No eating after 6pm

gpstreet

I was chatting with a pensioner down the allotment the other weekend. This chap is skinny and confessed he never had a problem with his weight. He did tell me that he tries to stick to one rule which was never to eat after 6pm. Just wondered if there was any anicdotal evidence associated this rule.

karenrich77

I eat probably 75% of my calories after 6.30pm. And I have lost 41.4kg... so I say... I don't like or obey that rule heheheh

999tigger

Isnt he the anecdotal evidence? If you knew anything about weight loss then you would see the weakness in this idea. Why not try it for a few months and see how you get on with it, meanwhile the rest of us will continue to diet bu ensuring we are at a calorific deficit.

threnjen

I also eat 75% of my calories at dinner and afterward. I live for nighttime snacking, so I fit it in.

gpstreet

999tigger wrote: »

Isnt he the anecdotal evidence? If you knew anything about weight loss then you would see the weakness in this idea. Why not try it for a few months and see how you get on with it, meanwhile the rest of us will continue to diet bu ensuring we are at a calorific deficit.

I will try it and report back. As for my pensioner friend, I can imagine he has always been thin because he is so active.

Sued0nim

but what about evening snacking?

it'll never catch on

DemoraFairy

6pm?? I usually don't have dinner until 7 or 8. 6pm seems ridiculously early to me. I've heard this rule about 8pm before, but if I stopped eating at 6 I'd never be able to sleep because I'd be starving.

I always eat just before I go to bed. Usually chocolate. Doesn't seem to have stopped me.

DemoraFairy

gpstreet wrote: »

999tigger wrote: »

Isnt he the anecdotal evidence? If you knew anything about weight loss then you would see the weakness in this idea. Why not try it for a few months and see how you get on with it, meanwhile the rest of us will continue to diet bu ensuring we are at a calorific deficit.

I will try it and report back. As for my pensioner friend, I can imagine he has always been thin because he is so active.

I'm pretty sure tigger was being sarcastic about trying it, I don't think (s)he was actually suggesting you do so. You don't need to, all that's needed is a deficit.

KarenJanine

Well I'd definitely lose weight as I'd never be able to eat dinner or have evening snacks.

TimothyFish

I expect there is something to it. Most people are active during the day, so they aren't likely to eat mindlessly. After 6pm, many people plop down in front of the TV and eat without much thought of how much they're eating. A person who successfully follows the not after six rule isn't guaranteed to lose weight, but would be cutting out the most dangerous time period.

999tigger

I actually meant they should try it if they believe it has merit and cant see the flaw in it. Sometimes people have to learn and trying it for themselves might be the only way they can make a decision. Telling someone not to do something often has the opposite effect.

I eat about 70% of my calories after 6pm, because it suits me.

I just wonder on what basis and rationale this person says not to eat after 6pm. If he remained skinny it will be to do with him not eating at surplus over time. Not eating after 6 may have helped him achieve that, but not eating before 6pm could also achieve the same for someone elsem even the OP asks for annecdotal evidence, which is no evidence at all and points out there may be other reasons. Its just facepalm.

fitmama282

6 might be a little early. Maybe 7 or 8 would be good.

DemoraFairy

999tigger wrote: »

I actually meant they should try it if they believe it has merit and cant see the flaw in it.

Oh right, sorry! Since you said you'd know it was a weak idea 'if you knew anything about weight loss' and to try it while the rest of us are at a calorific deficit it sounded a bit sarcastic to me :P But yeah I agree, only way to know if an idea really works for you is to try it.

chrisssiex23x

I dont eat after 7pm. I heard you arent meant to eat 3hrs before bed also.. and have been doing this for over a year and it works for me. If i eat after i find ive gained in the morning..

Guess it works for some but not for others i think. Give it a go hun you have nothing to lose x

callsitlikeiseeit

Your body doesn't care when you eat.

RodaRose

I wonder if your pensioner gets up early and goes to bed early. So six is late in the day for him.

malibu927

It's personal preference. I can't eat dinner until 9:30 tonight, as with every Thursday, but since I'll still be in a calorie deficit I'll lose.

gpstreet

chrisssiex23x wrote: »

I dont eat after 7pm. I heard you arent meant to eat 3hrs before bed also.. and have been doing this for over a year and it works for me. If i eat after i find ive gained in the morning..

Guess it works for some but not for others i think. Give it a go hun you have nothing to lose x

I have heard the same thing, don't eat within 3 hours before bedtime. I usually hit the sack at 9.30pm so 6.30pm would be my cutoff time. I usually weigh myself first thing in the morning....(well nearly first thing, nature call :-) ) . So excess food added before bed will just sit in the gut right ?

