Not eating past 8 pm

If I'm awake, I'm eating. I have a banana right before bed because I hate waking up hungry. I lost weight doing this, and I've maintained. Not eating after a certain time gives zero benefit and is Dr. Oz malarkey.

OP never said anything about eating at a certain time chemically defying the body's handling of calories. The post was solely about tactics to control her own eating behavior, i.e., breaking her habit of overeating by late night snacking. Someone who eats a banana every night before bed obviously doesn't need to put thought into such tactics, but that doesn't mean a lot of other people haven't created game plans like this.

Thanks everyone! Definitely some helpful tips. I know it's all about calories in/calories out, just looking for a way to stop myself from putting too many calories in in the evening lol It's definitely a mindless eating in front of the TV thing. I've been planning yoga classes around 8 to give me something else to do, but on nights when that's not doable I'm just going to set the strict rule of it's past 8, you can't eat anything else. Not a permanent solution, but hopefully it will help me to change my habits.

I take yoga some evenings. My yoga is Vinayasa Flow. I'm always starving when I get back from the studio. This is jus' a note.

Like I said before every persons body reacts differently. Yours may not be acting same as mine after late Yoga class.

On workout days, I eat dinner between 9-10:30 pm... and then sometimes follow up with a snack and even a 3 oz piece of flourless chocolate cake - I average over 2000 calories everyday. I'm doing Stronglifts so I have a hard time saying "no" to myself after squats and barbell rows. In the past 4 months, I went down 25 pounds (171 now) and I have hypothyroidism. I do minimal cardio, too - 5 minutes of warm-up and swimming once in a while but I stay active throughout the day, however. Everyone is different and I'm glad that my approach easily fits into my lifestyle.

I prefer not eating after 8 or 9 PM if I can help it, it makes me feel really good and energized in the morning. I feel lethargic and sleepy in the morning if I eat or drink past 9PM.

Allow yourself more calories at the end of the day and eat something after 8pm. It doesn't matter when you eat your calories, only the sum total of them matter in terms of weight loss.

^^^this

Hey everyone,

I'm having a hard time resisting the urge to snack in the evenings. I'm so good all day and then I end up blowing it at night after dinner when I seem to want to eat EVERYTHING. I've been thinking about not allowing myself to eat anything after 8 pm. Teeth brushed, nothing else in my mouth. Has anyone on here done this before? Did you find it helped?

For me, I need to have something at bedtime as I don't sleep if I am hungry. But we do eat a little later, say 7:30, then I'll have a cup of hot skim with either a bit of honey or small amount of chocolate ovaltine. That works for me, but everyone is different. But I find it help me to do what others have suggested... I close my food log right after dinner with my bedtime snack added. That way if I am tempted to snack, I know I'll have to go in and open up my daily food log again. That gives me a reminder to stop.

I generally don't ... only cause it gives my body time to burn off that fat overnight due to the lack of available food.

Besides in the morning .. I am ready for breakfast after not eating for 12 hours and ready to kick start a productive day.