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Nothing after 7 PM?

indy_hxc_girl Posts: 7 Joined: 2005/04/29	2005/04/30, 04:30 PM I'm wondering about eating after 7 PM. Is that only if you're on a 9-5 schedule and go to bed at around 10-11 PM? I haven't (and hopefully won't ever) been on that schedule in years, and with my current job, I go to work at 7, and get home at around 2 AM, and bed at 4. If I don't eat after 7, I figured it'd be 17 or 18 hours that I'd go without eating, given that I wake up around noon. Any thoughts- should I just not eat after 7 or can I push it a bit later due to my schedule?
bropie Posts: 1,084 Joined: 2004/12/04	2005/04/30, 04:33 PM with your schedule, i would push it later.. thats a very long time without eating, and its likely your body will slip into a catabolic state of muscle breakdown
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2005/04/30, 06:07 PM Geez, where did it ever come from that your digestive system shuts down after some certain hour! If you are up, you need to nourish your body. -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.... bb1fit@freetrainers.com
yadmit Posts: 4,670 Joined: 2003/10/05	2005/04/30, 07:24 PM I think it would make sense to eat on a regular schedule, just as if you worked 9:00 to 5:00... I agree with bb1, if you're up, nourish your body... t -------------- This donut has purple in the middle, purple is a fruit. - Homer (Simpson) Be here. Live. Love. Hope. Now. Faith. Believe. You. - Keith Urban
princesslodgey Posts: 1,748 Joined: 2004/02/21	2005/05/01, 04:47 AM I work different shifts, and although it gets confusing at times (the disturbed sleep pattern doesn't help either!) I just try to eat every 3 hours while I'm awake, regardless of what the actual time is.
	2005/05/01, 05:48 AM I think you took a bit of truth and made it extreme.... I think it's a good idea to cut down on carbs(especially simple) a couple hours before going to sleep....instead you should still eat something like slow digesting protein(ie cassiene.. the kidn you'd find in cottage cheese..)...or yogurt...a handful of nuts is also good...etc... However if you got an irregular schedule...you need to change it accordingly...you should eat eat least every 2-3 hours.... Also am I correct to understand that you sleep 3 hours a day? you said you go to work at 7? and get up at 4?.....I mean that's rediculous...you need a minimum of 8 hours of sleep....you're going to mess up your health.....so cut down on hours at work (money can't buy back the wasted health/youth nor happiness)
indy_hxc_girl Posts: 7 Joined: 2005/04/29	2005/05/01, 01:45 PM 7 PM, not AM, lol.