Who else doesn't eat pass 6 pm??
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well eating right before you go to bed can cause heartburn, so it is better to eat 30-45 minutes before bed. That is a fact. But whatever you take in has the same weight no matter when.0
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xxgabriellaxxchanelxx wrote: »maybe the myth wont die because its not a myth…..? i've looked at countless forums with people saying that they do, in fact burn 100 calories while asleep. perhaps it depends on the person.
No, the myth won't die because people who know nothing about nutrition or how the human body works keep repeating it on countless internet forums. It doesn't matter how many times you repeat a myth, it's still a myth.0 -
I've lost over 40lbs and kept it off for two years while eating 200-500 calories literally right before I go to bed every day0
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You burn lots of calories/fat sleeping. I've had lots of people tell me that my sleep issues are probably hurting my weight loss (I usually sleep 3-5 hours a night, can't not wake up). I know I work out better when I sleep properly (even just 6 hours), and I also have a much easier time eating properly.
Meal timing is majoring in the minors. Do what feels best to you.0 -
queenliz99 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »xxgabriellaxxchanelxx wrote: »maybe the myth wont die because its not a myth…..? i've looked at countless forums with people saying that they do, in fact burn 100 calories while asleep. perhaps it depends on the person.
How are these people measuring their calorie burn while they sleep?
Is this a trick question?
I was just trying to figure it out. My FitBit gives me several hundred calories between midnight and the time I wake up, but I realize that it's not overly accurate. Although using it as a close guesstimate of my daily burns seems to be helping me with my weight loss, so I'm not too worried about it's accuracy.
TL:DR sort of yes, a little bit, maybe, but probably not
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I am a true believer that it has nothing to do with it at all.
I eat most of my calories AFTER 6 PM even later
And lost weight just fine and still do.
If you dont want to eat after 6 np at all But for weight loss it doesn't matter at all.
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xxgabriellaxxchanelxx wrote: »maybe the myth wont die because its not a myth…..? i've looked at countless forums with people saying that they do, in fact burn 100 calories while asleep. perhaps it depends on the person.
Yeah and some people still believe we only use 10% of our brains. Forums =/= Evidence. You burn calories sleeping yes, but that is your bmr. If I burn 1450 because that's my bmr, i don't burn anymore sleeping than I do staring at a wall. Breathing, pumping blood, all costs calories. We burn calories when we sleep, but it's only because we are constantly burning to continue living.0 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »queenliz99 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »xxgabriellaxxchanelxx wrote: »maybe the myth wont die because its not a myth…..? i've looked at countless forums with people saying that they do, in fact burn 100 calories while asleep. perhaps it depends on the person.
How are these people measuring their calorie burn while they sleep?
Is this a trick question?
I was just trying to figure it out. My FitBit gives me several hundred calories between midnight and the time I wake up, but I realize that it's not overly accurate. Although using it as a close guesstimate of my daily burns seems to be helping me with my weight loss, so I'm not too worried about it's accuracy.
TL:DR sort of yes, a little bit, maybe, but probably not
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Unplanned late night snacks are not good for keeping within my calorie goals. If I've finished my calories for the day, it's best to just keep the kitchen closed.
Eating too much of certain types of food before bed can give me heartburn.
These would be the reasons I would cut food off at a certain time.0 -
xxgabriellaxxchanelxx wrote: »you burn 100 calories while sleeping, so if you eat just before bed, you wont lose as much as you could have otherwise. but, of course you can still lose plenty of weight no matter what the timing. its really more about calories. that being said, i usually try to stop eating before eight and go to bed at around 9:30 or 10
You burn a lot more than 100 calories when you sleep. For example, say my Basal metabolic rate (BMR, which is the amount of energy expended while at rest in a neutrally temperate environment) is 2,000 calories per day. Divided by 24 hours my body burns over 80 calories an hour if I don't do anything at all. If you exercise, your body burns even more throughout the day repairing and building. Sleep for 8 hours @ 80 calories/hour and that's burning 640 calories. #science0 -
Yep. Metabolism is consistent. Believe it or not, you burn more body fat resting and sleeping than you would doing an hour of cardio. Why? Because body fat is the primary fuel source at rest whereas glycogen is the primary fuel when doing physical activity.candacebattle2012 wrote: »You guys mean to tell me that all this time I've been starving myself every evening when it actually doesn't matter what time I eat!?!
