Eating after 6pm?
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Myth!
Eat when you want.
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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.
As you've discovered ... it's a myth.
I don't get home from work till 6 pm.
Then I have cottage cheese, raw veggies, and some ryvita crackers.
Then my husband and I go for a long walk or bicycle ride.
Then we have dinner ... that's about 8 pm.
About 9:30 we have "dessert".
About 11 pm, I have a second "dessert".
If I'm still up at 1 am and know I'm going to be up a while longer yet, I'll have a third "dessert".
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I work nights so everything i eat is after 6pm0
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Another thing to think about when you hear these time limits is this ...
Who's 6 pm?
I'm in Australia, on the east side. It will be 6 pm here in 1 hour and 45 minutes. Is that when we should all stop eating? What time will it be where you are in 1 hour and 45 minutes?
Or should we use the Greenwich timeline? Or the International Dateline?
What happens when Daylight Savings comes or goes? Do you need to stop eating at 5 pm for half the year ... or 7 pm?
What happens when you travel? Do you go by your home time zone ... or the one you travel to?6 -
Another thing to think about when you hear these time limits is this ...
Who's 6 pm?
I'm in Australia, on the east side. It will be 6 pm here in 1 hour and 45 minutes. Is that when we should all stop eating? What time will it be where you are in 1 hour and 45 minutes?
Or should we use the Greenwich timeline? Or the International Dateline?
What happens when Daylight Savings comes or goes? Do you need to stop eating at 5 pm for half the year ... or 7 pm?
What happens when you travel? Do you go by your home time zone ... or the one you travel to?
Lol i always laugh at this point. As if your body goes" OH MY GOD ITS 6PM MUST SHUT DOWN METABOLISM!" lmao. time of day is a human creation. Your body doesn't give a *kitten* about time its just hungry XD3 -
I think the logic of restricting eating after 6pm is a lot of people tend to snack/overeat/binge later in the evening. It could be because you're typically at home so you are relaxing and the fridge is a way too short walk away, whereas during the day you're often out and not necessarily conveniently near snack food. Like, if I'm not careful I can have a bowl of popcorn with cheese while watching a movie and a glass of wine or two and then maybe some chocolate and boom--way over my calorie limit.
But it's not that eating after 6pm is *bad* inherently, especially if you have self control and don't tend to nighttime binge. I try not to eat after 8 if I can help it, simply because I don't trust myself one bit1 -
I have my main meal very late most weekdays because of my partner's job. around 11pm, often. For me, the issue with it is that I get hungry earlier, so need a snack early evening.
When I've got things under control, like now, I budget for that in my calorie allowance, but it is probably one of the things that led to creeping weight gain in the first place.0 -
Another thing to think about when you hear these time limits is this ...
Who's 6 pm?
I'm in Australia, on the east side. It will be 6 pm here in 1 hour and 45 minutes. Is that when we should all stop eating? What time will it be where you are in 1 hour and 45 minutes?
Or should we use the Greenwich timeline? Or the International Dateline?
What happens when Daylight Savings comes or goes? Do you need to stop eating at 5 pm for half the year ... or 7 pm?
What happens when you travel? Do you go by your home time zone ... or the one you travel to?
Hell yeah, I'd be in trouble. I'm on the west coast of Aus but travelling to the east coast next week. There is a time difference plus daylight saving on the east coast but not at home. If I stop eating at 6pm Sydney time, that's only 3pm in my home time. That's really not going to work for me!
