Going to bed full?

jamieparadis20
jamieparadis20 Posts: 129 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
When I first started losing weight, I realized my eating habits sucked; I would eat tons of Girl Scout cookies when I came home then multiple servings of dinner then afterwards bring a big bag of chips to my room to munch on. I noticed most of my problems happened when I came home and around dinner time so I got this fear of reverting back to those habits. In order to make up for that, I just kind of got used to making sure I didn't eat too much and then go to bed full. Whether that meant eating much less, eating earlier, or getting an extra 2000 steps on my Fitbit, I was determined to feel like my stomach was empty when my head hit the pillow.
I got really used to that idea but now looking at how I feel after dinner I realized I might have been incorrect...I'm still in that mindset of wanting to be hungry before bed without even realizing it. Tonight I had a fairly late dinner then worked on an essay for awhile afterwards so didn't get that hungry feeling I normally do before bed. Is that ok? Does burning calories after dinner affect fat loss even if the dinner was in the right calorie range?

Sorry if this post is all over the place, I'm pretty tired and don't know how to describe everything perfectly

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  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Meal timing doesn't matter. I think it would be hard to fall asleep if you go bed so hungry! But I also have gone to bed to avoid eating more.
  • jamieparadis20
    jamieparadis20 Posts: 129 Member
    Ready2Rock206 wrote: »
    Meal timing doesn't matter. I think it would be hard to fall asleep if you go bed so hungry! But I also have gone to bed to avoid eating more.

    It was really hard at first and I'm guessing I was pretty miserable to be honest...I got used to brushing my teeth right after eating to prevent more. But do most people do any excercise after dinner? Or am I just weird?
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    Whatever works for you is one of the more important factors in making this sustainable. If you are trying to change your habits to the point of it being either unrealistic or so far out of your comfort zone that you can't adapt, that sounds miserable to me. How long will you stick with something that makes you miserable. Meal and exercise timing may have benefits for elite athletes, if that's not you, I wouldn't worry about it.
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  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    I eat 90% of my calories within 2 hours of going to bed lol never had a problem losing weight or maintaining.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,732 Member
    edited January 2017
    I don't eat breakfast.
    I eat lightly during the day.
    I consume the bulk of my calories toward the end of the day.
    I go to bed with a reasonable degree of fullness.

    I exercise throughout the entire day ... walk as part of my commute, walk at lunch, climb heaps and heaps and heaps of stairs throughout the day, walk or cycle or lift weights after work.

    Losing weight all comes down to consuming fewer calories than you burn. Whenever or however you manage to do that.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    i usually eat most of my calories at night. i sleep better on a full stomach.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    jamieparadis20 wrote: »
    Ready2Rock206 wrote: »
    Meal timing doesn't matter. I think it would be hard to fall asleep if you go bed so hungry! But I also have gone to bed to avoid eating more.

    It was really hard at first and I'm guessing I was pretty miserable to be honest...I got used to brushing my teeth right after eating to prevent more. But do most people do any exercise after dinner? Or am I just weird?

    I'd prefer to be a morning exerciser, but going to bed early enough to do this often conflicts with my current lifestyle, so often I do go to the gym or practice yoga after dinner.

    If I go to bed hungry, I will wake hungry and not be able to get back to sleep, which will through me off the whole next day. I budget a few hundred calories for a snack right before bed.

  • successgal1
    successgal1 Posts: 996 Member
    I prefer not being hungry to sleep soundly, though not overfull. I typically either save calories from my normal day to have a late snack, or I workout late, like last night, and I have a post workout snack with some of those extra calories.
  • serindipte
    serindipte Posts: 1,557 Member
    I can't go to sleep hungry. I lay there and obsess about what I could eat. I save at least a couple hundred calories for a late snack. Last night, it was a banana. :smiley:
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