I'm trying to lose weight but I love eating at night. As long as I count cals, can I eat at night?
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I don't feel like being "informed" means taking someone's word on it without, y'know, authoritative data.
Well, that's 99% of MFP forums y'know. Blind leading the blind.
Many flight physicians in many flight medicine briefings/appointments throughout the years have informed me. Got to be fit to fly, and I don't mean commercial flight.
is the OP a fighter pilot? will she still be able to perform the duties at her desk job if she has a sandwich before bed?0 -
As long as it doesn't disrupt your sleep. Some foods give me heartburn. And although its kind of an old wives tale, peanuts really do give me nightmares sometimes.0
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When you go to bed with undigested food in your stomach your body has to digest it while you sleep. Your body has to expend energy and water content in order to process food, rather than heal and regenerate like the normal sleeping process does. So depending on the load, you'll wake up still tired because your body spend all night digesting instead of resting.
I usually eat 500 calories every night before I go to sleep because I can't sleep hungry. I always wake up refreshed. (Also lost a lot of weight because I found out meal timing doesn't matter)
If I don't eat before bed, I sleep horribly and i don't wake up refreshed.
It's personal preference.0 -
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WinoGelato wrote: »What? This makes no sense. Your body is an incredibly efficient, multi-tasking machine. If it weren't, we wouldn't be able to breathe, think, digest, chew bubble gum, and walk down the street typing responses to strangers on internet forums all at the same time...
Whatever you say. Eat at night because our bodies are magical.
I do. I eat on a IF pattern. And eat about 1,000 calories pretty close to bedtime. And it's awesome.0 -
WinoGelato wrote: »What? This makes no sense. Your body is an incredibly efficient, multi-tasking machine. If it weren't, we wouldn't be able to breathe, think, digest, chew bubble gum, and walk down the street typing responses to strangers on internet forums all at the same time...
Whatever you say. Eat at night because our bodies are magical.
I do. I eat on a IF pattern. And eat about 1,000 calories pretty close to bedtime. And it's awesome.
What is an "IF pattern"?0 -
Intermittent fasting. I typically have a 6 hour eating window in the evening, beginning about 3:30 pm with a snack.0
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I don't feel like being "informed" means taking someone's word on it without, y'know, authoritative data.
Well, that's 99% of MFP forums y'know. Blind leading the blind.
Many flight physicians in many flight medicine briefings/appointments throughout the years have informed me. Got to be fit to fly, and I don't mean commercial flight.
"Many flight physicians" is not a source. Doctors are just as prone to misinformation and outdated studies as any other human; they aren't magical because they have an MD. Even the military ones.
Again, if you have recent sources, feel free to share them. I'm guessing that you don't, because the idea that your body can't multitask (digest and heal at rest) doesn't seem to have any scientific basis. You have some doctors that told once or twice that it's not a good idea to eat at night, which is an old idea that grandmothers tell overweight teenagers.
OP: lots of people on these forums (self included) have lost a lot of weight without any regards to meal timing. It's whatever works for you, to help you meet your calorie goals. I usually eat at least half of my calories between 5pm and 9pm, depending on the day.0 -
DearNeptune wrote: »I love late-night snacks. I've had people tell me I shouldn't eat at night, yet I've heard others say it doesn't matter.
If you eat after 6PM it will turn straight into fat.
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"Many flight physicians" is not a source. Doctors are just as prone to misinformation and outdated studies as any other human; they aren't magical because they have an MD. Even the military ones.
I'll make sure to let them know they aren't a reliable source of information, but that the MFP forums and Google are.I usually eat at least half of my calories between 5pm and 9pm, depending on the day.
So that's why you were baiting for a response that you could easily undermine and shoot down, nice. Hope it continues to work for you.
I'm pretty sure most of us don't have to worry about undigested food when we go to sleep. We're not going to have to worry about throwing up in the cockpit in eight hours.
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Beliefs are not the same as facts. A good source for information is a peer-reviewed journal articles, such as those found at PubMed. Here is an example of a journal article:
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4425165/
References from Dr. Oz, Mercola, Huffington Post, websites that sell suplements, etc. are NOT good sources of facts.0 -
geneticsteacher wrote: »Beliefs are not the same as facts. A good source for information is a peer-reviewed journal articles, such as those found at PubMed. Here is an example of a journal article:
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4425165/
References from Dr. Oz, Mercola, Huffington Post, websites that sell suplements, etc. are NOT good sources of facts.
What about fighter pilots? Are they good sources? They have those cool names, and they look pretty good playing beach volleyball, at least from what I can recall from Top Gun...0 -
WinoGelato wrote: »geneticsteacher wrote: »Beliefs are not the same as facts. A good source for information is a peer-reviewed journal articles, such as those found at PubMed. Here is an example of a journal article:
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4425165/
References from Dr. Oz, Mercola, Huffington Post, websites that sell suplements, etc. are NOT good sources of facts.
What about fighter pilots? Are they good sources? They have those cool names, and they look pretty good playing beach volleyball, at least from what I can recall from Top Gun...
But they apparently don't science.0 -
WinoGelato wrote: »What? This makes no sense. Your body is an incredibly efficient, multi-tasking machine. If it weren't, we wouldn't be able to breathe, think, digest, chew bubble gum, and walk down the street typing responses to strangers on internet forums all at the same time...
Whatever you say. Eat at night because our bodies are magical.
I eat almost all my calories after 6:00 p.m. I always sleep good and I'm down to about 10 pounds from my goal weight. I am magical!
