How Late Is it when you take your LAST bite of food before bed!?

How Late Is it when you take your LAST bite of food before bed!?

Midnight ... 1 am ... roughly half an hour before bed.

Timing of meals doesn't matter but the overall number of calories.
I usually have my last snack just before going to bed, so that is around 10pm.

charlieandcarol wrote: »

Skrib69 wrote: »

Contrary to a lot of comments here I do find eating after 9 causes me to gain so I don’t. Unless I’ve been down the pub and had a pint or 5 in which case self discipline goes out the window and I have a tendency to just trough out. Also, I couldn’t do IF because I get too grumpy when hungry and then trough out.

But is that because when you eat after 9 you are eating extra food in addition to your normal daily consumption?

That's what I find, after about 8 pm having eaten enough for the day, if I allow myself, I just keep cruising the kitchen and fridge looking for "something", ie I am not hungry, I just feel like eating, then I blow my calories for the day.

Agreed. Another factor is that your body usually contains some amount of food in various states of being digested. If you eat later than usual and then weigh yourself at the same time the next morning, you may have more food/waste in your system than you're used to. This isn't the same as gaining fat.

karen8787 wrote: »

imo, your feeding window is too long to be considered intermittent fasting. there are lots of studies that indicate the time of day you eat does effect your weight. its circadian rhythms/clock which are "physical, mental and behavioral changes that follow a roughly 24-hour cycle, responding primarily to light and darkness in an organism's environment." look it up.

Please post one study from a credible source

Looks like somebody needs his nap again . . . bye bye shouty boy

Depends on the day, but I generally an hour before I go to bed.

I just started not eating after 7 or 8pm and having my first meal around 10:30. It is working for me, but I think it is because, FOR ME, nothing healthy is consumed after 7. The other night I was thinking of snacking after 8, and I knew if I did I would have more then I should. Following the no eating after 7 rule, kept me from over-doing it.

I first started IF and would finish eating by 9pm and have my first meal at 1pm (My usual lunch time). I usually finish my evening meal around 8:30 so this just meant I would be cutting out breakfast which Iusually have between 10-11 at work so that was fairly easy to do.

I felt good that I didn't have to think about when I would eat breakfast at work, but, like others have said, I wasn't having enough calories in the hours that I did have to keep myself fuelled up so I have had to stop.

I generally have a treat about 30 minutes before bed, so around 8:30pm. I then eat breakfast around 7:30am, before a morning workout I tend to also have a piece of fruit around 5:30am. I've tried IF and absolutely hated it, I got frequent headaches and would get lightheaded and clammy if I skipped a meal. I've been more or less maintaining (with a 5lb fluctuation around holidays) for 2 years without feeling particularly hungry for any extended period of time. I do not believe timing of meals has anything to do with weight loss, certainly if you eat a giant meal before bed you might feel bloated from a fully belly but that's not to say you should stop eating altogether IMO. I plan my meals to have plenty of calories for snacks, and my weight reflects that.

I’m another who stops eating after dinner. But I have a tendency to eat a big breakfast, an even bigger lunch, and a small and early supper. It’s not unusual for me to have eaten my last bite by 3 or 4pm. I wake up early though (before 6am typically) so my day skews that way.