No eating after 6pm

earlnabby

gpstreet wrote: »

earlnabby wrote: »

gpstreet wrote: »

What sort of snack do you have in the evening ?

I usually have a couple of hard cooked eggs and some cheese. If I have the calories and carbs left, I will have some bread or crackers with the cheese.

Cheese is great for helping you sleep. It contains triptophan which makes for very interesting dreams.

it can also be a food that triggers acid reflux so eat at night with caution.

gpstreet

A snack before sleeping helps drive off feeling of hunger. I have heard it takes 20 minutes for the mind to 'realise' the stomach has eaten.

wannabefitgirl25

wathjo1 wrote: »

Different things work for different people. I myself have decided not to eat after 8pm. It has helped me tremendously, but only because I don't SNACK as much!

Very true! So you can't say it's a myth when it can work for others and for some it may not! I don't eat after 6 and it just always worked for me also because I have digestive issues so it's very helpful!

stealthq

If it helps you meet your goals and it doesn't make you feel hungry at night, then stop eating at 6pm. Just be aware that it's not some hard and fast rule that needs to be followed.

It would drive me nuts to not eat after 6pm. I eat dinner at 5:30-6pm, but I don't go to bed until midnight or after. I get hungry again between 9-11 and need something to eat or it's hard for me to go to sleep what with my stomach cramping. I plan my day to accommodate.

If I go to sleep by 10pm, I don't need the extra meal. But that's rare. I'm a night owl, not a morning person.

gpstreet

I like a nice glass of wine on the run up to going to Bed. It helps me relax.

azulvioleta6

That's a ridiculous rule not rooted in any kind of scientific fact.

If eating after 6PM made people gain weight, the entire country of Spain would be morbidly obese as many people there eat at or after midnight. Same for South America, where eating dinner at 9 or 10 PM is a completely typical thing.

I've lost nearly 90 pounds and have maintained for several years. I always eat my dinner late.

DWBalboa

I don’t get in from coaching until 730-830 depending on the season, by time I clean up and get my food it’s 8-9pm. Your caloric intake is for the whole day not just 9-5. But some people may get indigestion if they eat to soon before going to bed. You should allow 1.5 to 3 hours to digest. Or just drink a lot of liquor and that will break it down for you and also help you sleep. ;-)

doingItIn2012

I have found that when I eat before 6:30-7pm I sleep better and I lose more weight per week.

gpstreet

consensus seems to be you can eat anytime

LAWoman72

I haven't read the entire thread, so I apologize if someone has already said something similar to this.

I think the "don't eat after 6PM" was originally meant to keep people from "snacking" in addition to the full day's calories they'd already eaten. Science (never definitive) followed, but I actually think that's where the idea originated.

"No eating after dinner time (six-ish)" was the mantra when I was very little in the 70s; it was very popular at that time. So was "no snacking" and "three square meals a day." I think for people who weren't calorie-counting, they were probably getting more calories than they were expending if they continued to eat later at night. I don't think it was the time of day/night specifically that was the issue.

I think it's a pretty well-known phenomenon (somebody correct me) that it often seems easier to "diet" during the day...but if we over-restrict, we get hungrier and hungrier and as we're doing more throughout the day, we get more and more tired and by the end of that day we've just "had it" and if a binge is going to occur, for many people, anyway, that's when it will occur. Therefore "don't eat after 6PM" would have applied for at least a reasonably large percentage of people...but because of CICO and in order to discourage night binges, not because of any strange nighttime metabolic phenomenon. (Again, just IMO.)

I eat ALL of my calories after 12:00 PM (I start with lunch), and a full half just for dinner; that's my biggest meal. I have enough calories left over for a snack at night, as I know myself and I know I like that nibble at night. I am losing weight just fine. I know I'm only one person, but just thought I'd put my own experience in.

gpstreet

Thanks LAWoman72 some intelligent thoughts and insight.

azulvioleta6

LAWoman72 wrote: »

I haven't read the entire thread, so I apologize if someone has already said something similar to this.

I think the "don't eat after 6PM" was originally meant to keep people from "snacking" in addition to the full day's calories they'd already eaten. Science (never definitive) followed, but I actually think that's where the idea originated.

"No eating after dinner time (six-ish)" was the mantra when I was very little in the 70s; it was very popular at that time. So was "no snacking" and "three square meals a day." I think for people who weren't calorie-counting, they were probably getting more calories than they were expending if they continued to eat later at night. I don't think it was the time of day/night specifically that was the issue.

