If you stop eating after 6pm, will you lose more weigh

It's a myth.

I find I sleep better with a small bedtime snack. A good night sleep helps me focus more the next day on healthy eating so I think, no.

Regardless of the time of day your body uses the calories in the same way. The main thing you need to be aware of is what you have consumed throughout the day and how many calories. If you want to eat late and still within your calorie goals then you are all set. I work at night so I eat late, however I notice that I had developed a bad habit of snacking right before bed even when I wasn't hungry, so I challenged myself to not eat before going to bed and the latest I eat is at 9 to break that habit.

This article breaks the eating after a certain time debate down further:
http://www.livestrong.com/article/227439-can-you-lose-weight-if-you-stop-eating-after-6-pm/

Pure myth. It comes from the fact that people who eat after a certain time will add in a fourth meal or midnight snacking or some such. In other words, eat more food (calories) than somebody who doesn't eat after a certain time. They then took this and made up myths that you shouldn't eat after a certain time. Completely false. You can eat at whatever time you want. It's the calories that count, not when you eat them.

it's true. Also i've hung out with the loch ness monster, true story.

The reasoning behind this myth is that people tend to eat unhealthy, high-calorie things at night. It doesn't matter what time of day you eat as long as it's within your goals.

Nah, its just a myth.

Whether you eat after 6 or 10pm doesn't matter as long as you stay within your calorie goal.

Calories don't count double after 6 pm lol

I eat a 125g slab of fresh mozzarella before bed, and losing.

It's a myth.

Nah, I don't agree. Yes, in a sense, you could say it's a myth, but what you are doing is allowing the food to digest properly. You tend to be more sedentary (most people) in the evening and your system shuts down at night when you sleep - so how would you digest those late night snacks?? The sooner you stop eating the easier it is for the body to digest. Remember (some of you) being told to wait half an hour before swimming? Similar principle.

This part above, is the myth. Your digestive process continues on your sleep.

Even if you burn less cals in your sleep, it's irrelevant when you pan out and look at the big picture. You can literally eat all your calories before bed and have the same great results.

This is good information. I though it was a metabolism type issue. If you eat and go right to sleep your body never has a chance to burn off the calories and it is scored as fat?

There are always exceptions. Maybe there is someone out there unaccounted for by the studies who gains weight eating late at night. But the current information suggests not for the majority of people and that's the best we have. This is why it's helpful to keep records of one's own experiences.

If you stop eating after 6pm, will you lose more weigh is this a myth or not, what are your thoughts?

This is an ongoing myth. The issue with eating after 6pm-7pm is that the ones doing it have already met their calorie goal for the day and habitually like to eat at night. I'm a habitually late night eater so I skip breakfast so I can eat at night.
The body doesn't know what time of day it is when you eat, so timing doesn't matter. As long as your calorie are in check, you can pretty much eat anytime you want.

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It's a myth.

Nah, I don't agree. Yes, in a sense, you could say it's a myth, but what you are doing is allowing the food to digest properly. You tend to be more sedentary (most people) in the evening and your system shuts down at night when you sleep - so how would you digest those late night snacks?? The sooner you stop eating the easier it is for the body to digest. Remember (some of you) being told to wait half an hour before swimming? Similar principle.

Nothing about this is true.
Your body doesn't change the way it digests food based on the time of day.
Even the 'wait an hour before swimming' has been proven false.
http://www.snopes.com/oldwives/hourwait.asp

This may be a myth (which I don't disput), however, I do try not to eat within 2-3 hours before bed. Why? Because it works better for me. When I don't eat 2-3 hours before bed I wake feeling lighter and fresher and ready to go. When I eat closer to bedtime, even if it's just a tiny bit, I feel bloated, tired, groggy and slow in the morning and have a hard time getting motivated for anything much less my workout. There are other reasons also, but I don't have any sources handy to help me explain what I'm talking about. I've read a lot of information on both sides of this debate, and I have no idea which is most accurate scientifically. I have no interest in debating the subject - I'm just throwing out there a different perspective because it works for me. I feel much better and seem to lose and maintain weight better when I eat the bulk of my calories earlier in the day and avoid eating 2-3 hours before bed.

If you are curious, I'd suggest trying it both ways for a while to see which works better for you. If it works and you like it, then do it. If not, then don't. Good luck!

It works for me--but I have a hard time not eating at night--my worst time! When I can control my night time eating it really shows on the scale.

I agree that it can work as a device for those who tend to overeat in the evening. I hate running out of calories to eat before 9 pm. I feel deprived if I don't have the option to have some strawberries or something. If I know I can't have another bite I'll most likely rebel and do it anyway.