Is it okay to eat after 6pm

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  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    topfindyourfine wrote: »
    It is okay as long as you don't sleep directly after being full.

    LOL why not? I go right to sleep after eating 90% of my calories. Lost all my weight that way and now have been maintaining for years.
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  • Wynterbourne
    Wynterbourne Posts: 2,225 Member
    topfindyourfine wrote: »
    It is okay as long as you don't sleep directly after being full.

    Unless you have an issue with acid reflux, it's absolutely fine to go to "sleep directly after being full." That would be the *only* thing to consider. It has zero influence on weight.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,629 Member
    edited December 2016
    Yep ... I lost the weight I wanted to lose AND ate my last bit of food anywhere from about 30 minutes to an hour before bed. :)


    And I do have to wonder if the person who came up with this 6 pm idea isn't employed.

    I don't get home from work until 6 pm. Then I have cottage cheese and raw veggies and some crackers.

    Then about 8 pm, I have dinner.

    About 9:30 pm, I have yogurt.

    About 11 pm, I have toast and nutella.

    And if I'm still up, at about 1 am, I'll have some McVitties chocolate digestive biscuits.
  • topfindyourfine
    topfindyourfine Posts: 14 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    topfindyourfine wrote: »
    It is okay as long as you don't sleep directly after being full.

    Why not?

    Not only does your digestion/metabolism slows down when you sleep, It has more danger to it. There are a lot of article that supports that.

  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    topfindyourfine wrote: »
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    topfindyourfine wrote: »
    It is okay as long as you don't sleep directly after being full.

    Why not?

    Not only does your digestion/metabolism slows down when you sleep, It has more danger to it. There are a lot of article that supports that.

    Can you post some of these articles?
  • jessef593
    jessef593 Posts: 2,272 Member
    I work nights and consistently eat past 1am. And struggle so hard to gain weight that I literally drink a 600 calorie shape right before bed. Meal timing means ABSOLUTELY nothing. Eat too much youll gain fat, eat too little, you'll lose fat. Simple as that.
  • jessef593
    jessef593 Posts: 2,272 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Who's 6 pm?

    I'm in Australia, on the east side. Should we use my time?

    Or should we use the Greenwich timeline? Or the International Dateline?

    What happens when Daylight Savings comes or goes? Do you need to stop eating at 5 pm for half the year ... or 7 pm?

    What happens when you travel? Do you go by your home time zone ... or the one you travel to?

    And is 6:01 pm after 6 pm, or could it be considered before the next 6 pm?

    Yes. Thank you. You made this thread.
  • federicafezza4271
    federicafezza4271 Posts: 69 Member
    It's ok to eat at any time, given that you are eating at a deficit.

    Only you should decide the eating pattern that is most suitable for you: if you find it convenient to do intermittent fasting and stop eating at 6, that's ok. It can be helpful in order to limit your caloric intake (I actually did as a teenager without even knowing what IF was, and it was my lowest weight ever, even with zero exercise) , but it could be too much of a change if you like to have dinner together with your family.

    So experiment and choose what it's best for you!

    Best of luck :)
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    edited December 2016
    topfindyourfine wrote: »
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    topfindyourfine wrote: »
    It is okay as long as you don't sleep directly after being full.

    Why not?

    Not only does your digestion/metabolism slows down when you sleep, It has more danger to it. There are a lot of article that supports that.

    Scientific articles?

    Like another poster above, I eat about 90% of my daily calories before going to bed every day and have been for quite some time. I've lost 94 pounds doing this.

    Magic!
  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    Reposting what I said in another "6 PM" thread:

    I happened to be in Spain a few weeks ago, and was astounded to learn that most Spaniards don't eat dinner until 9 PM or even later. I suggested that maybe that was an urban phenomenon, but no, my host told me that it's common everywhere. You feed the kids before bed, and then the adults enjoy the evening meal at the close of the day. I didn't see many fat people there, despite all the wine, cheese, and bread that was being consumed.
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    This is what happens if you eat after 6:00....

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  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    BrianSharpe wrote: »
    This is what happens if you eat after 6:00....

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    Wow! Your government is strict!
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Depends if your name is Gizmo or Spike
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    stevencloser wrote: »
    topfindyourfine wrote: »
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    topfindyourfine wrote: »
    It is okay as long as you don't sleep directly after being full.

    Why not?

    Not only does your digestion/metabolism slows down when you sleep, It has more danger to it. There are a lot of article that supports that.

    Do you think you get more money onto your bank account if you deposit money on it at night because you're not spending as much during the night?

    Wouldn't that be awesome though?
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,241 Member
    topfindyourfine wrote: »
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    topfindyourfine wrote: »
    It is okay as long as you don't sleep directly after being full.

    Why not?

    Not only does your digestion/metabolism slows down when you sleep, It has more danger to it. There are a lot of article that supports that.

    Please expand on the 'danger'. And not with articles, I prefer science.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Jruzer wrote: »
    Reposting what I said in another "6 PM" thread:

    I happened to be in Spain a few weeks ago, and was astounded to learn that most Spaniards don't eat dinner until 9 PM or even later. I suggested that maybe that was an urban phenomenon, but no, my host told me that it's common everywhere. You feed the kids before bed, and then the adults enjoy the evening meal at the close of the day. I didn't see many fat people there, despite all the wine, cheese, and bread that was being consumed.

    This is what we do at home...our kids eat early (usually before I even get home from the office) and my wife and I eat around 8:30/9 every night.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,629 Member
    Jruzer wrote: »
    Reposting what I said in another "6 PM" thread:

    I happened to be in Spain a few weeks ago, and was astounded to learn that most Spaniards don't eat dinner until 9 PM or even later. I suggested that maybe that was an urban phenomenon, but no, my host told me that it's common everywhere. You feed the kids before bed, and then the adults enjoy the evening meal at the close of the day. I didn't see many fat people there, despite all the wine, cheese, and bread that was being consumed.

    It's actually fairly common in many parts of Europe.

    Even here in Australia, dinner seems to be later than what I was used to in Canada. In Canada, dinner is at 6 pm (with some variations, of course). Here, dinner seems to be more of a 7 pm thing.

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