Eat after 6pm

catzZxx
catzZxx Posts: 13 Member
edited November 24 in Health and Weight Loss
Is it true that you gain weight if you eat after 6pm?
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  • catzZxx
    catzZxx Posts: 13 Member
    Great!! When i usually eat after 6 my mum keeps nagging at me saying ohh you will put weight on now lol! Just seen if it was true
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    It's possible that staying within a calorie deficit with highly salty foods consumed after 6 p.m. can lead to a 1-day appearance of weight increase, but that's just water.
  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,142 Member
    Ate most of my dinners after 8pm, still lost.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    catzZxx wrote: »
    Is it true that you gain weight if you eat after 6pm?

    No
  • MissyCHF
    MissyCHF Posts: 337 Member
    I remember a TV 'expert' telling everyone watching not to eat carbs after 6pm - she didn't last long....
  • ladyhusker39
    ladyhusker39 Posts: 1,406 Member
    Can your body tell time? Mine can't.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    No. I only eat dinner before 6 once a week (because I have to be in bed by 7). I still lost 65 pounds doing that.
  • Marilyn0924
    Marilyn0924 Posts: 797 Member
    I don't get home from work until after 6pm, then make dinner. Meal time is usually somewhere between 7:30/8pm. I'm losing just fine.
  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member
    Technically everytime you eat, your gain weight of the food.

    Meal timing has virtually no bearing on weight loss or gain of fat or muscle per sae. Calorie intake is the sole motor for that.
  • KrazyKrissyy
    KrazyKrissyy Posts: 322 Member
    No but if you have acid reflux, I recommend not eating late at night.
  • misskarne
    misskarne Posts: 1,765 Member
    The only time you should set a deadline for stopping eating at night is if you have acid reflux or it screws up your sleeping patterns.

    for me, I can't eat after 8pm because then I can't sleep. I never could figure out why, but it's just easier to not eat after 8. But that's nothing to do with my weight.
  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,578 Member
    catzZxx wrote: »
    Is it true that you gain weight if you eat after 6pm?

    Only if you keep going over your daily calorie limit
  • Psychgrrl
    Psychgrrl Posts: 3,177 Member
    Ate most of my dinners after 8pm, still lost.

    Ditto. I don’t get home from work and working out until about 8pm. Eat between 8:30 & 9.

    I think that “rule” was invented to help keep people from mindless snacking after dinner when many are generally more sedentary, such as watching a lot of tv.
  • 100_PROOF_
    100_PROOF_ Posts: 1,168 Member
    No not true at all. I eat 90 percentage of my allotted calories after 8 and I'm in bed by 10
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,986 Member
    catzZxx wrote: »
    Is it true that you gain weight if you eat after 6pm?

    Why would your body look at the clock? Do you suddenly gain or lose weight if you move a few miles into another time zone? What about vacations? And what about the poor people in Australia?!?
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,986 Member
    misskarne wrote: »
    yirara wrote: »
    catzZxx wrote: »
    Is it true that you gain weight if you eat after 6pm?

    Why would your body look at the clock? Do you suddenly gain or lose weight if you move a few miles into another time zone? What about vacations? And what about the poor people in Australia?!?

    We eat the kangaroos.
    You mean eating kangaroos is the reason of constant weight gain for all Australians, and not eating all meals after 18:00 somewhere else in the world? :D;)
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  • jfan175
    jfan175 Posts: 812 Member
    I sleep better with food in my belly.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,345 Member
    Complete load of bollocks. It's after 6pm somewhere in the world all the time.
  • MegaMooseEsq
    MegaMooseEsq Posts: 3,118 Member
    Not only do I eat after 6, I often have a handful of jelly beans right before bed. Lost 42 pounds so far. I think that myth is a combo of gaining water/waste weight if you eat later than you usually do, and too much mindless snacking.
  • azkabanned
    azkabanned Posts: 79 Member
    meowthhh wrote: »
    My mom says the same thing, except at 7pm.

    Moms have the worstttt nutrition facts that they grew up with from their mothers. I’ve found out on these forums that basically everything my mother has told me so far has been lieeeesssssss (eggs will give me high cholesterol, coffee is a diuretic, you can’t digest food at night, white rice is the king of nutritious food).

    Nothing wrong with white rice.

    I love rice, but it is not the king of nutritious foods nor does it feed your brain like she suggests.
    “Eat rice or your brain no work fast!!! ” - My mother
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