Sued0nim

Nope makes no difference to weight loss

If not eating after an arbitrary time makes you stick to your calorie goal easier then go for it

or eat in bed if you want

makes no difference at all

rosnigetsfit

It has always been CICO. I eat whenever I want as long as it fits my macros.

tcatcarson

It's always after 6pm unless it is exactly 6pm...

And when would I get to eat these?

mperrott2205

There is no scientific evidence to suggest that eating any particular times aids or hinders weight loss. Your body doesn't just shut down at night.

juhishringi

I also read lots of abut not hving dinner erley in the night but not too much erley like 6 pm .it would be 7 to 8 p.m. after thatwe ddon't hv anything... but I can't folow this rule ......

emilyesq

Last night, at 11pm, I ate a brownie, a serving of beef jerky, some chips, and 5 marshmallow Peeps. I'm losing weight just fine. I've been slim and I've been obese, there was never a time when I didn't eat at night.

Skinny people are skinny because they don't overeat; timing of meals means nothing. People like to point to reasons X Y and Z for why skinny people are skinny, but the truth is, people are skinny because they don't eat as much as fat people, and they move more. Period. There's no other factor to the equation, at least not for the general population. That skinny guy at your work who you watch eating two burgers and fries every day for lunch, he doesn't have a "fast metabolism", he doesn't eat 17 Big Macs as long as it's not after 7pm, he just eats less overall and moves more than someone who eats the same lunch but is overweight.

ndj1979

meal timing has nothing to do with metabolism or weight loss …

i probably get about 1000 calories of my 2250 after 6pm and I am down four pounds on this cut ….

ndj1979

chrisssiex23x wrote: »

I dont eat after 7pm. I heard you arent meant to eat 3hrs before bed also.. and have been doing this for over a year and it works for me. If i eat after i find ive gained in the morning..

Guess it works for some but not for others i think. Give it a go hun you have nothing to lose x

why would you not be "meant" to eat three hours before bed?

callsitlikeiseeit

emilyesq wrote: »

Last night, at 11pm, I ate a brownie, a serving of beef jerky, some chips, and 5 marshmallow Peeps. I'm losing weight just fine. I've been slim and I've been obese, there was never a time when I didn't eat at night.

Skinny people are skinny because they don't overeat; timing of meals means nothing. People like to point to reasons X Y and Z for why skinny people are skinny, but the truth is, people are skinny because they don't eat as much as fat people, and they move more. Period. There's no other factor to the equation, at least not for the general population. That skinny guy at your work who you watch eating two burgers and fries every day for lunch, he doesn't have a "fast metabolism", he doesn't eat 17 Big Macs as long as it's not after 7pm, he just eats less overall and moves more than someone who eats the same lunch but is overweight.

i will disagree with this. I have known many skinny people who ate like pigs and barely moved more than a sloth. perhaps it will come back to bite them some day, but some people, are naturally skinny (not necessarily HEALTHY, but SKINNY).

GiveMeCoffee

If this was true... what happens to 3rd shift workers? Or if I travel into a different time zone?

Some people have stomach issues if they eat too close to laying down, other than that no reason not to. I take my nightly dessert into bed with me and fall asleep pretty shortly after consuming it. I will say only bad time to eat is while sleeping it's a safety hazard.

ndj1979

GiveMeCoffee wrote: »

If this was true... what happens to 3rd shift workers? Or if I travel into a different time zone?

Some people have stomach issues if they eat too close to laying down, other than that no reason not to. I take my nightly dessert into bed with me and fall asleep pretty shortly after consuming it. I will say only bad time to eat is while sleeping it's a safety hazard.

when you go to a different time zone your metabolism reverses itself to compensate …

this is called "reverse metabolism theory of time zone adjustment" < I thought everyone knew that?

GiveMeCoffee

ndj1979 wrote: »

GiveMeCoffee wrote: »

If this was true... what happens to 3rd shift workers? Or if I travel into a different time zone?

Some people have stomach issues if they eat too close to laying down, other than that no reason not to. I take my nightly dessert into bed with me and fall asleep pretty shortly after consuming it. I will say only bad time to eat is while sleeping it's a safety hazard.

when you go to a different time zone your metabolism reverses itself to compensate …

this is called "reverse metabolism theory of time zone adjustment" < I thought everyone knew that?

I knew I was missing something!

LivingtheLeanDream

Its all about CICO, doesn't matter what time of day you eat em all

That guy was simply skinny because he wasn't over eating. period.