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WinoGelato wrote: »geneticsteacher wrote: »Beliefs are not the same as facts. A good source for information is a peer-reviewed journal articles, such as those found at PubMed. Here is an example of a journal article:
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4425165/
References from Dr. Oz, Mercola, Huffington Post, websites that sell suplements, etc. are NOT good sources of facts.
What about fighter pilots? Are they good sources? They have those cool names, and they look pretty good playing beach volleyball, at least from what I can recall from Top Gun...
But they apparently don't science.
If they did they might have been able to avoid that fatal tailspin...0 -
WinoGelato wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »geneticsteacher wrote: »Beliefs are not the same as facts. A good source for information is a peer-reviewed journal articles, such as those found at PubMed. Here is an example of a journal article:
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4425165/
References from Dr. Oz, Mercola, Huffington Post, websites that sell suplements, etc. are NOT good sources of facts.
What about fighter pilots? Are they good sources? They have those cool names, and they look pretty good playing beach volleyball, at least from what I can recall from Top Gun...
But they apparently don't science.
If they did they might have been able to avoid that fatal tailspin...
It wasn't his fault! There is no way he could have predicted or avoided that spin!
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cmriverside wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »geneticsteacher wrote: »Beliefs are not the same as facts. A good source for information is a peer-reviewed journal articles, such as those found at PubMed. Here is an example of a journal article:
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4425165/
References from Dr. Oz, Mercola, Huffington Post, websites that sell suplements, etc. are NOT good sources of facts.
What about fighter pilots? Are they good sources? They have those cool names, and they look pretty good playing beach volleyball, at least from what I can recall from Top Gun...
But they apparently don't science.
If they did they might have been able to avoid that fatal tailspin...
It wasn't his fault! There is no way he could have predicted or avoided that spin!
Maybe he wasn't thinking clearly because he was fatigued from eating too late at night.0 -
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"Many flight physicians" is not a source. Doctors are just as prone to misinformation and outdated studies as any other human; they aren't magical because they have an MD. Even the military ones.
I'll make sure to let them know they aren't a reliable source of information, but that the MFP forums and Google are.I usually eat at least half of my calories between 5pm and 9pm, depending on the day.
So that's why you were baiting for a response that you could easily undermine and shoot down, nice. Hope it continues to work for you.
To assume or even think the body can only run one function at a time basically negates everything Ppl know about biology. The body is very good at multitasking and doing the processes that are required.0 -
ForeverSunshine09 wrote: »"Many flight physicians" is not a source. Doctors are just as prone to misinformation and outdated studies as any other human; they aren't magical because they have an MD. Even the military ones.
I'll make sure to let them know they aren't a reliable source of information, but that the MFP forums and Google are.I usually eat at least half of my calories between 5pm and 9pm, depending on the day.
So that's why you were baiting for a response that you could easily undermine and shoot down, nice. Hope it continues to work for you.
To assume or even think the body can only run one function at a time basically negates everything Ppl know about biology. The body is very good at multitasking and doing the processes that are required.
You only say that because you're not a fighter pilot doctor0 -
ForeverSunshine09 wrote: »"Many flight physicians" is not a source. Doctors are just as prone to misinformation and outdated studies as any other human; they aren't magical because they have an MD. Even the military ones.
I'll make sure to let them know they aren't a reliable source of information, but that the MFP forums and Google are.I usually eat at least half of my calories between 5pm and 9pm, depending on the day.
So that's why you were baiting for a response that you could easily undermine and shoot down, nice. Hope it continues to work for you.
To assume or even think the body can only run one function at a time basically negates everything Ppl know about biology. The body is very good at multitasking and doing the processes that are required.
You only say that because you're not a fighter pilot doctor
Chill, Daverick. Your ego is writing checks your body can't cash because it's busy digesting food.0 -
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tincanonastring wrote: »ForeverSunshine09 wrote: »"Many flight physicians" is not a source. Doctors are just as prone to misinformation and outdated studies as any other human; they aren't magical because they have an MD. Even the military ones.
I'll make sure to let them know they aren't a reliable source of information, but that the MFP forums and Google are.I usually eat at least half of my calories between 5pm and 9pm, depending on the day.
So that's why you were baiting for a response that you could easily undermine and shoot down, nice. Hope it continues to work for you.
To assume or even think the body can only run one function at a time basically negates everything Ppl know about biology. The body is very good at multitasking and doing the processes that are required.
You only say that because you're not a fighter pilot doctor
Chill, Daverick. Your ego is writing checks your body can't cash because it's busy digesting food.
That's right, Tin........can. I am dangerous0 -
"Many flight physicians" is not a source. Doctors are just as prone to misinformation and outdated studies as any other human; they aren't magical because they have an MD. Even the military ones.
I'll make sure to let them know they aren't a reliable source of information, but that the MFP forums and Google are.I usually eat at least half of my calories between 5pm and 9pm, depending on the day.
So that's why you were baiting for a response that you could easily undermine and shoot down, nice. Hope it continues to work for you.
Your misconceptions stem from a belief that the body is somehow compose of on and off switches. That is not in any shape or form how the body's reactions work. It is all a matter of chemicals causing cascading chains of reactions at different rates. We don't completely stop and start various things, we go from low to high states. I mean, most people never truly go to bed with an empty digestive system. Most digestive transit is 24 hours or more barring sickness. By your reasoning, people would need to spend a day or more fasting to get themselves into a proper rest state.
You think more than a billion years of evolution couldn't have figured out the metabolic equivalent of walking and chewing gum at the same time?0
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