monspaben's Journal, 16 March 2010

hmmmmmmmmm, looks like it is working for you! See calories are NOT calories in my book! I need to add this info to the challenge. Carbs are what our bodies use for energy. If you eat something high in carbs near bedtime, your body has fuel to eat during the night. If you don't eat something high in carbs, (I eat a tablespoon of peanut butter with an 8 oz glass of skim milk around 7 or 8 pm after I finish my workout)your body can use the stored fat to burn while you are sleeping. I am not a nutritionist or a scientist. This is just MY observations, and it makes sense. Some people say nothing to eat period after a certain time, and I agree you don't want to plop on the couch with a bag of chips, cookies or anything else unhealthy. I just think you should keep your fat/protein/carbs in range properly and avoid those high carb evening snacks and you will lose weight. Of course this is assuming you are on the proper RDI and watching it closely. Calories add up. I eat healthy so I can fit my little desserts in earlier in the day though. I eat my fruit between breakfast and lunch or lunch and dinner instead of in the evening. I hope you continue to lose consistently. You may have hit a plateau and this helped shake you off of it. Keep us posted and please post in the forum so others can learn from you!