I was recommended this web page by my step-brother. I’m not sure whether this write-up is published by him as nobody else know such detailed about my problem. You’re awesome! Thanks!

Hey Joel, brilliant post! I fell for the no eating after X hours a few years back, didn’t help I can tell you. I just have a question. At night I struggle to find things to eat to fulfill my calorie intake as most of the time my fats are on par. So basically all I have left is…OD on fat =P or try and eat some carbs. I have a damn good diet, but should I be eating more carbs and less fat during the day so I have more room at night? I just feel guilty eating carbs (grain based) at all really.

We enjoy Muscle Milk before turning off the lights at night!

One trick I used when losing 40 lb of weight, and felt hungry at late was to eat 2 or 3 whole boiled eggs. These babies work like magic for me, they stop the hunger, are nuticious and tasty.

Joel I agree with you on the premise that late night eating does not pile up fat when eating the right kind of food, but most of the dietitians and medical professionals are of the opinion that eating animal proteins when digestive process is slow at night can cause indigestion of the animal protein or hamper good digestive power in the long run. Can you clarify on this please.

There’s more to it than just keeping available muscle building protein in your system.

You body burns more calories while sleeping than most of your day time activity. While you;re sleeping your body is working hard to create all the hormones you need to drive you thru the following day. It takes all the amino acids, fats, vitamins and minerals being absorbed from the food in your digestive system and uses it to create tomorrow’s hormones. The adrenol glands alone produce some 50 different hormones, and it’s all done at night.

If you starve your body for 12 hours or so during the night time, you’re depriving your body of the ingredients it needs to set you up for the next day!

Hi Joel! What if I do my workout late (no other option for me)? Is a post-workout recovery shake/meal still something sensible when consumed one hour (and sometimes less) before bed?

Hee Joel!! nice article.wat about peanuts with a slow digesting protein at night?? will that do any good ??

Hi Joel,

Me and my partner was talking about this the other day its not really about how much you eat or what time you eat, its about what type of foods you are eating and also people tend to forget about the little snacks that they have in the day. For example, tasting food while cooking to make sure its tasty, putting sugar in tea or coffee. What I eat isn’t bad but its the time of night that I eat my dinner at 8pm or 9pm and it was normally rice , potatoes, veg and meat. Now what I do is if I eat dinner to late I have salad, tomatoes, cucumber, chicken and then a low fat salad dressing on top because befor I found eating all that heavy food a bit to filling and I was finding it hard to shift the weight.

Reading your blog has clarified what I had been thinking all along, thank you.

Carina

I like crunch penutbutter on celery.