The whole myth about this was because people would REACH there calorie limits by 6-7pm, then KEEP EATING. That's why they got overweight. If you have calories to spare after 6pm, eating them won't result in added fat.
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nickmomrik wrote: »xxgabriellaxxchanelxx wrote: »you burn 100 calories while sleeping, so if you eat just before bed, you wont lose as much as you could have otherwise. but, of course you can still lose plenty of weight no matter what the timing. its really more about calories. that being said, i usually try to stop eating before eight and go to bed at around 9:30 or 10
You burn a lot more than 100 calories when you sleep. For example, say my Basal metabolic rate (BMR, which is the amount of energy expended while at rest in a neutrally temperate environment) is 2,000 calories per day. Divided by 24 hours my body burns over 80 calories an hour if I don't do anything at all. If you exercise, your body burns even more throughout the day repairing and building. Sleep for 8 hours @ 80 calories/hour and that's burning 640 calories. #science
very true and you can get lab test for that too..( sleeping test)
wish mine was 80 lol
But i do know my average is around 62 calories an hour. 0 -
Lol, nope. BMR is rest rate and let's just say 1/3 of it is sleeping. So if someone's BMR is even 1000 (which is pretty low), then 333 calories of it is from sleeping alone. Don't know where you're getting your info from, but you need a better resource.xxgabriellaxxchanelxx wrote: »you burn 100 calories while sleeping, so if you eat just before bed, you wont lose as much as you could have otherwise. but, of course you can still lose plenty of weight no matter what the timing. its really more about calories. that being said, i usually try to stop eating before eight and go to bed at around 9:30 or 10
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Living with a mother who had a so many answers AND solutions (many people have all the answers but the wrong solutions), it is best not to eat 2 hours before you sleep- usually not after 8:00 p.m. . Why? because your body, when you sleep should be in the DETOX mode (even when you work the graveyard shift). When you eat, it instead goes into the DIGESTIVE mode. It is long-term healthier for the body, to not eat late. This is from a master herbalist, RN, and biochemist who spent a life time in incredible health by living what makes sense. At the cell level, most people's bodies work the same. - To your health!0
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Learning from people who are unknowledgeable on the subject doesn't mean it's true.xxgabriellaxxchanelxx wrote: »maybe the myth wont die because its not a myth…..? i've looked at countless forums with people saying that they do, in fact burn 100 calories while asleep. perhaps it depends on the person.
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Lol, nope. BMR is rest rate and let's just say 1/3 of it is sleeping. So if someone's BMR is even 1000 (which is pretty low), then 333 calories of it is from sleeping alone. Don't know where you're getting your info from, but you need a better resource.xxgabriellaxxchanelxx wrote: »you burn 100 calories while sleeping, so if you eat just before bed, you wont lose as much as you could have otherwise. but, of course you can still lose plenty of weight no matter what the timing. its really more about calories. that being said, i usually try to stop eating before eight and go to bed at around 9:30 or 10
"Countless forums", according to a previous post.0 -
heidicarlstedt wrote: »Living with a mother who had a so many answers AND solutions (many people have all the answers but the wrong solutions), it is best not to eat 2 hours before you sleep- usually not after 8:00 p.m. . Why? because your body, when you sleep should be in the DETOX mode (even when you work the graveyard shift). When you eat, it instead goes into the DIGESTIVE mode. It is long-term healthier for the body, to not eat late. This is from a master herbalist, RN, and biochemist who spent a life time in incredible health by living what makes sense. At the cell level, most people's bodies work the same. - To your health!
Science disagrees with the modes, timing, etc.0 -
heidicarlstedt wrote: »Living with a mother who had a so many answers AND solutions (many people have all the answers but the wrong solutions), it is best not to eat 2 hours before you sleep- usually not after 8:00 p.m. . Why? because your body, when you sleep should be in the DETOX mode (even when you work the graveyard shift). When you eat, it instead goes into the DIGESTIVE mode. It is long-term healthier for the body, to not eat late. This is from a master herbalist, RN, and biochemist who spent a life time in incredible health by living what makes sense. At the cell level, most people's bodies work the same. - To your health!
