what is the latest time i should eat?

i have heard from a number of sources that you gain weight if you eat after 7-8. how true is this?
does anybody avoid eating late, does it help?
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As long as you're tracking and not overdoing it on the snacks, the only reason to avoid eating late, apart from those doing intermittent fasting, is if it causing some sort digestion problem for you while you're sleeping.

i have heard from a number of sources that you gain weight if you eat after 7-8. how true is this?
does anybody avoid eating late, does it help?
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Thanks

If eating after 7-8 puts you at a calorie surplus then it's very true. If you are still at a deficit and eat after 7-8, it's not true at all.

The net amount of calories consumed is what matters. Meal timing has little affect on weight loss. Eat on whatever schedule keeps you on track with your calorie goal.

I watch Dr. OZ and they day not to eat after 10 PM

Your body runs on a 24 hour clock.

Here's the deal:

My husband and I have both always been a healthy weight. I'm active and I use MFP to maintain or lose a little during my busy travel times. We always eat dinner at around 8:30pm. Think of countries in Europe where it is common to eat at 9 or 10pm! They don't have the obesity issues we have here in the US (typically...I'm talking about areas where people live a long time and have a healthy active lifestyle)

i have heard from a number of sources that you gain weight if you eat after 7-8. how true is this?
does anybody avoid eating late, does it help?
#

Thanks

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If it were true than my husband and I would both be overweight. We typically eat dinner at 8:30pm and snacks after (we go to bed around 11pm)

I watch Dr. OZ and they day not to eat after 10 PM

1. That dude is as much of a Dr as Dr. Phil is. Both are TV schlocks.

If you're burning more than you eat, it doesn't matter when you take it in. Being at a calorie deficit isn't reliant on a clock.

I watch Dr. OZ and they day not to eat after 10 PM

1. That dude is as much of a Dr as Dr. Phil is. Both are TV schlocks.

If you're burning more than you eat, it doesn't matter when you take it in. Being at a calorie deficit isn't reliant on a clock.

THANK YOU.

I think that myth stems from the fact that many people eating after 7 pm have already had their full amount of calories for the day, and the later snack creates a calorie surplus.


I leave myself a little bit of calories for a snack later in the evening, because I'm a nite owl and like to have something around 9 or 10. It fits in my calories, I try to make it healthy snack, and it hasn't been hurting my progress.

#2 - how late you should eat depends entirely on your schedule. the main thing you need to do is be sure to eat first thing in the AM to kick start your metabolism.

This has been shown to be entirely true - though until fairly recently was 'accepted'.

The reality is that yes, it does - but your metabolism will be slower later.
You will burn more energy early from eating 300 calories of food and 300 later - but you will burn just as many in total that if you have that 300 calories with another 300 calories 4 hours after you got up.

Often the 'wood for the fire' analogy is used - and it works this way too. If you use twice as much wood later, twice as much heat is produced later with none earlier - at the end of the day, the same heat in total is produced and the same wood burnt.