Is it true that you shouldnt eat after 6pm?

Trapwolf
Trapwolf Posts: 142 Member
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Is it true that you shouldnt eat within a couple hours of bedtime?
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  • MrDude_1
    MrDude_1 Posts: 2,510 Member
    no.
  • iLoveMyPitbull1225
    iLoveMyPitbull1225 Posts: 1,690 Member
    I have heard 7pm, I have heard 8 pm.
    Its all opinions.
  • Trapwolf
    Trapwolf Posts: 142 Member
    I just wondered if its better because of digestion and everything to eat so many hours before bedtime..
  • Lina4Lina
    Lina4Lina Posts: 712 Member
    Nope, I often eat after 6pm, 7pm, 8pm.

    It is all calculated into my calories.

    There are certain people that are evening snackers but I'm not. I just tend to eat dinner late.
  • sa11yjane
    sa11yjane Posts: 491 Member
    I would think no as technically food is food and a calorie is a calorie no matter when you eat. However, many people do swear by not eating after a certain time. I imagine that it is just a logical thought process as presumably one's activity levels gradually drop throughout an evening and so you maybe don't have so much time to try and burn some of it off if you're just going to veg out on the sofa in front of the TV for several hours. Now if you go out dancing all night then I would imagine that it wouldn't matter at all when you ate!
  • mrsrobinsonlauraj
    mrsrobinsonlauraj Posts: 74 Member
    If you have reflux problems you may not want to eat before you go to bed because lying down makes that worse but if you are asking because of calorie count then it doesn't matter when you eat your calories. I personally don't feel good if I eat after 6pm but I do it on occasion because of scheduling but it doesn't keep me from losing weight.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    Is it true that you shouldnt eat within a couple hours of bedtime?

    That can't be true. What about people on the east coast? What about people that work evenings, or the people who work nights and wake up at 6pm?!?
  • deevatude
    deevatude Posts: 322 Member
    eat till whenever u want but just stay within ur calories
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    If you have reflux problems you may not want to eat before you go to bed because lying down makes that worse but if you are asking because of calorie count then it doesn't matter when you eat your calories. I personally don't feel good if I eat after 6pm but I do it on occasion because of scheduling but it doesn't keep me from losing weight.

    Ok, now this makes sense. I can see that with an acid reflux issue, or some other medical problem.
  • iLoveMyPitbull1225
    iLoveMyPitbull1225 Posts: 1,690 Member
    the only thing I can think of is that food digests more slowly when your body is asleep so idk maybe thats why they say it. I could care less though if it fits in my day Ill eat it at 10 pm. whatever.
  • iWaffle
    iWaffle Posts: 2,208 Member
    If you have reflux problems you may not want to eat before you go to bed because lying down makes that worse but if you are asking because of calorie count then it doesn't matter when you eat your calories.

    ^^ True story!

    Snack in bed if you want. The only thing that matters is your daily calorie goal. Yes you have permission to eat chocolate ice cream in bed watching movies on Lifetime. Of course that's not the best thing for you so maybe you should mostly eat low-fat popcorn but the occasional ice cream won't hurt anything.

    "Confucius say - he who eat cracker in bed wake up feeling crummy."
  • evdenapoli
    evdenapoli Posts: 164 Member
    This question was on Dr Oz...apparently not..he said it's a myth...
  • TheFinalThird
    TheFinalThird Posts: 315 Member
    Snack in bed if you want. The only thing that matters is your daily calorie goal.

    I wish you hadn't said that. Now I'm thinking about George Costanza and his pastrami sandwich.
  • kddruckenmiller
    kddruckenmiller Posts: 114 Member
    I like to stop eating around 7, but that's only because I want the scale to be lower in the morning. (; As far as weight loss, no, it doesn't matter as long as you stick to your limit.
  • Trapwolf
    Trapwolf Posts: 142 Member
    all good responses thank you. Yeah Im asking not so much for calorie reasons as for digestion reasons.Ive noticed it seems alot of people on here have constipation issues, thought maybe that could be why. But also yes I wanted to know if we accurately burn those calories while asleep..I guess it doesnt matter for me because I dont have the reflux problems.Thanks , I'll keep eating my dinner whenever I have time, even if its right before bed ;o)
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Is it true that you shouldnt eat within a couple hours of bedtime?

