Not eating 4 hours before bed?

I eat close to bed, and have no issues losing weight. I like eating at night, and plan most of my calories to be eaten after 730/8pm.

If you're mindlessly snacking and going over your calorie goal it will impact your weight loss goals, and some people have issues sleeping with a full belly.... You might stop eating at a certain point at night if you have any issues...

There are some studies that suggest that consuming your calories earlier in the day makes you lose more weight, even given the same level of calorie intake and exercise levels. Here is a story from the Washington Post. I try not too eat late, but mostly because I hate sleeping on a full stomach.

I like to snack right up until I go to bed. Most of my calories are consumed at night and I've lost 80lbs that way. I need to take off some irresponsible winter weight and I'm cutting 10lbs now and I'm losing at the same rate with night eating. I do sometimes find that if I eat a huge meal before bed I wake up hungry probably because of a larger blood sugar swing in my sleep and I typically don't get hungry till lunchtime so if you can manage to do it while staying within calorie goals go nuts!

Ironandwine69 wrote: »

The only reason I don't eat right before bed is because I sleep better. As far as weight loss, it's all calories in-calories out.

This is the only reason to put a time limit on eating. Otherwise, see the last sentence.

I eat most of my food at night through my 95 pound loss over the past 11 months. Granted thats changed recently since i work 2 jobs and walk 10-15 miles a day i find im having to force feed self in the morning to fuel my activity, Since after all that walking and working i tend to not have an appetite. Weird how that works.

But no the time of eating has nothing to do with weight loss, The calorie defecit does. Your body doesnt magicallly go "oh its night time holy *kitten* time to stop being a body and greedily hoard anything inside me" Your body works 24/7 if it didnt people who worked nights would all be obese

edit: i find i sleep best at night with something in my belly, Even if its small so i keep calories open for a snack, If i eat it cool, If i dont cool. In genenral the more rules i have the more likely i am to want to break them. I try not to complicate it. Telling myself "NO eating after dinner!" ...Hell id be eating non stop after dinner knowing my stubborn *kitten*. Its a mental thing i guess, Hate to be told i cant do something lol

Noel_57 wrote: »

I always stop eating at 7pm. But I restart at midnight.

Tmrl

RedSquadronLeader wrote: »

If I eat too close to when I sleep, I don't digest things well, sleep poorly, get bad gas, and wake up ravenous the next morning. The bad sleep and being overly hungry the next day certainly make it more difficult to lose weight. But if none of these things are true for you, then eat as late as you like.

Yes, same thing happens to me! I'll end up waking up all night and then being suuuper hungry in the AM. Whenever I eat late at night because I have a bunch of calories left and hunger too ( or else, I will just forget the calories,) I am quickly reminded of why I don't do that anymore. Hard to think that not so long ago, that feeling was normal. But yeah, like @redsauadronleader said, if it's working fine for you, you probably don't need to think about it

I'm convinced the only reason people suggest it is because a lot of people watch television and snack during that time.

harcar2016 wrote: »

Wondering if it has helped anyone lose the weight? Questions or concerns ? Ect

I eat quite a bit as a bedtime snack. Hasn't hindered my weight loss one bit.

If you sleep better on an empty stomach, don't eat after dinner. If you sleep better with food in you, eat. Comfort is the only indicator as to whether or not someone should eat before bedtime. (which includes things like GERD, etc)