Do you have a time after which you don't eat anything?

jodidari

I don't eat after 7. I've read that you should stop eating 3-4 hours before bed and seeing that I'm an early sleeper this works for me. What about you? Do you stop eating after a certain time or do you eat as you need to?

ninerbuff

I stop eating when I'm asleep.

For me, I eat up to about 11:30pm each day. I resume again at after 12:00pm. And no I don't work swing shifts.

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lemurcat12

It doesn't matter unless it interferes with your sleep, but I prefer not to snack so usually don't eat after dinner+dessert if I have it. I tend to eat dinner pretty late, though -- after 9. I lost lots of weight with no problem doing this.

Lounmoun

I stop eating when I go to bed at night and start eating about an hour after I wake up in the morning. For most of this last year I ate dinner at 7 PM and generally had a snack between 9PM and midnight and have still lost weight because it fit in my calorie goal.

It doesn't really matter for weight loss when you eat as long as you stick to your calorie goal.

DeguelloTex

When I go to sleep.

Often right up until I turn off the light.

SueInAz

I stop eating when I've run out of calories for the day. Seriously, if you are calorie counting, time of day makes no difference for your meals. The only way I'd consider not eating after a specific time of day is if it was interfering with my ability to sleep.

rainbow198

I do close the kitchen past a certain time frame.

It helped me to stop mindlessly snacking at night, plus I'm able to digest and get an evening workout in most days.

The total amount of calories for the day matter though, not timing.

seltzermint555

I don't believe there is a certain magical time or anything. But I generally try not to eat after 8. We eat dinner pretty early, between 5-6:30 most nights. So if I have dessert it's still well before 8. For me it helps to do my nightly flossing and brushing routine as soon as I'm done eating, and then I feel like any food or drink (besides water) is "not worth it" to have to floss and brush all over again.

usmcmp

When I run out of calories.

Keladelphia

usmcmp wrote: »

When I run out of calories.

Yup, this for me too.

votkuhr

KellyAnn1286 wrote: »

usmcmp wrote: »

When I run out of calories.

Yup, this for me too.

Double yup!

canary_girl

I started brushing and flossing right after dinner to help me avoid eating additional calories that I didn't need. This was several years ago, now it's more of a habit than anything, so I don't eat anything most days after 7pm.

glassyo

I've been known to nod off whilst still chewing.

I'm not even kidding.

JustMissTracy

I'm usually pretty full for the day once I eat dinner...about 6 or 7 pm....rarely will have a piece of fruit or something after that, but overall, that's it for me till about 9 or 10 the next morning. I've lost over 78 bs doing that...6 of them in the last 5 weeks with MFP.

CrabNebula

No, but I don't generally eat after 8pm unless I was really busy that evening or it is Friday.

kayleigh9989

I generally stop eating around 6pm. I find I'm not hungry in the morning when I do that, although if I eat late the night before I wake up really hungry! x

malibu927

Nope. I don't eat dinner until 9:30 once a week. If I were to have a cutoff time, then I wouldn't be eating at all.

Need2Exerc1se

I don't eat after going to bed, or before getting out of bed. I don't like food in the bedroom. But I typically eat right right up to bed time. I prefer to eat most of my calories at night. It feels natural to me as that's how we ate when I was a child.

nordlead2005

I'll join the I don't eat while sleeping group. I typically don't eat anything within an hour of going to sleep, but that is more due to eating all of my calories for the day or not particularly wanting anything.

I'm personally waiting for the sleep eater to show up and say never!

WastedGetsSmaller

5pm. 6pm at an absolute stretch.

Gisel2015

We usually eat dinner between 7 and 7:30PM and desert, which may be considered a late night snack, is around 8:30PM. No more food after that, just water. Bed time is around 11:30PM so I have no problems with digestion or with GERD. Breakfast is around 9AM but when I have fitness classes in the morning I will have breakfast between 7:30 and 8AM. So basically I "fast" for 12 hrs. It works for me.

summerkissed

I'm in the I'll stop when I'm sleeping group! I always have a chocolate when I get into bed

kellyjellybellyjelly

ninerbuff wrote: »

I stop eating when I'm asleep.

For me, I eat up to about 11:30pm each day. I resume again at after 12:00pm. And no I don't work swing shifts.

A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

This! Don't want to choke on the leftover food.

Kalikel

I try to stop eating at least three hours before I sleep.

arditarose

I eat in bed, up until it's time to go to sleep. Sexy, I know.

mpat81

Brush my teeth with my kids at about 8:00 and usually don't eat anything more for the day lest I need to brush again. I don't believe that it matters how late you eat your last food but I am typically pretty close to my calorie goal by this time anyway.

JodehFoster

Kalikel wrote: »

I try to stop eating at least three hours before I sleep.

same here, mostly due to sleep comfort not diet.

alfiedn

Nope. I generally eat when I'm hungry these days. I tend to stop caffeine around noon. I used to avoid eating a sugary dessert too late, but now my desserts are less sugary, so it doesn't matter so much.

Troutrouter1968

I don't have a set time, but once I go to bed, I don't get up and snack.

CasperNaegle

jodidari wrote: »

I don't eat after 7. I've read that you should stop eating 3-4 hours before bed and seeing that I'm an early sleeper this works for me. What about you? Do you stop eating after a certain time or do you eat as you need to?

It makes absolutely no difference when you eat. Your body treats the food the same. It's all about how many calories your consume. The eating before sleeping thing is a fallacy at least as far as weight lose goes.

try2again

I use to religiously observe an eating cutoff (about 7- basically nothing after dinner) because of an acid reflux problem before I even began on MFP. I firmly believe it prevented my weight from getting any further out of control than it already was. Now I've lost 30lbs- no more acid reflux!- and I'm not quite as strict about it, but I still sleep better on an empty stomach. I have friends (real life) that have lost substantial amounts of weight just from observing an eating cut-off alone, but of course that has to be because it reduced their calorie intake. So I feel it's a healthy habit, but not strictly necessary.