Best time to stop eating on an evening?

charlottey28

Hi,
What times would be best to eat meals and snacks.... I start work at half 11am with one break at 3 and finish work usually 10 or 11pm. After this obviously I am starved! Would it be wise to eat at 11pm on a night but this is the only chance I would get.... or snack on fruit? Is this messing up my metabolism also? Thanks!

rankinsect

The best time to stop eating is sometime before you fall asleep, since that would be a choking hazard if you continued to eat in your sleep.

For the most part, when you eat food is irrelevant.

queenliz99

Meal timing has nothing to do with weight loss. Calorie deficit is where it's at!

RodaRose

Eat your meal at 11:00 pm if that is the time you want to eat.
Metabolism does not get messed up because our bodies are working for us around the clock.

malibu927

Unless sleeping on a full stomach causes problems for you, you can eat up until you go to bed.

rankinsect

malibu927 wrote: »

Unless sleeping on a full stomach causes problems for you, you can eat up until you go to bed.

Oh, yeah, it does matter a lot if you suffer from acid reflux or something like that. I have several foods I can't eat before bed (although, since starting to lose weight, I don't think I've had any problems with reflux, but that could just be me still avoiding the foods I always avoid before bed).

wizzybeth

When I'm no longer hungry.

Lovee_Dove7

I don't like to eat after 7pm.

SherryTeach

I eat until I run out of calories. And I always save some for a before bed snack.

cnbbnc

I'm a nighttime eater, so I always budget several hundred calories for the later evening munchies. It hasn't affected me in the least. Eat when you want to.

Asher_Ethan

When I found out meal timing didn't matter I seemed to instantly lose 10 pounds (It was more like 10 weeks but it was EXTREMELY easy to lose 10 pounds in 10 weeks) I always heard to stop eating at 5 so I tried to live by that rule but I would get hungry and usually binge. When I found out that timing doesn't matter I always saved 300 calories before bed... And the weight melted off.

dalielahdawn

There are foods I don't eat in the evening time, but that's just cause they make me burp or feel yucky if I lay flat with them in my stomach. Other than that, I pay no mind to when I eat. More than 3/4 of my daily calories are consumed in the evening.

singingflutelady

Best time is when you fulfil your caloric needs

SLLRunner

charlottey28 wrote: »

Hi,
What times would be best to eat meals and snacks.... I start work at half 11am with one break at 3 and finish work usually 10 or 11pm. After this obviously I am starved! Would it be wise to eat at 11pm on a night but this is the only chance I would get.... or snack on fruit? Is this messing up my metabolism also? Thanks!

For me, I have to be careful not to eat about 3 hours prior to sleep because I will pay the consequences the next day with pain (I have acid reflux).

You can eat as late as you want as long as you have no medical issues and your doctor has told you to not eat after a certain time.

How late you eat has nothing to do with weight loss or metabolism.

SLLRunner

rankinsect wrote: »

malibu927 wrote: »

Unless sleeping on a full stomach causes problems for you, you can eat up until you go to bed.

Oh, yeah, it does matter a lot if you suffer from acid reflux or something like that. I have several foods I can't eat before bed (although, since starting to lose weight, I don't think I've had any problems with reflux, but that could just be me still avoiding the foods I always avoid before bed).

It sure does.

brb2008

queenliz99 wrote: »

Meal timing has nothing to do with weight loss. Calorie deficit is where it's at!

Maybe not weight loss but i tell you what I got some serious stomach issues after eating right before bed! So I advise everyone ever who asks: definitely try to give some digestion time before sleep at least.

But no OP, eating late isnt going to make you gain weight its more about making a schedule that works for you and helps you be successful. For example, I dont eat prior to noon because then I spend all day hungry and thinking about food. Idk why, but it works for me. You'll figure out what works for you! Try eating at 11 for a week or two and see how your body feels and adjust the plan if needed.

kissedbythesunshine

It's 1:48am over here and I'm up eating some almonds and frozen pineapples. I eat whenever I'm hungry. Hasn't affected me one bit.

melonaulait

I'll even go over my goal by a little bit if I wanna eat in the middle of the night.

jennifer_417

You should probably stop eating when you go to sleep. Too much of a chance you'll choke.

Seriously, though, meal timing is irrelevant for weight loss. Observe you eating patterns and save calories for the time of day that you tend to want to eat the most. For example, I rarely eat before lunch, because I just don't like to. I like to have a bigger dinner, so I try to save calories for that time of day.

missh1967

I eat all night on most days of the week because I work the night shift. I've lost 65 pounds. Staying within your calorie deficit is what is important.

kyrannosaurus

Timing doesn't matter. I am a chronic imsomniac and during episodes would eat at all sorts of strange times if I was hungry. I track midnight-midnight so just make sure I stick to my goal during that 24hr period regardless of meal times.