Comments on: Eating Late at Night — Does it Matter?

By: Yulia Shapieva

Yulia Shapieva — Sun, 08 May 2011 15:13:00 +0000

All I can say here – It doesnt mater wether u eat late or not!if u feel hungry in the evening- eat smth small like apple or kivi or drink a cup of tea(without sugar of course ;) and this hunger feeling will go away! do not go crazy about night snack and puting a plate twice as big as u can possibly eat! I lived in Spain for 7 yrs and its true- now there r lots of fast food places with lots of types of “bocadillos” which is basically white bread with different stuff in it. And it became common to eat crisps. So they drink bear, eat crisps, snack on those sandwiches. Its sad, coz there r so many nice other things out there!

So ppl, its up to u, u know yr body more then anybody!

I personally stopped eating white bread, all different kind of cookies, napolitanas or muffins, and i feel my body is way more lighter now! I work out every day and i do treat myself time to time with a lil piece of black chocolate. And of course Fruits and Veggies r my BEST friends! Just like you guys! Zuzi and Freddy, thank u for this movement!I believe u ve changed SO many lives by giving this all to us!

By: Nadia

Nadia — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:09:19 +0000

I’d say experiment for a while. I’ve always agreed that a calorie is a calorie no matter when you eat it, but for me personally, I’ve just recently started experimenting. I’ve had trouble with painful bloating over the past several years and I’m sick of it so I’ve decided to really try to tackle it.

I first tried cutting out food all together about 4 hours before bedtime, and that just made me cranky and hungry. So then I tried just eating a small snack (crackers or something), and that helped but I still bloated. Then over the past month or so I’ve only allowed myself fruits or veggies for the last 4-5 hours before bed. (Fruit if I feel hungry, veggies like cucumbers or peppers if I just feel like eating). That by far has made the biggest difference on how I feel in the morning. My stomach feels flat and not bloated at all. So maybe try to experiment with 1. eating or not eating before bed, and then 2. what you’re eating – that might make a big difference in how you feel in the morning.

By: jacob

jacob — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:57:54 +0000

That hunger thing is true. I’ve been having some massive protein cravings now that I’m exercising

By: marketa

marketa — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:13:26 +0000

Hi, I think it depends on what is your goal. If you only want to keep the weigh you have {or loose few kilograms] or if you need to loose a lot. I lost about 25 kilograms in 1 year. My way to achieve this was 30 min cardio before breakfast using fat burner, breakfast like yoghurt with oats, before lunch fruits or vegetable, lunch 1/2 portion of some healthy food composed of meet, vegetable and only a little of side dish, after lunch again fruits or vegetable in few portions, then I went to gym for at least 1 hour, for dinner I had something light like salad, or steamed vegetable, sometimes tuna. I stopped drinking alcohol completely for several months, now I drink only occasionally white wine. From my experience you should go to bed with the feeling you have empty stomach and you are already looking forward for a breakfast. Whenever I ate my dinner later or even when I ate before sleep something small like piece of cheese or some fruit, I did not lose weight but I even put on some however the total amount of food per day was the same as other days. To avoid late eating I drink psylium {fibre] which makes you feel bit full and then I brush my teeth. Cause when my teeth are brushed I don’t want to eat anything else, cause I would have to brush them again:o] I also go to sleep before midnight most of the time. I suggest to you guys who normally eat at night and don’t put on, continue to do that. If you want to loose something, continue to do that as well but make sure that you eat something light like vegetable or fruits. Don’t do dramatic changes because I think if you decide not to eat at night all from sudden, your body will automatically get used to it and whenever you return back to your night eating habit, you will start putting on weight.

By: Sage

Sage — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:01:11 +0000

Hi,
I am alway really hungry a few hours after dinner, and I find that eating at night has no effect, but I always eat something healthy like vegetables, fruit, or a piece of cheese maybe. Since I’m still a teenager I have a huge appetite, but as long as I make sure everything I eat is good for me, I have no problem whenever I eat it. However this also may be because I play sports and workout everyday. I know that for my dad he always does his unhealthy snacking late at night, so I think it depends on what you choose to eat at that time.