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To eat this some nights before bed?

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OrangeRoseApple · 13/09/2024 11:01

Maybe about 4 nights a week I'll have a bowl of oats or homemade muesli before bed as I'm craving it sometimes. The following day then I won't eat till lunchtime. I actually sleep better the nights I eat this. I've no extra weight gain, am about 9 stone.

Is this bad for me and should I stop?

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Ghilliegums · 13/09/2024 11:34

Do you have issues around food? Otherwise this is a totally irrelevant question.

sunsetsandboardwalks · 13/09/2024 11:33

You can find research that tells you anything if you look hard enough.

If it's not causing you any problems then I'm not sure why it would be an issue?

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OrangeRoseApple · 13/09/2024 11:32

Yes, with milk, and dried fruit, nuts, thrown in

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OneTC · 13/09/2024 11:31

Do you have it with milk?

FiveShelties · 13/09/2024 11:30

OrangeRoseApple · 13/09/2024 11:09

It's just the fact you hear how eating late can be bad for your body, disrupt sleep etc. I'd eat it at 9 or 10pm

Is it causing a problem with your sleep?

To me it sounds perfectly fine, but then I am a Lancastrian, and it just sounds like a normal supper.

Imalongtimepostingmum · 13/09/2024 11:28

OP. In the north this is called 'supper' a bowl of cereal before bed. Perfectly normal and absolutely fine.

TorroFerney · 13/09/2024 11:26

OrangeRoseApple · 13/09/2024 11:09

It's just the fact you hear how eating late can be bad for your body, disrupt sleep etc. I'd eat it at 9 or 10pm

This is the challenge, you hear lots of things and lots of them are rubbish . You know your body so listen to that! I think it’s taking about a very heavy meal, sure some of us have been out for dinner late and almost got a good hangover or had Chinese or Indian food and felt dehydrated and just rough in bed. Not oats.

SocksAndTheCity · 13/09/2024 11:15

OrangeRoseApple · 13/09/2024 11:09

It's just the fact you hear how eating late can be bad for your body, disrupt sleep etc. I'd eat it at 9 or 10pm

1: 9 or 10pm isn't late.
2: you're eating a bowl of cereal, not a four person Indian takeaway with rice and naan and a pint of Ben & Jerry's for afters.
3: 'hear' where? I have never 'heard' this anywhere.

If this is truly your most pressing concern, I'll happily swap. I would love to have the time and headspace to be this self obsessed.

Autumnaltime · 13/09/2024 11:10

It's a healthy food option, it helps you get a good sleep and you aren't gaining weight.
Sounds like a win win situation to me.

Original poster
OrangeRoseApple · 13/09/2024 11:09

It's just the fact you hear how eating late can be bad for your body, disrupt sleep etc. I'd eat it at 9 or 10pm

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Sparklywhiteteeth · 13/09/2024 11:06

Are you prone to anxiety or something, why is this even a question?

rosettalil · 13/09/2024 11:02

I don't see a problem with this at all! Intermittent fasting is also meant to be quite beneficial.

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