Losing/gaining weight depending on when last meal is eaten?

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  • Carlywiese
    Carlywiese Posts: 51 Member
    No. Just no. Eat whenever you like.
  • roxazaloah
    roxazaloah Posts: 28
    Thank you all very much for the responses! To be honest, I was just curious if anyone could shed light on it. I KNOW that it isn't true weight loss, as I tend to be almost neurotic about weighing myself every morning, out of curiosity mostly. I'm not discouraged or anything, but am slowly seeing weight loss about once a week roughly. I was just wondering how it all worked out on a day to day basis. It's a much slower weight loss this time, mostly because I am not having my last meal before 5pm. About a year ago, I had lost close to 50 lbs in roughly 4-5 months by not eating much after 3 pm, so I wonder if I was doing things the *right* way, but I'm thinking I might NOT have been to be honest.

    It was easier for me to eat less, exercise more and not worry about meal times with my other half because I was on a day shift schedule in a retail store, and he was on overnight shifts at another retail store.

    Now it's just the whole, getting used to eating meals together, and NOT over eat that I'm slowly getting accustomed to, and I COMPLETELY realize that weight loss is definitely NOT an overnight thing. It took me 15~ years to put the weight on, and it certainly won't go away on its own in say, a week. I don't have unrealistic goals. I'm pretty happy with things this time around, because I'm working on MYSELF, not just obsessing over how much I can lose in a week, like I used to. Sometimes it's frustrating, but it's all part of the process, I suppose. But, thank you all again - - I did get some great feedback :)
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Thank you all very much for the responses! To be honest, I was just curious if anyone could shed light on it. I KNOW that it isn't true weight loss, as I tend to be almost neurotic about weighing myself every morning, out of curiosity mostly. I'm not discouraged or anything, but am slowly seeing weight loss about once a week roughly. I was just wondering how it all worked out on a day to day basis. It's a much slower weight loss this time, mostly because I am not having my last meal before 5pm. About a year ago, I had lost close to 50 lbs in roughly 4-5 months by not eating much after 3 pm, so I wonder if I was doing things the *right* way, but I'm thinking I might NOT have been to be honest.

    It was easier for me to eat less, exercise more and not worry about meal times with my other half because I was on a day shift schedule in a retail store, and he was on overnight shifts at another retail store.

    Now it's just the whole, getting used to eating meals together, and NOT over eat that I'm slowly getting accustomed to, and I COMPLETELY realize that weight loss is definitely NOT an overnight thing. It took me 15~ years to put the weight on, and it certainly won't go away on its own in say, a week. I don't have unrealistic goals. I'm pretty happy with things this time around, because I'm working on MYSELF, not just obsessing over how much I can lose in a week, like I used to. Sometimes it's frustrating, but it's all part of the process, I suppose. But, thank you all again - - I did get some great feedback :)
    Roz, sounds to me like you're on the right track. Keep in up. :drinker:
  • IrisFlute
    IrisFlute Posts: 88 Member
    Mealtime is absolutely relevant. Read this research study:

    http://genetics.doctorsonly.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Jakubowicz-at-al-Obesity-2013-oby20460.pdf

    OP is off-base with her idea about losing or gaining 1 to 3 lbs overnight -- you can't meaningfully track your weight by the hour -- but she's actually correct about the fact that you will lose more weight overall if you eat earlier in the day.
    Nice try.

    A study with self reported intake with no mention of test subjects activity level to examine effects on people with metabolic syndrome. Sorry but no.

    Also:
    Conclusions: High-calorie breakfast with reduced intake at dinner is beneficial and might be a useful alternative for the management of obesity and metabolic syndrome.
    Not very definitive there on a study about metabolic syndrome

    OK, I retract my earlier statement on this thread. I have now read lots of information that says I was wrong, and that time of day doesn't matter for weight loss. So much for my certainty! I just wanted it to be scientifically true because it feels right for my body, but I guess it's easy to fall into the trap of looking for research to bolster what we already believe in.

    In any case, good luck to you, Roz!

    These forums make me happy even when they prove me wrong.
  • Solar_Cat
    Solar_Cat Posts: 188 Member
    The simplest explanation is that if you weigh yourself at the same time each morning, you've been fasting longer if you had dinner earlier. The weight you lose during that fast is primarily via sweat and urine. The longer you fast, the more you lose.

    Dinner at 4:00 p.m., weigh-in at 6:00 a.m.: overnight fast 14 hours.
    Dinner at 7:00 p.m., weigh-in at 6:00 a.m.: overnight fast 11 hours.

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