Eating after 6pm?

warcup666
warcup666 Posts: 99 Member
edited November 13 in Health and Weight Loss
Hey guys?? Is it really totally bad for ya if you eat after 6pm or is it just a myth?? Iv just had cup of soup and weight watchers crisps.
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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    I work out when I finish work, and then make tea so it's always after 6pm.
  • warcup666
    warcup666 Posts: 99 Member
    Awww thank you, that's a relief, well I finished a 13 hour shift at 8 and be time I got home, had a bath was nearly 9 so just had something small. Thanx you for the advice guys x
  • DanyellMcGinnis
    DanyellMcGinnis Posts: 315 Member
    I've lost 42 pounds so far this year and dinner is almost always at 8:30 or 9, just because I get done working out so late.
  • warcup666
    warcup666 Posts: 99 Member
    JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
    Dinner for me is always after 6 pm. I've lost 80+ lb this year.

    That's fab!! Well done !!
  • Asher_Ethan
    Asher_Ethan Posts: 2,430 Member
    I always have to save myself 300 calories to eat right before bed because I can not sleep if I'm hungry. You're good.
  • warcup666
    warcup666 Posts: 99 Member
    Asher_Ethan wrote: »
    I always have to save myself 300 calories to eat right before bed because I can not sleep if I'm hungry. You're good.

    Thank you I try lol x
  • leejoyce31
    leejoyce31 Posts: 794 Member
    edited November 2016
    I eat 1/2 my daily calorie allotment for dinner, which is around 9:15p.m. I have been practicing 16:8 intermittent fasting. So, I don't usually break my fast until after 1:30 p.m.

    My only issue is I do have gastrointestinal problems that make this not the best method for me, but it has helped me with food cravings and in other ways. So, I continue to do it. :)
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    warcup666 wrote: »
    Awww thank you, that's a relief, well I finished a 13 hour shift at 8 and be time I got home, had a bath was nearly 9 so just had something small. Thanx you for the advice guys x

    When you come across stuff like this...just remind yourself of human evolution...if this kind of stuff were an issue, we would have died off millions of years ago.
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    A myth. You body doesn't know what time it is, and the metabolism runs 24/7/7.

    I eat up to an hour before bed time.
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,165 Member
    It is a myth. I eat about half of my daily calories after 6 pm.
  • ugofatcat
    ugofatcat Posts: 385 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    warcup666 wrote: »
    Hey guys?? Is it really totally bad for ya if you eat after 6pm or is it just a myth?? Iv just had cup of soup and weight watchers crisps.

    There's nothing wrong with eating after 6...millions of years of evolution didn't leave us turning into gremlins if we ate after some certain time...

    Keep in mind that many of these notions simply come by way of controlling calories...then they get misinterpreted by media, etc to be "bad" for you. Most people don't count calories and have to have other means of controlling calories...no food after X time is one of those things...not eating carbs after X time is another...it's just a method of calorie control...it has jack to do with how your body actually works.

    Hell, I don't even know who or what these people do for a living who can stop eating at 6...I'm often still at the office. I eat dinner every night around 8:30/9 and I'm just fine.

    Well said. I think where this myth comes from is most evening eating is high calorie, high fat food in very large quantities. If you sit in front of the TV and mindless polish off an entire pint of ice cream and family bag of chips in addition to all the eating through out the day, it is likely you have gone way over your calories and will gain weight.

    As long as you work whatever you eat into your calories, you are golden. Good luck!
  • Dano74
    Dano74 Posts: 503 Member
    Eat whatchoo wanna eat when you wanna eat it. Like a minute before you go to bed, even.

    As so many others have said... that after 6 thing is a Bro wearing a lab coat.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    warcup666 wrote: »
    Hey guys?? Is it really totally bad for ya if you eat after 6pm or is it just a myth?? Iv just had cup of soup and weight watchers crisps.

    Myth.
  • JaydedMiss
    JaydedMiss Posts: 4,286 Member
    myth. Eat whenever majority of my meals are eaten between 2pm and 2 am XD
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
    Dano74 wrote: »
    Eat whatchoo wanna eat when you wanna eat it. Like a minute before you go to bed, even.

    As so many others have said... that after 6 thing is a Bro wearing a lab coat.

    That's something I'd like to see.
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
    Dano74 wrote: »
    PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »
    Dano74 wrote: »
    Eat whatchoo wanna eat when you wanna eat it. Like a minute before you go to bed, even.

    As so many others have said... that after 6 thing is a Bro wearing a lab coat.

    That's something I'd like to see.

    You needed only ask:

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    That is everything I hoped it would be. Thank you.
  • ksenya03
    ksenya03 Posts: 51 Member
    I think this idea comes from the fact that some people experience sleep difficulties when eating too close to their bed time. Hence it isn't a good idea to eat latter in the evening. If eating later in the evening doesn't affect your ability to sleep, leave you feeling super hungry in the afternoon, or make you under or over full before your next meal, there is no reason not to eat after 6pm assuming that is a convenient time for you to eat.
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    I have a bowl of cereal (right now its fruit loops) as I sit in bed at night - last thing I do before I go to sleep - been sleeping like the dead since I started doing that
  • crzycatlady1
    crzycatlady1 Posts: 1,930 Member
    VintageFeline wrote: »
    Myth. Meal timing makes no difference. Calories are what matter. Unless you get heartburn or something eating too close to bedtime but otherwise, total nonsense.

    This is right on. What matters is that at the end of the day you're at your calorie target :)
  • RunningMom1038
    RunningMom1038 Posts: 144 Member
    Eating too late in the evening is only an issue for my acid reflux at night. It has never affected my weight loss.
  • pdxwine
    pdxwine Posts: 389 Member
    I eat dinner, every night, after 8PM. No issues with it for me. My day pans out like this...

    9AM Breakfast

    11AM almonds

    noon to 1 - Lunch

    5PM Hummus and vegetables

    8PM Dinner
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    9:30 and I just finished dinner. Six nights a week I never eat dinner before 7. It's never affected my weight loss one bit.
  • NancyYale
    NancyYale Posts: 171 Member
    I eat my last little meal at 7:30. Doesn't hurt a thing. Do what makes sense for you and your schedule.
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    I just finished a brilliant taco salad. 11:40pm here!
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