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

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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

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That's freakin awesome!

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yay. congradulations !! (: have a fun vacation.

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I'll be willing to try this- at night is when I snack the most!

Hey...I will do it with you. It really does work. It takes off a lot of calories in your day.

This works very well. The problem with me is sticking to it. I tend to get a lot of night munchies but I avoid the kitchen at all costs.

same here...I always get the munchies AFTER 6...smh @ myself -___-

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. 

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!

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.

^ 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.

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!

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!

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

had anybody try HCG?

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

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

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?
 

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.