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Now for most people, coffee after 6 pm, likely a bad idea. Not for calories but for disrupting sleep. (Note: does not apply to people who work late shifts or people with ADHD.)0
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I rarely eat after 6 pm, but that's because that's what I'm used to. I did this before weight loss and I do this during weight loss, and I will likely continue doing it after weight loss. It has not magically stop me from reaching 300 pounds because I still ate too much food before 6pm back then. Eat whenever you are used to eating, but if not eating after 6 helps make dieting easier for you then do that. Anything else you might have heard is either useless noise or not significant enough to bother.2
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Eat whenever you want, our normal dinner time is 8-9 pm. Midnight is bedtime so plenty of time to digest a bit before lying down to sleep.0
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That depends on you. For myself it's not so much eating after 6 pm specifically but rather eating too close to bed time. If I am planning on hitting the hay before 9 pm I won't eat after 6 pm. It disturbs my sleep. If I eat near bed time I have horrible nightmares and a restless sleep. Other people can eat before bed and be totally fine.1
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Wow, its not a simple as people are making out, as with most things people say are myths there is some truth in it. i.e The advice not to eat too much late in the evenings before sleep. The only thing that really is a myth is the hard and fast 6 pm it depends on your daily routine and the combination of macros (Fat, Protein, Carbohydrates) you are consuming close to sleep. For example, intermittent fasting can help you lose weight and the longest period, without much effort, most people can fast for is likely to be the period leading up to and during sleeping. Say you eat at 8 pm and then later sleep and don't get up til 10 am on a Saturday morning that is a 14 hour fast. Try going 14 hours during you waking hours without eating, that is a nightmare and difficult to do. Another reason eating late might not be a good idea is food consumption affects you blood, liver and muscle glucose levels as well are your hormone levels, the timing of calorie intake and the calories affect is not equal irrespective of the time the calories are consumed.
In summary it is NOT a myth but then is is no exactly true either, as always the truth is in the middle ground somewhere.4 -
pebble4321 wrote: »Another thing to think about when you hear these time limits is this ...
Who's 6 pm?
I'm in Australia, on the east side. It will be 6 pm here in 1 hour and 45 minutes. Is that when we should all stop eating? What time will it be where you are in 1 hour and 45 minutes?
Or should we use the Greenwich timeline? Or the International Dateline?
What happens when Daylight Savings comes or goes? Do you need to stop eating at 5 pm for half the year ... or 7 pm?
What happens when you travel? Do you go by your home time zone ... or the one you travel to?
Hell yeah, I'd be in trouble. I'm on the west coast of Aus but travelling to the east coast next week. There is a time difference plus daylight saving on the east coast but not at home. If I stop eating at 6pm Sydney time, that's only 3pm in my home time. That's really not going to work for me!
@pebble4321 say "hi" to the east coast for me. It's somewhere I've always wanted to visit. A friend used to live north of Perth and would send me beautiful photographs of the animals and birds that visited her garden.0 -
I try to observe the 3-hour rule. That is to say, if I eat at 6:00, the earliest I go to bed is 9:00.2
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LOL i HATE THE "YOU CANT EAT LATE" myth. I lost all my weight eating 90% of my calories between 7-1am. I currently am maintaining on 2100-2600 calories eating 80% of them 9-3am.6
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I think it depends more on your schedule than time of day. Personally I don't like to eat a lot in the evening as then I have trouble sleeping, but then I am up between 5 and 5:30 every morning.0
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Sweets1954 wrote: »I think it depends more on your schedule than time of day. Personally I don't like to eat a lot in the evening as then I have trouble sleeping, but then I am up between 5 and 5:30 every morning.
It's so interesting how everyone is different. For me, I can't sleep if I don't eat a lot right before bed.0 -
Its a myth. Doesn't matter when we eat, just as long as we stay within our calorie allowance.
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RunRutheeRun wrote: »Its a myth. Doesn't matter when we eat, just as long as we stay within our calorie allowance.
Incorrect, it does matter when we eat if we want to optomise weight lose, well being, physical performance etc. There are multiple scientific papers that prove this to be the case.
The only thing that is a myth is you can't lose weight if you eat just before sleep. When we eat it affects your blood, liver and muscle glucose levels as well are your hormone levels which control your mood and your weight plus just about everything else that goes on in your body so it does matter in that regard.0 -
bbturner67 wrote: »RunRutheeRun wrote: »Its a myth. Doesn't matter when we eat, just as long as we stay within our calorie allowance.
