Cut off time

terri0527
terri0527 Posts: 678 Member
edited November 12 in Food and Nutrition
What is everyone's "cut off time' for eating that last bite of food @ night? I try to eat my dinner no later than 6 p.m. but I do sometimes sneak in a snack around 9 or 10.
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  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,423 Member
    When I'm asleep :smile:
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    I try to not eat real late, but sometimes I have a late snack, even past 9pm if I'm hungry. I workout around 5:45am, and if I go to bed hungry, I wake up starving, and that's no good for early morning workouts!
  • zafferFL
    zafferFL Posts: 402
    usually chewing as I falling asleep
  • sarge634
    sarge634 Posts: 42
    my cut off time is 8pm but im usually good after dinner,im most hungry in the afternoon im guessing maybe cause im most active?
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    There's no such thing as a cutoff time. I stop eating when I've eaten enough.
  • blondejillie
    blondejillie Posts: 305 Member
    I cut off at 7:30...even set an alarm on my phone to remind me that pops up with a text: THE KITCHEN IS CLOSED!
  • jsapninz
    jsapninz Posts: 909 Member
    I have read a few articles on this, and contrary to historical beliefs, there isn't any time you "should" stop eating, just make sure you aren't eating fatty stuff right before bed (which you shouldn't be eating anyway really). So as long as you have the calories left, it doesn't matter.
  • ncsjodi
    ncsjodi Posts: 102 Member
    I gave up eating after 8pm for Lent this year. I found myself eating crap and too much of it later in the evenings for no reason. I wasn't really hungry, just bored. Now that I've made that commitment, I'm doing much better with staying within my calorie goal.
  • ifucsam
    ifucsam Posts: 40
    no cut off time. That's just silly. I do stop drinking water by 9 at least though. If not I have to pee a few times when I get into bed!
  • NeuroticVirgo
    NeuroticVirgo Posts: 3,671 Member
    When I'm asleep :smile:

    :laugh: :laugh: Me Too!
  • liog
    liog Posts: 347 Member
    I eat whenever, just watch the calories.
  • AntWrig
    AntWrig Posts: 2,273 Member
    What is everyone's "cut off time' for eating that last bite of food @ night? I try to eat my dinner no later than 6 p.m. but I do sometimes sneak in a snack around 9 or 10.
    Please explain your reasoning behind this.
  • capnwo85
    capnwo85 Posts: 1,103 Member
    I eat 700 cals, then hop in bed.
  • zafferFL
    zafferFL Posts: 402
    What is everyone's "cut off time' for eating that last bite of food @ night? I try to eat my dinner no later than 6 p.m. but I do sometimes sneak in a snack around 9 or 10.
    Please explain your reasoning behind this.

    umm..keeping the metabolism fire burning...duh!
  • KPainter70
    KPainter70 Posts: 152
    I eat my last "meal" right before bed, usually whey protein or cottage cheese, to keep my metabolism burning while I sleep and keep feeding my recuperating muscles.
  • OkieinMinny
    OkieinMinny Posts: 834 Member
    why place limits.....crackers in bed are good
  • mmclachlan10
    mmclachlan10 Posts: 20
    I don't have a cut off time, I think its best to have a little snack if your hungry... depriving yourself may lead to over indulgence. I tried having a 7pm cut off time and I found that at 6:30 I was trying to eat everything in sight! So now I just watch my portions if I do have a little snack late at night.
  • kaiteboo
    kaiteboo Posts: 141 Member
    I keep a warm pot of chocolate beside the bed in case i wake up hungry... then I can just grab a bed bug and coat it in chocolate fondue :)
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    I eat my last "meal" right before bed, usually whey protein or cottage cheese, to keep my metabolism burning while I sleep and keep feeding my recuperating muscles.

    Short term (<24 hours) fasting actually speeds up your metabolism more than eating.
  • mes1119
    mes1119 Posts: 1,082 Member
    I eat when I'm hungry. I eat dinner around 8 and usually snack sometime before bed after that.

    I don't believe in not eating at night.
  • abyt42
    abyt42 Posts: 1,358 Member
    When I'm asleep :smile:
    Me, too!
  • zafferFL
    zafferFL Posts: 402
    I eat my last "meal" right before bed, usually whey protein or cottage cheese, to keep my metabolism burning while I sleep and keep feeding my recuperating muscles.

    Short term (<24 hours) fasting actually speeds up your metabolism more than eating.

    QFT!
  • surgesilk
    surgesilk Posts: 92
    What is this cut off time of which you speak?
  • jillybean0123
    jillybean0123 Posts: 238 Member
    Usually 5am but not really for any specific reason, I just don't ever eat between then and bedtime and usually I'm done eating by 2, depending on how the shift goes.
  • shovav91
    shovav91 Posts: 2,335 Member
    I eat and eat and eat and stop when I fall asleep.
    But really...
    yeah, pretty much that.
  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
    Whichever comes first:

    1) I run out of calories.
    2) I fall asleep.
  • seal57
    seal57 Posts: 1,259 Member
    no cut off time here........:noway:
  • jfrench9033
    jfrench9033 Posts: 1
    Cutoff time is usually 1 to 2 hours before I go to bed, so I try to gauge properly each night. Then after I eat my snack I just drink water and it's usually good enough.
  • susannamarie
    susannamarie Posts: 2,148 Member
    Generally before I crawl into bed as otherwise I tend to get crumbs in my bed. Actually I just ate and I'm about to tuck in :D
  • jentarver
    jentarver Posts: 192
    Nothing within an hour of sleeping. Usually I am not hungry after 930ish though.
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