Best time not to eat at night
marieandy47
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When is the best time to stop eating at night ? Been told after 6pm
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There is no best time... it's entirely personal preference.10
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There's nothing wrong with eating at night as long as you remain within your calorie goals.
Meal timing is all about personal preference; eat at a calorie deficit and you'll lose weight regardless of other factors. 7 -
marieandy47 wrote: »When is the best time to stop eating at night ? Been told after 6pm
when you're asleep, so you don't choke....16 -
totally personal preference. i save calories to eat right before bed. cuz that works for me.5
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I eat up until 11:30pm. And get up at 6:30 am each day. As long as you stay in your calorie goal limits, meal timing is basically irrelevant.
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The recommendation to not eat after a certain time was to prevent mindless eating, as that was when people would snack without thinking. If you track your food you can eat at any time that suits your fancy. There's no biological basis in it, just psychological and habitual.7
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Night shift workers.
Daylight savings time beginning/ending.
Living in different time zones.
Traveling across different time zones.
Seriously, your body doesn't just shut off or quit working or whatever based on a clock. When you start & stop eating is entirely your personal preference & what your schedule allows.3 -
Unless there is a medical reason to stop eating at a certain time then stop eating any time to suit you.
I have to take a medication last thing before I go to bed and as the medication only works properly on a nearly empty stomach I have my dinner about 7pm and then no snacking.1 -
Susieq_1994 wrote: »There's nothing wrong with eating at night as long as you remain within your calorie goals. Meal timing is all about personal preference; eat at a calorie deficit and you'll lose weight regardless of other factors.
10/10 👏🏻👏🏻
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TavistockToad wrote: »marieandy47 wrote: »When is the best time to stop eating at night ? Been told after 6pm
when you're asleep, so you don't choke....
Dammit, you stole my line.
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Agree with the prevalent comments here that it doesn’t matter. I’d like to share my approach. I prefer to close my feeding window by 6:00 pm. Like 5:00 pm better but that’s harder for me to do.0
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I eat as late as I want too as long as its weighed and logged. Last night I had a serving of cereal right before I went to bed at 11:30pm because I was craving it.0
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I'm typically shoving food in my face as I'm sitting in bed about to turn the lights off before I drift off to sleep. Unless it causes you GI distress, it doesn't matter what time of day you eat.3
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I've actually fallen half asleep while chewing on something or another at times.6
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I always eat at night, shortly before bed. I sleep better with food on my stomach. Never hindered weight loss or maintenance.
It's all a matter of personal preference.3 -
I always eat at night, shortly before bed. I sleep better with food on my stomach. Never hindered weight loss or maintenance.
It's all a matter of personal preference.
And I sleep better with a few hours between my last meal and bed Just goes to show we're all a little different, and these arbitrary weight loss 'hacks' aren't worth the time it takes to read them! 5 -
Don't eat after midnight... you might turn into a gremlin... lol4
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I always eat at night, shortly before bed. I sleep better with food on my stomach. Never hindered weight loss or maintenance.
It's all a matter of personal preference.
And I sleep better with a few hours between my last meal and bed Just goes to show we're all a little different, and these arbitrary weight loss 'hacks' aren't worth the time it takes to read them!
Yep. My husband is like you and has to stay up a bit after eating too.2 -
psychod787 wrote: »Don't eat after midnight... you might turn into a gremlin... lol
What happens if you spill water on yourself?
(PS That movie terrified me when I was a kid!)0 -
psychod787 wrote: »Don't eat after midnight... you might turn into a gremlin... lol
What happens if you spill water on yourself?
(PS That movie terrified me when I was a kid!)
Damn... that's how baby's are made? I've been doing it wrong for years!1 -
psychod787 wrote: »psychod787 wrote: »Don't eat after midnight... you might turn into a gremlin... lol
What happens if you spill water on yourself?
(PS That movie terrified me when I was a kid!)
Damn... that's how baby's are made? I've been doing it wrong for years!
I'll bite my tongue in the interest of not further derailing this thread.
Apologies to the OP :flowerforyou:1 -
The bigger questions is...
If you eat after midnight, do you log it as part of yesterday (since you haven't gone to sleep/ended your day yet), or tomorrow (since it is actually tomorrow)?3 -
There is a correlation between late night eating and weight gain. It probably has more to do with people not accounting for the extra calories. Some people will also mindlessly eat while watching t.v. they meant to have a cookie, but instead ate half the bag.3
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The bigger questions is...
If you eat after midnight, do you log it as part of yesterday (since you haven't gone to sleep/ended your day yet), or tomorrow (since it is actually tomorrow)?
Sleep to sleep Except anything you eat at the stroke of midnight doesn't count for either 
I'd be in trouble with the 6pm thing, anyway, since I'm usually still at work. I also don't do well with arbitrary restrictions.2 -
The bigger questions is...
If you eat after midnight, do you log it as part of yesterday (since you haven't gone to sleep/ended your day yet), or tomorrow (since it is actually tomorrow)?
Depends, did I fall asleep on the couch first?
OP, sorry if it seems like we are having fun with your thread, that's what happens when you leave us unsupervised
Meal timing doesn't really matter. The "stop eating at a certain time" advice seems to work because limiting the amount of time you are eating may, for some people, limit the amount you eat. As long as you are logging accurately and hitting your calorie goal, you're good.
Now some people find it easier to stick to their calories when they follow a particular schedule, and you would have to play around with timing to see what works for you if you are struggling to stick to your goal. Also, some people have trouble with sleep quality if they eat too close to sleeping, or eat specific foods too close to sleeping.4
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