How soon before bedtime do you stop eating? What do you think is best? - Page 2

ValiantJoy07 · 01-08-2016, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by kdhfly

Keeping in mind I am still nursing, I wake up so hungry I can't sleep if I go that long before bed without eating. I try for us to have a late enough dinner with plenty of filling things, and then I can make it til morning, and maybe not even need to eat right away when I wake up. I don't need to feel stuffed full, but if I am even a little hungry then I have a snack before bed.

This is me. When I am nursing I need to eat. I usually have a snack at 8:30 after the kids are down and I go to bed between 9:30 and 10:30 if it's later than 10 when I am getting ready for bed, I'll eat another snack. Otherwise I wake up at 4a.m. and I'm *hungry* and can't get back to sleep and I lay there for a long time waiting for the baby to stop eating so I can sneak out of bed for food.

LovinBeingMommy · 01-08-2016, 03:43 PM

I can't sleep if I'm hungry. And I wake up sick if I haven't eaten something before bed. I can't go 11+ hours without food (3 before bed, 8 in bed).

Beth1231 · 01-09-2016, 06:11 AM

If I had a salad for dinner,I have to have a snack or I can't sleep for hunger. If I eat a heavy bowl of soup and bread,I might not eat till 9am the next morning

So for me,it all depends on dinner.

MaySunflowers · 01-09-2016, 08:55 AM

About 3 hours week days... weekends when I am up later about 5 hours

tempus vernum · 01-10-2016, 08:13 PM

We snack before bed and I'm not sure if I could make it till morning if I didn't

AND honestly, my kids wake up and raid the kitchen at night if they don't snack. We tried to eliminate bedtime snacks once after reading studies. BUT then I realized as Lisa said, everything can be justified by some sort of study

I read potatoes not prozac so used to do potatoes before bed every night

Winter is hard for me depression wise so I may have to consider this again. Recently we have gone to fruit/veggies bedtime snack. Tonight we have a guest so our treat was popcorn

AngelaVA · 01-10-2016, 08:30 PM

I eat dinner around 6 and it's usually the last thing I eat for the day. I go to bed around 10. If I haven't eaten enough during the day this doesn't work though and I have to snack, but when I snack, I don't sleep as well. But I also don't sleep if I'm hungry so

I just try to eat 3 good meals.

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2sunshines · 01-12-2016, 03:15 AM

Just for reference, the food choices I make for myself, as a fully grown woman with very different dietary and intake needs, vary dramatically from the food choices I make for my children (or encourage my children to make for themselves).

While I have found that it is key for me to *not* eat anything other than drink water after dinner and before bedtime, I do offer and encourage my children to eat a healthy snack before bed.

So I guess my answer would vary based on whether you were asking what *I* do, or what we do as a family.

AngelaVA · 01-12-2016, 04:51 AM

Oh yeah although I don't snack before bed my kids definitely do.

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Kirkie · 01-12-2016, 05:44 AM

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01-08-2016, 03:43 PM	#17
LovinBeingMommy Rose Garden The many faces of Monkey Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: In the Middle of Nowhere Posts: 5,088	Re: How soon before bedtime do you stop eating? What do you think is best? I can't sleep if I'm hungry. And I wake up sick if I haven't eaten something before bed. I can't go 11+ hours without food (3 before bed, 8 in bed). __________________ The proud Mama of a Monkey who aspires to be a vet when he grows up and to Baby Girl (nickname coming...) born 8/2019. Most definitely INFJ Be my friend?! (Just let me know you're a GCM )

01-09-2016, 06:11 AM	#18
Beth1231 Deactivated Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 14,962	Re: How soon before bedtime do you stop eating? What do you think is best? If I had a salad for dinner,I have to have a snack or I can't sleep for hunger. If I eat a heavy bowl of soup and bread,I might not eat till 9am the next morning So for me,it all depends on dinner.

01-09-2016, 08:55 AM	#19
MaySunflowers Deactivated Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: UK Posts: 7,781	Re: How soon before bedtime do you stop eating? What do you think is best? About 3 hours week days... weekends when I am up later about 5 hours

01-10-2016, 08:13 PM	#20
tempus vernum Rose Garden I am the mountain. I am not the storm and the storm is not me. -Ian Cron Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 28,913	Re: How soon before bedtime do you stop eating? What do you think is best? We snack before bed and I'm not sure if I could make it till morning if I didn't AND honestly, my kids wake up and raid the kitchen at night if they don't snack. We tried to eliminate bedtime snacks once after reading studies. BUT then I realized as Lisa said, everything can be justified by some sort of study I read potatoes not prozac so used to do potatoes before bed every night Winter is hard for me depression wise so I may have to consider this again. Recently we have gone to fruit/veggies bedtime snack. Tonight we have a guest so our treat was popcorn __________________ ~Spring always comes after winter~ 2 Corinthians 4:16 “ Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. ”

01-10-2016, 08:30 PM	#21
AngelaVA Rose Garden Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 11,512	Re: How soon before bedtime do you stop eating? What do you think is best? I eat dinner around 6 and it's usually the last thing I eat for the day. I go to bed around 10. If I haven't eaten enough during the day this doesn't work though and I have to snack, but when I snack, I don't sleep as well. But I also don't sleep if I'm hungry so I just try to eat 3 good meals. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Wife to David since July 2005, Mama to Genevieve born June 2006 and to Gabrielle born February 2009

01-12-2016, 03:15 AM	#22
2sunshines Moderator in Celebrations, Cloth Diapering & EC, Empty Arms, Prayer & Praise, and Swap n' Shop Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 27,027	Re: How soon before bedtime do you stop eating? What do you think is best? Just for reference, the food choices I make for myself, as a fully grown woman with very different dietary and intake needs, vary dramatically from the food choices I make for my children (or encourage my children to make for themselves). While I have found that it is key for me to not eat anything other than drink water after dinner and before bedtime, I do offer and encourage my children to eat a healthy snack before bed. So I guess my answer would vary based on whether you were asking what I do, or what we do as a family. __________________ married 25 years mom to two young adults (23 and 20) and two teens (17 and 15)

01-12-2016, 04:51 AM	#23
AngelaVA Rose Garden Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 11,512	Re: How soon before bedtime do you stop eating? What do you think is best? Oh yeah although I don't snack before bed my kids definitely do. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Wife to David since July 2005, Mama to Genevieve born June 2006 and to Gabrielle born February 2009

01-12-2016, 05:44 AM	#24
Kirkie Rose Bouquet Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 570	Re: How soon before bedtime do you stop eating? What do you think is best? . Last edited by Kirkie; 01-20-2016 at 10:08 PM.

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