what time should you stop eating at night

teamflatbelly
teamflatbelly Posts: 177 Member
edited November 11 in Health and Weight Loss
What is the latest time you should eat before bed. I think it should be 2-3 hours before bed. What do you think? :)
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  • RonSwanson66
    RonSwanson66 Posts: 1,150 Member
    It doesn't matter. Just make sure you swallow everything before falling asleep or you could choke.
  • xraychick77
    xraychick77 Posts: 1,775 Member
    you can eat right before you go to bed. it has no ill effects on weight loss if thats what you concern is about. your body constantly metabolises.

    i work night shift..my bed time is the morning..i always eat breakfast right before bed. hasnt bothered me
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,024 Member
    There isn't a cut off time. If you've got 300 calories left to spare and at them at 12:00 midnight, it wouldn't matter.............well unless for me it was ice cream since I'm lactose intolerant and the sheets would be parachuting all night.

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  • SergeantSunshine_reused
    SergeantSunshine_reused Posts: 5,382 Member
    I think you should stop eating while sleeping. That could be dangerous

    I eat right up until bed time. Sometimes I eat in my bed :D
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    Stop eating at bedtime. It's messy to eat while asleep.
  • quelquun
    quelquun Posts: 42 Member
    I prefer to eat dinner late (9:00-10:00PM) and feel like I sleep better when I have dinner an hour or two before I go to bed. I have heard both that it's not good for your metabolism and also that it doesn't matter and doesn't have an effect on it at all. I'm curious to see if this debate will be split :)

    When I eat dinner early, I'm more prone to snack all the way to bedtime, anyway. It doesn't work well for me.
  • CoryIda
    CoryIda Posts: 7,870 Member
    Stop eating at bedtime. It's messy to eat while asleep.
    This is true.
    dont_fall_asleep1.jpg
  • LennieSmall
    LennieSmall Posts: 17
    10:55 PM. That's when I brush my teeth at night, so food tastes weird after that. Then I go to bed, and I don't want crumbs in my sheets, anyway.
  • RonSwanson66
    RonSwanson66 Posts: 1,150 Member
    Stop eating at bedtime. It's messy to eat while asleep.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5-BGyx-RNg
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
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  • teamflatbelly
    teamflatbelly Posts: 177 Member
    lol this has turned into a funny post so needed this before bed tehehe tehehe
  • engineman312
    engineman312 Posts: 3,450 Member
    Stop eating at bedtime. It's messy to eat while asleep.
    This is true.
    dont_fall_asleep1.jpg

    hahahahaaha!! HAHAHAHAHA!!! hahahahaHAHAHA!!
  • bcampbell54
    bcampbell54 Posts: 932 Member
    Depends on what your eating.






    Oops, misspelled whom.
  • figurekat
    figurekat Posts: 16 Member
    I eat right before bed. Usually something slow burning.
  • Rayman79
    Rayman79 Posts: 2,009 Member
    Depends on what your eating.






    Oops, misspelled whom.

    Hahaha, love it, almost peed a little! ;)
  • crzyone
    crzyone Posts: 872 Member
    Stop when you run out of calories......although sometimes that doesn't stop me.:(
  • Cakepiebeer
    Cakepiebeer Posts: 392
    I eat 2500-300 calories at 11:59pm and then eat another 2500-3000 at 12am

    I guess it doesn't matter
  • BazAbroad
    BazAbroad Posts: 248
    My Doc says 6 pm.
    My Doc also quotes bmi's, a scale I do not accept.
    I train about 6 times a week and want to protect my protein levels so have a protein drink b4 bed with egg whites.
    That said, I am still on here watching my cal intake.
    More of a learning experience than anything else and well,,, if I have to write stuff down, I will b more strict with myself.
  • Cait_Sidhe
    Cait_Sidhe Posts: 3,150 Member
    Your metabolism does not slow down at night or when you're sleeping. Eat whatever time you want. But as previously mentioned, stop eating when you fall asleep.
  • teamflatbelly
    teamflatbelly Posts: 177 Member
    Thanks for the laughs so needed it today
  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
    What is the latest time you should eat before bed. I think it should be 2-3 hours before bed. What do you think? :)

    I would say ... some time after you fall asleep. otherwise you just can't control the crumbs as well.
  • kyrstensmom
    kyrstensmom Posts: 297 Member
    I stop eating when I don't have any calories left...or when I fall asleep, whichever comes first.
  • Nicki1984
    Nicki1984 Posts: 20 Member
    I was told by my doctor and a dietician you shouldnt eat anything atleast 2 hrs before going to bed
  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
    I was told by my doctor and a dietician you shouldnt eat anything atleast 2 hrs before going to bed


    because .... why?
  • AntWrig
    AntWrig Posts: 2,273 Member
    I was told by my doctor and a dietician you shouldnt eat anything atleast 2 hrs before going to bed
    This is why I pretty much have no respect for general doctors and dietitians.
  • Nana_Booboo
    Nana_Booboo Posts: 501 Member
    Stop eating whatever time you're no longer hungry.

    doesn't matter.
  • Nana_Booboo
    Nana_Booboo Posts: 501 Member
    I think you should stop eating while sleeping. That could be dangerous

    This is priceless. =)
  • Nopedotjpeg
    Nopedotjpeg Posts: 1,805 Member
    When you fall asleep.
  • xcrushx28
    xcrushx28 Posts: 182 Member
    The only time I'd tell somebody to not eat before bed is if it interfered with them getting to sleep. Other than that It really does not matter.

    I've had pretty busy days where I've had to down around 1k cals fairly close to going to bed.
  • JCN_1103
    JCN_1103 Posts: 63
    You shouldn't eat after 8:17 pm EST. That is the cut-off time for which all bad things happen.
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