Carbs at dinner

jessicagrieshaber

What are your thoughts?

hookilau

that depends...what are yours?

Eat 'em if you can, don't if you can't. :drinker:

asdowe13

Carbs at dinner??

Delicious, just like they are at any time!

biggsterjackster

Carbs at dinner are the devil for me. I have to stop eating them or will never lose any weight.

Branstin

Carbs at dinner will never be a problem unless you go over your calories limit for the day or week.

Iron_Feline

Carbs at dinner will never be a problem unless you go over your calories limit for the day or week.

This ^^^^^^^

Carbs, fat and protein whenever you want. Timing makes no difference to weight loss, it's personal preference.

jeffpettis

I'm assuming you're asking this because you are under the impression that eating carbs after a certain time will cause them to be stored as fat or something along those lines?

Carbs are the same whether you eat them at dinner or breakfast. For weight loss, eating them, or anything else, at a certain time of day is not going to matter as long as they don't cause you to go over your calories.

If this is not why you were asking the above are still my "thoughts" on carbs...:drinker:

sun_fish

Carbs at dinner will never be a problem unless you go over your calories limit for the day or week.

This ^^^^^^^

Carbs, fat and protein whenever you want. Timing makes no difference to weight loss, it's personal preference.

Yep.

GiveMeCoffee

Most of my carbs for dinner and after dinner in my ice cream has worked very well.

_Zardoz_

What are your thoughts?

I eat them

dawnaustin71

Ive tried to cut back on carbs at dinner as i read in a book somewhere that if you dont need the energy in the evening then you dont need so many at dinner. I tend to excercise on my way home from work, so have most of my bread, potatoes, pasta etc during the day and then at dinner have some chicken, fish, steak etc with lots of veg, but no pasta, rice etc. Ive found that it works for me and ive also found that i sleep a lot better on these evenings ( i tend to eat late after the gym) so i guess its different for everyone!!

snowflake954

Always! :drinker:

Iron_Feline

Ive tried to cut back on carbs at dinner as i read in a book somewhere that if you dont need the energy in the evening then you dont need so many at dinner. I tend to excercise on my way home from work, so have most of my bread, potatoes, pasta etc during the day and then at dinner have some chicken, fish, steak etc with lots of veg, but no pasta, rice etc. Ive found that it works for me and ive also found that i sleep a lot better on these evenings ( i tend to eat late after the gym) so i guess its different for everyone!!

If it works for you great - but it has no bearing on if they are stored as fat.

The book you read is repeating a common myth.

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

http://iifym.com/carbs-at-night/

Fortunately for us, a recent study published in the Journal of Obesity examined this very question (7). These researchers from Israel put people on a calorically restricted diet for 6 months and split them into two groups, a control group and an experimental group. Each group consumed the same amount of calories, protein, carbohydrates, and fat but they distributed their carbohydrate intake very differently. One group (control) ate carbs throughout the day, whereas the experimental group consumed the majority of their carbohydrate intake (approximately 80% of the total) at the night. What they found after 6 months may shock you. Not only did the experimental group consuming the majority of their carbs at night lose significantly more weight and bodyfat than the control group, they also were better satiety and less hunger!

I am not ready to say that we should all be eating the majority of our carbs at night. I would like to see this study repeated but with a bolus amount of carbs eaten at one meal in the morning to properly compare it to the single high carb meal at night, whereas the previous study compared a bolus night time carb meal vs. several feedings of carbs throughout the day. It may very well be that the beneficial effects of the diet in this study was more associated with limiting carb dosing (and insulin secretion) to a single bolus rather than spreading them throughout the day. However, I think what can be said with relative certainly is the notion that consuming carbohydrates at night will lead to more fat gain, or impair fat loss compared to consuming them at other times of the day. So write it down “Don’t eat carbs at night bro” has officially been BUSTED as BROSCIENCE!

Personally I eat carbs right up until bedtime. It works fine for me.

Holly_Roman_Empire

I eat all the foods. Freedom from food morality is awesome.

chloeealicee

i eat an equal amount of carbs per meal (i don't mean to, it just works out that way) which is about 50-60 grams each. Without carbs at dinner i won't feel full or satisfied, i need my sweet potato fries!

FancyPantsFran

Yep and breakfast and lunch too!!!

Favorite dinner carb Sweet potato YUM

erockem

The only carbs for me are from veggie's at dinner unless the item has a high fiber content.

crepes_

I try to stay away from them for dinner, just because they sit a little heavy in my stomach and sleeping with that is a bit uncomfortable. They also make me feel like snacking on a bunch of things, and I try to avoid that before bed, too. However, unless you react poorly to them like I do, there's no reason to avoid carbs for dinner!

PRMinx

I always eat carbs at dinner, usually in the form of veggies and sweet potatoes. I don't turn down fresh pasta either..because, awesome.

cwolfman13

I eat carbs with dinner every night...as well as with breakfast, lunch, snacks, etc. This whole "carbs are the devil" BS has to stop...it's ridiculous. Unless you have certain medical conditions, carbs aren't the devil...most people doing the SAD could most definitely stand to cut back on their carbohydrate intake and to select more nutritious sources, but really, that would only be in an effort to eat a more balanced diet.

Eat the carbs if you want...don't eat them if you don't want to...lowering carbs will result in loss of water weight, so if you for some reason care about that then go for it...if not, whatever. I pretty easily lost 40 Lbs eating all the carbs...eating dinner at around 8:30 PM and then going to bed at 9:30...eating desert, etc. All of the BS just complicates something that really isn't complicated.

brower47

I prefer to eat carbs for dinner. I've noticed that if carbs are just at my dinner, we just sit there in silence. They make for terrible conversation.

_lyndseybrooke_

Carbs at every meal.

Every. Single. Meal.

Why not?

Semarshman

Ive tried to cut back on carbs at dinner as i read in a book somewhere that if you dont need the energy in the evening then you dont need so many at dinner. I tend to excercise on my way home from work, so have most of my bread, potatoes, pasta etc during the day and then at dinner have some chicken, fish, steak etc with lots of veg, but no pasta, rice etc. Ive found that it works for me and ive also found that i sleep a lot better on these evenings ( i tend to eat late after the gym) so i guess its different for everyone!!

I totally agree with this post. I just find I feel better, sleep better and function better if I do not eat "carbs" at dinner. I also workout early, so the carbs are a great energy source for that. Of course I am assuming that you mean carbs, like rice, or pasta and not carbs like veg!!! Veg I eat with every meal!

Julzanne72

I eat them all day and all night. As long as they fit in my day, they are not off limits no matter what time of day.

LolBroScience

I eat about 300g of them. Right before bed. Feelsgoodman.

dewsmom78

I cut way back on carbs, I stay below 50 - but only because it has helped me cut calories which is what leads to weight loss. I feel fuller eating more protein/fat, so I eat less. It also killed my cravings for sweets.

Eat less calories than you burn and you lose weight.

wannakimmy

What are carbs? lol

Kanuenue

Love carbs for dinner. If you like them, eat them! I frequently have a carb based dinner then a banana right before bed (helps with insomnia).