Meal Timing: New Study Says Earlier Better

[Sperwer]

Recently I haven't been eating after 7pm and although I've eaten a shedload of carbs, in fact a shedload of everything, I haven't gained weight. Because of not eating later I'm eating more in the morning, anyway, it works for me.

Good to hear.

I'm racheting up my contest prep starting tomorrow. My biggest challenge is going to be losing at least 20 lbs of fat in 15 weeks in order to get down to at least 8%BF, so I will be shifting my major real food meal from 6:30 to 1:30 in the hopes that helps a bit

[markam]

Good to hear.

I'm racheting up my contest prep starting tomorrow. My biggest challenge is going to be losing at least 20 lbs of fat in 15 weeks in order to get down to at least 8%BF, so I will be shifting my major real food meal from 6:30 to 1:30 in the hopes that helps a bit

Good luck for the contest.

I usually wake up in the night and although I don't feel particularly hunger, I find that I will get back to sleep and sleep longer if I have something. 3-5g Coconut oil or MCT oil works well for me. As I'm essentially fasting for 15-16hrs, I don't want to properly break the fast in the middle of the night, but MCT's are practically impossible to store as fat, and I'm not going to worry about such a small amount.

[Sperwer]

Good luck for the contest.

I usually wake up in the night and although I don't feel particularly hunger, I find that I will get back to sleep and sleep longer if I have something. 3-5g Coconut oil or MCT oil works well for me. As I'm essentially fasting for 15-16hrs, I don't want to properly break the fast in the middle of the night, but MCT's are practically impossible to store as fat, and I'm not going to worry about such a small amount.

Thanks.

I get up every night too, but it's old man prostate pressing on my bladder.

I don't have hunger issues though, even though until now I've usually stopped eating by 7:30, except for a couple scoops of peptopro or hydrolyzed casein around 9 before sleep.

Then I usually don't eat until noon, although I get about 20 grams of carbs in my morning cuppa doc-prescribed pomegranate juice. I may have to move that until afternoon, though, to keep that fast going longer.

[markam]

Thanks.

I get up every night too, but it's old man prostate pressing on my bladder.

I don't have hunger issues though, even though until now I've usually stopped eating by 7:30, except for a couple scoops of peptopro or hydrolyzed casein around 9 before sleep.

Then I usually don't eat until noon, although I get about 20 grams of carbs in my morning cuppa doc-prescribed pomegranate juice. I may have to move that until afternoon, though, to keep that fast going longer.

Saw palmetto helps me considerably with getting up to pee in the night. I ran out a month ago so I guess it's time to reorder.

Fast digesting protein before bed? Conventional wisdom says a slow digesting protein is best, but currently I'm just downing some Bcaas and DAA an hour before bed.