Eating dinner late 7:00 - 8:30 pm ...is it bad

eatsyork wrote: »

I figure animals in nature chow down and then go have a nap so it can't be so bad. There aren't a lot of fat wild animals. I usually eat more than half my daily calories between 7 PM and midnight and I've still lost weight.

Also food doesn't sit in your stomach when you sleep. Your body still digests. Once it's broken down it can be used to replenish glycogen, repair muscle, store as fat, maintain your brain and heart function while you sleep, etc. Your body doesn't shut down just because you aren't walking. It's still going strong. We almost never burn food real-time as we eat it unless you're doing some heavy endurance event and pounding glucose or MCTs.