Is it okay to go to bed hungry?

I think it's up to you. I can't eat before bed or else I don't sleep well. For some reason I sleep better when I'm a bit hungry (I know, sounds weird). But if you sleep better on a full stomach, I say go ahead. YMMV.

you have to do what works best for you.

does eating a larger breakfast make you go over your calories for the day?

How do you sleep 'hungry' as compared to 'full'

i sleep MUCH better with something on my stomach, but thats me.

90% of the time I go to bed hungry. Being tired always wins over being hungry for me.

It has never made a difference as far as weight loss is concerned, for me anyway.

I don't go to sleep starving to death with every inch of my body screaming for food, but a little bit hungry? That does happen and I don't mind it. I know I may be weird, but it feels natural to me, because I know I've already eaten what I needed to for the day, and now that's all done and my stomach is emptying (presumably - I know different foods take a different amount of time to leave the stomach). So...isn't it supposed to feel empty? Again, just how I see it; nobody else has to feel this way.

If I'm REALLY hungry, then I'll have a little something. I often have a few calories left over in my day anyway so I can generally do this. Going actually over my calories is more rare for me and I figure if that happens only once in a blue moon, it's not really going to make or break things (for me, anyway).

ETA: One more thing, and again, this is just me...but being afraid to "feel hungry" is what started my journey toward fatness to begin with. I had been chunky as a pre-teen, cut out the snacking and got down to a slim weight, but when I was in my early 20s I bought into "Stop the Insanity!" with Susan Powter and became positively terrified of my stomach ever rumbling, or ever "thinking" I "just needed" something even if I'd already eaten. ZOMG, metabolism about to come to a grinding halt and yadda yadda. I'd gain a few pounds that way, panic, then go way under what was reasonable ( ~800 cals/day), figuring I'd have to go down that far in order to override my "metabolism downshift" that I would surely create by eating less than was reasonable, lose the pounds, be starving (feeling...I wasn't about to die) and then eat in a frightened panic once again so as not to let myself get hungry. Lather, rinse, repeat.

If it's after 9pm and I get hungry, I just go to bed so I won't know I'm hungry. I can usually fall asleep pretty quick, so I don't feel that I'm hungry.

If you're like super hungry and you feel like you're punishing your body by not eating, I'd say eat something small. Getting into a habit of thinking "go to bed hungry, wake up thinner" is very dangerous. Not saying that's where you are, but I know it's a road a lot of people can head down without realizing what they're doing. I'm a college student, so I usually eat dinner at like 7 or 8, then stay up until 1am. At like 11, if I'm hungry, I usually do a tablespoon or 2 of peanut butter or even a packet of instant oatmeal. Less than 200 calories (oatmeal's 130-160, depending on brand) either way, I know I'll feel better and keep my mindset better if I eat something small.

For breakfast I have two gingernut biscuits and a coffee with half fat Carbation milk. Same for bed time - always - I put these in my MPF in the Morning and the rest of my days calories are adjusted accordingly

I eat an early dinner (aka supper) and then around an hour before going to bed, eat some pistachios, or a Greek yogurt, or something else light. Otherwise, I'll have trouble sleeping. There's always a glass was warm skim milk! (Ugh!)

I'm hungry right now. I have 42 calories left for the day. I'm going to have a 40 calorie hot chocolate and go to bed.

Eat when you are hungry. If your stomach is rumbling, eat. I eat when I am hungry because I don't want to ignore my body, and it's annoying going to sleep with a rumbling stomach. Not able to sleep with a rumbling stomach.

Sure. Just don't throw any beans out the window before you do.

ryanp_942 wrote: »

LoupGarouTFTs wrote: »

There is absolutely nothing wrong with eating at any time of day, as long as you meet your macros and stay under your calorie limit. I've lost 58 pounds over the last year having a bedtime snack of varying size and nutritional components every single night.

With respect, I was speaking generally from scientific studies across large numbers of people. There is an established link between night time eating and weight gain; that is not to say a late snack will absolutely cause you to gain weight, you are simply more likely to, partly due to disrupting hormone levels. Congratulations on losing 58 pounds.

If you don't mind, could you post any links to the studies you refer to? There is a world of diference between correlation and causality, so I am curious to read more about this link that has been established and see if there is any evidence that it might be a causal link.

I go to bed hungry a lot... because I'm too hungry in the morning and typically end up having a light dinner. But I find it easier to resist hunger at night than during the day.

The question really is, what is causing the hunger? If there has been excessive calorie deprivation then eat.