What is your cut off time?

I was wondering when do most people cut off their "heavy eating" for the day..I have heard to cut off your last meal at least four hours before your bedtime..Since I usually go to bed around 11 or 12, I try to be done with my dinner by 7 pm.. do you think that this is a significant factor in weight loss?

Original Post by mommashay:

 do you think that this is a significant factor in weight loss?

No.

You will hear very different reports on this. Everyone is different. For me, I try not to eat past 6 pm. It definitely makes a difference in my weight loss though!

No.  I don't think it's a bad thing not to eat in the evenings, since most people aren't very active then, and after dinner choices tend to be less healthy.  But I read that only starchy carbs and sugar will get stored as fat while you sleep, proteins and other nutrients will be used by your body to repair/build muscles ect.

I usually eat dinner by 8pm, and go to bed around 10. 

I stop eating when I get into bed, if I keep going after that I would have to change the sheets much more often.

Does it really?  It's something I've never tried (and I'm at a frustrating plateau right now).  Do you think it's worth trying?  I would have to rearrange my whole schedule.

For ME it works for me not to eat after 8 or so...

Personally, I stop eating at 5:30, but that's because I can't sleep on a full stomach.  I don't think it has anything to do with weight loss though.  Just do what works for you.

I sleep better when I have something in my stomache, but I definately don't like a full stomache at bedtime.  An apple before bed ususally does the trick :)  

 

Original Post by floggingsully:

I stop eating when I get into bed, if I keep going after that I would have to change the sheets much more often.

 lolz.

I found it doesn't make any difference for me when I eat.

It doesn't effect my eating.  If anything, if I cut off my eating by a certain time in the evening, I'll get hungry right as I'm trying to sleep and will wake up starving.

We go to bed late so our last meal is usually between 10 and 11 PM.  Yesterday it was at 7:30 'cause we both passed out around 8.  :\ 

I have been told (and believe) that it doesn't make a big difference when you eat.  Losing weight is just about eating less than you burn, no matter what time that is.

Samantha

2.4 lbs. down!

I stop eating before 8 p.m.

But I usually get really, really hungry at 10 p.m. or 11 p.m. But I don't eat. I always worry this is a bad thing.

Is it?

I know that it helps me to be finished eating before 6:00.  I sleep better and I have recently heard that lack of sleep can contribute to weight gain.  I have always been an iffy sleeper so anything that helps me get that beauty rest is important to me.  If I get really hungry I have a low-fat string cheese.  I figure it is not too many cals, gives me calcium and the milk in it might help me fall asleep. 

yea, I usually try to eat something light and not to high in calories if i am hungry in the late evening time.

i usually have dinner at 5 and a fruit or yogurt at 8 and go to bed at 10.... but i do some hand quilting for 1 - 2 hours before going to sleep...

"I stop eating when I get into bed, if I keep going after that I would have to change the sheets much more often."

ditto  Sad but true!

I eat my "heaviest meal" as you put it...(heaviest in calories) at lunch....I eat a light dinner and try and "never" eat past 5 p.m.....there are exceptions of course...but that works for me and "does" seem to be a significant factor in my weight loss/gain.