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Bedtime Snacks

occasionalrain — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 15:58:24 GMT

Thinking about my childhood and what at the time I assumed was common, like bedtime snacks, has me wondering.

I still have ice cream before I go to bed, do you have a bedtime snack?

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Shelbelle — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 15:52:21 GMT

No snacks for me at all during the whole day, part of my own weight control plan, no in between meal snacks.

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twinsister — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 15:58:19 GMT

I have some ice cream every night, but not right before bedtime. Usually around 8pm.

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BunSnoop — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 15:58:36 GMT

I sometimes snack a few hours before bedtime while watching TV and I'll have either a few cookies, nuts, fritos or fruit. I try not to eat too much - but have just a little something.

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FranandZoe — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 16:00:47 GMT

The way I eat now is a main meal at lunch between 11:30 & 1:00 ususally. Then I have a snack in early/mid evening - like cheese and crackers, a cup of soup, something light. If I want something sweet I'll have a tootsie pop or a piece of taffy. I used to have to have a bigger sweet snack every evening - cake, pie, cookies, ce cream, etc. Now I just have something like that occasioally.

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lynnie61 — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 16:01:44 GMT

I sometimes eat a banana, and a small 1/2 cup of skim milk. Depends how early/late my dinner was. Not every night. Once in a while, a few graham crackers or 3 Biscoff cookies.

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wagirl — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 16:04:41 GMT

Not usually--dinner is my last meal of the day but if I need something, I opt for a small protein nibble, a few nuts, hard boiled egg, cheese slice--something not too salty and not sweet

Re: Bedtime Snacks

occasionalrain — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 16:05:15 GMT

@FranandZoe

I haven't had a tootsie pop in years. I need to get some; they were always a favorite. Thanks for reminding me of them.

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Mz iMac — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 16:13:58 GMT

I'm a night owl.

Popcorn

Ice Cream

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I am still oxox — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 16:15:41 GMT

Never had them as a kid at least not that I can remember and surely do not eat them now

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Susan Louise — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 16:19:30 GMT

@Shelbelle wrote:
No snacks for me at all during the whole day, part of my own weight control plan, no in between meal snacks.

@Shelbelle Ditto...

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winediva — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 16:24:26 GMT

I always have a sweet snack immediately after dinnerl It might be an Enlightened icecream bar, a couple of cookies, or some butter toffee pretzels. If I don't end my day with a sweet, I feel "cheated!"

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Trinity11 — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 16:25:59 GMT

@occasionalrain wrote:
Thinking about my childhood and what at the time I assumed was common, like bedtime snacks, has me wondering.
I still have ice cream before I go to bed, do you have a bedtime snack?

Never. As a Type 1 diabetic for 54 years, every morsel I eat has to be counted and I need insulin to cover it.

I envy you @occasionalrain that you can eat ice cream.🍨 I have insulin resistance now so I cannot even eat fruit anymore let alone sweets.

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Desertdi — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 16:28:56 GMT

Aw gee whiz...my mom seriously BELIEVED I needed an "after school snack"... like a whole box of cookies. I was called "Tilly Two Ton" by the 8th grade(!)

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JeanLouiseFinch — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 16:37:22 GMT

No, I don't. Bedtime snacks are a sure fire way to raise blood sugar and cortisol levels, leading to hormone disruptions, metabolism issues, poor sleep, weight gain, diabetes.

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occasionalrain — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 16:42:56 GMT

@Trinity11

That must discouraging.

Many of us take for granted the everyday advantages we have, never giving a thought to those who haven't the same. Thank you for the reminder.

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Tissyanne — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 16:42:27 GMT

I have a snack pak of green olives.

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tansy — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 16:44:48 GMT

Luckily, even when I was overweight. I am not hungry in the evening. If I have ice cream or chocolate, it's directly after a meal.

Re: Bedtime Snacks

occasionalrain — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 16:45:52 GMT

@Desertdi

Your mother meant well, but an apple would have been kinder.

Re: Bedtime Snacks

Trinity11 — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 16:48:21 GMT

@occasionalrain wrote:
@Trinity11

That must discouraging.

Many of us take for granted the everyday advantages we have, never giving a thought to those who haven't the same. Thank you for the reminder.

Very nice of you to say @occasionalrain but I have been very blessed in life with a wonderful husband and kids. My BIL also had diabetes and died 23 years ago. God blessed me that I am still on the planet.😊