Not eating after 7pm

And what about us vampires that work overnight shifts? When should we stop eating?

A friend of mine swears by this simple weight loss trick. But she says not to eat after 5...5 seems a little to early to me...I want to try 7. Im curious if not eating after a certain time has worked for any of you, and if so what time is best to stop eating?

Personally, I do not go with that theory at all.

People need to stop looking for "tricks" and start counting their calories properly.

This is NOT aimed at you either OP, it is aimed at some of the ideas :flowerforyou:

I think that the point is... restrict your calories... many people who live in the day time world (and not those of us who work overnight shifts) find that their "down time" i.e. late night snack time... is when they consume the most "bad" calories.... so if they have a time limit... they find that they don't eat as much

I would die of malnutrition if I didn't eat after 5pm or 7pm... overnights is hard

I think one of the reasons not to eat after a certain time, especially in the evenings, is that it is when most people tend to snack on the unhealthy stuff.

I know that my worst time for snacking was late evening when I'm overtired, bored or just vegging out . I think if most of us looked at when we snacked we could see a similar pattern and by saying not to eat after ....... its away to stop snacking.

I eat when I want and have just changed my snacking habits to something much healthier and within my daily intake.

While MFP might reset your calories at midnight, your body doesn't. Most likely one of the reasons that the "don't eat after___" myth persists is because they're encouraging people to cut down on late night snacking that adds to the total of the day's calories. Lots of people plop down in front of the TV around that time and snack while watching American Idol. Before they know it, they've snacked their way to 500 calories. That's why that "trick" exists. However, if you plan your day and you plan in a nice little yogurt to go along with your 9pm showing of Grey's Anatomy, there's no reason why you can't eat past a certain time.

It doesn't matter when you eat. You can eat last thing at night, and it wouldn't make a difference to weight loss. (It might give you indigestion though.) I usually have a snack right before bed, and frequently have my last main meal quite late.

People need to stop looking for "tricks" and start counting their calories properly.

This is NOT aimed at you either OP, it is aimed at some of the ideas :flowerforyou:

^ This. No disrespect to your friend, but anything labelled as a "simple weight loss tip" rings alarm bells to me. You don't need tricks or secrets to lose weight, you just have to put in the effort and accept that it's going to take a while.

If you are under your calorie goal, no problem to eat after 7 PM or after 11 PM or any time, it's simply ( Calories in and calories out ) equation.....

Please check those :

http://www.livestrong.com/article/286515-is-eating-late-bad-for-weight-loss/

http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/fitness/weight-loss/is-eating-late-bad-for-your-diet.html

http://chetday.com/eatinglate.htm

http://nutrition.about.com/od/askyournutritionist/f/nes.htm

It doesn't matter what time you stop eating....it's the amount of calories you consume for the total day that will count.

lol, I should have known better posting this at three in the morning! I didnt think anyone would even be online at this time! Hi night shifters! I appreciate all your thoughts.

I am ( as well many another members ) in the other side of the world, it’s 12:11 PM here in UAE.

Yup, my time here in Europe is 10:32am so no worries on getting replies :-)

Not to be the 'devils advocate' regarding this no eating after 7pm but weirdly enough I was having trouble dropping those last few pounds and it was driving me nuts, I was eating like MEGA healthy (yogurts, salads, no bread or pasta) and still couldnt get those last few down then my hubby told me (dont eat before bed, only if you just came from the gym then you can have some protein but absolutely no carbs) he is an athlete so i cant argue with him (in the gym 6x a week at least) so I finally was like 'fine' I will do it and guess what...I dropped 3 pounds (1.5 kg) in like 2 weeks and this was my only change....i dont know if I would say its myth but it helped me out.

4hours between your last meal and bedtime needed.

This is may be correct, but if we didn't do so it has no effect on our weight, I mean I have 2000 calories, no change it I eat it morning or evening or 5 min before bed........Yes you are correct, we should not have a heavy meal directly before bed, because that is bad for good sleep, and may have bad effect on our stomach, but that will not increase weight....( I mean no effect on weight if I eat same meal during the day or directly before bed ).

For me I feel better to have light meal directly before sleep, I sleep more stable.....

Its true if u stop eating after 7.00 pm it will result in gud weight loss. I did it myself When I heard from a doctor in news. There is difference eating at 7 pm and 11 pm in the night. becoz calories burn from ur dinner before u sleep .U still burn calories while sleeping.

I'm the friend she's talking about and I do it exactly to prevent late night snacking. I also typically go to bed at 9 so I like to cut off eating at 5. When I told her this my intentions were for her to conform it to her own schedule, which at the time I believed to be similar to my own. Of course it was simply a suggestion. It worked for me. When i stopped eating at 5 I started losing a great deal of weight because I did all of my unhealthy eating in the evenings. If I"m not allowed to eat in the evenings I can't give in to those cravings. On the rare occasion that I have a date or am going out with friends I definitely eat. I am just careful about what I order and try to eat modestly.