Late Night Eating

rugratz2015
rugratz2015 Posts: 593 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi! I work until about 7 then go the gym, getting home around 9.30/10 by which time I'm hungry. I usually get something to eat, trying to stay within my calorie allowance. Question is : my hubby says I shouldn't eat at night, I think if I'm hungry and I haven't used my calories I should - what do other people think/do? thanks!

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  • fr33sia12
    fr33sia12 Posts: 1,258 Member
    For what reason does your husband think you shouldn't eat at night?

    You can of course eat whenever you want just stay within your calorie allowance.
  • cross2bear
    cross2bear Posts: 1,106 Member
    You are right - eat when you need to, otherwise shift workers would all be overweight, right?

    Time of day for your meals or snacks makes not a lick of difference - if you are within your calorie budget, nosh.
  • peterbuller8
    peterbuller8 Posts: 155 Member
    I work nights if your husband is correct then i would have to wake up in the middle of the day to eat .
    Eat when you are hungry and try and stay under your calories.
  • Dano74
    Dano74 Posts: 503 Member
    Eat up and go to bed happy knowing you're full and free from the shady influence of broscience.
  • capaul42
    capaul42 Posts: 1,390 Member
    The only good reason for not eating at night would be if it upset your stomach and kept you from sleeping. Otherwise, timing means nothing in the grand scheme of things.
  • rugratz2015
    rugratz2015 Posts: 593 Member
    fr33sia12 wrote: »
    For what reason does your husband think you shouldn't eat at night?

    You can of course eat whenever you want just stay within your calorie allowance.

    He thinks eating at night means it's just sitting in my tum, and I'm not getting the chance to burn it off - which doesn't make sense anyway as I work in accounts, so I'm sat on my butt for 8 hours a day :smile:
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    I work late a lot and when I don't I usually go to the gym or do errands after work, so I lost all of my 95 lbs eating just like described in the original post -- around 9-10.

    It was not a problem. ;-)

    If you think about it, you burn what you eat + fat, and don't run on nothing ever, so it doesn't matter when you eat it you are going to burn it off if you eat less than you burn overall (the same reason exercising in "fat burning mode" is irrelevant). Like you said, the "don't eat at night" stuff makes no sense.
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,498 Member
    calories can't tell time.
  • peterbuller8
    peterbuller8 Posts: 155 Member
    If you stay flat on your back for 24 hours you still burn calories just keeping your body running .
  • Anvil_Head
    Anvil_Head Posts: 251 Member
    rugratz2015 wrote: »
    fr33sia12 wrote: »
    For what reason does your husband think you shouldn't eat at night?

    You can of course eat whenever you want just stay within your calorie allowance.

    He thinks eating at night means it's just sitting in my tum, and I'm not getting the chance to burn it off - which doesn't make sense anyway as I work in accounts, so I'm sat on my butt for 8 hours a day :smile:

    He's under the mistaken assumption that your digestive system/metabolism go to sleep when you do. Lots of people believe that derp. The truth is that your body works 24 hours a day. Meal timing is completely irrelevant except for personal preference.

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