Late night eating - Exercise & Fitness Message Board

Trooper · 02-05-2003, 06:18 AM

I posted this on the Diet and Nurtition board, but was looking for some other opinions.

During the week, I have very busy, long days. I work 7 - 5 and workout in the evenings. I eat very healthy during the day, but don't like to eat before I go workout. M-Th I don't get home until 9:30pm. Wednesdays it's 11:30pm because after working out, I play soccer on a women's league. Anway, my question is that how late is too late to eat? When I get home at 9:30, I am absolutely starving because I hadn't eaten anything since my mid-afternoon snack. I try drinking water to make the hunger go away, but it doesn't work. As of late, I have been allowing myself to eat a 3oz. can of tuna when I get home that late.
Stats are 5'3" and 113 lbs. I'm not trying to lose weight, but just maintain healthy eating.

Workout is M-Thur: 45 minutes on elliptical trainer and 45 minutes of water aerobics. Wed night adds 1 40 minutes of soccer.

Breakfast is cottage cheese and yogurt mixed together.
Mid-morning snack is a granola bar, apple, or hard boiled egg.
Lunch is a salad or a Sub sandwich w/baked lays.
Afternoon snack is a banana.
Then dinner - there is none until really late. It's usually 3oz of tuna with a little vinagrette dressing and a slice of swiss cheese.

So is it okay (healthy) to eat late at night and then go to bed?

Thanks for any opinions,
Trooper

Naxis · 02-05-2003, 07:16 AM

As long as you keep carbs low or none, eating a little before bed is ok. Tuna is good protein and it will digest slowly and be less likely to be stored as fat. In fact it will help stop breakdown of muscle. So I wouldn't worry about it.

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evil316 · 02-06-2003, 01:15 AM

I agree completely! Keep the carb intake low before going to bed. High protein is the way to go and tuna is excellent.

Trooper · 02-06-2003, 10:10 AM

Thanks for the replies.

Just one more quick question... can you eat too much tuna? I have been eating a tuna sandwich and tuna for my late dinner for a while now. It would be a total of 6oz. a day. Can I eat all the tuna I want?

evil316 · 02-06-2003, 11:37 AM

Just cause something is good for you to eat doesn't mean you can eat as much as you want. You still want to watch your caloric intake and simply not eat more than what your body needs whether it's in the form of protein, fat, carb, or whatever.