Do i sluprge if i'm under my calories?

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  • Ceej17
    Ceej17 Posts: 25 Member
    Try to get your remaining calories as close to 0 as possible. My go-to is peanut butter and celery when I have a lot of calories left.

    Wow that's a good idea cause peanut butter is actually high calorie and I love organic crunchy peanut butter:) Thanks for the comment!
  • joielukes
    joielukes Posts: 5
    Eat if you can, but definitely healthy stuff. Your body needs it. Watch how you react, though. Some people can eat late at night, but not everybody can. Maybe try to up your breakfast and lunch a tad.

    I'm so over this "you can't eat at night" myth.

    Please be wary of all the advice that people on these forums give you. A calorie is a calorie, regardless of when you eat it.

    calories do not know time :) your body DOES know weather they are healthy ones or not though!
  • tiarah83
    tiarah83 Posts: 45
    I could have used this thread last night! I was way under (like almost 300 calories) but I was full and didn't know what to do. A glass of apple juice was the best I could do but it didn't do much for my calories. I'll certainly try peanut butter next time although I'm not a fan of it on celery :-/
  • mrskrueger
    mrskrueger Posts: 19
    True that eating at night does not cause weight gain, but a lot of people (I for one) wake up feeling bogged down and overall crappy if I eat late at night. Everyone is different.
    Eat if you can, but definitely healthy stuff. Your body needs it. Watch how you react, though. Some people can eat late at night, but not everybody can. Maybe try to up your breakfast and lunch a tad.

    I'm so over this "you can't eat at night" myth.

    Please be wary of all the advice that people on these forums give you. A calorie is a calorie, regardless of when you eat it.

    It actually really depends on the body type on whether you can eat at night or not. The rule of thumb is to not eat anything after 5:00. I work a schedule right now where I can't follow that guideline but at one time I did not eat after 5:00, not only did I not gain weight over night, but most of the time I lost weight during the night. Sometimes I just stayed the same. The reason this "myth" is around is because at night your body slows down this includes your metabolism. If your metabolism is slow you will not burn calories the same as during the day...that is also why we need a breakfast in the morning. It jumps starts the metabolism. To say that the rule of thumb is a myth is the same as saying that the benefits of eating a good well balanced breakfast is a myth. Either way whether it be eating after 5:00 or not eating a breakfast I have noticed that brain function is not as good in the morning, it takes longer for me to feel like eating in the morning and generally feel like a freight train hit me. and Yes I have to eat dinner after 5:00 so I counteract that with exercise before bed (which you aren't suppossed to do either). As far as the calories go. Try to eat healthy, but if you find you have extra calories left over and you want pizza instead of a salad..then by all means splurge!!!!

    WHAT???
  • boggsmeister
    boggsmeister Posts: 292 Member
    I have had the same problems. I'm always under on my calories. I have found though that PB&J has a crapload of calories, many of them from fat in the peanut butter. It's tasty, easy to make, and not terrible for you nutritionally. Anyway, not an expert, it's what I do sometimes. There is a really good donut shop about two blocks from my health club. I was under calories before I went in, so I had a donut on the way home. So I'm not always a good boy, but I sure enjoyed that donut!!
  • zoeluiisa
    zoeluiisa Posts: 392

    It actually really depends on the body type on whether you can eat at night or not. The rule of thumb is to not eat anything after 5:00.

    Not eat anything after 5pm? Who on earth can eat their evening meal before 5pm? No-one with a job for starters.
  • Ceej17
    Ceej17 Posts: 25 Member
    I agree with this 100%, i'm sure certain things work for other people and there different life styles. Not everyone is on a 9-5 schedule either so i guess its trial and error!
  • Ceej17
    Ceej17 Posts: 25 Member
    I think the only point of the "eating late at night" myth is to say that while you're burning off everything you eat during the day just going about your life, you're stationary at night and thus it would seem as though you're burning less calories. All bodies are different and different things work for everybody. There are healthy tips people can give you but no 100% guarantee "rule of thumb", in my opinion.

    I agree with this 100%, i'm sure certain things work for other people and there different life styles. Not everyone is on a 9-5 schedule either so i guess its trial and error!

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