How To Eat Later Dinners?
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It could be that they have a different schedule. For instance, I work overnights, so I eat my breakfast around 6pm.0
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Just to throw a different schedule into the works here - most of my days are Breakfast, Dinner, Supper, rather than Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
I eat Breakfast around 6:30am, my heaviest cooked meal "Dinner" at around 1:30pm, home from work by 5:00pm, mostly back out again from 7:00pm to 8:30pm with a sandwich and cup of tea for Supper around 9:00pm.
Not much snacking. Sometimes a cup of coffee at work around 10:30am and maybe one at 6:45pm.0 -
I often do a second training session between 6pm and 8pm, takes me 30 mins to come home from the pool. Another 30 mins to prepare some sort of a meal. There you go, it's 9pm, how did I make it to wait till so late? I trained.0
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MeanderingMammal wrote: »2000 isn't late to eat dinner, it's civilised
No, that's unfair. Different countries and cultures eat at different hours, inform yourself.
The Spanish to say one don't have dinner before 10pm, northern Europe countries are more around 7pm, Italians 8pm.
There are other countries in the world you know, not just yours.
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Meal timing doesn't matter, if you don't want to eat late, don't.
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Habit I guess. When you're used to it you aren't as hungry. I don't eat dinner late but I can see how people can do it. When I was a child we ate dinner late because my mom worked till 4, so we had lunch at 4 and then dinner at 8. It was normal. We had breakfast at 7:30 am and had a snack break at school at noon. Mom didn't do snack breaks and would go from breakfast to lunch without anything. It's was okay because it was normal for her and what she was used to doing. I'm guessing those who have late dinners either have some sort of snack or are just used to not eating between lunch and dinner.1
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MeanderingMammal wrote: »2000 isn't late to eat dinner, it's civilised
No, that's unfair. Different countries and cultures eat at different hours, inform yourself.
The Spanish to say one don't have dinner before 10pm, northern Europe countries are more around 7pm, Italians 8pm.
There are other countries in the world you know, not just yours.
Got to love the sarchasm...
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Also curious why you feel this is something to try to implement? What are you hoping to gain by pushing meal times later?
I work out in the mornings, eat breakfast after I get to work, around 9 am; eat lunch around 11:30-1:30 depending on my meeting schedule, sometimes an afternoon snack, sometimes not. Leave work around 5:30 to get kids, if we don’t have activities then dinner is around 7 pm after homework. If we do have activities I often feed the kids early and wait to eat till after they go to bed, usually eat around 9pm those evenings. I end the evening either way with a glass of wine or a hot tea and sometimes a cookie or some ice cream.
But that’s my schedule and if it’s not your schedule then I don’t know why you think you should be eating later?2 -
I have no idea how anyone eats that late, but I've been eating at 5:30 all my entire life, I do a dessert/snack around 7:00 pm each night but dinner is my largest meal of the day.
I thought eating later was a cultural or traditional time related to where you live. I guess like anything we can adapt to a new meal time.
I would have to snack at 5:00-5:30 to move my dinner to 8/9, I guess I could swap my dessert/snack to this time.
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I am trying to figure out how people eat dinners so late.
I see people eating dinner at 8 PM or 9 PM and don't know how they wait that long.
I know if you eat a later lunch or a really big lunch it helps however that's not always possible. Also I'm curious if anyone know a way to do this without snacking between meals.
How do you manage to eat dinner earlier than that?? I'd like to eat earlier, but who has the time?
My day ...
Get up and dash out the door.
Quick walk to the bus.
Bus into work.
If I'm early enough, I'll hop off the bus a stop or two or three early and walk the rest of the way
Climb 2 flights of stairs (first 2 of the day, hopefully aiming for 10+).
Make myself a cup of black coffee and pour myself a glass of cold water and I'm ready to start my day.
About 10:15 am, I'll get up and climb a bunch of flights of stairs.
About 10:30 - 11:00 am, I'll have one of those small cheese and cracker snacks.
About 12:30, I'll have a banana.
And then I head out for about 45-55 minutes of walking and/or errand running.
On my way back, I'll climb anywhere from 2-4 flights of stairs.
About 2 pm, I have lunch.
Busy at work
3:30 pm, I'll have a small low-cal yogurt
4:30 pm, I'll have a piece of fruit
And about 45 min later, I'm dashing out the door to catch the bus.
Home again at 6 pm
Quick snack of cottage cheese and raw veggies + some rye crackers.
Then my husband and I go for a walk or bicycle ride. Today was stormy, so I rode my trainer in the basement and lifted weights.
And finally, about 8 pm, dinner is served.
Homework, housework and other projects until sometime between 10:30 and 11:30 ... whenever I happen to start noticing hunger ... and then I have another yogurt.
And in bed around 1 am to catch a bit of sleep before it starts all over again.
That's what works for me. But if it doesn't work for you ... do something that does.0 -
Here in Spain we often eat dinner at 10pm or later. The trick is eating a mid morning snack and a large, late lunch at 2pm / 3pm.2
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I eat dinner late if I go to the gym straight after work... We don't get home til about 730, then by the time we've unpacked, and cooked, it's 8 or even later. Dessert is 930ish.
