Eating dinner late

Joannamarie062016
Joannamarie062016 Posts: 17 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I dont get off until 7:30 PM and usually dont eat dinner until around 8:30. I feel like this is going to hinder my weight loss as Im eating at 8:30-9 PM. Does anyone else eat a big meal this late consistently and have good WL results?

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Unless eating late causes sleeping issues for you it's fine. Meal timing is irrelevant, your weight loss will come from your calorie deficit.
  • mkculs
    mkculs Posts: 316 Member
    Don’t worry about it as long as it is not interfering with your sleep. Sleep is very important for weight loss, however, so pay attention to whether or not you feel rested after a night’s sleep and consider the impact of a big meal on sleep if you don’t feel rested.
  • ChelleTrell
    ChelleTrell Posts: 49 Member
    My partner and I always eat late at night. Dinner is usually around 9pm sometimes even as late as 11pm if we work late. It won’t hinder your weight loss goals as long as you don’t continue to snack or eat through the night and go over your calorie goal.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    As long as you stick to your calorie deficit it does not matter what time you eat.
  • pinggolfer96
    pinggolfer96 Posts: 2,248 Member
    I eat most of my cals at night usually after 11pm when bulking I put down 3-4k right before bed
  • confidenceinrain
    confidenceinrain Posts: 104 Member
    I work in theatre and found I couldn't sleep if i had dinner before my shift, it was just to early. (I also have a 9-5 so I didnt have time anyway.) So when I work nights I do eat later. I'm still eating at a deficit and have lost weight on schedule.
  • SabAteNine
    SabAteNine Posts: 1,867 Member
    11 PM calories are identical to 6 PM calories :smile: No worries there.

    I am a big late-night (9:30-11:00) dinner eater. Big both in volume and calories - about half my daily cals are for dinner and post-dinner „desserts”. Yesterday I only managed to eat at 11:30 PM and then go to sleep. If it doesn't bother you to go Zzz on a full stomach, then timing is absolutely irrelevant.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Joannamarie062016 wrote: »
    I dont get off until 7:30 PM and usually dont eat dinner until around 8:30. I feel like this is going to hinder my weight loss as Im eating at 8:30-9 PM. Does anyone else eat a big meal this late consistently and have good WL results?

    why do you think it will hinder your weight loss?
  • VUA21
    VUA21 Posts: 2,072 Member
    We are not robots. We are alive 24 hours a day, that means we process energy (food) 24 hours a day. It doesn't matter WHEN you eat, just how much you eat as an average for the day or week.
  • RelCanonical
    RelCanonical Posts: 3,882 Member
    Just to add, the reason why it's recommended that people don't eat at night is because many people will eat mindlessly at night after having already eaten at maintenance during the day. It was a tactic to stop the mindless snacking, but if you log and know you're in a deficit, meal timing doesn't really have an impact. I actually shift my meals late - I eat three meals a day, but my first meal is lunch at 11am, dinner is a 6, and then my last meal is at 8:30pm, which I sometimes call "night breakfast" lol.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,610 Member
    Joannamarie062016 wrote: »
    I dont get off until 7:30 PM and usually dont eat dinner until around 8:30. I feel like this is going to hinder my weight loss as Im eating at 8:30-9 PM. Does anyone else eat a big meal this late consistently and have good WL results?

    I lost all my weight eating dinner at that time.

    Time of day doesn't matter.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    I ate dinner late just about every night when I was losing weight and still do today. I never eat before 7 PM and sometimes it is as late as 9 PM. It never caused a problem for me.

  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
    It doesn't hinder weight loss unless you eating late results in you to no longer being in a calorie deficit.

    This usually happens when people either eat normally throughout the day and in the evening as well, or are so hungry by that time that they overeat. If it all fits in with your calorie target you won't have an issue.

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