Last time you eat during the day?

I usually run out of calories by 9pm so I stop eating and sometimes I run out by 11pm, it makes no difference, your body does not care. Calories are calories no matter when you eat them.

ETA Missed a word.

I never eat while I'm asleep, and lost weight (and now maintain it) just fine. I've heard that some sleepwalkers do eat while asleep, but I can't speak for their weight loss.

Very rarely, I eat in bed, right before going to sleep which would most commonly be sometime between midnight and 1AM. Most of the time, I stop eating at latest a few minutes before bedtime, but how close to bedtime depends on whether I'm hungry/snackish and whether I do/don't have calories left.

I've never seen any impact from eating timing on weight loss or maintenance, though if I eat some giant filling fiber-y thing, or carb-y thing, or salty thing, later in the day, there are increased odds that scale weight will be higher in the AM from water retention or the food still in transit. Since that's water or digestive contents, not fat, I don't see the slightest reason to feel stressed by it.

My long-term weight results always seem to be in line with calorie level, with one exception: If I eat like 2-3 times my TDEE one rare time, it seems to me like some of those calories pass through without the expected impact on my long term weight trajectory. It has some impact, but less that I would've calculated. Maybe that's just me. Otherwise, weight trend is pretty predictable based on 3500 calories = 1 pound, up or down.

ETA: I frequently eat dinner at 8, 9, 10 or beyond. No impact on weight trend from that, either.

ReenieHJ wrote: »

I'm having a really hard time not eating anything after 6 p.m. I usually have a snack of maybe 150 calories before I go to bed. It's still within my allotted number of calories for the day but I have a feeling it's part of the reason for such scale fluctuation. I've found I'm much happier with my scale if I don't eat after dinner.
Do any of you see that happen too or am I over thinking this and it'll all work out?

You’re overthinking it.

I assume you want long term fat loss, not short term manipulation of normal weight fluctuations. The time you eat has nothing to do with fat loss. It may make the scale go down more in the morning if your body has had time to digest and excrete waste, but that’s normal weight fluctuation that is irrelevant to fat loss.

I sleep better on a full (not overfull) stomach. Not eating after 6 pm would have a negative impact on my sleep and this would hinder weight loss more than keeping within calories but eating not long before bed ever would.
I consume half of my daily calories after 6 pm and not only lost weight without a problem but have maintained that loss for over 2 years. However, I am also aware that for some night time snacking leads to overeating. Others don't sleep as well if they eat not long before bed. What works best for one will not work best for all.

I naturally stop eating after dinner which could be anywhere from 5p to 7p. I feel great getting in all of my calories in larger meals from mid morning - evening and going to sleep on a mostly empty stomach.

Also I lost a lot of weight eating small meals all day.

Both ways worked for me since I kept track of the calories I was consuming. It didn't have to with the timing of my meals.