No carbs after ???

wendyco
wendyco Posts: 122 Member
edited November 11 in Food and Nutrition
So i keep hearing people say I should not eat carbs after a certain time....(and get different times) -_- Well, I do my workouts at night...between 8-11pm depending on life lol. I try to eat either before or right after my first workout. But never later than 8-9 ish since I also like to wait for the hubby to come home to eat.

My question is, what do I eat after my workout...protein shake??

is it bad that I eat around 8-9 sometimes??? my meal (dinner) does always include some sort of starch whether its rice, quinoa potatoes etc.

Im confused because I've heard people say that it doesnt matter how late you eat long as you stop the carbs 2 hours b4 bedtime.

My bedtime is usually AFTER midnight or around midnight few times.

INPUT?
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  • ashnm88
    ashnm88 Posts: 748
    Everyone is different. Do what you feel is what you need. I eat carbs whenever I want. Body keeps working even when your asleep. Calories in and calories out.
  • invisibubble
    invisibubble Posts: 662 Member
    Myth. Eating carbs at night has no difference to eating them in the morning. You're fine. It's just one of those health myths that half the world seems to believe. Doesn't help that the media has circulated it around for the past decade.
  • AntWrig
    AntWrig Posts: 2,273 Member
    Everyone is different. Do what you feel is what you need. I eat carbs whenever I want. Body keeps working even when your asleep. Calories in and calories out.
    Everyone is not different. Calories in vs calories out. It doesn't matter when you eat carbs. This really needs to die.
  • hottottie11
    hottottie11 Posts: 907 Member
    you're dead?
  • AndreaWyland
    AndreaWyland Posts: 142 Member
    It does not matter how late you eat carbs, the nation needs to get over the carb fear... your getting your workout in when you can do it and eating to fuel your body is the right thing to do:) keep it up! Trying to put a time on when to stop eating (as long as your within your goal if weight loss is your goal) and especially a time to stop eating carbs is ludicrous and asinine...=my two cents:) Stayin up for just a bit after eating a meal is probably better than eating and crashing but... Im not a nutritionist or a doc:)
  • IvoryParchment
    IvoryParchment Posts: 651 Member
    If your intake is less than your calorie expenditure, you lose weight. All the admonitions about when to eat what are superstitions created by people who need an explanation of why they aren't losing weight. :bigsmile:
  • Rayman79
    Rayman79 Posts: 2,009 Member
    No carbs after..... I die! :tongue:
  • 10_M
    10_M Posts: 22
    The best thing you can do is eat a combination of protein and carbs. Protein helps repair tissue damage, and carbohydrates are needed to replenish muscle glycogen stores (fuel for muslce contraction). Think about it this way, after a long drive you take your car to the repair shop, but not the gas station? What good is the car if it has no gas? :P
  • thatsnumberwang
    thatsnumberwang Posts: 398 Member
    Eating, for at least an hour.

    No wait, that's swimming.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    Im confused because I've heard people say that it doesnt matter how late you eat long as you stop the carbs 2 hours b4 bedtime.

    These people are wrong. Eat any time. Eat carbs any time.

    The only exception is if eating late disrupts your sleep or something like that. Diet-wise, it's irrelevant.
  • IronmanPanda
    IronmanPanda Posts: 2,083 Member
    I don't eat carbs between 11:43 AM and 11:44 AM. Other than that its fair game.
  • cocolo89
    cocolo89 Posts: 1,169 Member
    I was reading in a Jillian Michaels book no carbs after 7pm, hope this helps
  • angbak60
    angbak60 Posts: 31 Member
    I don't eat carbs between 11:43 AM and 11:44 AM. Other than that its fair game.

    LOL! too funny!
  • AntWrig
    AntWrig Posts: 2,273 Member
    I was reading in a Jillian Michaels book no carbs after 7pm, hope this helps
    It doesn't.
  • robot_potato
    robot_potato Posts: 1,535 Member
    I don't eat them after bedtime. Don't want to choke in my sleep.
  • RonSwanson66
    RonSwanson66 Posts: 1,150 Member
    I was reading in a Jillian Michaels book no carbs after 7pm, hope this helps

    More proof that Jillian is a blithering idiot.
  • DaniGirard
    DaniGirard Posts: 9
    I try not to eat carbs after 7pm but that is because my day starts at 5am and I'm in bed by 9pm....so for your personal "time" it depends 1st on your body clock and 2 on the type of carb along with the amount of physical activity you had that day....for me Carbs are better in the early part of your day when you have the time to burn them up :smile:
  • RonSwanson66
    RonSwanson66 Posts: 1,150 Member
    I try not to eat carbs after 7pm but that is because my day starts at 5am and I'm in bed by 9pm....so for your personal "time" it depends 1st on your body clock and 2 on the type of carb along with the amount of physical activity you had that day....for me Carbs are better in the early part of your day when you have the time to burn them up :smile:

    Myth
  • jamiem1102
    jamiem1102 Posts: 1,196 Member
    I think it's just a strategy to get people to eat less.
  • maidentl
    maidentl Posts: 3,203 Member
    I try not to eat carbs after 7pm but that is because my day starts at 5am and I'm in bed by 9pm....so for your personal "time" it depends 1st on your body clock and 2 on the type of carb along with the amount of physical activity you had that day....for me Carbs are better in the early part of your day when you have the time to burn them up :smile:

    You "burn them up" 24/7 so feel free to eat them whenever you'd like.
  • niicolemariies
    niicolemariies Posts: 55 Member
    I don't eat carbs between 11:43 AM and 11:44 AM. Other than that its fair game.

    This made me lmao! haha! Love it!
  • dollymixsix
    dollymixsix Posts: 112
    I am so sick of celebrities saying they don't eat carbs after a certain time. No wonder everyone tries it.
  • mochomito
    mochomito Posts: 81 Member
    I don't eat them after bedtime. Don't want to choke in my sleep.


    LOL - that's funny.
  • atjays
    atjays Posts: 797 Member
    Generally I tend to believe in not eating "big" meals late and if you do have an odd schedule, make sure to try to squeeze in that protein shake/meal a few hours before going to sleep to allow it to digest.
  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
    Outside of preference such as how it effects your sleep, it makes no damn difference AT ALL.
  • HonkyTonks
    HonkyTonks Posts: 1,193 Member
    I eat carbs in my sleep :P
  • wendyco
    wendyco Posts: 122 Member
    Thanks everyone! puts my head at ease!! Though I kinda knew that already, I needed reassurance, I always feel guilty about eating carbs late ...stupid media!! lol
  • ashnm88
    ashnm88 Posts: 748
    Everyone is different. Do what you feel is what you need. I eat carbs whenever I want. Body keeps working even when your asleep. Calories in and calories out.
    Everyone is not different. Calories in vs calories out. It doesn't matter when you eat carbs. This really needs to die.

    Everyone is different in what they believe and a lot believe in the myths!
  • SCC88
    SCC88 Posts: 215 Member
    What are quinoa potatoes?
  • krystina_letitia9
    krystina_letitia9 Posts: 697 Member
    I eat whenever I want, if I'm hungry! I also work night shift, so silly rules like "no eating after 8pm" are just dumb.
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