Amazing + ?

Nothing that I ate while 'off' my plan tasted as good as good day
feels! It is nice to be back working towards a healthier lifestyle.
Moving after sitting in theatres for 10 + hours 10 days straight.
Here is a question for everyone- what do you think about eating later
in the evening? I noticed that quite a few people had resolutions of
not eating past 8pm and I have read that in a few books. Thoughts?

D
grateful for 3 good days in a row YES!

Originally Posted by DestinyintheDark

Nothing that I ate while 'off' my plan tasted as good as good day
feels! It is nice to be back working towards a healthier lifestyle.
Moving after sitting in theatres for 10 + hours 10 days straight.
Here is a question for everyone- what do you think about eating later
in the evening? I noticed that quite a few people had resolutions of
not eating past 8pm and I have read that in a few books. Thoughts?

D
grateful for 3 good days in a row YES!

I guess it depends on everyone's lifestyle. Personally I go to bed after 1am so it's just not realistic to try not to eat anything after 8pm. So I just have a light dinner at around 10pm and it's working for me.

On 2 Feb 2006 20:02:03 -0800, "DestinyintheDark"
wrote:

Nothing that I ate while 'off' my plan tasted as good as good day
feels! It is nice to be back working towards a healthier lifestyle.
Moving after sitting in theatres for 10 + hours 10 days straight.
Here is a question for everyone- what do you think about eating later
in the evening? I noticed that quite a few people had resolutions of
not eating past 8pm and I have read that in a few books. Thoughts?

D
grateful for 3 good days in a row YES!

Hi DD,

It can be a harmful cycle for dieters.

It's also a great way to fatten up livestock and sumo wrestler's,
both. Your body just has no way to use the energy that you've given it
with a late meal, before bedtime.

So to make it work in a structured eating plan, you'd need to then
hold off on having breakfast until several hours later, or eat just a
half of your normal breakfast.

Which isn't that appealing, imo.

A second consideration is that the bulk of the food you eat will still
be in your stomach while you sleep. Inevitably, some gases will form,
and tend to push the stomach contents, in all directions.

Including upward into the esophagus. Now that the food has been mixed
with your stomach's acids, it will chemically burn the unprotected
esophagus, and you don't want that!

Also, it's pretty easy to just "sleep through" a hunger twinge. You
may be like me and dream of a pizza once in a while, but that's just
funny, no worries there. You don't feel "deprived", by going to bed
slightly hungry.

You will feel cooler, though! Grab that extra blanket, for sure.

Our liver's generate a good amount of our body's heat. When we don't
have food for the liver to work on, (indirectly), our body's core temp
will drop a bit, and you can really notice it on a diet.

That's the way, STRING them good days together! (They won't mind a
bit. grin)

You think you're dieting, but you're really just making a pearl string
necklace of good dieting days, one after the other.


Adak

"David" wrote in message
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On 2 Feb 2006 20:02:03 -0800, "DestinyintheDark"
wrote:

Nothing that I ate while 'off' my plan tasted as good as good day
feels! It is nice to be back working towards a healthier lifestyle.
Moving after sitting in theatres for 10 + hours 10 days straight.
Here is a question for everyone- what do you think about eating later
in the evening? I noticed that quite a few people had resolutions of
not eating past 8pm and I have read that in a few books. Thoughts?

D
grateful for 3 good days in a row YES!

Hi DD,

It can be a harmful cycle for dieters.

It's also a great way to fatten up livestock and sumo wrestler's,
both. Your body just has no way to use the energy that you've given it
with a late meal, before bedtime.

So to make it work in a structured eating plan, you'd need to then
hold off on having breakfast until several hours later, or eat just a
half of your normal breakfast.

Which isn't that appealing, imo.

A second consideration is that the bulk of the food you eat will still
be in your stomach while you sleep. Inevitably, some gases will form,
and tend to push the stomach contents, in all directions.

Including upward into the esophagus. Now that the food has been mixed
with your stomach's acids, it will chemically burn the unprotected
esophagus, and you don't want that!

Also, it's pretty easy to just "sleep through" a hunger twinge. You
may be like me and dream of a pizza once in a while, but that's just
funny, no worries there. You don't feel "deprived", by going to bed
slightly hungry.

You will feel cooler, though! Grab that extra blanket, for sure.

Our liver's generate a good amount of our body's heat. When we don't
have food for the liver to work on, (indirectly), our body's core temp
will drop a bit, and you can really notice it on a diet.

That's the way, STRING them good days together! (They won't mind a
bit. grin)

You think you're dieting, but you're really just making a pearl string
necklace of good dieting days, one after the other.


Adak


I agree with that. I have noticed that I get colder quicker now that I have
lost the weight. I used to be able to walk around the house in shorts and no
shirt during the winter months with the heat turned down, but now I am more
comfortable in sweats and slippers...

I personally try not to eat meals after 8pm because of what David says, the
body doesn't have time to process much of the calories before bedtime
(unless you work 2nd or 3rd shift).

My 2c,

Matty (I weighed more than Jared from Subway)
481/277/225
(starting weight/current weight/goal weight)

First mini goal achieved - 104lbs lost 10/26/04
Second mini goal achieved - 137lbs lost 01/28/05
Third mini goal achieved - 183lbs lost 09/30/05
Fourth mini goal - 204lbs total lost 01/30/06
Fifth mini goal - 231lbs total lost by 05/31/06

On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 09:27:51 -0500, "Matty" wrote:


I agree with that. I have noticed that I get colder quicker now that I have
lost the weight. I used to be able to walk around the house in shorts and no
shirt during the winter months with the heat turned down, but now I am more
comfortable in sweats and slippers...

