7pm cut off?

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  • tlobatomfp
    tlobatomfp Posts: 8 Member
    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.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    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 :tongue:

  • Aaron_K123
    Aaron_K123 Posts: 7,122 Member
    edited October 2016
    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.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    D4nc3rEm 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!

    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.
  • Troutsy
    Troutsy Posts: 275 Member
    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.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Awolturtle wrote: »
    GaleHawkins wrote: »
    D4nc3rEm 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.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    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.
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,170 Member
    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.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    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.
  • ItsyBitsy246
    ItsyBitsy246 Posts: 307 Member
    Ready2Rock206 wrote: »
    Ridiculous! And Why 7pm? Do these people not work?! I just wish I had that much free time to be done with my day by 7pm.

    I'm at my desk before dawn so if I only put in an eight hour day, I'm leaving the office by 2:30 or 3:00 in the afternoon. So yes, people who eat around 7pm can also be gainfully employed. :)
  • Gisel2015
    Gisel2015 Posts: 4,187 Member
    D4nc3rEm 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!

    This information may be helpful and sorry if it was posted already.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10462313/what-time-do-you-stop-eating-each-night-and-go-to-sleep-every-night/p1
  • Nikion901
    Nikion901 Posts: 2,467 Member
    I've read suggestions for not eating in the evening because it might upset your stomach at night, depending on what you ate, how much you ate, and if you have a digestive problem like GERD or just acid indigestion. I've also read a lot of people like to have more than 12 hours between one days meals and the next because they are doing something along the lines of intermittent fasting, so they limit how many hours in a day they can actually intake food. And, I've read that digestion happens while you sleep and so thus you want it to not have new food in the stomach (It does take hours for food to leave your stomach and inter the small intestine where it piddles along for up to a day before it enters your large intestine and hangs out there for some time before it finally exits your body ... that's why staying hydrated and intaking an appropriate amount of fiber helps that process).

    That said, Some people are encouraged to have a snack in the evening, some diabetics, for instance, get a better glucose control if they have a small snack with all three macros in it than when they go to bed with a stomach that has nearly emptied ... And that said, I think it's really all a matter of personal preference.
  • Christismylife
    Christismylife Posts: 93 Member
    I will agree with those who said not eating late at night seems to help with better sleep. I feel like that is true for me. I am not trying to claim to know whether eating late at night affects weight loss or not as long as you eat within your calorie limit. But I did seem to remember reading something a while back about this issue. I tried looking it up, and all I could come up with was this one study on mice. I don't know if this is the same thing I read about before, but I did want to share. If it looks like it's non-scientific, feel free to ignore it. Just wanted to share what I had run across.

    http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/well/2015/01/15/a-12-hour-window-for-a-healthy-weight/?referer=
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Nikion901 wrote: »
    I've read suggestions for not eating in the evening because it might upset your stomach at night, depending on what you ate, how much you ate, and if you have a digestive problem like GERD or just acid indigestion. I've also read a lot of people like to have more than 12 hours between one days meals and the next because they are doing something along the lines of intermittent fasting, so they limit how many hours in a day they can actually intake food. And, I've read that digestion happens while you sleep and so thus you want it to not have new food in the stomach (It does take hours for food to leave your stomach and inter the small intestine where it piddles along for up to a day before it enters your large intestine and hangs out there for some time before it finally exits your body ... that's why staying hydrated and intaking an appropriate amount of fiber helps that process).

    That said, Some people are encouraged to have a snack in the evening, some diabetics, for instance, get a better glucose control if they have a small snack with all three macros in it than when they go to bed with a stomach that has nearly emptied ... And that said, I think it's really all a matter of personal preference.

    Dang, this is an excellent response. Especially love the digestion description!

    I would love to have a bedside snack but if I eat after 6:30 (bed 2 to 3 hours later), my GERD goes crazy. Blah.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    ItsyBitsy246 wrote: »
    Ready2Rock206 wrote: »
    Ridiculous! And Why 7pm? Do these people not work?! I just wish I had that much free time to be done with my day by 7pm.

    I'm at my desk before dawn so if I only put in an eight hour day, I'm leaving the office by 2:30 or 3:00 in the afternoon. So yes, people who eat around 7pm can also be gainfully employed. :)

    I don't know about America, but the majority of construction workers, factory workers and outdoor type jobs do 7am to 3:30 pm hours. I've never had a job that finishes past 4pm.

  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    It doesn't matter for weight loss what time you eat.
    It might make a difference to how you feel and sleep after eating if you have some health issue.
  • MyFatAbsz
    MyFatAbsz Posts: 6 Member
    I've heard of that and even tried it off and on. It's a bit difficult when working the overnight shift aka 3rd shift aka graveyard shift LOL. I won't eat a meal while at work but I do start to feel a bit hungry so I'll snack on popcorn.
  • ThinkinPositive827
    ThinkinPositive827 Posts: 11 Member
    I really believe that by stopping eating 3-4 hours before bed you give your body time to digest the food before you lay down . Any time I would stop eating at 630 or 7 I would 100% wake up the next morning 1-2 pounds less . And that is Also including eating healthy through out the day . Cuting a lot of carbs out of my diet helps soooo much .. add me everyoneeeee!!!
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    ThinkinPositive827 wrote: »
    I really believe that by stopping eating 3-4 hours before bed you give your body time to digest the food before you lay down . Any time I would stop eating at 630 or 7 I would 100% wake up the next morning 1-2 pounds less . And that is Also including eating healthy through out the day . Cuting a lot of carbs out of my diet helps soooo much .. add me everyoneeeee!!!

    I also experience more restful sleep when I stop eating a few hours before bed. It's normal to weigh a few pounds less in the morning no matter how healthy you eat during the day. Cutting carbs does help water-weight loss, but that's not fat. In order to lose fat, you need to have a consistent deficit. :)
  • Wynterbourne
    Wynterbourne Posts: 2,225 Member
    edited October 2016
    ThinkinPositive827 wrote: »
    I really believe that by stopping eating 3-4 hours before bed you give your body time to digest the food before you lay down . Any time I would stop eating at 630 or 7 I would 100% wake up the next morning 1-2 pounds less . And that is Also including eating healthy through out the day . Cuting a lot of carbs out of my diet helps soooo much .. add me everyoneeeee!!!

    Your body doesn't stop digesting once you lie down. You say you would stop eating at 6:30pm or 7pm and then weigh 1-2 pounds less the next morning. Let's say, for sake of argument, you woke up at 7am and weighed. If you had eaten at midnight, immediately gone to bed, and then woken up and weighed yourself the same 12 hours later at noon. You would have lost the same 1-2 pounds.

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