last meal of the day

04-07-2010, 11:26 AM

Hi all just wondering when should I have my last meal for the day before I go to bed two hours before?
thanks for the help ahead of time

04-07-2010, 01:02 PM

Yes it should be at least 2 hours. You might what to make it a shake. There are some Ideas of meals on the nutrition tab of this website.

04-07-2010, 03:22 PM

It depends how hungry you are. I find that if I am a bit hungry I opt for some cottage cheese. EFL has some great dessert meals that are very nutritious. My favorite is the Banana Cream Pudding or even the Cheesecake is really nice. Or you can do a shake. Depends on how you feel.
Wish you continued success my friend.
God bless
Jerome
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04-07-2010, 04:20 PM

Cottage cheese is probably one of the best things you could eat ......even within the 2 hour mark because it has casein protein and that is a slow burning protein that your body will use as you sleep.

I personally love 2-3oz of string cheese with natural PB. The PB really fullfills the "sweet, junk" food craving and has a good fat in it without the hydrogenated oils...(if it's natural) I dunk the string cheese in it and it feels guilty but in all reality it's not.

04-08-2010, 07:40 AM

I've been doing a "repair" shake about 30 min before bed (my 5th meal) It's got added protein and some glut in it. I only do 5 meals (after 3.5 challenges I've learned what works for me) as my Thyroid doesn't work thus I metabolize very slow. Prior to this I was always feeling overly sore but now it seem to be the ticket. I wake up ready to "get to it!"==Mike

04-11-2010, 02:54 PM

The best advice is to keep it lower in carbs. This is the ONLY meal that I will sometimes take the carbs out of and it seems to make a difference. You can't burn the energy that close to bed. A low-carb shake like Rightlight is a great choice. Sometimes I might eat a few hard boiled egg whites and a handful of almonds or roll up a few slices of turkey. Most ot the time.....I like a shake.

04-11-2010, 06:27 PM

I try to leave the carbs out before bed too (or keep it extremely light), as carbs lower the hunger hormone, ghrelin, and ghrelin needs to be at a high level to slip into stage 3 or 4 of sleep.

04-07-2010, 11:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
edneck123 Challenger Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 29 Status: Offline	last meal of the day Hi all just wondering when should I have my last meal for the day before I go to bed two hours before? thanks for the help ahead of time

04-07-2010, 01:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
Fedbane Special Honors 2011 Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 3,425 Status: Offline	Yes it should be at least 2 hours. You might what to make it a shake. There are some Ideas of meals on the nutrition tab of this website. __________________ MOTIVATION is what gets you started. HABIT is what keeps you going. Cheers Wade http://www.transformation.com/Fedbane/blog Feel Free to Explore all my blogs. http://www.transformation.com/Fedbane/videos/ Check out my Videos.

04-07-2010, 03:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
Plantman0819 Merit Award 2009 Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6,229 Status: Offline	It depends how hungry you are. I find that if I am a bit hungry I opt for some cottage cheese. EFL has some great dessert meals that are very nutritious. My favorite is the Banana Cream Pudding or even the Cheesecake is really nice. Or you can do a shake. Depends on how you feel. Wish you continued success my friend. God bless Jerome http://www.transformation.com/challenge/2010/nutrition/ __________________ We as human beings must always help others, through our strength we help the weak. Through our compassion, we change the world, one day at a time. I'm not where I need to be, But thank God I'm not where I used to be. I'm okay, and I'm on my way

04-07-2010, 04:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
Gav Merit Award 2009 Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 918 Status: Offline	Cottage cheese is probably one of the best things you could eat ......even within the 2 hour mark because it has casein protein and that is a slow burning protein that your body will use as you sleep. I personally love 2-3oz of string cheese with natural PB. The PB really fullfills the "sweet, junk" food craving and has a good fat in it without the hydrogenated oils...(if it's natural) I dunk the string cheese in it and it feels guilty but in all reality it's not. __________________ http://www.transformation.com/Gav/blog/ *If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over? - John Wooden*

04-11-2010, 02:54 PM	#6 (permalink)
fitness_crazy Merit Award 2009 Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 714 Status: Offline	The best advice is to keep it lower in carbs. This is the ONLY meal that I will sometimes take the carbs out of and it seems to make a difference. You can't burn the energy that close to bed. A low-carb shake like Rightlight is a great choice. Sometimes I might eat a few hard boiled egg whites and a handful of almonds or roll up a few slices of turkey. Most ot the time.....I like a shake. __________________ Lisa

04-08-2010, 07:40 AM	#5 (permalink)
Keyzzz1 Special Honors 2009 Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,631 Status: Offline	I've been doing a "repair" shake about 30 min before bed (my 5th meal) It's got added protein and some glut in it. I only do 5 meals (after 3.5 challenges I've learned what works for me) as my Thyroid doesn't work thus I metabolize very slow. Prior to this I was always feeling overly sore but now it seem to be the ticket. I wake up ready to "get to it!"==Mike

04-11-2010, 06:27 PM	#7 (permalink)
jennystitch Challenger Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 14 Status: Offline	I try to leave the carbs out before bed too (or keep it extremely light), as carbs lower the hunger hormone, ghrelin, and ghrelin needs to be at a high level to slip into stage 3 or 4 of sleep.

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