Eating before bed = weight GAIN
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My wonderful mother keeps telling me this thing she heard on Oprah 10 years ago. Apparently a doctor on that show said if you eat right before bed, all those calories will go towards fat.
Is there any truth to this?
Is there any truth to this?
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Nope, your body doesn't operate on a 24 hour schedule for energy consumption. What matters is a calorie deficit over a larger amount of time, not what time of day these calories are eaten.0
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I nearly always eat before bed. It has made no difference to my weight loss.0
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Was it Dr. Oz by chance? He was wrong.0
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Quite the contrary, if you are following a weight training program its actually beneficial to eat something directly before you go to bod to help your body repair muscle damage.0
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Its all about calories. Eat less than your daily goal, you wont gain. Before or after does not really matters.0
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So I don't quite understand the goals here . Are you supposed to eat less then the goal? If so why is it a goal ?0
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I sometimes eat 1200 cals before bed....weight will still go down as long as I'm in an overall deficit. You metabolism doesn't shut down when you go to sleep0
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brynnaewilliams wrote: »So I don't quite understand the goals here . Are you supposed to eat less then the goal? If so why is it a goal ?
You don't want to go over your goal or you won't lose weight.
You don't want to be too far under your goal or you risk health problems and burnout.0 -
Nope.0
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Saddam Hussein was still alive and Twitter was just being born. A lot has changed in 10 years.
Stop living in the past.0 -
@Mavrick_RN Right on. ; )0
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People need to understand that their food does not digest immediately upon being swallowed. Most people are constantly digesting food from prior meals, morning, noon, and night. Eating right before bedtime doesn't change that process to put the food toward fat stores.0
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This did work for me for a while, but purely because that meal before bed was an extra meal. Which obviously meant extra calories.0
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OP--where are you coming up with these myths? This is the 2nd one. No, it's not true. I advise you to follow the boards on MFP and learn a few truths instead.0
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I like to eat at any time.0
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Nope. I snack before I sleep most nights.0
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The only time eating right before bedtime causes weight gain is if you weigh yourself first thing the next morning (while the food/waste is still in your body). Completely artifactual.0
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snowflake954 wrote: »OP--where are you coming up with these myths? This is the 2nd one. No, it's not true. I advise you to follow the boards on MFP and learn a few truths instead.
Did you read my original post? I said in the first sentence that my mother told me this. She means well.0 -
Mavrick_RN wrote: »Saddam Hussein was still alive and Twitter was just being born. A lot has changed in 10 years.
Stop living in the past.
Sort of an odd response.
Nothing to do with living in the past. Simply asking if it was true.0 -
Microscopes wrote: »Mavrick_RN wrote: »Saddam Hussein was still alive and Twitter was just being born. A lot has changed in 10 years.
Stop living in the past.
Sort of an odd response.
Nothing to do with living in the past. Simply asking if it was true.
Editing because I clearly can't forum before coffee.
The post was a joke because you referenced dated weight loss advice.
Tell your mom to stop watching Oprah reruns. Eating before bed doesn't hinder weight loss.
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