Does it matter what time you eat?

lunalovegood34
lunalovegood34 Posts: 12 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Or should you stop eating at a certain time x
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  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    Meal timing is irrelevant. Eat whenever you want.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    It does not matter for weight loss purposes.
  • shamburger411
    shamburger411 Posts: 30 Member
    It doesn't matter but I tend to time my meals or I find that I eat all day every day.

    I usually eat-

    7am breakfast
    10am snack
    Noon. Lunch
    3pm snack
    6pm dinner
    8pm snack.
  • Yi5hedr3
    Yi5hedr3 Posts: 2,696 Member
    Stop eating at least 3 hours before bedtime.
  • Janehds0284
    Janehds0284 Posts: 87 Member
    I don't think it matters but if to me if I eat last meal at 8pm I sometimes find myself lose weight but if I eat at 11pm most of the time I wake up and scale won't move.

    But then I stop weighing everyday now. Just do once a week will actually see result.

    Just my opinion :)
  • RUN_LIFT_EAT
    RUN_LIFT_EAT Posts: 537 Member
    It does not matter. However, if you like eating breakfast in the early morning or dinner at 2:00am, knock yourself out.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    you can only eat between 6:28 am and 6:27 am of the next day.
  • Asher_Ethan
    Asher_Ethan Posts: 2,430 Member
    No it doesn't matter. It's so wonderful it doesn't matter. I was taught my whole life it did matter and when I found out it didn't matter, 10 pounds, figuratively, melted off.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    Matter for what? It does matter when I eat, because if I allow myself to get too hungry, I have a very difficult time becoming satiated and am hungry the rest of the day. I also get crabby, sometimes a headache, sometimes light headed. (It's not glucose.) So I have to eat fairly frequently and at certain times. Each person is different in this regard.
  • OMP33
    OMP33 Posts: 308 Member
    No, it does not matter at what time you eat. Eat dinner at midnight if you want to.
  • CoffeeNCardio
    CoffeeNCardio Posts: 1,847 Member
    edited February 2016
    Title: No.

    Post: No.

    *eats cupcakes at midnight and loses 26 lbs*

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  • lunalovegood34
    lunalovegood34 Posts: 12 Member
    lorrpb wrote: »
    Matter for what? It does matter when I eat, because if I allow myself to get too hungry, I have a very difficult time becoming satiated and am hungry the rest of the day. I also get crabby, sometimes a headache, sometimes light headed. (It's not glucose.) So I have to eat fairly frequently and at certain times. Each person is different in this regard.

    I meant if you eat late does it stop you losing weight. I should have been more clear.
  • lunalovegood34
    lunalovegood34 Posts: 12 Member
    Thanks peeps.
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    Meal timing is important to me in that if I don't eat at precisely food o'clock I get hangrier than a honey badger.
  • AJ_G
    AJ_G Posts: 4,158 Member
    shamburger411 wrote: »
    It doesn't matter but I tend to time my meals or I find that I eat all day every day.

    I usually eat-

    7am breakfast
    10am snack
    Noon. Lunch
    3pm snack
    6pm dinner
    8pm snack.

    Kinda looks like you're eating all day every day lol
  • DawnReid04
    DawnReid04 Posts: 17 Member
    My Dr told me to eat 3 small meals and 2 light snacks and no eating within 2 hours of bedtime. I have yet to get it down to a schedule but once I do im sure it will help out alot.. I have 5 kids in the house so its a little chaotic around here lol.
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    DawnReid04 wrote: »
    My Dr told me to eat 3 small meals and 2 light snacks and no eating within 2 hours of bedtime. I have yet to get it down to a schedule but once I do im sure it will help out alot.. I have 5 kids in the house so its a little chaotic around here lol.

    Your Dr is basing this on nothing but old wives tales and continued misinformation and is wrong if he/she believes this will have any effect on weight loss.
  • andrasita30
    andrasita30 Posts: 24 Member
    lunalovegood34 wrote: »
    Or should you stop eating at a certain time x

    Look up intermittent fasting
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    cityruss wrote: »
    DawnReid04 wrote: »
    My Dr told me to eat 3 small meals and 2 light snacks and no eating within 2 hours of bedtime. I have yet to get it down to a schedule but once I do im sure it will help out alot.. I have 5 kids in the house so its a little chaotic around here lol.

    Your Dr is basing this on nothing but old wives tales and continued misinformation and is wrong if he/she believes this will have any effect on weight loss.

