Is it okay to eat after 6pm
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tommytorpedo wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »tommytorpedo wrote: »What shift do you work and what time do you sleep? Are you a night owl, or an early riser? It's hard to digest while you are sleeping. IMEHO, don't eat for at least two hours before bed.
This is not true.
OK. I'm not a Nutritionist or Medical Doctor, but from my experience as a diabetic, if I eat after 6pm my blood sugar is way higher in the am. Chef Barbell; I'm sure you are smarter than me, but I'd like to see your evidence. I'm innocent until proven guilty so the burden of proof is on you.
That would indicate that your body did, in fact, digest your food well.
That makes sense. and turned the food into pure sugar.0 -
Okay fine, you all win. eat whenever you want. I'm just saying, from experience. I worked the night shift for years. Eating after work and going directly to bed after eating. I went from 200 to 300 pounds. Since retiring I keep "normal hours" and am down to 250 and have my blood sugar in control. I know this thread isn't about losing weight or diabetes, but about digestion. It's not about a sense of humor either, but at least I have one.1
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Millions of years of human evolution and we turn into a pumpkin or something if we eat after 6...sounds legit...5
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tommytorpedo wrote: »Okay fine, you all win. eat whenever you want. I'm just saying, from experience. I worked the night shift for years. Eating after work and going directly to bed after eating. I went from 200 to 300 pounds. Since retiring I keep "normal hours" and am down to 250 and have my blood sugar in control. I know this thread isn't about losing weight or diabetes, but about digestion. It's not about a sense of humor either, but at least I have one.
The weight gain was due to a calorie surplus (you are more than you burned overall) and not due to when you ate.
The weight loss you've experienced in retirement is due to a calorie deficit (you're now eating less than you're burning) and not due to when you're eating.6 -
I wouldn't call eating before 6 "normal hours." Most people have dinner, and for me it would mean no dinner.
I lost fine eating before 6 (mostly) Hawaii time, though. (Of course I live in Central.)0 -
OMG! Let's pick on the old guy. Trump will make you all be "normal". "sarcasm"1
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tommytorpedo wrote: »OMG! Let's pick on the old guy. Trump will make you all be "normal". "sarcasm"
I'm not picking on you, I just find the idea that we all could eat before 6, let alone that it's "normal" to do so to be odd.
I'm sure 3rd shift does post some added difficulties that for some make it easier to overeat. I don't think having dinner at 8 pm (or even after 9, like I usually do) is the same thing, and even with 3rd shift if you count calories it doesn't matter when you eat.6 -
What about everyone with a normal work hours job? Think about it. Is everyone you see with a job fat? No. People with these ridiculous rules have too much time on their hands.1
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lemurcat12 wrote: »tommytorpedo wrote: »OMG! Let's pick on the old guy. Trump will make you all be "normal". "sarcasm"
I'm not picking on you, I just find the idea that we all could eat before 6, let alone that it's "normal" to do so to be odd.
I'm sure 3rd shift does post some added difficulties that for some make it easier to overeat. I don't think having dinner at 8 pm (or even after 9, like I usually do) is the same thing, and even with 3rd shift if you count calories it doesn't matter when you eat.
Agreed, and I'm really not sure how politics got brought into this at all.
I work a 9 hour work day and by the time I get my children from after school programs, get home and get dinner on the table it's usually 7:30 or 8:00 pm. On busy nights I feed them at this time and I eat later after they go to bed, often 9 or 9:30 pm. I'm still in bed by 11 and have not had any negative impact on weight loss, indigestion, etc.
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tommytorpedo wrote: »Okay fine, you all win. eat whenever you want. I'm just saying, from experience. I worked the night shift for years. Eating after work and going directly to bed after eating. I went from 200 to 300 pounds. Since retiring I keep "normal hours" and am down to 250 and have my blood sugar in control. I know this thread isn't about losing weight or diabetes, but about digestion. It's not about a sense of humor either, but at least I have one.
I've worked nights. It adds a few elements to the equation. There's going against the bodies natural sleep and wake patterns. Added stress from doing this as well as (depending on what the job was) job related stress can mess with the hormones. Plus you are diabetic, which makes your body more sensitive the meal timing and food sources. While I'm not questioning your experience, I am saying there are confounding variables in there. None of these were mentioned by OP, so your experience is less relevant for her situation. Congratulations on your losses.3 -
The metabolism doesn't 'sleep'. It works 24/7.rikkejanell2014 wrote: »They say because you sleep soon.
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tommytorpedo wrote: »Okay fine, you all win. eat whenever you want. I'm just saying, from experience. I worked the night shift for years. Eating after work and going directly to bed after eating. I went from 200 to 300 pounds. Since retiring I keep "normal hours" and am down to 250 and have my blood sugar in control. I know this thread isn't about losing weight or diabetes, but about digestion. It's not about a sense of humor either, but at least I have one.
You weren't counting your calories then, you overate when you got home.
Now, you have a better idea of how many calories you're eating and are losing weight. If you saved 300 calories to eat right before bed, you wouldn't gain any weight eating them unless you went over maintenance every day.
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I eat till 11:30pm every night. Like forever. And I don't have a swing shift job.
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tommytorpedo wrote: »tommytorpedo wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »tommytorpedo wrote: »What shift do you work and what time do you sleep? Are you a night owl, or an early riser? It's hard to digest while you are sleeping. IMEHO, don't eat for at least two hours before bed.
This is not true.
OK. I'm not a Nutritionist or Medical Doctor, but from my experience as a diabetic, if I eat after 6pm my blood sugar is way higher in the am. Chef Barbell; I'm sure you are smarter than me, but I'd like to see your evidence. I'm innocent until proven guilty so the burden of proof is on you.
