Eating after 9 p.m

FarahSyria
FarahSyria Posts: 12 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi guys,
Am on a 1200 calories diet and i eat almost half of my calories after 9 p.m
Could this ruin my diet?! And why?!
It's 12:30 a.m in my country now and i haven't eaten my dinner yet..
Thanx :-)

Replies

  • jdhcm2006
    jdhcm2006 Posts: 2,254 Member
    I think of my day as when I wake up and when I go to sleep. During that time I need to get my calories in. Calories can't tell time. So it doesn't matter.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Timing means nothing to weight loss
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    As long as you're staying within your calories for the day, it doesn't matter when you eat.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Some people find that eating late at night causes them heartburn or problems sleeping. If you're not one of those people then it makes no difference how late you eat.
  • _lyndseybrooke_
    _lyndseybrooke_ Posts: 2,561 Member
    Eating after 9PM won't ruin your diet, but eating 1200 calories per day might. Why are you eating so little?
  • kaimichele
    kaimichele Posts: 4
    As the other posters said, calories don't tell time. But it sounds like you're depriving yourself all day and then binging after 9 pm, although staying within your limits. The number of calories is healthy, but the pattern you're establishing might not be. Just food for thought.
  • cdahl383
    cdahl383 Posts: 726 Member
    Your body doesn't know what time it is when you eat food. As long as you're within your goal you're fine. I would think 1200 calories is too low though, that's not much food at all.
  • SnuggleSmacks
    SnuggleSmacks Posts: 3,731 Member
    Your stomach has no idea what a clock is. Time is a completely cerebral construction. Logically, if it were true, then do you think if you travel to a different time zone, your stomach converts to the new time zone, or would it stay in the time zone it was born in? And what if you travel to the other side of the planet...would you have to get up in the middle of the night to eat? See, it just doesn't make sense to think you have to eat at certain times.
  • ervlenzy
    ervlenzy Posts: 3
    That is a good question. Generally speaking, your body burns more calories in the morning. So if you are not eating breakfast, then you are missing an opportunity to boost your metabolism early in the day. Also, if you are not eating throughout the day, your body is going to burn as little calories as possible, thus halting your weight loss during this time. Some people may actually gain weight after fasting during the day and then binge at night. Your body thinks it is starving, so it stores more food when you do eat.

    The best thing to do is to eat several smaller meals or snacks, packed with protein and fiber during the day. This will boost your metabolism, and accelerate your losses. the protein/fiber combo is important to keep you from getting hungry sooner, and keep your digestive system running properly.

    Good Luck.
  • Jennloella
    Jennloella Posts: 2,286 Member
    nope.
  • _BearNecessities_
    _BearNecessities_ Posts: 432 Member
    That is a good question. Generally speaking, your body burns more calories in the morning. So if you are not eating breakfast, then you are missing an opportunity to boost your metabolism early in the day. Also, if you are not eating throughout the day, your body is going to burn as little calories as possible, thus halting your weight loss during this time. Some people may actually gain weight after fasting during the day and then binge at night. Your body thinks it is starving, so it stores more food when you do eat.

    The best thing to do is to eat several smaller meals or snacks, packed with protein and fiber during the day. This will boost your metabolism, and accelerate your losses. the protein/fiber combo is important to keep you from getting hungry sooner, and keep your digestive system running properly.

    Good Luck.

    ^^^ This is a load of crap. It doesn't matter when you eat OP.
  • vismal
    vismal Posts: 2,463 Member
    That is a good question. Generally speaking, your body burns more calories in the morning. So if you are not eating breakfast, then you are missing an opportunity to boost your metabolism early in the day. Also, if you are not eating throughout the day, your body is going to burn as little calories as possible, thus halting your weight loss during this time. Some people may actually gain weight after fasting during the day and then binge at night. Your body thinks it is starving, so it stores more food when you do eat.

    The best thing to do is to eat several smaller meals or snacks, packed with protein and fiber during the day. This will boost your metabolism, and accelerate your losses. the protein/fiber combo is important to keep you from getting hungry sooner, and keep your digestive system running properly.

    Good Luck.
    Science and research strongly disagree with what you are saying...
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    That is a good question. Generally speaking, your body burns more calories in the morning. So if you are not eating breakfast, then you are missing an opportunity to boost your metabolism early in the day. Also, if you are not eating throughout the day, your body is going to burn as little calories as possible, thus halting your weight loss during this time. Some people may actually gain weight after fasting during the day and then binge at night. Your body thinks it is starving, so it stores more food when you do eat.

    The best thing to do is to eat several smaller meals or snacks, packed with protein and fiber during the day. This will boost your metabolism, and accelerate your losses. the protein/fiber combo is important to keep you from getting hungry sooner, and keep your digestive system running properly.

    Good Luck.
    Disregard this ^^
  • _Waffle_
    _Waffle_ Posts: 13,049 Member
    That is a good question. Generally speaking, your body burns more calories in the morning. So if you are not eating breakfast, then you are missing an opportunity to boost your metabolism early in the day. Also, if you are not eating throughout the day, your body is going to burn as little calories as possible, thus halting your weight loss during this time. Some people may actually gain weight after fasting during the day and then binge at night. Your body thinks it is starving, so it stores more food when you do eat.

    The best thing to do is to eat several smaller meals or snacks, packed with protein and fiber during the day. This will boost your metabolism, and accelerate your losses. the protein/fiber combo is important to keep you from getting hungry sooner, and keep your digestive system running properly.

    Good Luck.

    LOL. Also your car burns less fuel if you don't drive it in the morning. Driving in the morning makes your car burn more fuel than if you drive the same distance after lunch. Whatever you do don't drive after 9 p.m. because your car won't burn any fuel after that time of day. It's like some sort of magical fairy dust powered period.

    This is all simple science. When you eat food it gets added to your fuel tank. (Liver, muscles, fat cells) When you do things it burns the fuel. It doesn't matter when you fuel the tank. You're burning the same amount either way.
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    That is a good question. Generally speaking, your body burns more calories in the morning. So if you are not eating breakfast, then you are missing an opportunity to boost your metabolism early in the day. Also, if you are not eating throughout the day, your body is going to burn as little calories as possible, thus halting your weight loss during this time. Some people may actually gain weight after fasting during the day and then binge at night. Your body thinks it is starving, so it stores more food when you do eat.

    The best thing to do is to eat several smaller meals or snacks, packed with protein and fiber during the day. This will boost your metabolism, and accelerate your losses. the protein/fiber combo is important to keep you from getting hungry sooner, and keep your digestive system running properly.

    Good Luck.

    This would be good for OP to read, too.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/820577-meal-frequency-rev-up-that-furnace-lol
    Lyle McDonald has some great information on it here:
    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/research-review/meal-frequency-and-energy-balance-research-review.html

    The take home from Lyle's article, in terms of practicality and application, would probably be this quote, this is Lyle here:


    * If eating more frequently makes it easier to control/reduce calories, it will help you to lose weight/fat.
    * If eating more frequently makes it harder to control/reduce calories, or makes you eat more, you will gain weight.
    * If eating less frequently makes it harder for you to control/reduce calories (because you get hungry and binge), it will hurt your efforts to lose weight/fat.
    * If eating less frequently makes it easier for you to control/reduce calories (for any number of reasons), then that will help your efforts to lose weight/fat

    Or in other words, personal preference.


    Some peer reviewed studies:

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9155494
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19943985
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17483007

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