    Agreed. Meal timing has no effect upon weight loss. The only valid reason to stop eating at a certain hour and/or a certain number of hours before bedtime is personal preference. Some may find it makes it harder to sleep or they experience indigestion if eating too late - but it makes no difference for weight loss. The metabolism works 24 hours a day, it doesn't go to sleep just because you do.
  • Discoqueen77
    Discoqueen77 Posts: 61 Member
    Actually have found that its better for you to eat prior to 9 in the evening. We tend to be more sedentary in the evenings (TV anyone?} and if you eat and don't move, you blood sugar skyrockets. This is bad for you. I have found out the hard way. After a lifetime of not watching what I eat, and when I eat it, diabetes is knocking on my door. Right now I am handling it with diet and exercise. But now I never eat in the evenings. (And sometimes I really want to!)
  • brianazo
    brianazo Posts: 10 Member
    Janehds0284 wrote: »
    I don't think it matters but if to me if I eat last meal at 8pm I sometimes find myself lose weight but if I eat at 11pm most of the time I wake up and scale won't move.

    Because some of the foods you eat are physically heavy. I've found that the more nutrient-dense and low calorie the food is, the more it physically weighs because there's a bunch of water in it. Drink a bottle of water and you just gained a pound without consuming one calorie.

    For OP, meal timing is irrelevant unless you're an athlete / bodybuilder training at a competition level.
  • cassieknights951
    cassieknights951 Posts: 48 Member
    I've not noticed timing make much difference however I never eat past 7pm
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Discoqueen77 wrote: »
    Actually have found that its better for you to eat prior to 9 in the evening. We tend to be more sedentary in the evenings (TV anyone?} and if you eat and don't move, you blood sugar skyrockets. This is bad for you. I have found out the hard way. After a lifetime of not watching what I eat, and when I eat it, diabetes is knocking on my door. Right now I am handling it with diet and exercise. But now I never eat in the evenings. (And sometimes I really want to!)

    For diabetics, and I'm assuming prediabetics, meal timing is crucial to blood sugar levels. But for others, it doesn't matter. I regularly eat dinner around 9:30/10 PM every Thursday night and it hasn't affected me one bit.
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    Discoqueen77 wrote: »
    Actually have found that its better for you to eat prior to 9 in the evening. We tend to be more sedentary in the evenings (TV anyone?} and if you eat and don't move, you blood sugar skyrockets. This is bad for you. I have found out the hard way. After a lifetime of not watching what I eat, and when I eat it, diabetes is knocking on my door. Right now I am handling it with diet and exercise. But now I never eat in the evenings. (And sometimes I really want to!)

    Blood sugar does not 'skyrocket' because you eat and don't move. Blood sugar 'skyrockets' when people have a metabolic disorder that means they can not control their blood sugars. People without a metabolic disorder do a fine job of controlling blood sugar levels no matter when they eat.

    Diabetes is not knocking on your door because you ate after 9 in the evening.

  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
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  • lunalovegood34
    lunalovegood34 Posts: 12 Member
    andrasita30 wrote: »
    lunalovegood34 wrote: »
    Or should you stop eating at a certain time x

    Look up intermittent fasting

    That's definatly not for me. X
  • jewelgal77
    jewelgal77 Posts: 7 Member
    edited February 2016
    Intermittent fasting will open your world up. Lost 6 inches in three weeks off my waist and ate whatever I wanted. If you are diabetic, then don't. There is no starvation mode...pure fiction.
  • mis1022
    mis1022 Posts: 109 Member
    DawnReid04 wrote: »
    My Dr told me to eat 3 small meals and 2 light snacks and no eating within 2 hours of bedtime. I have yet to get it down to a schedule but once I do im sure it will help out alot.. I have 5 kids in the house so its a little chaotic around here lol.

    I don't really think this is wives tales as much as most people mindless eat later in the evening. Like watching tv and next thing you know your through a bag of chips. But no eating at any time of the day the calories are the same.
  • misskarne
    misskarne Posts: 1,765 Member
    I don't eat after 8pm. But that's not because I believe in evil fairies that will stop me losing weight if I eat after then, I've just found from experience that I have trouble sleeping if I eat after then. YMMV. Some people don't have that issue.
  • Mavrick_RN
    Mavrick_RN Posts: 439 Member
    Late evening/night eating can contribute to acid reflux. Late caffeine consumption can affect your sleep.

    As far as weight loss it's total calories per day not timing of calories. If you eat more calories because you are bored or mindlessly watching TV and eating because you saw something in a commercial then, yeah, eating late while watching TV will affect your weight loss.

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