It's 11 PM and I'm hungry! HELP!

coll33n
coll33n Posts: 7
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Probably didn't eat enough today, because it's late and I'm hungry! My calories were only a tick over 1000, and not enough protein. Should I just go to bed, or eat something and risk it settling on my thighs since it's so late?

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  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
    your tummy does not have a clock. the equation remains the same: calories in-calories out=net.

    with your net at only 1000 for today, no wonder you are hungry!! You should not be going below 1200 unless you are like a tiny midget or something-

    so go have a couple hundred calories, and your thighs will be just fine!!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
  • Alafia22
    Alafia22 Posts: 112
    I agree, just eat something healthy though...
  • VballLeash
    VballLeash Posts: 2,456 Member
    O gosh it will not go straight to your thighs! EAT!!!! :happy:

    ~Leash :heart:
  • JDHINAZ
    JDHINAZ Posts: 641 Member
    Eat....a complex carb or something with fiber and some lean protein.
  • coll33n
    coll33n Posts: 7
    Thanks--I was about to go do that very thing. I don't want to go into starvation mode, but I'd always heard not to eat after 8 because you can't burn the calories if you're sleeping! Anyway, I hear a slice of whole wheat toast with peanut butter calling my name...:laugh:
  • JDHINAZ
    JDHINAZ Posts: 641 Member
    Oh jeez that sounds good! ENJOY!!
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
    yes you do burn calories while youre sleeping. not at the level as while you're moving around, but alll bodily functions require energy to perform (breathing, heart beating, etc.)

    try not to gorge yourself before you go to bed, is a good rule to follow, but if youa re hungry, and you are under in calories, a slice of pb toast is perfection!!!:flowerforyou:
  • Jake45
    Jake45 Posts: 146 Member
    :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
    eat a healthy snack, go to bed and plan better tomorrow so you don't end up like this again.:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • jojoworks
    jojoworks Posts: 315 Member
    I read somewhere that string cheese is a good evening snack. I now stock smoked string cheese and lay in bed peeling small strips off and making 1 piece last a LONG time!
  • coll33n
    coll33n Posts: 7
    Smoked string cheese?? MMMMM!! Where do you get that? Sounds delicious! Thanks to all of you for your advice! Y'all are so great! This site is the BEST!
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