We are pleased to announce that as of March 4, 2025, an updated Rich Text Editor has been introduced in the MyFitnessPal Community. To learn more about the changes, please click here. We look forward to sharing this new feature with you!

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!

Replies

  • 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: 814 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?
This discussion has been closed.

Categories