Sometimes we eat early (6ish), then go to the gym, and have dessert when we get home.
Keeping busy helps!0 -
early eater here - home from work at 4pm and dinner is done by 4:15 or 4:30 at the latest (already prepped from the weekend). when I hear people saying they eat at 9 or 10 I can't even imagine - but that's just never been my routine.
still waiting to hear from the OP what they hope to achieve by later eating??1 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »I eat dinner late if I go to the gym straight after work... We don't get home til about 730, then by the time we've unpacked, and cooked, it's 8 or even later.
This is how it is in my house, too. Tonight my son has lacrosse practice from 2-4 and ski practice from 7-9 (and hopefully he'll do his homework at some point, too). My husband and I will probably go to the gym somewhere in between. Dinner will be late for everyone and it won't be a family dinner. One good thing about eating that late is that I usually don't have much of an appetite because I don't like to go to bed on a full stomach.0 -
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I'm not in Spain and we don't have a 10 pm dinner, but there are often times when we finish eating about 8:45 or 9 pm. It just happens to work out that way sometimes.
My husband is up about 6.30 am (he goes to bed soon after dinner), but I don't usually get up till about 8 am and I start work about 9 am.
I would be interested in hearing how it's done in Spain.
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Muscleflex79 wrote: »still waiting to hear from the OP what they hope to achieve by later eating??
Yes.
@cee134 ... what is your motivation for this question?
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I often eat dinner at 9 or later on busy nights and it doesn’t impact my 5:30 am wake time for exercise and the morning routine. Why would it?0 -
WinoGelato wrote: »
I often eat dinner at 9 or later on busy nights and it doesn’t impact my 5:30 am wake time for exercise and the morning routine. Why would it?
Same here.0 -
WinoGelato wrote: »
I often eat dinner at 9 or later on busy nights and it doesn’t impact my 5:30 am wake time for exercise and the morning routine. Why would it?
That wouldn’t leave me with enough sleep unless I’m eating at 9 and going to bed immediately after (in bed by 9:30). I can’t even imagine eating later than 10pm, especially with clean up and things to do before bed. But I need 8 hours or I’m tired all day.3 -
There are so many variables. Everyones schedule is different. Kids, no kids. Work schedule. Preference. How much sleep some people want, must have, dont get. Some people eat and go straight to bed others want a few hours after dinner to unwind. gym, other commitments etc etc etc.
We eat dinner at 5:30. Kids are in bed by 8:30 when I leave for work. I sleep from 10am-2:50pm. Go get the kids. So in a few hours Im hungry and they are hungry since they eat lunch at school at noon. Hubby gets home at 5:30 so thats what works us.
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WinoGelato wrote: »
I often eat dinner at 9 or later on busy nights and it doesn’t impact my 5:30 am wake time for exercise and the morning routine. Why would it?
Adults need at least 7 hours of sleep. Most nights I'm in bed at 9.30pm and still hardly get that, it can take a while to fall asleep, might have to wake up to pee in the middle of the night (and try to fall asleep again after that)... I guess you could be one of the lucky ones who sleep deeply and without interruption though.
I can get acid reflux if I go to bed too soon after eating too though, so I could never do that.3 -
WinoGelato wrote: »
I often eat dinner at 9 or later on busy nights and it doesn’t impact my 5:30 am wake time for exercise and the morning routine. Why would it?
Adults need at least 7 hours of sleep. Most nights I'm in bed at 9.30pm and still hardly get that, it can take a while to fall asleep, might have to wake up to pee in the middle of the night (and try to fall asleep again after that)... I guess you could be one of the lucky ones who sleep deeply and without interruption though.
I can get acid reflux if I go to bed too soon after eating too though, so I could never do that.
But we don't always get 7 hours of sleep. That can be a bit of a luxury.
I eat late, then I'm busy all evening and usually get try to get to bed by 1 am ... but it is often a bit later than that. Sometimes as late as 2 am. I do try really hard not to go to bed later than 2 am, but once in a while ...
I'm asleep seconds after my head hits the pillow (thank you, exercise!)
However, I'm up once or twice in the night (thank you, tea)
However, I'm asleep again as I climb back into bed (thank you, exercise and general exhaustion)
And I'm up anywhere between 7 and 8 am. 1 -
WinoGelato wrote: »
I often eat dinner at 9 or later on busy nights and it doesn’t impact my 5:30 am wake time for exercise and the morning routine. Why would it?
Adults need at least 7 hours of sleep. Most nights I'm in bed at 9.30pm and still hardly get that, it can take a while to fall asleep, might have to wake up to pee in the middle of the night (and try to fall asleep again after that)... I guess you could be one of the lucky ones who sleep deeply and without interruption though.
I can get acid reflux if I go to bed too soon after eating too though, so I could never do that.
But we don't always get 7 hours of sleep. That can be a bit of a luxury.
