No eating after 7pm?

I was doing intermittent fasting, where I wouldn't eat from 7pm through till 11am the next morning. I only kept it up for about a fortnight so the only thing I noticed was a change in my attitude towards food, which sempt like a huge change in such a short time frame. I definitely don't eat as much in the evenings now, even though I allow myself to. I just couldn't handle not eating breakfast as soon as I woke up haha

I eat when I'm hungry. Body doesn't know or care what time it is when you eat.

good point!

I have heard that it isn't good to eat after 7pm as those calories sit. I would add though that if I was to hubgry after that time I would grab a handful of almonds or a piece of cheese. Because if you go to bed feeling like you are starving you won't sleep well.

Hi all. When I was up at 3am this morning with my pup who's just come into heat (feeling very sorry for herself) I had an idea. So, from now on, I'm going to try not to eat anything after 7pm (special occasions allowing). I figure it should be easy as I eat plenty of the right stuff through out the day and to be honest I just eat for eating's sake in the evenings.

I tend to only do exercise in the mornings or early afternoon so my evenings are for chillaxing and a short dog walk.

Does anyone else do this or something similar? Did you notice an increase in weight loss? Was your sleep affected?

Discuss...x

Yeah it's a good way of cutting out calories - which is why you often hear of people saying that they don't eat after a certain time and they have lost lots of weight

In truth though, meal timings don't matter so you would have equal success by saying for example "I won't eat between 13:30 and 16:30"

Nothing wrong with what you're doing if it works for you though

You shouldn't eat 3 hrs prior to sleeping is what I go by. I work nights and stop eating at about 0500 in the am because I will walk when I get off work then go to sleep so I can wake up at 5 pm and get ready for work again.

According to the p90x nutrition guide you shouldn't eat three hours before bed. So whatever time you go to bed back it up three hours and don't eat after that time.

I eat when I'm hungry. Body doesn't know or care what time it is when you eat.

Surely it must make some difference if you have a big meal and go to sleep directly afterwards? My thinking is that I rarely exercise after my evening meal and sometimes eat very late so I don't burn any calories before bed. If this doesn't have any adverse affect, fair enough. Just interested in others opinions.

It doesn't really make a direct difference to your weight loss. So long as you are at a calorie deficit, you should be losing. Think of it this way- if you eat a lot right before bed, but then get up and workout in the AM, that fuel is already in your body.

That being said, it never hurts to try out different patterns of eating. The difference you'd notice would be more in your attitude or feelings. It may help you become more in tune with identifying *real* hunger from bordem. Or it might make you a cranky pants. But you never know if that will be the pattern for you until you try it. So give it a go and see how you feel. Just know that it doesn't directly influence your weightloss, so much as your mindset.

Hi all. When I was up at 3am this morning with my pup who's just come into heat (feeling very sorry for herself) I had an idea. So, from now on, I'm going to try not to eat anything after 7pm (special occasions allowing). I figure it should be easy as I eat plenty of the right stuff through out the day and to be honest I just eat for eating's sake in the evenings.

I tend to only do exercise in the mornings or early afternoon so my evenings are for chillaxing and a short dog walk.

Does anyone else do this or something similar? Did you notice an increase in weight loss? Was your sleep affected?

Discuss...x

In my ideal world, I'd only eat after 7pm... google "intermittent fasting".

Mind you, I eat all the time and haven't had problems. Calorie deficit is where it's at!

meal timing has no bearing on weight loss

Has no DIRECT bearing, that's true

However when I have the majority of my calories in a short space of time - I find that going the subsequent long periods without eating affects my energy levels and hence workout intensity - so indirectly, my meal timings can have an effect

I now eat every few hours and it works for me - but I do agree that ultimately it really is calories in = calories out

I have found what works for me is, that I eat dinner and nothing after that, and I don't eat a large dinner just some toast or some fruit, maybe a salad. This is what works for me, but everyone is different. Like others have said you body doesn't have an internal clock. It is all about what you find works for your body.
Good luck.

For some, the "no eating after 7pm" rule is to help with mindless couch potato and or computer munching.

Personally, I don't eat dinner until 7.30pm. I deliberately eat later so that I feel full until after I'm asleep. If I said no eating after 7pm, I'm sure I would wake up in the middle of the night starving hungry!

Actually, it's true about not eating after 7pm, but it's actually based on UK time. For example, I live on the east coast of the US, and the UK is 5 hours ahead of me. If I eat after 2PM, I will surely gain weight.

I eat when I'm hungry. Body doesn't know or care what time it is when you eat.

Surely it must make some difference if you have a big meal and go to sleep directly afterwards? My thinking is that I rarely exercise after my evening meal and sometimes eat very late so I don't burn any calories before bed. If this doesn't have any adverse affect, fair enough. Just interested in others opinions.

Why wouldn't you burn any calories? You burn calories 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, not just when you exercise.

I only stop eating at 8pm because I usually go to bed by midnight and I have thyroid meds to take.

If I didn't have meds, I would probably do the same thing. Not because of dieting myths or anything, but because I hate getting up at night to go pee.