Thanks to LMNT for sponsoring this video! Head to to get your free sample pack with any purchase.
More than half of us are all-day grazers, eating for 15 hours or longer every day. We also eat the majority of our calories – more than 35% of them – at night after 6 pm. That late-night eating comes with a number of metabolic consequences. A new study shows that it actually increases hunger, reduces the calories you burn throughout the day, and leads to changes in fat tissue that make weight loss harder.
If weight loss and better metabolic health are your goals, it pays to have a strategy for handling the hours before bedtime. In this video, I share what to eat, when to fast, and a few tips to make the whole thing easy to follow, more enjoyable, and effective.
LMNT Snow Cone Recipe:
Shaved iced
¼ to ½ packet of grapefruit LMNT, (substitute other flavors)
Seltzer or other bubbly water
Lime juice
My video on the study using ACV and Cheese:
****************
Get started with Dr. Becky for free: Learn her 0,1,2,3 Strategy (a.k.a. 4 Daily Habits for Weight Loss):
Are you up for the challenge? Take our 21-Day LOW-CARB or KETO Challenge:
Reach your goal by joining Dr. Becky's Freedom 40-Day Diet Reset:
Get Dr. Becky's book on Amazon or your favorite retailer:
Get Dr. Becky's Cookbooks:
Facebook: @drbeckyfitness
Instagram: @drbeckyfitness
Twitter: @drbeckyfitness
Pinterest: @drbeckyfitness
Dr. Becky's 2nd YouTube Channel: 2 Fit Docs
Links to the studies mentioned in my videos can be found on my blog by typing the video name into the search:
************
Disclaimer: Dr. Becky Gillaspy, DC received her Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1991. Her use of “doctor” or “Dr.” in relation to herself solely refers to that degree. Dr. Gillaspy was a licensed chiropractor in Pennsylvania, but she no longer practices chiropractic in any state and does not see patients. This video is for general informational purposes only. It should not be used to self-diagnose and it is not a substitute for a medical exam, cure, treatment, diagnosis, and prescription or recommendation. It does not create a doctor-patient relationship between Dr. Gillaspy and you. You should not make any change in your health regimen or diet before first consulting a physician and obtaining a medical exam, diagnosis, and recommendation. Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Dr Becky Fitness LLC and Dr. Rebecca Gillaspy, D.C. are not liable or responsible for any advice, course of treatment, diagnosis or any conclusions drawn, services or product you obtain through this video or site.
❣
🙂👍
I love LMNT — most flavors are great hot, too.
Two months ago, I stopped eating anything after 6 PM, and I cannot believe the difference in the quality of my sleep. Simply amazing!!
Wow u eat dinner very early
@Simon T Eating window between 11-6 daily. Best change I’ve ever made for feeling great!
I work swing shift hours 4:30 pm to 1am.
Eating window at 11:30am to 6:30 pm works best for me with no snacks.
I have finally got the needle to move on the weight scale 🎉
Menopause and Insulin resistance.
Only been on this for a week now.😊
👍👍
Snacks taste better at late night. Nooooooooo
Thanks for your lessons learned… greetings from the Netherlands 🌷💕🌺🌷💕🌺🌷💕🌺🌷💕🌺🌷💕
Thank you for sharing. 🙂
I work a pretty physical job 3 days a week, and am exhausted when I get home. I crave sugar, and have a glass of wine, eat dinner, then want more sugar. On my days off, I don’t have these cravings.
The answer is no work. Haha
Great reminders. Easy to slip to eating later.
Thank you Dr. Becky. You are such a blessing and much appreciate the knowledge.
I find the most challenging part is just eating dinner early enough. In the summer when it stays light out so late, it’s typical to eat dinner late, sometimes around 8pm. But I need to go to bed by 10, because I get up early. I hate to sacrifice sleep… any suggestions?
Same
Would it be as effective if I took the vinegar as couple hours before bed ? When I drink at bedtime I spend the night going to the bathroom!
I really encourage everyone to listen to what Dr. Becky just posted. I stop eating food and drinking non-water drinks at 5pm- I am in bed with lights off by 8:30pm. I have found that I sleep better and I am not coughing throughout the night (1 sign of GERD- gastroesophageal reflux disease or “heartburn”). I drink only water from after my last meal until bedtime. When I wake up at 4 am, I drink a lot of water before black coffee and my first meal of the day (on work days) is at 7:30 am but on my 4 days off my first meal of the day is between 9-11 am, I go to bed and wake up at the same time on my days off; if I know we are going out or hanging with friends, I will take a short nap during the day, fast until noon, eat again at 3 and then go out for dinner with friends and finish the last of the food by 8 pm. And again, only water after that, alcohol is not in my repertoire and hasn’t been for more than 20 years.
Finishing eating for the day about 3-4pm. Can’t go to bed on a full stomach, ugh with pressure side effects or acid reflux or etc. Why not eat will be active to help digest the food.
There are several people in my family that actually wake up in the middle of the night and eat. They are obese.
That is the insulin problem.
Thanks Dr.Becky, no eating after dinner has finally become no problem😊
I eat meat once a day. Pretty easy.