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"Should you eat late at Night????"

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Too eat or Not????? at Night? What do you think?
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many articles say you can eat up to 45 min before you go to bed...just make sure its something healthy
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It depends on your active lifestyle and how late. My bet is not at all..............
missyS
missyS
i only eat at night.......and im still skinny....
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I eat all the way up to bed time and if I happen to get up in the middle of the night I drink a protein shake. Do realize this just to keep my body burning calories. This shake I drink doesnt also happen in the middle of the night... Also the shake is made with water and half the protein powder serving..I also am training twice a day when doing the protein shake.
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I try no to eat anything 3 hrs before I go to bed. When you go to bed hungry you burn calories. For me I do it instead of having to work out. It's hard to get used to at first, cause it's tuff to get to sleep, but you get eventually u get used to it. Plus you're hungry in the morning and I can eat breakfast w/o guilt. But that's just me :)
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And if you ate loads before bed and then didn't eat breakfast then you'll be burning calories in the morning.

I don't understand where this myth that eating at night will make you fatter comes from
lastvice
lastvice
I was told that a calorie is a calorie is a calorie no matter when you eat it. I think the problem most people have is choosing the right kind of snack to hold them over between supper and bedtime. If you don't choose junk, you should be fine.
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I think it works different for different people. I know LOTS of people who swear by cutting off the intake early. It doesn't seem to make much difference for me!
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Lirael, Where did you get your info.??? I am going to reserach that.....
deleted_user
deleted_user
My info is only from basic nutritional information. Like lastvice said - a calorie is a calorie - irrespective of when you consume it.

I have a BMR of 1400, it doesnt matter whether i eat 1400 calories all at once in the middle of the night, all at once in the middle of the day or spread that out into lots of tiny meals throughout the day - my body will still use all of those 1400 calories simply to stay alive
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deleted_user
you can eat late at night if you have room without your daily calorie intake for it. it won't affect your weight loss just before it's before bed unless it's causing you to eat more than you should for the day...
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I never eat at night unless its two hours before i sleep cuz your not wlaking around or anything so the food is getting burned off..it just stays therre
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