Late night eating!

esplever
esplever Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Has anyone got any tips about late night eating?

I'm fine through out the day and set myself till 7pm to eat my meals, then after 7 I don't eat till the next day.

As soon as it hits 7 or after 7, my body just craves food. I sometime stop my self form eating, but other times it's feel unstoppable.

Has anyone got any advise?

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  • JaydedMiss
    JaydedMiss Posts: 4,286 Member
    nope. I eat most my food late at night. No reason not to. I just dont eat breakfast until 12-4 pm
  • AliceDark
    AliceDark Posts: 3,886 Member
    Why not just leave yourself some calories to eat after 7pm?
  • Silentpadna
    Silentpadna Posts: 1,306 Member
    There is no detrimental effect whatsoever in terms of weight loss unless you are eating more than you burn. If you have calories left, no issue.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    Have you tried just eating more food after 7 and less food earlier in the day?
  • darrenbeckworth
    darrenbeckworth Posts: 64 Member
    MFP is set up for daily calories for this reason. There is no need for specific times for anything. You will read people that have success find it on their on time clock. If you are hungrier late, than prepare for that and save room.

    Don't eat all your calories before 7 and set yourself up for failure.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,889 Member
    7 isn't late night.

    Have you eaten enough (hit your calorie target) by 7?

    Does your personal, work, family, social schedule fit in with stopping eating at 7, or is that when everybody else around you eat?
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,925 Member
    What everyone else said.

    My only other tip is don't eat after you've fallen asleep. You might choke and you'd miss out on how good the food tastes anyway.
  • DebLaBounty
    DebLaBounty Posts: 1,168 Member
    You don't have to stop eating at 7. I eat some snacky foods while watching TV at night, but I make sure I don't exceed my calories for the day. I still lose weight. It sounds to me that as soon as 7:00 pm hits, you feel deprived and rebel against this random rule. Cut yourself some slack, and enjoy your food whenever you feel like it.
  • notreallychris
    notreallychris Posts: 501 Member
    Calories can't tell time. As long as you're eating to your goal (whatever that may be), it doesn't matter when you eat the calories.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    I do better with a planned late night snack, even if it's something as small as a cheese stick before bed. Telling my body it can't have food is a sure way to make it want food. Telling it that food is coming and I just have to wait a little while seems to calm it down. But if you're not eating because of stomach acid or trouble sleeping, then that might not work for you I suppose.

    Another thing I like at night is decaffeinated tea. Something about the warm beverage soothes me and gives me the hand-to-mouth movement that is so hard to break if it's an ingrained habit. I go through a lot of red and peppermint teas.
  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,284 Member
    Yeah, I usually keep back enough for a couple of cups of popcorn or some dry cereal. (90-110).
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    AliceDark wrote: »
    Why not just leave yourself some calories to eat after 7pm?

    This^

    Pre-plan. As long as your calories are accounted for, no problem.

    I usually stick with low fat popcorn so I can have a decent sized portion.
  • Purplebunnysarah
    Purplebunnysarah Posts: 3,252 Member
    If your real problem is late night bingeing, I suggest pre-planning a reasonable evening snack (100-200 calories), and then after eating it brush your teeth or something. This won't address underlying reasons for bingeing such as a binge-eating disorder but could help if you're just eating too much at night out of habit.
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    I tried that whole stop eating at 7 thing for forever and could never make it work. I save 200 calories for a night time snack.

    I realized I was forcing my self to eat breakfast even though I wasn't hungry, and forcing myself not to eat after dinner when I was. So I dropped breakfast, moved those calories to 10pm and was way better at hitting my goal!
  • brittneyalley
    brittneyalley Posts: 274 Member
    I eat dinner at 10-11pm. Hasn’t hindered me one bit in losing weight.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 26,541 Member
    I start eating about 10:30 or 11 am ... and I eat lightly until about 6 pm. Then I eat most of my calories between 6 pm and midnight. It works for me! :)
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