I eat late, then I'm busy all evening and usually get try to get to bed by 1 am ... but it is often a bit later than that. Sometimes as late as 2 am. I do try really hard not to go to bed later than 2 am, but once in a while ...
I'm asleep seconds after my head hits the pillow (thank you, exercise!)
However, I'm up once or twice in the night (thank you, tea)
However, I'm asleep again as I climb back into bed (thank you, exercise and general exhaustion)
And I'm up anywhere between 7 and 8 am.
But they should try to get it.... For, you know, health.2 -
I have a smaller lunch, and I tend to have a snack around 4pm... I then like to eat dinner as my main meal of the day around 8pm, if I eat too early I get hungry again before I go to bed because I rarely sleep before 1am1
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WinoGelato wrote: »
I often eat dinner at 9 or later on busy nights and it doesn’t impact my 5:30 am wake time for exercise and the morning routine. Why would it?
Adults need at least 7 hours of sleep. Most nights I'm in bed at 9.30pm and still hardly get that, it can take a while to fall asleep, might have to wake up to pee in the middle of the night (and try to fall asleep again after that)... I guess you could be one of the lucky ones who sleep deeply and without interruption though.
I can get acid reflux if I go to bed too soon after eating too though, so I could never do that.
But we don't always get 7 hours of sleep. That can be a bit of a luxury.
I eat late, then I'm busy all evening and usually get try to get to bed by 1 am ... but it is often a bit later than that. Sometimes as late as 2 am. I do try really hard not to go to bed later than 2 am, but once in a while ...
I'm asleep seconds after my head hits the pillow (thank you, exercise!)
However, I'm up once or twice in the night (thank you, tea)
However, I'm asleep again as I climb back into bed (thank you, exercise and general exhaustion)
And I'm up anywhere between 7 and 8 am.
But they should try to get it.... For, you know, health.
Some people seem to be able to get by on less. Sleep requirements vary between people.
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And totally off topic but ... @Machka9 I picked up on your comment about getting up to go to toilet during the night and just want you to realise you CAN train yourself to NOT get up during the night for a pee. I and lots of other friends of mine who I shared the solution with have done just that. A number of years ago a doctor was speaking about this subject at a well woman type of meeting - she was the one who said we could re-train our brains/bodies. What you do is when you wake up in the middle of the night and feel the urge to go you don't give in to it. Now granted, it can feel really hard to stick to, and you will feel as if you could burst, but trust me, if you do that for 2 or 3 nights in a row you will re-train your brain to not wake you up for a pee. It works I promise! Its been around 6 years since I did that and I have never had to get up once during the night since to go to the loo (and I drink coffee/tea in copious amounts).
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LivingtheLeanDream wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »
@Machka9 I picked up on this comment and just want you to realise you CAN train yourself to NOT get up during the night for a pee. I and lots of other friends of mine who I shared the solution with have done just that. A number of years ago a doctor was speaking about this subject at a well woman type of meeting - she was the one who said we could re-train our brains/bodies. What you do is when you wake up in the middle of the night and feel the urge to go you don't give in to it. Now granted, it can feel really hard to stick to, and you will feel as if you could burst, but trust me, if you do that for 2 or 3 nights in a row you will re-train your brain to not wake you up for a pee. It works I promise! Its been around 6 years since I did that and I have never had to get up once during the night since to go to the loo (and I drink coffee/tea in copious amounts).
The problem is ... I really do have to go, and go a lot. I have been tired enough to sleep through it on occasion, and that is not a good thing. I don't just feel like I could burst. Fortunately, so far I've always made it just in the nick of time ... and then it's like Niagara Falls.1 -
LivingtheLeanDream wrote: »And totally off topic but ... @Machka9 I picked up on your comment about getting up to go to toilet during the night and just want you to realise you CAN train yourself to NOT get up during the night for a pee. I and lots of other friends of mine who I shared the solution with have done just that. A number of years ago a doctor was speaking about this subject at a well woman type of meeting - she was the one who said we could re-train our brains/bodies. What you do is when you wake up in the middle of the night and feel the urge to go you don't give in to it. Now granted, it can feel really hard to stick to, and you will feel as if you could burst, but trust me, if you do that for 2 or 3 nights in a row you will re-train your brain to not wake you up for a pee. It works I promise! Its been around 6 years since I did that and I have never had to get up once during the night since to go to the loo (and I drink coffee/tea in copious amounts).
That's interesting... but I'm not sure how I feel about it.
I always get dreams when I need to pee - like I'm somewhere and look everywhere for a bathroom or whatnot (it can get REALLY weird). I'm not sure I could train THAT part of my brain, Plus I have issues some times of the month when I drop water weight and can pee a LOT in a short amount of time... I'd probably pee the bed, honestly.
Which reminds me, I totally forgot to mention the TMI 'OMG I NEED TO GET UP I'M LEAKING' fun times at 'that' time of the month.
I never assume I'm going to get even 7 hours of sleep even if I go to bed at 9.30pm, lol (I do have a cat and dogs and a very snory husband who sleeps with a very loud pap machine and tends to kick in his sleep).1
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