Night time eatting

[vinrex7]

Hi guys, I'm trying to lose weight, and my main problem is i get hungry at night and eat junk. i was told that i can eat as much protein as i like at night as it's carbs that put weight on through the night due to lack of movement. is this true? cheers guys

[Ethel]

Load of old tosh. It's the overall amount you eat, not when you eat, that counts.

One aspect of weight management that is vital to understand is that we gain and lose weight over periods of time � weeks, months, years � not hour by hour. We would need to take in substantially more calories than we expend, over time, to gain weight.

Another important fact of metabolism is that our bodies do not stop working, even when we are sleeping! Hearts are beating, blood is circulating, lungs are functioning, brains are even working. This all takes energy � meaning we are still burning calories.

There is no magic time after which the body stores fat. For instance, if you eat the same exact meal at 6 PM or at 8 PM, is one more caloric than the other? No, each meal has the same number of calories. What really matters is the total amount of food and drink you have over the course of a week, or a month or longer, and how much energy you expend during that timeframe. Excess calories will be stored as fat over time, regardless of whether they are taken in during the day or night.

[PinkFizz]

Totally agree with Ethel.Its how much you consume in a 24 hour period,not at what time of dayThe later you eat you will have less time to burn any of the calories off but still focus on the amount you are eating in any given period of time.

[Octavius]

AskAlice may well be right(!), the common assumption is that eating late at night will not give your body the chance to burn off the calories and you will gain weight. The truth is that your body processes calories the same way at night and during the day. The problem with late-night eating is that people tend to indulge in junk food rather than something healthy and that is what leads to weight gain.

[dizydosydoll]

when i went to slimming world the consultant said that you could eat at any time as she only eat her tea at 10.00 when getting back from classes and she was slim and maintaned it.
I think that crbs is the prob if i cut out carbs for a week i loose 1/2 a stone but then put it all back on