I personally try not to eat meals after 8pm because of what David says, the
body doesn't have time to process much of the calories before bedtime
(unless you work 2nd or 3rd shift).

My 2c,

Matty (I weighed more than Jared from Subway)
481/277/225
(starting weight/current weight/goal weight)

First mini goal achieved - 104lbs lost 10/26/04
Second mini goal achieved - 137lbs lost 01/28/05
Third mini goal achieved - 183lbs lost 09/30/05
Fourth mini goal - 204lbs total lost 01/30/06
Fifth mini goal - 231lbs total lost by 05/31/06


Matty,

CONGRATS on your superb weight loss.

If you get a chance, could you start a new thread on your trials and
tribulations, in making this journey?

Or perhaps just a few of your main guidelines for success?

Well done, Matty. Give yourself a big pat on the back from me.

Adak

David wrote:
On 2 Feb 2006 20:02:03 -0800, "DestinyintheDark"
wrote:

Nothing that I ate while 'off' my plan tasted as good as good day
feels! It is nice to be back working towards a healthier lifestyle.
Moving after sitting in theatres for 10 + hours 10 days straight.
Here is a question for everyone- what do you think about eating later
in the evening? I noticed that quite a few people had resolutions of
not eating past 8pm and I have read that in a few books. Thoughts?

D
grateful for 3 good days in a row YES!

Hi DD,

It can be a harmful cycle for dieters.

It's also a great way to fatten up livestock and sumo wrestler's,
both. Your body just has no way to use the energy that you've given it
with a late meal, before bedtime.

So to make it work in a structured eating plan, you'd need to then
hold off on having breakfast until several hours later, or eat just a
half of your normal breakfast.

Which isn't that appealing, imo.

A second consideration is that the bulk of the food you eat will still
be in your stomach while you sleep. Inevitably, some gases will form,
and tend to push the stomach contents, in all directions.

Including upward into the esophagus. Now that the food has been mixed
with your stomach's acids, it will chemically burn the unprotected
esophagus, and you don't want that!

Also, it's pretty easy to just "sleep through" a hunger twinge. You
may be like me and dream of a pizza once in a while, but that's just
funny, no worries there. You don't feel "deprived", by going to bed
slightly hungry.

You will feel cooler, though! Grab that extra blanket, for sure.

Our liver's generate a good amount of our body's heat. When we don't
have food for the liver to work on, (indirectly), our body's core temp
will drop a bit, and you can really notice it on a diet.

That's the way, STRING them good days together! (They won't mind a
bit. grin)

You think you're dieting, but you're really just making a pearl string
necklace of good dieting days, one after the other.


Adak



When do muscles recover from exercise? Doesn't it makes sense to give
them a little protein so they can rebuild overnight?

--

Cheese

http://cheesensweets.com/contact/cheese

"Adak" wrote in message
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On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 09:27:51 -0500, "Matty" wrote:


I agree with that. I have noticed that I get colder quicker now that I
have
lost the weight. I used to be able to walk around the house in shorts and
no
shirt during the winter months with the heat turned down, but now I am
more
comfortable in sweats and slippers...

I personally try not to eat meals after 8pm because of what David says,
the
body doesn't have time to process much of the calories before bedtime
(unless you work 2nd or 3rd shift).

My 2c,

Matty (I weighed more than Jared from Subway)
481/277/225
(starting weight/current weight/goal weight)

First mini goal achieved - 104lbs lost 10/26/04
Second mini goal achieved - 137lbs lost 01/28/05
Third mini goal achieved - 183lbs lost 09/30/05
Fourth mini goal - 204lbs total lost 01/30/06
Fifth mini goal - 231lbs total lost by 05/31/06


Matty,

CONGRATS on your superb weight loss.

If you get a chance, could you start a new thread on your trials and
tribulations, in making this journey?

Or perhaps just a few of your main guidelines for success?

Well done, Matty. Give yourself a big pat on the back from me.

Adak






David,

Check the thread, "A question!" that Glo had recently posted. I replied with
the keys I have found valuable in my weightloss journey...

Wife and I are going out tonight and sharing a meal to
celebrate...(literally ordering one entree and two plates!)

Thanks for the congrats and encouragement!

Matty (I weighed more than Jared from Subway)
481/277/225
(starting weight/current weight/goal weight)

First mini goal achieved - 104lbs lost 10/26/04
Second mini goal achieved - 137lbs lost 01/28/05
Third mini goal achieved - 183lbs lost 09/30/05
Fourth mini goal - 204lbs total lost 01/30/06
Fifth mini goal - 231lbs total lost by 05/31/06

There was an interesting article posted recently on the LC newsgroup.
According to the study, done on monkeys which the study performers
claim to be an accurate model for humans, there was no correlation
found between when the monkeys were fed and their weight gain / loss.

Personally, I find I sleep better if I don't eat too soon before bed.
Not only am I more comfortable, but eating before bed, especially
certain foods, generally causes me to have really wierd dreams.

Wow! Now that I think about it- I have been a lot colder than normal
especially while sleeping. The house is normally rather cold but last
night I actually got up to put on more clothes.
It does seem sort of good to go to bed a bit hungry but at the same
time I hear 'sent to bed without supper' in my head although I am
fairly certain that couldn't ever had happened to me as a child- maybe
I am channelling Oliver Twist.
It is also interesting that even when I am really hungry when I go to
bed - I wake up in the morning not hungry but I now make myself eat
breakfast.
What about taking vitamins at night?? Is there a optimal time to take
vitamins?

D

I usually take mine after dinner. No particular reason for it, except
that is usually my main meal of the day and I figure that it will take
longer to digest and that gives the pills more time to dissolve and mix
in.

Sometimes, I vary it up a little bit, trying to get some calcium or
something else in with some breakfast.