Myth or True: Eating after 6pm

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KingFish1997
KingFish1997 Posts: 14 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Is eating post 6pm harmful to dieting or does it make a difference? I've heard that it's not good cause it all turns into sugar. Educate me.
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  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
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    Myth.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    edited April 2016
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    Total myth... Are you worried about sugar or weight loss? Weight loss is all about a calorie deficit.. does not matter what time you eat those calories..
  • KingFish1997
    KingFish1997 Posts: 14 Member
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    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    Total myth...

    Thank you
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,119 Member
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    Doesn't matter what o'clock you eat. Stay under your Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE) and you will lose weight.
  • Seffell
    Seffell Posts: 2,222 Member
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    myth
  • gmallan
    gmallan Posts: 2,099 Member
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    I usually eat until 9pm at night and I can see some ab definition - myth

    The only reason eating late would be an issue for weight loss is if it caused you to eat over maintenance calories. Other than that, a good reason not to eat later at night is if it causes issues with sleep or digestion.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,565 Member
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    Myth. I never eat dinner before 6:30.
  • Fernando618G
    Fernando618G Posts: 380 Member
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    KingFish1997 wrote: »
    Is eating post 6pm harmful to dieting or does it make a difference? I've heard that it's not good cause it all turns into sugar. Educate me.

    big time myth. if you workout @ 7pm you need to feed your body so it can grow && your bodys metabolism will burn it up i read it in mens fitness
  • ReaderGirl3
    ReaderGirl3 Posts: 868 Member
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    Food/meal timing is a preference thing. Just eat when you want, with a focus on staying within your calorie goals.
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
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    Echoing everyone else and saying 'myth'.

    If eating after a certain time causes weight gain, then those on graveyard shifts are....screwed.
  • Rage_Phish
    Rage_Phish Posts: 1,507 Member
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    no eating after 6? that would blow. dinner 5? haha
  • eeejer
    eeejer Posts: 339 Member
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    basically all of spain eats after 9pm and they ain't fatter than us.
  • endlessfall16
    endlessfall16 Posts: 932 Member
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    My mom is currently into this myth which her coworker adamantly insisted that she try. She wouldn't listen to a word I said. Sad to see how people's minds are so fixed.

  • LazSommer
    LazSommer Posts: 1,851 Member
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    Is it an extra snack or planned meal?
  • Negative_X
    Negative_X Posts: 296 Member
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    LazSommer wrote: »
    Is it an extra snack or planned meal?

    Doesn't matter either way.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
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    Absolute myth.
  • LazSommer
    LazSommer Posts: 1,851 Member
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    Negative_X wrote: »
    LazSommer wrote: »
    Is it an extra snack or planned meal?

    Doesn't matter either way.

    It does if it puts you over your budget. That was my point. Otherwise it doesn't.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,426 Member
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    Myth
  • socajam
    socajam Posts: 2,530 Member
    edited April 2016
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    For me personally, eating after 6 p.m. hinders my weight loss. So I have my heavy meal before 3, and if I need something it might be an apple, or some ryvita crackers.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
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    I suppose cutting out dinner entirely might lower my calories. I honestly don't understand how people are even home to eat at (or before) 6 pm. I eat after 9 most of the time. (I lost weight fine.)

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