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    Posts: 41 Member
    edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
    will eating fatty foods (ice cream, cookies, chips..) before bed make you gain weight? theres mixed answers on google so thought I'd ask here

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    • Posts: 25,763 Member
      It will only make you gain weight if it means you're consuming more calories than your body is using. As long as you are hitting your calorie goals, it doesn't matter when you eat.
    • Posts: 41,865 Member
      A calorie surplus is what makes you gain weight...if you're taking in more calories than your body requires, you will gain weight regardless of when and what you eat.
    • Posts: 484 Member
      I have an avocado with hot sauce almost every night before bed. Hasn't hurt me any.
    • Posts: 281 Member
      I almost always eat something close to bed time. It is planned in my menu for the day. If I am not hungry I skip it.
    • Posts: 13 Member
      It's not about when you eat, it's about calorie intake. I agree with the above. As long as you're below your daily calorie intake, you should be good. I try not to eat after dinner just because it can become a bad habit and I don't want to go over my calorie goal. That being said, if I absolutely feel I need to eat something, I try to make it protein so it will stick with me.
    • Posts: 5,468 Member
      Eating before bed causes weight gain = debunked myth.

      Count calories. Eat what mfp gave you and around 1/3-1/2 of your purposeful cardio calories back. Enjoy your ice cream.
    • Posts: 745 Member
      I eat at night and lost over 50 pounds. I think it is all about eating fewer calories than you use.
    • Posts: 2 Member
      eating before bed = dead

    • Posts: 25,763 Member
      maboibrahim995 wrote: »
      eating before bed = dead

      How is everyone in this thread still living then?
    • Posts: 3,342 Member
      maboibrahim995 wrote: »
      eating before bed = dead

      only if you fall asleep while eating and choke on your food
    • Posts: 3,118 Member
      If I don't pay attention, I can do a lot of snacking while reading or watching TV in the evening. But again, that's about going into a surplus, not about the time of day.
    • Posts: 5,132 Member
      chesstauren wrote: »
      Eating before bed is a waste of effort, because when you're asleep, you don't feel whether you're hungry or full. It's best not to eat anything.

      What if I'm awake right before bed and can feel hunger then?
    • Posts: 3,118 Member
      chesstauren wrote: »
      Eating before bed is a waste of effort, because when you're asleep, you don't feel whether you're hungry or full. It's best not to eat anything.

      Have you never been woken up in the middle of the night by a growling stomach? Or had a hard time falling asleep because of feeling hungry? Not to mention that a lot of people get a lot of comfort from a late night snack - maybe too much, in my case, but I'm working on it!
    • Posts: 41,865 Member
      chesstauren wrote: »
      Eating before bed is a waste of effort, because when you're asleep, you don't feel whether you're hungry or full. It's best not to eat anything.

      Well, I need to eat my dinner...and I can only eat my dinner around 8:30 PM...I'm usually in bed by 9:30.
    • Posts: 25,763 Member
      chesstauren wrote: »
      Eating before bed is a waste of effort, because when you're asleep, you don't feel whether you're hungry or full. It's best not to eat anything.

      I prefer to eat later in the evening. It's not a waste of effort to me because I go to bed feeling full and happy. It also helps me because I can delay breakfast until after my morning workout.
    • Posts: 29,136 Member
      chesstauren wrote: »
      Eating before bed is a waste of effort, because when you're I am asleep, you I don't feel whether you're I'm hungry or full. It's bestfor me not to eat anything.

      fixed it for you
    • Posts: 621 Member
      edited July 2017
      chesstauren wrote: »
      Eating before bed is a waste of effort, because when you're asleep, you don't feel whether you're hungry or full. It's best not to eat anything.

      WRONG, I find it very difficult to sleep when I'm hungry, I always have at least 300 cal within an hour before bed (usually carbs) which helps immensely.
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      Noel_57 wrote: »
      As long as you wash it down with green tea, you're fine.

      i thought it was green tea with apple cider vinegar???
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