No Carbs After Five

[RoadRaven]

So far as I can tell, they just don't work - at least none of them did for her for any significant amount of time - and following them can do some strange things to your shopping. (Remembering the lamb-chop incident... )

The lambchop incident???

[Tuckervill]

- Food is fuel. It doesn't have to be indulgent, it doesn't have to taste good, it doesn't have to fill you up, it doesn't have to be pretty.

I just have to say that life would not be worth living if I looked at food this way.

Oh yes, sometimes food has to be just what's available and makes sense, but it should always taste good. If it doesn't taste good, why eat it?

As far as the topic, I've heard Bob Greene say to stop eating 2-3 hours before bedtime, which has to do with not needing the instant energy you get from a meal during sleep (your body just sends it to fat for later, instead). If you go to bed at 7:30, then the 5:00 thing might make sense. But if you go to bed at 10:00, eat by 6:30 or so and you should be fine--according to Bob Greene (and other places I've read that, too).

It sounds like the "no carbs after 5" idea is resting on the same principle, that the quick energy that carbs provide are not needed when you are resting or sedentary, so don't consume them. Five o'clock seems rather arbitrary, though.

Karen

[CycleChic06]

I just have to say that life would not be worth living if I looked at food this way.

Oh yes, sometimes food has to be just what's available and makes sense, but it should always taste good. If it doesn't taste good, why eat it?

I think it's all perspective. Sure, I don't want to eat gruel for the rest of my life even if it would mean I would lose 20lbs. But if I think of food as purely fuel I need to survive, I will eat only what I need, or at least less. It's a mindset.

[equus123]

I think it's all perspective. Sure, I don't want to eat gruel for the rest of my life even if it would mean I would lose 20lbs. But if I think of food as purely fuel I need to survive, I will eat only what I need, or at least less. It's a mindset.

that's one of the perspectives I have on food - yes it makes it easier for me when I look at food in that light.