7pm cut off?
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I eat between 12-8 only because it fits into my eating habits. It suits me.
I honestly do not think the time you eat matters. You need to figure out what suits you and your lifestyle. I just happen not to be hungry for breakfast nor hungry late in the evening.1 -
Hey all!
I've heard many a time that cutting off your eating day at 7 or 8pm really aids with weight loss. Was wondering if anyone does it or has done it in the past and if you found it to be helpful or too restrictive? Is it something I should try? X
(I'm new to this whole mfp thing, but feel free to add me! I'm looking to build up a little community of people to motivate and be motivated by!
@D4nc3rEm there is nothing magical about cutting off at 7 or 8 pm per se but there is some researchers that indicate one can get better sleep if one stops eating at least three hours before going to bed but that is common sense to most people.
Going 12-16 hours between the last meal of the day and the first one the next day is proven to help with weight loss and reduce the risks of Alzheimer's, cancer and type 2 diabetes.
Where you should try it or not can not be known until after you try it.
Best of success and welcome to MFP forums.
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GaleHawkins wrote: »Hey all!
I've heard many a time that cutting off your eating day at 7 or 8pm really aids with weight loss. Was wondering if anyone does it or has done it in the past and if you found it to be helpful or too restrictive? Is it something I should try? X
(I'm new to this whole mfp thing, but feel free to add me! I'm looking to build up a little community of people to motivate and be motivated by!
@D4nc3rEm there is nothing magical about cutting off at 7 or 8 pm per se but there is some researchers that indicate one can get better sleep if one stops eating at least three hours before going to bed but that is common sense to most people.
Going 12-16 hours between the last meal of the day and the first one the next day is proven to help with weight loss and reduce the risks of Alzheimer's, cancer and type 2 diabetes.
Where you should try it or not can not be known until after you try it.
Best of success and welcome to MFP forums.
I'd love to see some research on the bolded..
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Awolturtle wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Hey all!
I've heard many a time that cutting off your eating day at 7 or 8pm really aids with weight loss. Was wondering if anyone does it or has done it in the past and if you found it to be helpful or too restrictive? Is it something I should try? X
(I'm new to this whole mfp thing, but feel free to add me! I'm looking to build up a little community of people to motivate and be motivated by!
@D4nc3rEm there is nothing magical about cutting off at 7 or 8 pm per se but there is some researchers that indicate one can get better sleep if one stops eating at least three hours before going to bed but that is common sense to most people.
Going 12-16 hours between the last meal of the day and the first one the next day is proven to help with weight loss and reduce the risks of Alzheimer's, cancer and type 2 diabetes.
Where you should try it or not can not be known until after you try it.
Best of success and welcome to MFP forums.
I'd love to see some research on the bolded..
I'd like to see some peer-reviewed scientific research on it. Not somebody's blog or a newspaper article, or some alternative medicine/naturopath woo.4 -
Agreed, I'd like to see the actual peer reviewed study that this stemmed from2
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Some structure like that might be helpful to certain kinds of eaters.1
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I'm trying to have a cut off point in the evening but rather than a fixed time it is a simple 'no more food once I've washed the dishes and shut the kitchen' rule. This is simply to stop me snacking. I find one snack leads to another. I have poor control over snacking moderately, but I'm kinda good with being super strict with myself and not even starting to snack - if that makes sense.
This is how I am. I am fine with moderate consumption of the items I consume, but do best with a strict eating pattern (3 meals, maybe a planned afternoon snack if my workout schedule makes it helpful, maybe dessert immediately after dinner). Grazing or indiscriminate snacking just doesn't work for me and easily gets hard to control and, just as important, I don't really enjoy it -- I prefer larger meals and not snacks which tend to be mindless eating or foods I don't appreciate as much.1 -
Anvil_Head wrote: »Awolturtle wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Hey all!
I've heard many a time that cutting off your eating day at 7 or 8pm really aids with weight loss. Was wondering if anyone does it or has done it in the past and if you found it to be helpful or too restrictive? Is it something I should try? X
(I'm new to this whole mfp thing, but feel free to add me! I'm looking to build up a little community of people to motivate and be motivated by!
@D4nc3rEm there is nothing magical about cutting off at 7 or 8 pm per se but there is some researchers that indicate one can get better sleep if one stops eating at least three hours before going to bed but that is common sense to most people.
Going 12-16 hours between the last meal of the day and the first one the next day is proven to help with weight loss and reduce the risks of Alzheimer's, cancer and type 2 diabetes.
Where you should try it or not can not be known until after you try it.
Best of success and welcome to MFP forums.
I'd love to see some research on the bolded..
I'd like to see some peer-reviewed scientific research on it. Not somebody's blog or a newspaper article, or some alternative medicine/naturopath woo.
Indeed. And since we are told it's been proven, I am especially interested.