Mucho nope.0 -
heidicarlstedt wrote: »Living with a mother who had a so many answers AND solutions (many people have all the answers but the wrong solutions), it is best not to eat 2 hours before you sleep- usually not after 8:00 p.m. . Why? because your body, when you sleep should be in the DETOX mode (even when you work the graveyard shift). When you eat, it instead goes into the DIGESTIVE mode. It is long-term healthier for the body, to not eat late. This is from a master herbalist, RN, and biochemist who spent a life time in incredible health by living what makes sense. At the cell level, most people's bodies work the same. - To your health!
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So why did i lose all my weight while i eat 60 to 70% of my calories after 8PM? Every night! ( i am an evening snacker) 0
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Best? Nah. "Detoxing" is a myth and you won't find peer reviewed clinical studies that support they are useful. You do realize that it takes 6-8 hours for food to pass through the digestive system? So even if you did stop 2 hours before bed, you're STILL in the digestive mode. Humans adapt to behavior and environment around them quite easy. The body doesn't distinguish what is optimal time to eat based on time.heidicarlstedt wrote: »Living with a mother who had a so many answers AND solutions (many people have all the answers but the wrong solutions), it is best not to eat 2 hours before you sleep- usually not after 8:00 p.m. . Why? because your body, when you sleep should be in the DETOX mode (even when you work the graveyard shift). When you eat, it instead goes into the DIGESTIVE mode. It is long-term healthier for the body, to not eat late. This is from a master herbalist, RN, and biochemist who spent a life time in incredible health by living what makes sense. At the cell level, most people's bodies work the same. - To your health!
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candacebattle2012 wrote: »I think times matters a lot because most of the time when you eat late and go to bed the food doesn't get burned like it would during the day and it eventually turns into fat. Metabolism slows at night
It will get burned later. If it works for you, awesome. If I tried it, I'd be back up at 4 am raiding the fridge, going back to sleep, then waking up later wondering how all the food wrappers got in my bed.
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I'm enjoying sitting here at 10:20 pm eating a hard boiled egg, string cheese and salted caramel greek yogurt as I read this thread. LOL.0
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candacebattle2012 wrote: »You guys mean to tell me that all this time I've been starving myself every evening when it actually doesn't matter what time I eat!?!
Yup. Sorry. But hey, now you know and don't have to do it any more!0 -
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candacebattle2012 wrote: »I think times matters a lot because most of the time when you eat late and go to bed the food doesn't get burned like it would during the day and it eventually turns into fat. Metabolism slows at night
False false false false false false false and otherwise untrue.0 -
candacebattle2012 wrote: »You guys mean to tell me that all this time I've been starving myself every evening when it actually doesn't matter what time I eat!?!
Correct. What matters is how much you eat.
If not eating past six has caused you to lose weight it's because it's caused you to eat less and resulted in a calorie deficit (eating fewer calories than you burn).
You could take the same amount of food that you're eating between breakfast and 6pm, stretch it out between breakfast and bedtime and get the exact same results.0 -
well eating right before you go to bed can cause heartburn, so it is better to eat 30-45 minutes before bed. That is a fact. But whatever you take in has the same weight no matter when.
Can't really say it's a fact if it isn't true for everyone.
It may give you heartburn but it doesn't give me heartburn.
And even if it did, I'd still eat and just pop a Rolaid.0 -
The whole idea behind not eating after a certain time is that it's easy to mindlessly snack in the evenings, when you are tired/distracted, etc, and consume more calories than you burn. All the so-called "science" behind food turning straight to fat when you sleep or whatever is bunk.0
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heidicarlstedt wrote: »Living with a mother who had a so many answers AND solutions (many people have all the answers but the wrong solutions), it is best not to eat 2 hours before you sleep- usually not after 8:00 p.m. . Why? because your body, when you sleep should be in the DETOX mode (even when you work the graveyard shift). When you eat, it instead goes into the DIGESTIVE mode. It is long-term healthier for the body, to not eat late. This is from a master herbalist, RN, and biochemist who spent a life time in incredible health by living what makes sense. At the cell level, most people's bodies work the same. - To your health!
None of this is true
At all
Get your mother to name these toxins and why the liver, kidneys and respiratory systems change modes and how
Get her to explain this "digestive mode" when food takes 24-48 hours to pads through digestive system
Weird old world0
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