I think it's a pretty well-known phenomenon (somebody correct me) that it often seems easier to "diet" during the day...but if we over-restrict, we get hungrier and hungrier and as we're doing more throughout the day, we get more and more tired and by the end of that day we've just "had it" and if a binge is going to occur, for many people, anyway, that's when it will occur. Therefore "don't eat after 6PM" would have applied for at least a reasonably large percentage of people...but because of CICO and in order to discourage night binges, not because of any strange nighttime metabolic phenomenon. (Again, just IMO.)

I eat ALL of my calories after 12:00 PM (I start with lunch), and a full half just for dinner; that's my biggest meal. I have enough calories left over for a snack at night, as I know myself and I know I like that nibble at night. I am losing weight just fine. I know I'm only one person, but just thought I'd put my own experience in.

Exactly. If you have a planned meal/snack that just happens to be later, which fits within your calorie goals...it's totally fine. Adding more food later in the day on TOP of a full day's calories is a different story.

DKLI

I work until at least 6 so don't get home until at least 6:30 so could never stick to that even if I wanted to.

Not eating dinner at work.

lemurcat12

azulvioleta6 wrote: »

LAWoman72 wrote: »

I haven't read the entire thread, so I apologize if someone has already said something similar to this.

I think the "don't eat after 6PM" was originally meant to keep people from "snacking" in addition to the full day's calories they'd already eaten. Science (never definitive) followed, but I actually think that's where the idea originated.

"No eating after dinner time (six-ish)" was the mantra when I was very little in the 70s; it was very popular at that time. So was "no snacking" and "three square meals a day." I think for people who weren't calorie-counting, they were probably getting more calories than they were expending if they continued to eat later at night. I don't think it was the time of day/night specifically that was the issue.

I think it's a pretty well-known phenomenon (somebody correct me) that it often seems easier to "diet" during the day...but if we over-restrict, we get hungrier and hungrier and as we're doing more throughout the day, we get more and more tired and by the end of that day we've just "had it" and if a binge is going to occur, for many people, anyway, that's when it will occur. Therefore "don't eat after 6PM" would have applied for at least a reasonably large percentage of people...but because of CICO and in order to discourage night binges, not because of any strange nighttime metabolic phenomenon. (Again, just IMO.)

I eat ALL of my calories after 12:00 PM (I start with lunch), and a full half just for dinner; that's my biggest meal. I have enough calories left over for a snack at night, as I know myself and I know I like that nibble at night. I am losing weight just fine. I know I'm only one person, but just thought I'd put my own experience in.

Exactly. If you have a planned meal/snack that just happens to be later, which fits within your calorie goals...it's totally fine. Adding more food later in the day on TOP of a full day's calories is a different story.

Yes, this. I more typically work 'til 7 or after, and eat around 9 pm, and it has never been an issue. Eating this late also means that I'm never tempted to eat excess food in the evening. I eat my planned dinner and (if I have the calories) a little something after dinner that really operates as a continuation of dinner.

My danger period for eating on unplanned stuff is earlier in the day, at work.

However, not eating after 6 might cause me to lose weight, as I simply wouldn't have dinner. (More likely it would be too difficult to sustain.)

gpstreet

At work, our team has set up a no cakes, biscuits or sweets rule. Any infractions incurs a 50 pence fine. We all willingly signed up and so far it has helped to cut down on grazing.

amoynoodle

Seeing as I dont get home from work/the gym until 8pm, stopping eating at 6pm would be hard! haha. I go to bed by about 10 most nights too. Meaning i generally eat around 6-700 cals in the last two hours before bed. never caused me issues at all!

gpstreet

I have to agree that no eating after 6pm is not realistic for me aswell. However I do like the no eating 30 minutes before going to bed

kindrabbit

I think if you want to give it a go, it cant hurt.
I also think, for every thin pensioner who doesn't eat after 6pm there will be an obese one. There will also be people who smoke 20 a day and live till 103 and others who never smoke and get lung cancer at 30.

There is nothing to say that the reason he is slim is that he doesn't eat after 6pm

gpstreet

Karen_libert wrote: »

I think if you want to give it a go, it cant hurt.
I also think, for every thin pensioner who doesn't eat after 6pm there will be an obese one. There will also be people who smoke 20 a day and live till 103 and others who never smoke and get lung cancer at 30.

There is nothing to say that the reason he is slim is that he doesn't eat after 6pm

Maybe it is more an exhibition of control.