Time to stop eating...

KaylaKilgore

I've heard people say to stop eating at 6pm, others say 7. Then there's those who say it doesn't matter as long as it's not directly before you go to bed.
So.. my question is; which is correct? lol

nickscutie

whatever works for your personally is what is correct. There is no right or wrong answer. I personally do not think it matters what time you eat, I eat dinner late, and sometimes even a snack before bed (gasp!).

Debbe2

Non, as long as you are in a calorie deficit you will lose weight. Good news right?

LorinaLynn

As long as you're not literally asleep, because it's hard to log calories accurately while sleep-eating.

cramernh

For me medically speaking, at least four to five hours before going to bed is my stop-time.... I have a very bad metabolic issue that Ive been managing very well with thus far...***knock on wood..

I work as a Chef so my hours are all over the place!!!!!!

KokomoJoe

I get home late usually eat around 7 to 7:30. I am in bed by 9 to 9:30 most nights. I usually have a cup of tea and glass of water between dinner and bed time. It hasn't bothered me unless I've had a large amount of liquids then around 2:30 I wake up to pee.

Dave198lbs

deep dish pizza in bed with a movie then fall right to sleep is a good time ...it dont matter when....it only matters what

1953Judith

I work it around my evening meds, one of which I am supposed to take on an empty stomach. I don't know exactly how long it takes for a stomach to empty after eating, but the pharmacist recommends taking it two hours after eating. I realize most don't need to worry about this, but for those of us on prescribed meds we might as well try to take them correctly.

wolfchild59

None are correct and none are wrong. Every person is different, every body processes things differently and every person has different preferences.

Your body does not go into shut down mode when you sleep, you don't suddenly start burning less calories at 11pm and you aren't suddenly going to pack on pounds if you eat and then fall immediately asleep.

Some people don't sleep well on empty stomachs, others can't sleep on a full stomach. Carbs at night make some people sleep restlessly, and they have no effect on others.

Personally, I have no problem with eating late at night or even immediately before I fall asleep. My favorite example is getting home at 11:30pm, eating a cupcake and two servings of PB2, showering and going to bed by midnight and my weigh-in the next day still showed me at a loss from the previous day (I'm a daily weigher).

And according to my BodyMedia Fit data I burn the same amount of calories while I sleep as I do when I'm just sitting on the couch or even sitting at my desk at work. Since I sleep for about 6 hours, during which time I don't eat, compared to eating every couple of hours while at work, I figure that eating before bed is just fueling my body for the sleep.

Sidesteal

OP: As others mentioned, As long as you don't have any personal discomfort and you can still manage to hit your nutritional targets (as long as the late night eating doens't cause you to overeat for the day) then it won't have any negative effects on your weight loss.

Good luck!

Oh and just to recap:

LabRat529

OP: As others mentioned, As long as you don't have any personal discomfort and you can still manage to hit your nutritional targets (as long as the late night eating doens't cause you to overeat for the day) then it won't have any negative effects on your weight loss.

Good luck!

Oh and just to recap:

On white bread even. Nice.

By the way, Sidesteal? How can I get as good-lucking as the dude in your profile picture?

Sidesteal

By the way, Sidesteal? How can I get as good-lucking as the dude in your profile picture?

I will quickly swap out my baby and put my own ugly mug in his place. One moment....

taso42

Sidesteal i love you man
/nohomo

Sidesteal

Sidesteal i love you man
/nohomo

Sorry about your groin.

SinIsIn

OP: As others mentioned, As long as you don't have any personal discomfort and you can still manage to hit your nutritional targets (as long as the late night eating doens't cause you to overeat for the day) then it won't have any negative effects on your weight loss.

Good luck!

Oh and just to recap:

Bahahaha,..... I love that you spelled it Sammich!!!

ElizabethRoad

My favorite thing is when people say a specific time like 6:00 PM. If there were a cut-off time for eating, (there isn't), it would be tied to what time you go to sleep, not a specific time on the clock.

rileysowner

The research where they take a bunch of people and divide them into groups one which eat stopping at say 6PM and the other eating late while both maintained a controlled calorie amount show no different as opposed to the studies where they survey a lot of people but have no clear picture on the calories consumed which show the opposite. That is likely because many of those who eat late at night, eat mindlessly and thus eat in a calorie surplus. The long and short is in terms of losing weight if you have the calories left you can eat until you go to sleep. The only problem some people have is getting heart burn if they eat too close to bed time.