As I mentioned in another thread, I went to a talk last week from a doctor involved in cutting edge research on Alzheimers at the U of Chicago, and he answered lots of questions about what we know and what can be done to reduce risk, and did not share that fasting had been proven to do so. (He said they don't yet know what dietary changes will be helpful and that the research overall is in too early a stage for anyone to claim they do know.)8 -
I stop eating after I've had supper but I have a big breakfast lunch and supper and a snack at both breaks at work during the day....I've well hit my calorie intake by supper and can't fit anymore for evening snacking... I go to bed pretty early too so that helps.0
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7 PM and I'm currently eating dinner. Then later I'll have a mini-pumpkin roll for dessert.
It's good to have a cutoff time for some people, such as those who have issues sleeping on a full stomach. Otherwise, it's personal preference.1 -
It's an individual thing and depends on whether or not you are losing or gaining weight and what kind of snacks you are having. If I'm losing weight, there are times when I'm literally shrinking away. I have to eat. When I'm trending up, snacking at any time is probably not good for me.0
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KristinHR01 wrote: »If I stopped eating by 7pm I would NEVER eat dinner. Timing doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is burning more calories than you consume, eating at a deficit.
Though if I stopped eating at 7pm I probably wouldn't wake up 2 times in the middle of the night to pee.... hmmmmm
I'm usually done eating by 6pm, and i still get up 1-2 times a night to pee, it's something that comes along with old age thing i reckon
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You may have heard it lots but its not true. It doesn't even make sense.
As for me I eat about half my daily calories after 7pm
On a typical day between 7pm and bedtime I'm eating something like 1200 calories.2 -
Hey all!
I've heard many a time that cutting off your eating day at 7 or 8pm really aids with weight loss. Was wondering if anyone does it or has done it in the past and if you found it to be helpful or too restrictive? Is it something I should try? X
(I'm new to this whole mfp thing, but feel free to add me! I'm looking to build up a little community of people to motivate and be motivated by!
That's not true at all. Unless you have some medical issue where food interferes with sleep, you can eat up until bedtime and you will lose weight as long as you consistently stay in a calorie deficit.1 -
I can understand cutting yourself off after a certain time to prevent grazing... I used to be able to graze all night, but it boils down to CICO and not the actual timing of your meals.0
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Awolturtle wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Hey all!
I've heard many a time that cutting off your eating day at 7 or 8pm really aids with weight loss. Was wondering if anyone does it or has done it in the past and if you found it to be helpful or too restrictive? Is it something I should try? X
(I'm new to this whole mfp thing, but feel free to add me! I'm looking to build up a little community of people to motivate and be motivated by!
@D4nc3rEm there is nothing magical about cutting off at 7 or 8 pm per se but there is some researchers that indicate one can get better sleep if one stops eating at least three hours before going to bed but that is common sense to most people.
Going 12-16 hours between the last meal of the day and the first one the next day is proven to help with weight loss and reduce the risks of Alzheimer's, cancer and type 2 diabetes.
Where you should try it or not can not be known until after you try it.
Best of success and welcome to MFP forums.
I'd love to see some research on the bolded..
This is what I was also going to ask for.1 -
GaleHawkins wrote: »Hey all!
I've heard many a time that cutting off your eating day at 7 or 8pm really aids with weight loss. Was wondering if anyone does it or has done it in the past and if you found it to be helpful or too restrictive? Is it something I should try? X
(I'm new to this whole mfp thing, but feel free to add me! I'm looking to build up a little community of people to motivate and be motivated by!
@D4nc3rEm there is nothing magical about cutting off at 7 or 8 pm per se but there is some researchers that indicate one can get better sleep if one stops eating at least three hours before going to bed but that is common sense to most people.
Going 12-16 hours between the last meal of the day and the first one the next day is proven to help with weight loss and reduce the risks of Alzheimer's, cancer and type 2 diabetes.
Where you should try it or not can not be known until after you try it.
Best of success and welcome to MFP forums.
He has Alzheimer's. I too, go around 16 hours between last and first meals and have done so for most of my life and I was obese. Was.
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tlobatomfp wrote: »It's an individual thing and depends on whether or not you are losing or gaining weight and what kind of snacks you are having. If I'm losing weight, there are times when I'm literally shrinking away. I have to eat. When I'm trending up, snacking at any time is probably not good for me.
Really, timing does not matter at all for weight loss.2 -
Meal timing does not matter. It is 8 pm and I just finished dinner. I often eat at this time. I never had any problem losing. I will more than likely have a snack within the next hour or so. If you have issues with mindless eating in the evening after dinner and you want to set a time for yourself to stop eating then that might help you stick to your deficit. But it is not necessary. If you go over your calorie goal it won't matter how early you top eating.0
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Um. No. I purposely try not to eat dinner until 7:30 and dessert at 9, to aid in weight loss or maintenance, because I look forward to eating at night.1
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