GOING TO BED HUNGRY??

I wouldn't go to bed hungry. I don't sleep well when I did that. If you are feeling hungry drink some water if you still feel hungry after 20 min. have a small snack. If your hungry your hungry don't deprive yourself just because your going to bed. Eating after a certain time won't make you gain weight.

You shouldn't eat before you go to bed. You need to give your body at LEAST 3 hours to digest. It is good to not eat 3 hours before bed. If you eat then go to bed your body doesn't have time to digest and wont give you a better sleep because your body has to work over time, and it will store it as fat.

It's a hard habit to break eating before you sleep I have that problem. But once you get into it, it's easy.

I have to disagree with some people who said you should not eat before bed. Not saying you are wrong, I am not a expert. I just disagree. I think most people would agree it's not a good idea to eat a large amount then go right to bed, that is common sense. But most studies have shown that what time of day you eat your calories does not matter.

This is from an article on eating at night...

One aspect of weight management that is vital to understand is that we gain and lose weight over periods of time — weeks, months, years — not hour by hour. We would need to take in substantially more calories than we expend, over time, to gain weight. Another important fact of metabolism is that our bodies do not stop working, even when we are sleeping! Hearts are beating, blood is circulating, lungs are functioning, brains are even working. This all takes energy — meaning we are still burning calories.

There is no magic time after which the body stores fat. For instance, if you eat the same exact meal at 6 pm or at 8 pm, is one more caloric than the other? No, each meal has the same number of calories. What really matters is the total amount of food and drink you have over the course of a week, or a month or longer, and how much energy you expend during that timeframe. Excess calories will be stored as fat over time, regardless of whether they are taken in during the day or night.

When it comes to eating late at night, most people have two main problems. One is having a late dinner after not eating for many hours. Another problem is the "mindless" snacking that goes on at night for many people.

On the positive side to not eating late at night some people find that if they set a time that they can't eat past, it helps minimize or eliminate the possibility of munching on a lot of high calorie foods.

In my experience I have found that I cannot sleep if I go to bed hungry. I know I am ready to turn the lights out at 10pm so I make sure to have a healthy snack around 8 or 8:30.

I was one of those people who ate until my were closed on my pillow. I started writting in a journal in the evening about all the crap that happened during the day and I find it really helps.
I'm an emotional eater and this seems to help ease my "ghost" hunger. These past few days, I ate my dinner at 5:30pm and i didn't eat for the rest of the night!! Incredible. I can't only hope that this would work for someone else because its has been my miracle.

i am by no means an expert. just passing along information that i have come across that eating before bed will make you gain weight is false. (dont know just telling you what i heard) the reason this myth came about is because a lot of overweight people starve themselves all day then when they cant take it anymore over eat before bed. hence becoming overweight. that being said. i think a small meal or snack before bed is fine.

If I go to bed without having some small snack right before I wake up ravenous, sometimes actually ill. Worst case -- I have woken up with the fridge open eating cheese slices! I swear! I am thinking of maybe eating a carrot right before I brush my teeth, maybe it will knock off some more plaque. Before I would just eat whatever was close at hand.

I read an article that showed how taking time out to write helps you to lose weight. I am also an emotional eater and I am going to try that technique. I find that I get hungry just before I go to sleep so maybe writing instead will help me. After all, you can not write and eat at the same time.