That would indicate that your body did, in fact, digest your food well.
That makes sense. and turned the food into pure sugar.
Wait, what? Waste is pure sugar now? I'm really confused.1 -
Alatariel75 wrote: »tommytorpedo wrote: »tommytorpedo wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »tommytorpedo wrote: »What shift do you work and what time do you sleep? Are you a night owl, or an early riser? It's hard to digest while you are sleeping. IMEHO, don't eat for at least two hours before bed.
This is not true.
OK. I'm not a Nutritionist or Medical Doctor, but from my experience as a diabetic, if I eat after 6pm my blood sugar is way higher in the am. Chef Barbell; I'm sure you are smarter than me, but I'd like to see your evidence. I'm innocent until proven guilty so the burden of proof is on you.
That would indicate that your body did, in fact, digest your food well.
That makes sense. and turned the food into pure sugar.
Wait, what? Waste is pure sugar now? I'm really confused.
In for sugar waste.2 -
Chef_Barbell wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »tommytorpedo wrote: »tommytorpedo wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »tommytorpedo wrote: »What shift do you work and what time do you sleep? Are you a night owl, or an early riser? It's hard to digest while you are sleeping. IMEHO, don't eat for at least two hours before bed.
This is not true.
OK. I'm not a Nutritionist or Medical Doctor, but from my experience as a diabetic, if I eat after 6pm my blood sugar is way higher in the am. Chef Barbell; I'm sure you are smarter than me, but I'd like to see your evidence. I'm innocent until proven guilty so the burden of proof is on you.
That would indicate that your body did, in fact, digest your food well.
That makes sense. and turned the food into pure sugar.
Wait, what? Waste is pure sugar now? I'm really confused.
In for sugar waste.
I can think of so many really, really wrong comments now haha...4 -
I practiced not eating after 6pm for about 10 months . Only for one reason, my intestines filled my colostomy bag up very quickly while I slept and I would have to wake up to empty it in middle of night. It's really not that hard to digest.tommytorpedo wrote: »What shift do you work and what time do you sleep? Are you a night owl, or an early riser? It's hard to digest while you are sleeping. IMEHO, don't eat for at least two hours before bed.
@Chieflrg I don't have one yet but I'm probably getting a temp ileostomy sometime in the near future. As someone with Crohn's who has been woken up in their sleep basically every hour to run to the bathroom when flaring I can attest to the fact that yes indeed you digest all the time.1 -
I eat a bedtime snack every night as I'm crawling into bed. It's never been a problem for me!1
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singingflutelady wrote: »
I practiced not eating after 6pm for about 10 months . Only for one reason, my intestines filled my colostomy bag up very quickly while I slept and I would have to wake up to empty it in middle of night. It's really not that hard to digest.tommytorpedo wrote: »What shift do you work and what time do you sleep? Are you a night owl, or an early riser? It's hard to digest while you are sleeping. IMEHO, don't eat for at least two hours before bed.
@Chieflrg I don't have one yet but I'm probably getting a temp ileostomy sometime in the near future. As someone with Crohn's who has been woken up in their sleep basically every hour to run to the bathroom when flaring I can attest to the fact that yes indeed you digest all the time.
That is what I had and was lucky enough to have it reversed. Trust me, you're in for a treat The smell is 20 times worse than any dog fart. Hope things go well
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singingflutelady wrote: »
I practiced not eating after 6pm for about 10 months . Only for one reason, my intestines filled my colostomy bag up very quickly while I slept and I would have to wake up to empty it in middle of night. It's really not that hard to digest.tommytorpedo wrote: »What shift do you work and what time do you sleep? Are you a night owl, or an early riser? It's hard to digest while you are sleeping. IMEHO, don't eat for at least two hours before bed.
@Chieflrg I don't have one yet but I'm probably getting a temp ileostomy sometime in the near future. As someone with Crohn's who has been woken up in their sleep basically every hour to run to the bathroom when flaring I can attest to the fact that yes indeed you digest all the time.
That is what I had and was lucky enough to have it reversed. Trust me, you're in for a treat The smell is 20 times worse than any dog fart. Hope things go well.
Thanks. I have multiple longstanding fistulas and I am willing to do anything to get rid of them. There are other surgical options but since I've had them for a long time and they are complicated and did not respond to the one med that supposedly heals them I'm desperate to get my life back!!!!!!! I hate those things with a passion and can't see myself continuing to live much longer the way I have been. Even if they decide not to do that I know it is inevitable that I will have to have my colon and rectum out because of my Crohn's.1 -
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I literally eat late night snacks at midnight every night haha
You will be fine eat whenever you want0 -
10 PM and I'm eating cake before I go to bed1
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tommytorpedo wrote: »OMG! Let's pick on the old guy. Trump will make you all be "normal". "sarcasm"
Sir, they are not picking on you. They are seeking to help you understand what was the causal force behind you putting your weight on. It was not meal timing. There are many many studies on meal timing all of which show the same thing, if calories are kept the same, how often or when you eat makes no difference in terms of weight loss. It may make a difference in terms of sticking to your calorie allowance, but if you stick to your calorie goal, you will lose weight at the same rate not matter when you eat.
In your particular case, your diabetes means you need to look not simply at losing weight, but at how to control your blood sugar. That stinks, but it is not something people who are not diabetic have to worry about.4 -
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It is ok to, but I prefer not to.0
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rikkejanell2014 wrote: »They say because you sleep soon.
What time do you go to bed? 6pm is really early. The time is 11:41pm as I type this, and I would be really hungry if my last meal was more than 5 hours ago.0 -
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It is okay as long as you don't sleep directly after being full.0
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topfindyourfine wrote: »It is okay as long as you don't sleep directly after being full.
Why not?1
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