Has anyone made a rule to not eat after a certain time.. like 7PM? And if so, does it help or what is its purpose...?

I don't have a hard fast rule on that, but most days I eat dinner by 6 or 7 pm and never eat after dinner. I try to stick to just 3 meals, a protein drink and vitamin/mineral supplements daily.

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If I'm going to eat solid food for supper, I try not to eat too late because it sometimes causes me to have acid reflux now that I have good restriction,

I don't have a rule...I was watching Dr. Ian on Tyra recently and his advice is don't eat w/in 1 1/2 hours of going to bed. They even tested a girl over a period of time and she didn't gain any weight changing her eating to 1 1/2 hours before bed.

I can't eat after 8PM even if I wanted to. My time frame for food is usually between about 1PM - 7/8PM. There is little reason for anyone to eat that late in the day anyway if you have already had your three meals.

There are several reasons not to eat late in the evening before going to bed, and it's even more important for bandsters. Eating late means that whatever you eat is going to be metabolized as slowly as possible, since you're sleeping rather than up and moving around. Almost all conventional diets recognize this and advise against eating late.

And for bandsters it's even more important, because lying down while there is still food in the pouch can lead to irritation of the tissues. This can lead to being too tight in the morning, leading to the well-known phenomenon of not eating before mid-afternoon, getting hungry in the evening, eating late, and starting the whole vicious cycle over again.

So, in general, try not to eat solid food for three hours or so before retiring for the night.

Thank you!!!

Before I was banded, I tried to make it a rule not to eat after 7:30 because it helped me to keep my caloric intake down.. but since I've been banded I haven't worried so much about it. If I feel starving at 8, I will eat! Though I do try not to eat too close to bed time, because laying down after I eat doesn't always feel so pleasant.

Nothing in my face after 8pm. It was a big adjustment for me but now I couldn't eat that late if I wanted to. I did once and didn't slee at all. Crazy weird dreams and reflux. Ugh, not worth it

Um that would be "sleep". I didn't sleep at all. Sorry for the typo!