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When should I stop eating?

Ideally, about 3 hours before bed.

Matthew Fried

Jan 17

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It’s ideal to stop eating about 3 hours before bedtime.

Taking in lots of food after that interrupts your sleep.

When your sleep is interrupted, many things get interrupted, including fat loss.

So you don’t want to eat late very often.

However, you also (probably) want to have a social life and health relationships.

Most people eat dinner, socially or professionally, late.

So unless you marry a biohacker and work at a holistic health spa, you’re going to have at least 1 late dinner per week.

That won’t kill you.

You can make those late meals a little lighter by choosing a salad instead of a huge steak.

Here’s how I do it:

I stop eating 2-3 hours before bed most nights, like 8 out of 10 times.
I never let my preference to do so isolate me from eating with family or friends.
Even if I’m alone, if I’m really hungry (not just bored or stressed), I will eat.
Sometimes, when I’m working late, I snack out of habit. I’m not hungry, but I want it, I enjoy it, and it (I think) helps me to keep working.
Sometimes, I just eat chips while watching a movie because I like chips.

It’s not about perfection, I promise.

It’s possible to be very fit and well-adjusted enough to enjoy it.

To me, it’s the combination of discipline and flexibility that is ideal.

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