Under by 1493 calories

Why are you trying not to eat after 7 pm? If you are hungry and under that many calories you could probably eat something...

You've had 742 calories today?

Go eat something.

Yeah, what the _ _ _ _ ?? You ate less than 800 calories? Definitely have some hot chocolate and toast before you go to bed. You can eat whenever you want. That whole "7 o'clock" thing is a myth.

Tomorrow, try to eat 400 calories per meal - and if you plan to exercise, eat more in the early part of the day. You are shooting yourself in the foot by under-eating.

This is NOT how you lose weight!

Why not eat after 7pm? You aren't eating full meals or any fruits and veggies. What you have on your diary is not enough to stustain you. You should be eating at least 300 calories per meal, then have some snacks in between. It's a matter of balancing your meals and not starving yourself

167 calories for dinner? 50-something for lunch? You need to eat more! You're not going to lose weight if you don't give your body what it needs! I've had food (snacks, dinner, whatever) at 9:30pm the night before I weigh myself and the scale still will say I've lost 1 or more pounds depending on the week. The old myth of don't eat past Xoclock at night is a lie

First off, your profile says you are in South Carolina (unless I'm reading that wrong). You've got 5 hours until 7pm. Secondly, it does not matter when you consume food. Your body doesn't recognize time... only your mind does. Thirdly, you should always make an effort to eat at your calorie goal at least, and try to make those calories protein-filled. Eating under one day won't hurt you, but this timing thing isn't a very good excuse for it.

Be prepared to get the verbal lashing from this community. Don't take it too personally though. They are just looking out for your best interests.

she's new so go easy


As long as you are meeting the calorie goal most of the time then being this much under once in a while is fine, esp if you had a hard training session. (edit: and there by burning more than you do normally and didnt plan ahead and ate more - not saying its ok to under eat while training hard )

Looking at your diary, you are either not logging everything or way under eating. Try to eat a bit of healthy snacks during the day, if you don't have time for a proper meal. Almonds, apples, and the like are a good choice and quickly eaten.

For loosing weight it does not, in theory, matter when you eat. Just fuel your body. If you are choosing to not eat after 7 for emotional reasons to prevent yourself from snacking too much, then consider preparing small healthy snack bags that you are allowed to have 1 or 2 off during the evening on days like this.

Wow, ok everyone needs to calm down!

I didn't under eat on purpose and I wasn't expecting to do this much walking today!

I don't want to eat after 7pm so I don't feel stodgy when I go to bed but I'll take cmriverside's advice and have some toast when I get home.

Have some peanut butter or something high in calories but small servings if you don't want to eat a lot before bed. You should be getting the calories up. You didn't even eat enough to meet your normal calorie goal for the day.

it happens sometimes. i wasn't feeling too hot yesterday afternoon when i came home and was out during the lunch-ish time, and i had a hard exercise session in the morning, so ended up with very few net calories by the end of the day. don't be too hard on yourself, i planned out a full day of food AND snacks for today to get back in gear - i know i need my energy for the early morning workouts!

I don't want to eat after 7pm so I don't feel stodgy when I go to bed but I'll take cmriverside's advice and have some toast when I get home.

Try eating some real food like fruit or something with more protein. Basically anything that isn't a bunch of highly processed carbs. You might find that you feel better when you go to bed then. Even chocolate has more health benefits than toast.

Keep in mind that if you don't get adequate protein while dieting, your body will burn off lots of muscle along with the fat which isn't good! So make sure to get plenty of protein while you're losing weight. I doubt you're getting enough protein if you're under your caloric goals by almost 1500 calories!

I suggest planning your meals and even if you didn't eat back your exercise calories you'd be in much better shape...54 calorie soup for lunch? Come on now?

BTW, I lost 44 pounds eating after 7 because I planned what I was going to eat all day and reserved calories for a snack before bed, which makes it so I don't want to eat the soap in the shower when I wake up...LOL :laugh:

I almost always eat after 7pm. I get home from work at 5:30 at the earliest, but usually around 6pm. Then if I run, I don't start making dinner till 7pm...which puts dinner anywhere from 7:30-8:30pm. Definitely better to watch your nutrition and not the clock. Something light and healthy shouldn't make you feel like crap. For instance, last night I had a bedtime snack of grapes in greek yogurt with pecans. It was my end of the treat after a great exercise day.