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late night hunger

Kgerber777
Kgerber777 Posts: 105 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hello, so I was wondering if it is bad to snack at night even if i have the calories? the past week or so i have been getting pretty hungry at night while I am trying to fall asleep (time varies due to the amount of homework i have to get done that night). I'm not necessarily craving anything in particular, just hungry enough to feel like i need to eat and tea will not satisfy.

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  • MaxPayne4400
    MaxPayne4400 Posts: 2 Member
    edited February 2015
    If you have calories to spare and everything falls within your chart go for it the time you eat does not matter just the calorie intake.
  • silentKayak
    silentKayak Posts: 658 Member
    Try to save some calories during the day so you can afford a snack at night. If you're hungry, you should eat something.
  • skyfall91
    skyfall91 Posts: 74
    I save a few hundred calories for snacks at night. Usually a 100cal amount or a piece of chocolate/cheese or something filling x
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Timing is irrelevant. Try pre-logging, to make room in your allotment for those snacks.
  • Cc215
    Cc215 Posts: 228 Member
    No problem at all - I usually eat my main meal of the day late at night. As long as I eat in a deficit I still lose weight.
  • SilverRose89
    SilverRose89 Posts: 447 Member
    Kgerber777 wrote: »
    Hello, so I was wondering if it is bad to snack at night even if i have the calories? the past week or so i have been getting pretty hungry at night while I am trying to fall asleep (time varies due to the amount of homework i have to get done that night). I'm not necessarily craving anything in particular, just hungry enough to feel like i need to eat and tea will not satisfy.

    It's not bad at all - as long as it fits your calories.

    I try and actively leave myself a couple of hundred calories for late night snacks if I can, because I get so damn hungry late evening.
  • Kgerber777
    Kgerber777 Posts: 105 Member
    Thanks all :)
  • obscuremusicreference
    obscuremusicreference Posts: 1,320 Member
    I save calories. What I'm starting to work on is saving carbs
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    I am eating a huge bowl of veggies right now at 11pm. I naturally prefer eating most of my calories in the evening and at night. No biggie. I also eat most of my carbs at night for satiety and general preference purposes (easier to graze on throughout the evening than protein and fat for me)
  • sugarpeas
    sugarpeas Posts: 56 Member
    I just try to eat something light, have a glass of water/tea.
    Most times I feel best in the morning if I wait until then though... not sure why.
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