Eating Before Bed

You don't need it, go to sleep thirty minutes earlier. I wish I could!

I've never followed that rule but I hear it all the time too. I have a bowl of fiber one and a slice of toast with peanut butter EVERY night. and Im still losing. so I haven't had a reason to break the habit. In fact, if I don't eat at night I don't sleep well and feel like sneaking to the fridge in the middle of the night.

I eat my last meal (meal 6) at night before bed, but I wouldn't eat carbs/sugars as a last meal. If it's in your budget tho go for it. One night won't kill you.

I believe you should eat when you are hungry regardless on time or calories left. Now no one needs to have ice cream but you deserve to treat yourself

I often eat a bowl of ice cream just before I go to bed. Sometimes if I'm working late I'll get 800 calories of Taco Bell on the way home and collapse into bed as soon as I get there.

It makes zero difference to anything. Zero. Eat whenever you want to eat. I love going to bed with a full stomach. It helps me sleep, and I go to bed happy.

I've read a few books and they all say that eating RIGHT before you go to sleep is not conducive to weight loss and that it's really bad for your body because it just sits in your stomach while you sleep. They all say if you eat late at night that you should wait AT LEAST an hour before going to sleep to give your body time to break the food down. Hope this helps! :]

Take all those books and throw them in the garbage. Because that's what they are.

I eat whenever I'm hungry, even if I wake up in the middle of the night and feel like a snack. I often have a little treat just before I go to bed (e.g. bite-sized Bounty bar, biscuit, hot milo, etc) if I have enough calories left for the day, and sometimes even if I don't have enough calories left for the day.

I say do what you want. If you want ice cream, have ice cream. Don't stress about it being so close to bed time. I've lost 131 lbs (59.6 kg) doing just that...not denying myself something if I really want it.

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I've read a few books and they all say that eating RIGHT before you go to sleep is not conducive to weight loss and that it's really bad for your body because it just sits in your stomach while you sleep. They all say if you eat late at night that you should wait AT LEAST an hour before going to sleep to give your body time to break the food down. Hope this helps! :]

Take all those books and throw them in the garbage. Because that's what they are.

Yes to this. The magazines are loads of crap too.

I always eat when I am hungry .... before bed .... in bed .... whenever. Never stopped me from losing.

That being said different things work differently for different people .

I have a space to eat a little more today which is really good. I was thinking about having some Breyer's coffee ice cream (my favorite).

The problem is I read somewhere that you shouldn't eat before you go to sleep because your metabolism shuts down while you sleep because your body isn't really doing anything. Therefore eating before bed is like twice as bad for you because your body is in its sleep state.

Does anyone know anything about this. I really want some ice cream, but I'm going to sleep in the next 30 minutes.

You eat it while you're IN bed, silly.

I always eat before bed. Sometimes I eat in bed.

Our body runs on a circadian rythym which is about timing. The body is not designed to eat right before sleep. Therefor it does matter.

According to a piece I read from the Mayo clinic there is absolutely no difference. They said that eating late is bad is one of dieting biggest myths, so enjoy your ice cream.

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Our body runs on a circadian rythym which is about timing. The body is not designed to eat right before sleep. Therefor it does matter.

Absolute, total nonsense.