No food after 6 p.m.!!!

[hello_kitty]

My issue is I work nights!!!! I go to work at 9-10pm and I'm there until around 8am. Can you imagine not eating that entire time?

You probably just need to figure out what your "6pm" is. I use to work nights, too, so I understand the complete reversal of schedules!

I'd love to give this a try, but I eat dinner after my boyfriend gets home at 6-6.30pm, so that really goes out the window.

 

[sideculture]

I think I'm gonna try for 8pm. I try to head to the gym right after work and have a light dinner after that. But I don't finish at the gym til 630 at the earliest, sometimes 7-730. Good luck to anyone who's still doing this or something similar!

 

[brandyslove]

Ive heard the saying " Eat breakfast by yourself, share lunch with friend and give your dinner to your ENEMY" when my husband and I are trying to lose few pounds we both do not eat dinner, just an apple and some green tea... it works. Make sure to have big breakfast. Also. If there is no enough protein in your diet, your skin, nails and hair will start looking lifeless and nails will get brittle. Make sure to have protein a lot of protein for lunch and breakfast.

 

[User38]

^ ITA.. there is an old saying: Eat breakfast like a king, eat lunch like a prince.. and eat dinner like a pauper.

it's the only way to stay healthy and not have a pot belly.. lol

I don't think 6 pm should be that inflexible.. but a very meager dinner is just the ticket to losing weight and keeping it off.

 

[katred]

Hm... I'd really want to read up on the science of this. I think that the trick is that if you don't eat after 6, when you weigh yourself in the morning you'll be lighter because you will have digested a greater portion of your food- i.e., you won't be carrying any "food weight". It also means you aren't snacking during the evening. Honestly, I don't even get home from work until after 6, so it's hopeless for me. Good luck to those of you trying it, though!

 

[User38]

Katred, no.. the real purpose of this mini fast after 6 pm is to allow your stomach to digest the food -- obviously the more food in your stomach, the longer it takes and that makes the unabsorbed food turn into fat instead of being used up (at night we don't use up much of our caloric content). Also, the older you get your metabolism slows down.. and whatever food you ingested is either turned into fat, or expelled from the body.

something like that.. lol

 

[aradhana]

Katred, no.. the real purpose of this mini fast after 6 pm is to allow your stomach to digest the food -- obviously the more food in your stomach, the longer it takes and that makes the unabsorbed food turn into fat instead of being used up (at night we don't use up much of our caloric content).  Also, the older you get your metabolism slows down.. and whatever food you ingested is either turned into fat, or expelled from the body. something like that.. lol

not very promising for us...LOL... i don't follow the 6pm rule, but i have been trying not to eat much sugary items in the evening. i think that in itself has helped a lot....lost 5 lbs!

 

[brandyslove]

Hm... I'd really want to read up on the science of this. I think that the trick is that if you don't eat after 6, when you weigh yourself in the morning you'll be lighter because you will have digested a greater portion of your food- i.e., you won't be carrying any "food weight". It also means you aren't snacking during the evening. Honestly, I don't even get home from work until after 6, so it's hopeless for me. Good luck to those of you trying it, though!

there is no science it just works... nobody knows why, I mean there is no scientific explanation

 

[brandyslove]

had anybody try HCG?

 

[angelspice]

I used to do this but in the morning I felt so weak and shaky so I had to stop. Also, I can't seem to sleep if I have an empty stomach

 

[maggers071511]

Maybe I should try this and see how it goes. I don't seem to loose any other way.

 

[carmiebell]

this is such a great thread but really hard depending on work schedules... some nights I can work until 10 or 11 and it makes it hard to keep on track. Any suggestions?

 

[alyxo]

My doctor has told me that it is unhealthy to eat later, like you stated around 6pm. For me it's so hard not to eat after 6pm, because when I do eat, I eat in small portions, so I'm constantly eating. I really try to be strict with myself but sometimes I do feel the need to eat after that time. So what I do is I eat fruit or veggies or I'll make a all fruit smoothie. That way I'm not tempted to snack on chocolate or cupcakes... which are my ultimate weakness and guilty pleasures.

 

[Barbie1]

Wow you didnt eat even close to 2 thousand calories USER N_C thats unhealthy to go that low as far as calorie count goes your far below whats considered healthy or normal no doctor or anyone would recommend what your doing to yourself..Having a bannana and some nuts all day with water and an ensure is far from healthy.I get your trying to lose weight and of course you lost weight on that diet you didnt eat anything all day / for weeks possibly lol.Losing that amount in that amount of time usually means that you will gain it back quickly mainly because of the fact that you will most likely eat more than a peanut and a bananna in the future.Promoting weight loss is one thing promoting eating disorders is another.This is not a long term weight loss plan you gained all the weight back I'am sure unless you normally just eat one peanut and one bananna all the time .What your doing to yourself has consequences to your body that are in the long term not very good I'am sorry to be to honest about this but you might need to get some help.Thats one way to an eating disorder where your headed with one peanut and an ensure a day.Anyone would lose weight if they didnt eat all day which you did but you will gain it all back because I bet you will want to eat more than that for the rest of your life.
user N-C

 

[Barbie1]

If you want to lose weight you have to do it the old fashioned way weight loss comes with better eating habits and exercise their is no way around it.Not eating after 6 wont help you out thats just a lazy person trying to pretend that starving yourself after 6 helps which it doesnt lol.Weight loss doesnt come easy but trying to make up fake rules for yourself wont help you in the end.

 

[texasmommy]

I used to do this but in the morning I felt so weak and shaky so I had to stop. Also, I can't seem to sleep if I have an empty stomach

I realized that I should not go without eating for more than a few hours (at least a balanced snack) because I start to feel like that sometimes. There is no way I can not eat something closer to bed (like 30-45 min before), unless I had a bad stomach virus and couldn't. But people are different. I workout about 5 days a week and have a fairly busy schedule, so my body needs the fuel or I get cranky or shaky. The types of food make a difference as well.

 

[Barbie1]

Yeah that shaky feeling is because they are going to pass out because they didnt eat.I could never do this fad diet not just because I know it doesnt have long term effects and doesnt really work but because I have type 1 diabetes and if I ever starved myself / didnt eat I could potentially pass out / go unconcious and go into a coma or die from not eating.I'am 5'9 height 126.2 pounds and in my 20s so dieting isnt really necessary but I would like to start eating healthier and cutting out some bad foods .I dont eat fries anymore or chips like doritos , cheetos or fried foods and stuff like that anymore.I 'am a size 0 to a 00 x small to a small when I bought a dress recently the size small was too big so now I have to get an x small skinny girl problems.But as you can probably tell I eat more than a peanut and a bananna all day long if you look at my food log and I probably actually have lost weight since then and as you can see I eat I dont starve myself or restrict like an anorexic does because your body needs energy/ fuel during the day especially if you have a medical condition.