    It depends on how many calories you've eaten by then.
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    No.

    Meal and nutrient timing is for the most part irrelevant and a matter of personal preference.
  • Espressocycle
    Espressocycle Posts: 2,245 Member
    The only reason (aside from preventing heartburn) is that setting an arbitrary cutoff to stop eating means that much less time stuffing your face. If you are tracking though, you don't need those tricks and you can happily eat whenever you want. as long as you stay under goal.
  • Vansy
    Vansy Posts: 419 Member
    The only thing I try to do is eat my last meal about 2 or 3 hours before bedtime. Not because of any rule, but just because that's what I prefer. I usually try to keep about a 12-hour gap between dinner and breakfast.
  • LupaNera
    LupaNera Posts: 170
    At least for what I know is better to have at least 2-3 hours before bed time. And I believe is related to the glicemic curve that settles down after 2 hours. Or at least should be.
  • dmarhal
    dmarhal Posts: 30 Member
    It's not the best time to eat, but if you stay within your calorie goal, it really doesn't matter. It is a time though that we can do a lot of senseless eating, so keep track of what goes in your mouth.
  • minkakross
    minkakross Posts: 687 Member
    My mom has that silly 6pm rule and one day I asked her "why, were the calories going to magically double after 6" she couldn't really explain it, just said her doctor told her that once upon a time so it must be true. I don't even get home after working and picking up the kids to cook until after 6.
  • Valdeezie
    Valdeezie Posts: 42 Member
    I think at the end of the day it's all about letting your food settle before going to bed. They say eat at least 2 hours before laying down for bed.

    My personal experience if I eat shortly before bed time that I have acid reflux or a heavy tummy for the most part. Basically, not feeling 100!
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
    Nope. I eat ~1500 calories between 8:30 - 9:30 pm then go to bed full and happy.
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
    This question was on Dr Oz...apparently not..he said it's a myth...

    lulz.... Dr. Oz IS a myth himself. He has some snakeoil for you to buy
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    I eat at any hour really. I have my dinner between 8.30 and 10pm, and have my before bed snack at around 1am as I am night owl and find dinner doesn't keep me going until bedtime(usually between 2 and 3am, sometimes later). I don't eat breakfast so what I eat before bed, is actually my breakfast, lol, and it works for me as unfortunately, if I go to bed hungry, I don't sleep, simple as.
    Only time I might end up being able to go without my before bed snack is if I had a decent meal out that really filled me up, but my usual fish and vegetable dinner doesn't tend to leave me full for more than a few hours.
  • salinas87
    salinas87 Posts: 27
    I guess if you eat later like right before you go to bed you don't move as much and burn those calories, I try to eat early when i can but sometimes it is so hard to eat early with getting off from work at 5 and then hitting the gym right after and come home at 8ish...
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
    I guess if you eat later like right before you go to bed you don't move as much and burn those calories, I try to eat early when i can but sometimes it is so hard to eat early with getting off from work at 5 and then hitting the gym right after and come home at 8ish...

    You burn calories by being alive. Not burning calories is called being dead.
  • Trapwolf
    Trapwolf Posts: 142 Member
    hahha. sorry some of your posts are funny...I dont want to go back and quote them all but anyway.

    I wake up around 7am eat something light around 8ish, then go to work at 9 or 10 Im usually early for paperwork..then around

    11:30 I eat lunch, then I get off at 5:30pm, and usually run around cleaning the house and stuff til about 8..then Im tired about

    9:30..so sometimes I just eat somewhere between 6-7..sometimes right before bed at 9-10pm...then I wake up around 2am and

    starving so I eat a quick 100 cal snack and back to sleep til 7am. I just wondered because I always wake up in the middle of the

    night hungry on the nights I eat around 6ish..and walking like a zombie in the middle of the night its harder to be as discerning

    sometimes..I usually record the snack along with my breakfast for that morning. I am sort of worried about burning those off in

    the night ( but from your comments I dont think its a valid concern for me). And also stop the 2am snack...just because It

    disturbs my sleep.
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    No.

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