Eating after 8

ValkyrieOnline
ValkyrieOnline Posts: 160 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi folks! I have a kind of ignorant question to ask, but here it goes!
I have over 1,000 calories left for today, exercise calories included.
I had dinner around 7:30 p.m. and I am full but MFP won't post that I logged my dairy in until I get to their requirements.

Question 1: Is eating after 7 okay?
Question 2: If so, will it alter my weight gain in any way?
Still new to counting calories and I just want to make sure I am doing this the CORRECT way.
Thanks to anyone who responds!

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  • ccsernica
    ccsernica Posts: 1,040 Member
    1) Yes.
    2) No.

    Bear in mind that we're not talking about extremes here, like the regimen sumo wrestlers use to gain weight. We're talking a few hundred calories within a couple of hours before bed. That's a perfectly OK thing to do.
  • ashliedelgado
    ashliedelgado Posts: 811 Member
    Yes. Eat any time. Your body does not have a clock. It will not impact your loss long term. The only reason to avoid eating late is if it causes YOU digestive upset.

    That being said, I have been under due to activity before. If I wasn't hungry, I just didn't "Complete" my diary that day. The "in 5 weeks" thing is totally bogus, and it doesn't hurt anything to not complete your diary. Being under once and a while won't hurt as long as over all you're meeting your nutritional needs.
  • ValkyrieOnline
    ValkyrieOnline Posts: 160 Member
    Thank y'all! :) I feel totally better. Gonna just not finish the diary because I can't fit anything else into my body tonight without feeling stuffed!! & Noel_57 thank you so much for the laugh! :)
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    AngelaOStrong wrote: »
    Thank y'all! :) I feel totally better. Gonna just not finish the diary because I can't fit anything else into my body tonight without feeling stuffed!! & Noel_57 thank you so much for the laugh! :)

    Just make sure this doesn't happen all the time as there are lots of negative consequences for undereating even if you aren't hungry. Once in a while is fine though
  • skyejane86
    skyejane86 Posts: 1 Member
    Is that 8.27 on the dot?? :-P
  • sunfastrose
    sunfastrose Posts: 543 Member
    Noel_57 wrote: »
    You're safe until 8:27. Then you must stop.
    Kidding. Timing of meals does not matter. As everyone here will tell you.

    I literally am reading this...as I am eating dinner...at 8:28 PM. OH NOES.
  • ccsernica
    ccsernica Posts: 1,040 Member
    skyejane86 wrote: »
    Is that 8.27 on the dot?? :-P
    It's actually 8:27 pm Greenwich Mean Time.
  • serindipte
    serindipte Posts: 1,557 Member
    ccsernica wrote: »
    skyejane86 wrote: »
    Is that 8.27 on the dot?? :-P
    It's actually 8:27 pm Greenwich Mean Time.

    I was going to ask which time zone that was because it's only 7:38 here so I'm good on the tiramisu I just ate.. unless it was a different time zone. Then I guess I'm in so much trouble. lol

    To the OP? As the others said, any time. Even if you saved most of your calories for evening/night, it won't change your end result. (And you won't end up looking like a sumo wrestler unless you eat well over your necessary calories, regardless of time)
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Noel_57 wrote: »
    You're safe until 8:27. Then you must stop.
    Kidding. Timing of meals does not matter. As everyone here will tell you.

    Uh oh, it's 8:45 and I haven't eaten yet. Am I going to die now?
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