Eat your calories after 9:00 pm

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  • kar328
    kar328 Posts: 4,159 Member
    As someone who works 7 PM to 7 AM three nights a week, I couldn't go all that time at work without eating something. If all is not chaotic, my "meal" is around 2 AM.

    I never know what to call that meal, so I don't name it.
  • chelseabuns88
    chelseabuns88 Posts: 77 Member
    I save almost all my calories for the evening.. I can't go to bed hungry and the evening tends to be the time I get serious cravings, if I ate an early dinner I'd be almost guaranteed to stuff a load of junk food before bed!

    If you're not at all hungry, there's not much point eating the calories.. but a snack isn't going to hurt, no matter the time!
  • isisbryan
    isisbryan Posts: 105 Member
    bump
  • Some people said your body don't know from day to night when i had a trainer she told me to eat 5 to 6 small meals a day
  • Vorenus85
    Vorenus85 Posts: 112 Member
    My experience so far tells me that time is irrelevant to weight loss, as I've lost quite a bit and am mostly a late night (far later than 9pm) eater. Just stick to your calorie goals and you should be good.
  • volume77
    volume77 Posts: 670 Member
    its 10 pm im scarfing down about 1000 calories.
  • How many of those 400 calories do you need not to be in the starvation mode? For example, if you had at least 250 of those calories, would myfitness pal indicate that is a healthy range? With that being said, I really enjoy Noosa (greek yogurt with some fat), particularly strawberry ruhbarb and 8 0. o.z. is about 240 calories if you add a couple of toppings you can easily get to at least 300+ calories. Could be a healthy late evening snack? Hope that helps.
    Don't think you go into "starvation mode" because you don't consume 400 calories one day......
  • AbsoluteNG
    AbsoluteNG Posts: 1,079 Member
    Eating carbs at night will reduce your HGH proteins, that's a bad thing.
  • annievl
    annievl Posts: 2 Member
    I stopped eating 2 hours before laying down because of acid reflux...
    Except today I didn't reach 1200 calories so I am having a night time snack =)
    I wouldn't mind skipping these last 380 calories except I'm worried that my body will eat up all the muscles I've been working on.
    From now on all my calories 2 hours before bed
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  • Carol_Magee
    Carol_Magee Posts: 69 Member
    I've always disagreed with the know-it-alls who said eating at night was wrong.
  • vim_n_vigor
    vim_n_vigor Posts: 4,089 Member
    Unless you have trouble sleeping if you eat too close to bed time, or you get heartburn from eating too late, I'd just eat them whenever I want.
  • emih29
    emih29 Posts: 21 Member
    Caesin
  • da_bears10089
    da_bears10089 Posts: 1,791 Member
    peanut butter, banana, honey, chocolate chip roll up tortilla shell. done.