I don't understand your problem...
Are you over your calorie target for the entire day when you finish eating at night? It doesn't matter what time of day you eat your calories as far as weight loss is concerned. The only thing that matters is overall calories in vs. calories out.
I don't understand the problem either.
Eating late at night simply means your body will use those calories while you sleep and/or during the next day.
Unless the issue is that you're restricting so severely during the day that you literally binge at night. Then you should start eating more during the day.
I do this too... just because I like it that way. Maybe I'm used to it because when I was a kid, suppers were always homemade while breakfast and lunch were nothing special so I would tend to eat the most at night. Whatever it is, it's no big deal as long as you're not bingeing, as previous posters already said.
Original Post by wolfpak2323:
If your trying to loose weight you should not go to bed on a full stomach
Why not?
I guarantee the answer is a bunch of malarkey.
Original Post by wolfpak2323:
If your trying to loose weight you should not go to bed on a full stomach...what are your goals?
The only reason not to eat a certain amount of a time before going to bed is that it disrupts some people's sleep. It has no effect on weight loss..
I'm going to generally agree with Bierorama and Kirstiel4227. From a purely numerical perspective, it doesn't matter when you eat. Calories are calories, and as long as you run a deficit, you should be able to lose weight (if that's your goal). At the same time, I don't think the world is black and white, and I believe there's a lot about the body we don't know.
There may be some negative health effects to eating late. If you look at the European diet (esp. the French), their macronutrient distribution is pretty much the same as it is in the US. However, they don't have the incidence of heart disease we do. In fact, the French along with the Italians and the Swiss are the slimmest in Europe. People have suggested Wine, Olive Oil, and the Mediterranean diet as the critical difference (and they may be). But I think the observation that they eat a large lunch and take their time to do so bears noting. It's entirely possible that a body in motion is less efficient removing nutrients from food than a body not just at rest, but barely moving for hours (like it is when you sleep).
We already know that fiber lowers blood sugar by "moving food along", so it doesn't seem too far fetched to believe that there is some minimal disadvantage to eating right before a sustained period of inactivity. In any case, while it may matter to someone who is really trying to cut body fat to below 5% (like a bodybuilder, for example), I doubt there's anything for an everage person to worry about UNLESS, you binge at the end of the day or are unable to workout because you're so hungry/weak.
Good luck!
Original Post by softwarearchitect:
I'm going to generally agree with Bierorama and Kirstiel4227. From a purely numerical perspective, it doesn't matter when you eat. Calories are calories, and as long as you run a deficit, you should be able to lose weight (if that's your goal). At the same time, I don't think the world is black and white, and I believe there's a lot about the body we don't know.
There may be some negative health effects to eating late. If you look at the European diet (esp. the French), their macronutrient distribution is pretty much the same as it is in the US. However, they don't have the incidence of heart disease we do. In fact, the French along with the Italians and the Swiss are the slimmest in Europe. People have suggested Wine, Olive Oil, and the Mediterranean diet as the critical difference (and they may be). But I think the observation that they eat a large lunch and take their time to do so bears noting. It's entirely possible that a body in motion is less efficient removing nutrients from food than a body not just at rest, but barely moving for hours (like it is when you sleep).
We already know that fiber lowers blood sugar by "moving food along", so it doesn't seem too far fetched to believe that there is some minimal disadvantage to eating right before a sustained period of inactivity. In any case, while it may matter to someone who is really trying to cut body fat to below 5% (like a bodybuilder, for example), I doubt there's anything for an everage person to worry about UNLESS, you binge at the end of the day or are unable to workout because you're so hungry/weak.
Good luck!
Interesting.
