Late night eating

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WingardiumLeviosa91
WingardiumLeviosa91 Posts: 296 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
After 00:00, I suddenly get way too hungry. I enter everything I eat as snacks and I consume 300-400 cals. Yesterday I had egg, fruits, form breads and corn etc. I just couldn't feel full till I had eaten 400 calories. Will it effect my weight loss? I can't sleep without a full stomach.

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  • VykkDraygoVPR
    VykkDraygoVPR Posts: 465 Member
    As long as you aren't going over your goal, then you will be fine. Timing isn't important, the amount you consume is what matters. :)
  • misskarne
    misskarne Posts: 1,765 Member
    Timing has absolutely nothing to do with weight loss. Account for those calories in your daily allotment and move on.
  • frankiesgirlie
    frankiesgirlie Posts: 669 Member
    WingardiumLeviosa91 wrote: »
    After 00:00, I suddenly get way too hungry. I enter everything I eat as snacks and I consume 300-400 cals. Yesterday I had egg, fruits, form breads and corn etc. I just couldn't feel full till I had eaten 400 calories. Will it effect my weight loss? I can't sleep without a full stomach.

    Not to worry. I've always been the same way. I don't like eating early in the day because it makes me sleepy. I also need food in my stomach to sleep well.
    I basically eat intermittent fasting style that approx 40% of my calories are after 8pm.
    I only had about 10-12 lbs to lose and I've lost 6 lbs of it still eating this way.
    As long as you stay at your calorie goal you will lose weight no matter what time of day you eat them.
  • cdudley628
    cdudley628 Posts: 547 Member
    I usually eat my "breakfast" after midnight, which is before I go to bed. Then I eat my "lunch" around 2 pm or 3 pm, and my dinner around 7 or 8 pm. If I'm hungry after dinner, I will then will either eat a snack before midnight if I have the calories to do so, otherwise I wait to have a more filling "breakfast" after midnight. I do all my logging from midnight to midnight so I don't get confused.

    But it definitely is not something to worry about unless you are constantly eating over your calories because of it, then you might want to adjust something.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    Meal timing is irrelevant. As long as you maintain an overall calorie deficit, you will lose weight. Lots of people purposely save calories for late night snacks.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    If you have to eat at night, save calories for it.

    Could it be that you're too tired? I get much hungrier when I don't get enough sleep. Other people have that experience, as well. Do you sleep enough?
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