ok so i know eating right before you're going to bed it bad for you.. - Diet & Nutrition Message Board

~jennifer~ · 09-18-2003, 11:06 AM

but can't you even eat some fruit? like grapes or a banana or apple or tomato, maybe a kiwi, nothing?

stephanie01 · 09-18-2003, 11:21 AM

Why do you want to eat right before bed? Do you get hungry at night? Or is it just like a mental thing where you think you need to eat something. If you really are hungry then, I think eating small fruit would be okay. I usually go for a cup of unbuttered popcorn, because its low in calories and it fills me up.

~jennifer~ · 09-18-2003, 11:36 AM

i don't know, cuz i usually watch tv right before going to bed i guess, and i always eat during watching tv, or i do something else, like fixing my eyebrows, i dunno, i just have to do something...

~jennifer~ · 09-18-2003, 11:37 AM

but is it really bad then, eating fruit before going to bad? it seems alright to me..

Magpiezoe · 09-18-2003, 01:50 PM

Hello, There should be nothing wrong with eating before you go to bed, if you don't need to loose weight and you aren't gaining weight from it. Fruit at night is not going to kill you. If you have a weight problem, then that is a different issue. I balance my food intake all day, so I can snack at night. I snack at night, because I get hungry easily and there is no way I could sleep with hunger pains. My brother-in-law used to say that if you eat peanuts or anything else before bed, you'll get a tummy ache; however, he was skimping on money so he could have an affair and didn't want to spend his precious money on food for his kids. My mother always said it's better to go to bed on a full/happy stomach than go to bed hungry. If it's just a case of keeping busy and you really aren't hungry, you can always read a book.

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Magpie