner, make a tall glass of water (I usually fill a 24 oz glass).  And the first time you experience a desire to snack, drink as much of that as you can.  Then wait 15 minutes.  If you still have a desire to snack, take a small healthy snack.  But I've found that the water will decrease the volume of snack that I eat.  I'm more likely to have a smaller healthy portion of snack after 16-24 oz of water.  Soup is a good snack in that it will fill you up on fewer calories (assuming you're not having some heavy cream based soup...try thinner broth based soups like Vegetable soup).
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I forgot to add that caffeine late at night (the coffee and the diet coke) are also not good.   Although not conclusive, some studies indicate that caffeine (the equivalent of at least two cups of coffee in a day or 36 oz or more of diet coke) can potentially cause anxiety, hypertension, insomnia and nervousness, all of which may be conducive to stress-based emotional eating.  If you are drinking coffee at night, try switching to a calming tea (not black tea).  Lower caffeine and some versions have good anti-oxidants and others have calming and relaxing effects which will counter the effects of caffeine.[/quote]

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