If you have an early dinner and then log in to complete office work or get on a late night client call, chances are that you will end up hungry by the time you sleep. You may also crave something that is unhealthy; this can throw your resolutions off guard. Research links late night calories to weight gain. Eating oily or sweet foods can disturb your sleep, this makes you tired and stressed the next day and you crave junk food. On the other hand it's hard to get a good night's rest when your stomach is growling with hunger. This again leads to a disturbed sleep, which throws the next day out of gear. So what's the best thing to do? Have a healthy snack, this lets you sleep like a baby without all the extra pounds.

Bedtime snacks:

Skimmed yoghurt: This contains less than 100 calories and contains protein which keeps you full minus fat. Yogurt calms your stomach and relieves heartburn and indigestion

Apple with ½ tsp. peanut butter: Apples are full of fiber; the peanut butter contains protein which makes you full without being too heavy.

Baby carrots: These contain fiber and vitamin A. The fiber is slow digesting which keeps you full.

Bananas: Bananas loaded with satiating fiber, potassium and relaxing tryptophan

Buttermilk: A glass of buttermilk with a tsp. of crushed flaxseed is a low calorie snack which can help those late night hunger pangs.

Warm milk with a pinch of turmeric: Drink a glass of warm turmeric milk around one hour before going to bed. Milk contains serotonin (brain chemical) and melatonin which in combination with vital nutrients from turmeric relieves stress and induces sleep

Avoid stimulants like alcohol, tea, coffee and chocolate at night.