No food after 6 p.m.!!! - Page 2

k.a.t · 06-22-2008, 04:57 PM #26 (**permalink**)

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Originally Posted by BaDKiTTy69

I still had cookies, cheesecake and some bread. So I didnt really change anything except stopped eating after 6. And lost 3 lbs since Monday. Will see what its gonna do me next week.

Congrats! glad ur sticking to it and seeing results!

I keep forgetting though..in fact im eating now and it's 10..

BaDKiTTy69 · 06-22-2008, 05:50 PM #27 (**permalink**)

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Originally Posted by k.a.t

Congrats! glad ur sticking to it and seeing results!

I keep forgetting though..in fact im eating now and it's 10..

Yeah, I am sticking to it for now. I think once you really try it and see the results its easier to stay on it. It's 4.50 here, so its time to have dinner.

Brittni · 06-22-2008, 07:35 PM #28 (**permalink**)

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Originally Posted by Simply Elegant

Congrats.

I've heard that's a myth though about eating later. Not eating later would mean less time to eat, so maybe less time to binge? It's all calories in versus calories out so if you stuck to not eating after 6 but changed nothing else, you wouldn't lose weight.

If that's what works for you though, that's great. I just could never stick to it and sometimes will eat half an hour before bed if I'm hungry and I can still lose weight. So I guess whatever you can stick to.

I remember watching the Tyra show and she had on top 10 myths. This is one of them.

Obviously, it's psychological for all of you and easier to just stop eating at 6pm, but I think the truth is that you are fine as long as you stop eating 1 hour before you go to bed (due to metabolism slowing down, etc.)

I just think this is silly, but that's my opinion. and I'm happy if it's working for all of you. But, deprivation is never good IMO to lose weight and frankly I don't get home until 6pm with commute... then I eat... and go to the gym... and still lose weight... Your body's metabolism is like a fire my trainer says: you need to keep fueling it every few hours, otherwise your metabolism slows down. So you guys might be losing weight now, but in the long run it could be damaging your overall metabolism and having your body store any calories that you do eat b/c it's in starvation mode.

chameleonmary · 06-22-2008, 08:58 PM #29 (**permalink**)

Not eating after 6pm is good if you tend to go to bed early... for those night owls or evening students, it is not a realistic thing to stick to. I am slowly getting back on the weight loss routine but I can remember eating as late as 7:30 or 8pm and still losing weight. I just exercised a lot more and cut my carbs at night and found that it worked.

My doc is not a fan of people going to bed too hungry but at the same time you should not eat within 3 hours or so of going to bed!

BaDKiTTy69 · 06-22-2008, 09:03 PM #30 (**permalink**)

Yes, I heard that you have to stop eating like 3-4 hours before bed time, my bed time is at 11 on weekdays, so I think its perfect for me.

Ninjette · 06-22-2008, 10:56 PM #31 (**permalink**)

Count me in! I need to lose a couple LBs. But, is it really no eating 3-4 hours before bedtime? I usually go to sleep around 4 in the morning so im thinking i should just settle for 6 pm. lol

n_c · 06-23-2008, 11:23 AM #32 (**permalink**)

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Originally Posted by BaDKiTTy69

I weighted myself this morning - 127lbs!!! Woo Hoo!!!

That's freakin awesome!

BaDKiTTy69 · 06-25-2008, 09:48 AM #33 (**permalink**)

A little update.
I stopped loosing the weight.
So I decided to start working out a little bit. I did hula hoop for 20 mins on Monday, was not able to do it last night its hurts so bad, so I just did some situps and pushups. Hopefully will be able to do my hula hoop tonight.