Late Night Training and Eating

This is likely something that the more bodybuilding-oriented folks can help me out with.
But I train at night 9-11pm, since I'm a graduate student and in a lab all day. I'm usually hungry after I train but not sure whether it's a good idea to eat or not. My meal would occur anywhere between 10:30pm - 12am, and I knock out at around 1am.

I tried eating my typical post-workout meal of 3cups of cheerios and 3 scoops of protein, but the change in timing didn't sit too well with me. Then tried eating nothing post-workout, but still made sure I got all my calories in before training and I felt like I lost size and my hunger was insatiable the next day.
Any tips on finding that middle sweet spot? What do you do?

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  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    meal timing is pretty much irrelevant..so eat when it works best for you ..

    with a schedule like that you might want to consider IF/Lean gains...
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