Incorrect, it does matter when we eat if we want to optomise weight lose, well being, physical performance etc. There are multiple scientific papers that prove this to be the case.
The only thing that is a myth is you can't lose weight if you eat just before sleep. When we eat it affects your blood, liver and muscle glucose levels as well are your hormone levels which control your mood and your weight plus just about everything else that goes on in your body so it does matter in that regard.
Can you post links to those studies? I'd like to read up about how I lost my weight the wrong way.15 -
I'm never home before 6, usually way later. I never even leave work before 6. I don't know who created this myth who thinks it's at all common or normal to be able to be finished with dinner by 6 pm. Annoys me.
But that aside, no, makes no difference. I lost all my weight eating dinner at 9 or after most days.2 -
bbturner67 wrote: »Wow, its not a simple as people are making out, as with most things people say are myths there is some truth in it. i.e The advice not to eat too much late in the evenings before sleep. The only thing that really is a myth is the hard and fast 6 pm it depends on your daily routine and the combination of macros (Fat, Protein, Carbohydrates) you are consuming close to sleep. For example, intermittent fasting can help you lose weight and the longest period, without much effort, most people can fast for is likely to be the period leading up to and during sleeping. Say you eat at 8 pm and then later sleep and don't get up til 10 am on a Saturday morning that is a 14 hour fast. Try going 14 hours during you waking hours without eating, that is a nightmare and difficult to do. Another reason eating late might not be a good idea is food consumption affects you blood, liver and muscle glucose levels as well are your hormone levels, the timing of calorie intake and the calories affect is not equal irrespective of the time the calories are consumed.
In summary it is NOT a myth but then is is no exactly true either, as always the truth is in the middle ground somewhere.
Lol....
So if I need 3,000 calories to maintain and I eat 2,500 calories per day, I will not lose roughly 1 Lb per week then? Somehow eating later is going to impact that equation. I mean anecdotally I already did 4 years ago...I eat dinner every night at 8:30/9...
This whole thing is a stupid invention of Oprah's.
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bbturner67 wrote: »RunRutheeRun wrote: »Its a myth. Doesn't matter when we eat, just as long as we stay within our calorie allowance.
Incorrect, it does matter when we eat if we want to optomise weight lose, well being, physical performance etc. There are multiple scientific papers that prove this to be the case.
The only thing that is a myth is you can't lose weight if you eat just before sleep. When we eat it affects your blood, liver and muscle glucose levels as well are your hormone levels which control your mood and your weight plus just about everything else that goes on in your body so it does matter in that regard.
Ok, you're claiming it..so support it...give us some citations please. How exactly does it effect your blood...liver...and muscle glucose levels and hormone levels...what exactly happens?
I mean I've been eating at 8:30/9 every night for as long as I can remember...when I go get my blood work done it's always been fine and I'm perfectly healthy and fit...so what gives? I must be special or something...5 -
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
Doesn't even have to be something small. It is total calorie, so if you had 1000 left and ate them all before bed, it would over time make no difference to your total weight loss.1 -
Raptor2763 wrote: »I try to observe the 3-hour rule. That is to say, if I eat at 6:00, the earliest I go to bed is 9:00.
Awww I like this!!0 -
When you get older, eating in the evening can cause sleep problems -- and drinking beverages in the evening can mean more trips to the bathroom in the middle of the night. That's why my mother wouldn't eat after 6pm -- nothing to do with weight loss.1
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Question has been answered and I hope you realize timing isn't as important as some experts claim. For me, I limit my meals after 6pm but not because I am concerned that calories at that time somehow count as double...but rather because I tend to overeat, and snack for no particular reason late at night. I am not hungry, I just cant stop grabbing food once I get started.
I can easily control my cravings during the day, but later at night chips, cookies and junk food seems so much more appealing.0 -
I have lost 145 Lbs this year and the bulk of my calories in the day are after 6 PM. I used to believe this but not anymore - not when I have proof to the contrary.5
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I avoid eating certain foods late at night just because I don't feel good afterwards but I usually have a snack between 7:30-8pm.0
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