Is it true that you shouldnt eat after 6pm?

RickBriggs

Sorry Folks but it is true!!! If you stop at 6 and don't eat for the magic 16 hours over night until breakfast at 10AM (do you remember why they call it Break Fast?), your body goes into starvation (calorie restriction) mode and burns FAT. It is MUCH easier to control your weight that way!

CyberEd312

God I hope not cause somehow a managed to lose a few pounds eating dinner a 7 and taking a 500 calorie snack to bed with me every night.... Only ones that I can see being an exception to the rule would be those with acid reflux or just can't sleep on a full stomach, I fall into neither of those categories.... Best of Luck

magerum

Sorry Folks but it is true!!! If you stop at 6 and don't eat for the magic 16 hours over night until breakfast at 10AM (do you remember why they call it Break Fast?), your body goes into starvation (calorie restriction) mode and burns FAT. It is MUCH easier to control your weight that way!

That's a pretty wild claim, sources?

magerum

It depends on when you go to bed. Always eat at least 2 hours before bedtime. It's not good to eat and go right to bed. ;-). If you can't help it and you're really hungry, try yogurt, string cheese, a boiled egg, you get the idea. Protein will satisfy the hunger so you can sleep.

Why isn't it good to eat and go right to bed? I eat ~1500 calories typically right before bed.

shawaniea

that is ridiculous when you sleep your body is digesting food and burning calories

GrooverKing

According to Fit For Life, you should not eat 2 to 3 hours before bedtime. It's not about calories, it's about your natural daily cycle: You eat during day, digest before sleep, absorb during sleep, eliminate in the morning, (rinse, repeat). It's the absorption phase that takes energy, so it happens mostly at night and dosen't rob you of energy during the day.

Fit for life also had a lot of practical advice about food combining; boiled down to: never eat starches and protein together (stomach makes acid for one, base for another; combined, just sits there in a glob); eat only fruit in the mornings to assist the elimination stage.
Simple, really, and makes mucho sense.
just saying..............

robin68562

I eat whenever I want. As a matter of fact. I save calories for the evening because I know I'm a bedtime snacker. As long as you stay within your calorie limit, I don't think it matters when you eat it. I must doing something right because I've lost 28 pounds since mid-may of this year.

Promqueen_74932

Only if you're planning to go to bed at 9pm. I've read to eat dinner about three hours (minimum) before you go to sleep.

magerum

According to Fit For Life, you should not eat 2 to 3 hours before bedtime. It's not about calories, it's about your natural daily cycle: You eat during day, digest before sleep, absorb during sleep, eliminate in the morning, (rinse, repeat). It's the absorption phase that takes energy, so it happens mostly at night and dosen't rob you of energy during the day.

Fit for life also had a lot of practical advice about food combining; boiled down to: never eat starches and protein together (stomach makes acid for one, base for another; combined, just sits there in a glob); eat only fruit in the mornings to assist the elimination stage.
Simple, really, and makes mucho sense.
just saying..............

Actual scientific sources for any of that?

CyberEd312

According to Fit For Life, you should not eat 2 to 3 hours before bedtime. It's not about calories, it's about your natural daily cycle: You eat during day, digest before sleep, absorb during sleep, eliminate in the morning, (rinse, repeat). It's the absorption phase that takes energy, so it happens mostly at night and dosen't rob you of energy during the day.

Fit for life also had a lot of practical advice about food combining; boiled down to: never eat starches and protein together (stomach makes acid for one, base for another; combined, just sits there in a glob); eat only fruit in the mornings to assist the elimination stage.
Simple, really, and makes mucho sense.
just saying..............

Bogus.... Your body has no internal clock on when it should burn/absorb calories, you need just make sure you are getting in your caloric intake and macro's for that day and your body will do the rest and it will do it without a set time schedule.... Best of Luck..

fizzletto

One of my friends swears by not eating after 8pm. Her philosophy is that if you eat right before bed, your body turns the calories straight into fat when you fall asleep, without burning them off.

However, another one of my friends says it's always best to eat right before bed. He says that if you eat right before bed, your body carries on digesting the food throughout the night, so it reduces the risk of your body going into 'starvation mode' - it knows it's always got access to food.

Personally, I think it's all BS. Sometimes I don't eat past 6pm, other nights I eat at 11:30pm. The weight is still coming off no matter WHEN in the day I eat, as long as I don't eat more than I should!

mamagooskie

nope.....not true at all.

RobynMWilson

Nope! I'm eating dinner now and it's 8pm in NJ and I'll still have a snack before bed...

gabriellejayde

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?!?

I've been trying to figure out why it would matter what coast you're on but I can't figure out the logic. Help me out.

Beee_B

Surely that's two different questions?

Do you go to bed at 8pm?

thew60

FACT is you should not go to bed with a full stomach. FACT is it takes much longer to digest your food as your metabolism slows when you sleep. ALSO is you have a history of GERD (reflux) or ulcer disease you should not eat anything for 2 hours prior to bed time. This will reduce the risk of reflux at night.

alzaman5925

I did hear from a friend that it's recommended not to eat after 7pm. Not sure *who* it's recommended by exactly... but what I actually try to do is fast for about 14-16 hours overlapping with my sleep, so I don't eat after 7pm and I have my first meal after 9 or 10am the next morning. It's much easier to do this during the holidays mind. Personally, I hate waking up and still feeling bloated from last night's meal, either because I ate too much or too late. It also helps if I'm going to weigh myself in the morning... I can usually tell if I've lost any pounds just by how my body feels and moves.

Kenzieb07

Chalene Johnson (ChaLEAN Extreme, Turbo Jam, Turbo Fire, etc trainer) says to have your last meal at least 3 hours before bedtime. I tried that for a few days and I can't lie, the scale was always down the next morning. However, I'd rather have the scale up in the morning than go to bed hungry so it didn't last very long!

slkehl

If you've got acid reflux, you should eat right before bed.

runs4zen

I eat all night long and sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and have a snack because I'm hungry. Eat!