Late night eating

WingardiumLeviosa91

After 00:00, I suddenly get way too hungry. I enter everything I eat as snacks and I consume 300-400 cals. Yesterday I had egg, fruits, form breads and corn etc. I just couldn't feel full till I had eaten 400 calories. Will it effect my weight loss? I can't sleep without a full stomach.

VykkDraygoVPR

As long as you aren't going over your goal, then you will be fine. Timing isn't important, the amount you consume is what matters.

misskarne

Timing has absolutely nothing to do with weight loss. Account for those calories in your daily allotment and move on.

frankiesgirlie

WingardiumLeviosa91 wrote: »

After 00:00, I suddenly get way too hungry. I enter everything I eat as snacks and I consume 300-400 cals. Yesterday I had egg, fruits, form breads and corn etc. I just couldn't feel full till I had eaten 400 calories. Will it effect my weight loss? I can't sleep without a full stomach.

Not to worry. I've always been the same way. I don't like eating early in the day because it makes me sleepy. I also need food in my stomach to sleep well.
I basically eat intermittent fasting style that approx 40% of my calories are after 8pm.
I only had about 10-12 lbs to lose and I've lost 6 lbs of it still eating this way.
As long as you stay at your calorie goal you will lose weight no matter what time of day you eat them.

cdudley628

I usually eat my "breakfast" after midnight, which is before I go to bed. Then I eat my "lunch" around 2 pm or 3 pm, and my dinner around 7 or 8 pm. If I'm hungry after dinner, I will then will either eat a snack before midnight if I have the calories to do so, otherwise I wait to have a more filling "breakfast" after midnight. I do all my logging from midnight to midnight so I don't get confused.

But it definitely is not something to worry about unless you are constantly eating over your calories because of it, then you might want to adjust something.

jennifer_417

Meal timing is irrelevant. As long as you maintain an overall calorie deficit, you will lose weight. Lots of people purposely save calories for late night snacks.

Kalikel

If you have to eat at night, save calories for it.

Could it be that you're too tired? I get much hungrier when I don't get enough sleep. Other people have that experience, as well. Do you sleep enough?