Will late nite eating make you fatter..

Okay, this is a little twist on the common 'eating late'
question, but can be answered in a similar fashion:

Burning Furnace Diet

First off, if we're talking about a late night meal that is
immediately after a workout (like in our reader's situation
above), there is nothing to worry about.

The most important meal of a workout day is the post workout
meal, as your body is primed to suck up every nutrient you
give it so it can begin the growth and repair process...

...And-

-this meal also teaches your body to store food as glycogen
in the muscles rather than as body fat.

So, eating a post workout meal late a night will actually
speed up your rate of fat burning.

Now, what about a regular old meal late at night?

Well, here's the skinny on this now age old question:

The best way to fuel your body for fat loss is to eat
smaller meals more frequently. And when this is done
properly, you almost always end up eating maybe an hour or
two before bedtime.

And this is OK. (You don't want to eat right before bed
because this will usually keep you awake longer anyway as
you body metabolizes the food you just ate!)

But, you do want to watch out and make sure this late night
meal doesn't include many carbohydrates.

Carbs are our fuel source, and we don't need many of them to
fuel us while we are sleeping...so...

...try and keep that hour or two before bed meal higher on
the protein/healthy fat side of things.

Another thing to keep in mind is that this late night meal
must be part of your overall daily caloric intake. In other
words, it can't be an "added on" meal just because you're
hungry late at night.

Any surplus of calories will end up stored as fat, so as
long as your late night meal is higher in protein & heathy
fats vs. carbs, and one of your regularly scheduled meals or
snacks, you are good to go.

Also know that not eating for 4 hours or so before bed can
actually make it harder for you to build or even maintain
fat burning lean muscle mass...so eating before bed (when
done properly as described above) is actually one of the
best things you could do for overall fat loss.

Burning Furnace Diet