I Love My Bedtime Snack and Can't Sleep Without It
@BelleStarr (61101)
United States
September 23, 2016 9:01am CST
While responding to a post from @marguicha about going to bed to get away from the chocolate that was calling her name I realized, I would have brought the chocolate to bed with me.
Every night before I go to bed I fix myself a little snack. I have a small glass of milk and a 200 calorie snack of some sort. I love sweet and salty peanut bars, ritz peanut butter crackers and little bags of chips or smart food. I just can't sleep on an empty stomach.
I bring the snack upstairs with me and eat it in bed. No, I don't leave cracker crumbs in the bed and if I did , Honey and Brie would make short work of them. I don't snack in the evening while I watch TV or work on my computer.
Are you a bedtime snacker, an evening nibbler or do you have dinner and then are done for the day?
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39 responses
@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
24 Sep 16
Peckish, I love that word and yes, I do get peckish in the evening at bedtime usually. Tonight my husband brought me a piece of bread with peanut butter while I was writing so I probably won't need more lol
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
25 Sep 16
@jaboUK Yes but it is one I use, no one here ever says it.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
24 Sep 16
@BelleStarr Is peckish just an English expression?
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@CinnamonGrl (7086)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
23 Sep 16
I usually have some kind of dessert, but not right before I go to sleep. I do get a craving now and then, though and go get something. I'd say maybe once a week, if that.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
23 Sep 16
My stomach pretty much rules my life, lol
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
25 Sep 16
@BelleStarr Oh. I thought it's bad to go to bed when you have just eaten foods?
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
25 Sep 16
Right away, I often eat my snack in bed. I take my medicine for blood pressure and cholesterol at night and then have my snack and go to bed.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
25 Sep 16
I do eat a Chiobani flip for my snack once in a while but I need more chew I guess. lol
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
26 Sep 16
@BelleStarr My brother is the snack King...lol. He will eat something sweet and then want something salty and then something crunchy...etc.
@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
24 Sep 16
Oh my that looks so delicious, I cannot blame you for not sleeping without a bite of the yummy food.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
23 Sep 16
When do you have dinner?
I don't snack but like to finish dinner with a chocolate or something sweet.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
23 Sep 16
Usually between 5 and 6 and I go to bed around midnight.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
23 Sep 16
@BelleStarr 5 to 6pm is pretty early. does your dinner time change with the season or it's the same year-round?
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
23 Sep 16
@hereandthere Pretty much the same year round, in the United States we don't eat dinner as late as in other countries.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
24 Sep 16
I'm not much of a bed time snacker as I usually have a light dinner. I do my best to not having a full stomach once it is closer to bed time.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
24 Sep 16
I don't necessarily crave something sweet, I often have something salty which I prefer.
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
24 Sep 16
@BelleStarr At least your cravings are varied.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
24 Sep 16
I guess I digest my food differently, I am hungry by the time it is bedtime but I do stay up late and eat early.
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
24 Sep 16
@BelleStarr I get up early in the morning, but I never stay up very late, I usually go to bed around 10:30 pm and I read for one hour before turning the light off.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50525)
• United States
25 Sep 16
I usually have dinner and then that's it. I occasionally have popcorn
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
25 Sep 16
I do like popcorn but not for my bedtime snack, it gets in my teeth too much.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
24 Sep 16
I usually have an evening meal at 6.30pm...and very rarely have anything to eat after that..., if I do, it may be an apple or nectarine or satsuma around 9.00ish... but... I always take a mug of tea up with me...
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
24 Sep 16
I think my nighttime glass of milk may explain why I sleep so well, lol or it could be the food!!
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
24 Sep 16
Yes I do keep bottled water on my nightstand. We always eat on the go so eating in bed is natural for me.
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@miniam (9154)
• Bern, Switzerland
24 Sep 16
@BelleStarr
Dont think i have even tried it before
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
23 Sep 16
I am an evening nibbler. I have my dinner and then I nibble all night until I got to bed.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
24 Sep 16
lol I think you and y husband must be related. He eats non-stop all evening.
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@marguicha (223776)
• Chile
24 Sep 16
I confess that just before going to bed, I discovered some cooked chicken in the fridge and ate some. This diet is killing me! I suppose I´ll have to learn to eat accordingly. The doctor did not say I shouldn´t have a snack before going to bed. She just added some no-nos
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
25 Sep 16
I try to only eat when I am hungry and it seems bedtime is one time I am hungry.
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
24 Sep 16
I don't usually snack after dinner. My husband snacks after dinner and before bed all the time. I keep telling him it's not good for him since you don't burn it off while sleeping but he doesn't listen. Then he complains about gaining weight... 
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
25 Sep 16
lol Yes I know they say don't eat after 8 p.m. but I can't sleep if I am hungry.
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@cherriefic (10399)
• Philippines
24 Sep 16
I am also an evening nibbler. It just a force of habit I guess.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
24 Sep 16
My hubs is too, I am usually snack free until right at bedtime.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
25 Sep 16
lol I am so glad I am not the only one. I try to go to bed without it and the growling keeps me up lol
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
24 Sep 16
I think I don't realize I am hungry until I actually get ready for bed. Too busy before that.
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