I've heard that as you get older you shouldn't eat for at least 2 hours before you go to bed, but as for a healthy late night snack that feels like a meal - Try no/LIGHT butter popcorn.
I always get the 5lb bag of baby carrots when I'm I shop at costco. If eating carrots is too bland then you could always get some sort of fat free dip.
Is that really a legit list? I thought you were just messing around. Laughing Cow, healthy beef jerky? Oxymorons!
How many are you supposed to eat? Any almonds are way too addicting. I might rip through the half the container
You didn't realize jerky was a healthy snack?!? And the cheese spread on a triscuit is quite healthy, as long as you use a triangle at a time. If you're going to eat the whole wheel, that is another story. they all came from Men's Health. I just listed the ones I liked. http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slideshow/50-best-snack-foods-america
That whole wheel of cheese is probably under 500 calories. Its a shame they don't mass produce GOOD beef jerky. The stuff you get at the chain stores suck.
I don't like this thinking. First, the average person burns roughly 90 calories per hour of sleep. Eight hours makes 720 calories. If you go 5-6 hours before sleep without eating, you'll undoubtedly slow down your overall metabolism. My point is this: after 5-6 hours + 8 hours of sleep (13-14 hours), your blood, muscles, and liver will be so deprived of glucose/glycogen, that you'll have no point but to turn to protein (muscle) for maintaining blood sugar. Remember this: fat cannot be turned into glucose. Only glucose, glycogen (storage glucose), and protein (muscle or diet) can be. Muscle is far more metabolically active than fat. If you slowly lower your amount of muscle, your daily expenditure of calories will plummet. This is why I don't understand not eating all day. A lot of people think this is a good practice, yet they wonder why they can't lose 'real weight' and why their body fat percentages are sky high. Overall, eat a well-balanced, well-timed diet, and you'll be able to maintain a proper weight. Add some weightlifting and some, not too much, cardio, and you'll be golden. As just an example, I drink about 10 oz. of milk and swallow 2-4 tablespoons of peanut butter every night before bed. When I inevitably wake up to pee, I quickly drink a small glass of milk or juice and it's back to bed. Since adopting this method, my body has been far better for it. Now, I'm young, and quite active, so the peanut butter thing is certainly not necessary for most. But restricting calories before bed is ludicrous.
I've never seen kale chips for sale at Whole Foods or elsewhere. I've always made them. Almonds are high in fat, but it's healthy, natural fat. I would be careful with the flavored ones. They might have a lot of unhealthy processed additives.
I should have prefaced this by saying that I, on average, only sleep about 5 and a half to six hours a day (so the average fast for me is about 10 hours), and if you're meeting your calorie intake goals during the day (esp if you space them out every 2-3 waking hours), you should be fine (no way would i tell people to 'not eat all day'). Also, I, unlike most people, eat immediately upon waking (a large meal, not just a snack, etc). If you're one of those people who eats 2-3 hours after getting up, then yeah, a later dinner makes sense (although it's a bad habit to get into). And also, I emphasize not eating starch and/or sugar before bed. Lean proteins or healthy fats are a different matter.
This is fair, though I still think a 10 hour fast is pushing it. I'd really like to know more about this subject though, because all the 'experts' want to talk about are the trendy topics, like Omega-3, fiber, etc. I know people who don't eat breakfast, go through an entire work day on maybe a bag of chips and a soda, go home and have a large dinner and think that they're healthy because they're well under 2000 calories for the day. Lifestyle, more often than not, gets in the way of healthy eating. It's a tough balance.
