Should I stop eating after 6 pm?

fz2285
fz2285 Posts: 1 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I am curious if I should end my meal at 6 pm or it’s matter the time as long I am counting the calories

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  • zebasschick
    zebasschick Posts: 1,071 Member
    it's only about calories.
  • tomcustombuilder
    tomcustombuilder Posts: 2,247 Member
    No. It’s fine. Overall weekly calories are what matters plus your body rebuilds when you sleep so feed it accordingly
  • wm3796
    wm3796 Posts: 100 Member
    I agree with above posts. When I was actively in weight loss I did stop eating after evening meal(6:30-7) but really because after that I tended to make poor choices, like too many sweets, snacks.
  • Corina1143
    Corina1143 Posts: 3,797 Member
    If you want to weigh less tomorrow morning, it matters.
    If you want to weigh less the rest of your life, not so much.
  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 8,657 Member
    Figure out what makes you happy.

    I have a constant slow drip of food from 6:23 am (I’m very consistent with breakfast lmao!) until 9:30 pm.

    I’d climb the walls unless there was a snack or meal coming up every hour or two.

    You may be completely different.

    If you try it and it works, booyah! If it doesn’t, learn and move on.

    As long as we are under our calorie goal, it doesn’t matter a single iota.

    (Unless you’re one of those who’s deep into studies and arcania which indicate that you may save, what? 5-10 calories a day doing intermittent fasting. I’d binge waaaaaaaaaay more than those few calories if I had to wait for a single morsel.)
  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,899 Member
    I work night shift. 3 days a week, 1/2 to 3/4 of my intake is after 6pm. Timing, as others have said, is really irrelevant.
  • tomcustombuilder
    tomcustombuilder Posts: 2,247 Member
    There was a well known fitness trainer/fitness model named Greg Plitt awhile back. When he was dieting down for a shoot he wouldn’t eat at night because he said if I’m gonna be hungry I wanna be hungry when I’m asleep.
  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 8,657 Member
    tomcustombuilder wrote: »
    There was a well known fitness trainer/fitness model named Greg Plitt awhile back. When he was dieting down for a shoot he wouldn’t eat at night because he said if I’m gonna be hungry I wanna be hungry when I’m asleep.

    I find his thought process intriguing.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,340 Member
    springlering62 wrote: »
    tomcustombuilder wrote: »
    There was a well known fitness trainer/fitness model named Greg Plitt awhile back. When he was dieting down for a shoot he wouldn’t eat at night because he said if I’m gonna be hungry I wanna be hungry when I’m asleep.

    I find his thought process intriguing.

    same, especially because I don't sleep well when I'm hungry!
  • COGypsy
    COGypsy Posts: 1,365 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    springlering62 wrote: »
    tomcustombuilder wrote: »
    There was a well known fitness trainer/fitness model named Greg Plitt awhile back. When he was dieting down for a shoot he wouldn’t eat at night because he said if I’m gonna be hungry I wanna be hungry when I’m asleep.

    I find his thought process intriguing.

    same, especially because I don't sleep well when I'm hungry!

    Really? I skip dinner relatively often, if nothing sounds appealing to eat I usually just go to bed. Seems like I get some of my best sleep on those nights. I always figured that it was because my calories (and likely blood sugar) are low enough that it’s easier to get into a really good deep sleep.
  • claireychn074
    claireychn074 Posts: 1,652 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    springlering62 wrote: »
    tomcustombuilder wrote: »
    There was a well known fitness trainer/fitness model named Greg Plitt awhile back. When he was dieting down for a shoot he wouldn’t eat at night because he said if I’m gonna be hungry I wanna be hungry when I’m asleep.

    I find his thought process intriguing.

    same, especially because I don't sleep well when I'm hungry!

    I’m the same. Absolutely cannot sleep when hungry and will feel dreadful, shaky and sweaty all night if I don’t get up to have a snack.
  • Corina1143
    Corina1143 Posts: 3,797 Member
    Just have to add my 2 cents. I usually sleep better if I have a string cheese, hard cooked egg, or small piece of (bland) jerky 1/2 hour before bed.
    Yes, we're all a little different.
  • tomcustombuilder
    tomcustombuilder Posts: 2,247 Member
    Greek yogurt before bed gives you a nice protein bump to help with rebuilding during sleep with around 90 calories.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,302 Member
    I have maintained my goal weight or close to it for many years - would be an extremely rare day when I do not eat something after 6pm - and nearly always that includes my main meal of the day - which I would have, on average, around 7:30 but sometimes later, sometimes earlier
  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 8,657 Member
    edited December 10
    We are individual.

    My 9 pm snack is three large, sugar and carb laden meringues. I’m usually in bed by 9:30.

    If, however, I have one of my occasional off-the-chain nights and devour bakery cookies, a rich dessert, or a plank of chocolate (we’re not talking “Hershey bar” 😳), I’m restless and toss and turn lots more than usual.

    For me, it’s a lot of unfamiliar (these days, anyway) carbs in that hour before bedtime that’ll get me every time.

    You gots to learn your own self and what works for you.

    I also find that earlier to bed and earlier to rise helps me sleep better, too.

    Talking cats aside. 😣
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,336 Member
    If I did that I would never eat. I fast all day, and don't get home from work until 5:30 or so. By the time food is made it is usually 6:30 to 7PM. Eating that way I lost the 100 pounds I needed to, and continue to maintain. The only relevance is if eating later negatively affects your sleep.

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