Who eats at night?

Im terrible! its m downfall, i do really well all day even at work with temptations but as soon im home after my tea im looking for something sweet, then crisp etc! Ive been trying to calm it lately, its working but taking time!
Just perservere xx

I do! My biggest meal is always dinner. Usually between 500-1000 cals. Even if I've eaten a lot during the day. I even eat in bed sometimes. Its completely alright. What time you eat is really not important. You could have your entire day's calorie limit in one meal and it would still be ok. Don't worry about it. Just stick to your calorie allowance and you'll be fine.

I don't see any need to stop it. I build the extra snacks into my day and move on. There's no need to worry about when you eat as long as you're staying within your calorie goals.

Dinner every night is between 8:30 and 9pm!! It's never hurt me!

I have no choice but to eat in the late evening. My husband and I walk through the door around 7:30pm, and dinner doesn't usually get done booking until like.. 830-900pm on good days. Bah.

I tend to eat most of my food after 5pm and I don't know why. This is when I am the hungriest. Anyone else and what can I do to stop this?

There's no reason to stop it if you like it. I eat 2/3 of my calories (about 2200) between 6:30 PM and 9:30 PM and then straight to bed. Unless you have digestion or a medical reason (diabetic etc) there's no reason to not eat at night if you want to or prefer to.

My day goes like this:

6:30 am protein shake ~250 cals (I work out at 5 am)
Noon-ish my lunch ~750 cals
6:30 pm Dinner ~775 cals
8:30 - 9:30 pm ~1400 cals then straight to bed.

Hasn't hampered my progess. Don't let the clock dictate your feeding times, eat whenever it works for you.

for me? I hate the thought of blowing it so close to ending the day. I actually eat under sometimes..just to make sure I make it to the finish line. I have this fear of eating over...or seeing remaining calories number down to double digets

How to stop it? Don't. Just let it happen... eerr, as long as you're still within your calorie limits, that is. I mean, I eat late at night, sometimes even within a half hour of going to bed. Hasn't affected me at all. If anything, I sleep better because my tummy isn't keeping me up.

I probably eat half of my calories after 6. If I dont get enough to eat, I wake up at 3 or 4 am hungry... so. thats what I do.

I graze at night, which I'm trying to reduce -- but honestly, the only reason I worry about it is because of the calories. For me, I need to eat in the morning, lunch and snacks to feel at my best, so no saving all my calories for night. If you don't need more of your calories earlier to feel at your best (there are some folks on here that swear by only eating a huge dinner), then who cares when you get your calories as long as they're nutritious?

How funny, I was coming here to post how I'm a night eater! It worked great when I worked night shift but isn't that great for day shift (I have the calories to use but I don't like to eat too close to bedtime which is 9:30 when I'm working the next day - ugh too early). It hasn't really affected my weight loss but trying to eat early/ier seems to go against how I'm programmed. Hopefully in a few months when I change job positions (hopefully closer to home) I'll be able to eat when I prefer a little more.

I'm totally trying this out tomorrow. I eat breakfast because I feel like I have to but it triggers extreme hunger an hour or so later, and no, I'm not eating Cheerios and OJ to trigger it, I eat steel cut oats and a protein shake and an hour later I'm voracious. Tomorrow I'm ::GASP!!:: skipping breakfast and postponing my first meal of the day until 12 pm or later and then dividing all my calories between 2 meals and maybe, for ONCE, I'll stay under goal and not be miserable and pissed off. :P

Are you hungriest then because you haven't eaten all day? It could be a learned habit.

Eating steadily throughout the day keeps your metabolism working at a steady pace....

I am a night snacker, too. I have found that making sure I eat steadily through the day, I am not as hungry at night. For me though, it's a lot of habit. Snacking in bed. I don't think it's bad to eat a snack at night, but if most of your calories are being consumed after 5:00 your metabolism is sitting mostly idle throughout the rest of the day.

I like snacks at night. I normally have a bag of 100 cal popcorn, or a jello pudding or something. Tonight I'm having half a donut, oh I'm living it up y'all.

I save my cals so I can eat something at night. I eat about 1200 a day, sometimes a little more and I eat a 200 cal breakfast, 300-400 cal lunch, 300-500 cal supper and a snack with a cup of tea. No drinking calories over here.

I do graze on my lunch from 6.30am until 3pm. I don't get a break at work - I work in a personal care home and we are not allowed to sit while feeding residents - so I feed a bite to someone and take a bite of mine at the same time. And after my quick smoke in the morning around 10 I grab a fiber bar or special K bar or something. So it's not like I eat those 300 cal lunches in one sitting - it's throughout my shift - Breakfast at 5am, snack at 10am, sandwich at 12pm, apple at 2pm, dinner at 5ish, snack at 8.45 (precise because it's just after my put my daughter to bed!).