Timing of meals

fattyjolynn
fattyjolynn Posts: 27 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Yesterday night I came back late after cell group and just ate bread and some tuna spread. After that, I ate nutri grain cereal. This happened at about 10:45pm and then I finished at about 11pm. I slept at 12:30am. Will this cause weight gain because I heard that sleeping after food can cause weight gain? Please help.

Anyway, I didn't have time for dinner so that was essentially my dinner.

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  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    Meal timing is irrelevant to weight loss. Overall calories are what matter.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    You're in the clear.
  • Theo166
    Theo166 Posts: 2,564 Member
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    Meal timing is irrelevant to weight loss. Overall calories are what matter.

    It's irrelevant for the same amount of food. Some people do find it's easier to cut total calories if they cut late night eating though
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    Theo166 wrote: »
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    Meal timing is irrelevant to weight loss. Overall calories are what matter.

    It's irrelevant for the same amount of food. Some people do find it's easier to cut total calories if they cut late night eating though

    But when I get off work at 11pm, I can't eat dinner? It's irrelevant, I'm maintaining now and still eat my dinner after I get home from work.
  • fattyjolynn
    fattyjolynn Posts: 27 Member
    Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »
    Theo166 wrote: »
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    Meal timing is irrelevant to weight loss. Overall calories are what matter.

    It's irrelevant for the same amount of food. Some people do find it's easier to cut total calories if they cut late night eating though

    But when I get off work at 11pm, I can't eat dinner? It's irrelevant, I'm maintaining now and still eat my dinner after I get home from work.


    But I don't wanna maintain. I wanna lose weight.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    fattyjolynn wrote: »
    Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »
    Theo166 wrote: »
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    Meal timing is irrelevant to weight loss. Overall calories are what matter.

    It's irrelevant for the same amount of food. Some people do find it's easier to cut total calories if they cut late night eating though

    But when I get off work at 11pm, I can't eat dinner? It's irrelevant, I'm maintaining now and still eat my dinner after I get home from work.


    But I don't wanna maintain. I wanna lose weight.

    Meal timing is irrelevant to weight loss. Overall calories are what matter.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    fattyjolynn wrote: »
    Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »
    Theo166 wrote: »
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    Meal timing is irrelevant to weight loss. Overall calories are what matter.

    It's irrelevant for the same amount of food. Some people do find it's easier to cut total calories if they cut late night eating though

    But when I get off work at 11pm, I can't eat dinner? It's irrelevant, I'm maintaining now and still eat my dinner after I get home from work.


    But I don't wanna maintain. I wanna lose weight.

    If you're in a calorie deficit you'll lose. She said she's in maintenance and not in a deficit.

    It's 7:40 here and I'm eating dinner. I'll be going to bed at 9. Sleeping doesn't magically turn everything in your stomach to fat. It's still going to digest as you sleep.
  • fattyjolynn
    fattyjolynn Posts: 27 Member
    But I researched online (Google) and they said that it will cause weight gain because we sleep which essentially means less calories burned
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    fattyjolynn wrote: »
    Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »
    Theo166 wrote: »
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    Meal timing is irrelevant to weight loss. Overall calories are what matter.

    It's irrelevant for the same amount of food. Some people do find it's easier to cut total calories if they cut late night eating though

    But when I get off work at 11pm, I can't eat dinner? It's irrelevant, I'm maintaining now and still eat my dinner after I get home from work.


    But I don't wanna maintain. I wanna lose weight.

    Meal timing is irrelevant to weight loss. Overall calories are what matter.

    This^^.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    fattyjolynn wrote: »
    But I researched online (Google) and they said that it will cause weight gain because we sleep which essentially means less calories burned

    It's just because you're not as active. Your body is still burning calories as you sleep.

    You can eat 1500 calories right before bed. As long as you're burning more than 1500 calories throughout the day, you'll lose.
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    fattyjolynn wrote: »
    But I researched online (Google) and they said that it will cause weight gain because we sleep which essentially means less calories burned

    You're reading the wrong stuff!
  • Theo166
    Theo166 Posts: 2,564 Member
    fattyjolynn wrote: »
    Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »
    Theo166 wrote: »
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    Meal timing is irrelevant to weight loss. Overall calories are what matter.

    It's irrelevant for the same amount of food. Some people do find it's easier to cut total calories if they cut late night eating though

    But when I get off work at 11pm, I can't eat dinner? It's irrelevant, I'm maintaining now and still eat my dinner after I get home from work.


    But I don't wanna maintain. I wanna lose weight.

    If you are hitting your calorie goal, then eating late is irrelevant. It's not good to undershoot your calorie plan significantly and consistently.

    Otherwise it's about timing your calories through the day so can focus on work etc. There is a wide swing here in what works for different people. The warrior diet has one eating all their calories in the evening, which would be hard for me personally but works well for others.

    What others have indicated is the timing of your eating has no effect on whether you lose more or less fat, for the same calorie deficit.
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,321 Member
    Google is probably the worst place to look. As long as you are at your calorie goal and not going over significantly, it makes no difference when you eat. You will lose weight over time if you are in calorie deficit. I have about 1500 calories left to eat, and it is 8:48PM. It is likely I will not be eating for another hour, maybe more, but I will still be in an overall deficit for the day so I will lose weight.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    fattyjolynn wrote: »
    But I researched online (Google) and they said that it will cause weight gain because we sleep which essentially means less calories burned

    That's what happens when you "research" things with Google and don't understand how to vet your sources for reliability.

    I could go on Google and find "proof" that the Earth is flat and that Elvis is still alive and living in Area 51 with Bigfoot and space aliens. That doesn't make any of it true.

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