Eating late at night

[gixxerboy1]

My girl works nights so she gets up at 1pm and goes to sleep at 5 am. She eats around 5pm before work. Well she gets home at 2am and is hungry. I told her its ok for her to eat. Going 15 hours with out food isn't good and will slow her metabolism. Her trainer at Bailey's told her not to eat 3 hours before bed she will get fat. Normally i would agree its not good but she is fasting for too long that has to be worse then eating before bed.

[Prada]

I would have to agree, starving yourself is sending a message and your brain interprets and hence reacts as though food is scarce and consequently causes a metabolic slowdown, a lower RMR. So it really comes down to your daily needed macros, and having them as equally as possible divided throughout the day.

[collar]

yep shes can eat its fine.
and maybe have snacks in between.
like fruits/rice cakes./nuts.

[BigEast]

My girl works nights so she gets up at 1pm and goes to sleep at 5 am. She eats around 5pm before work. Well she gets home at 2am and is hungry. I told her its ok for her to eat. Going 15 hours with out food isn't good and will slow her metabolism. Her trainer at Bailey's told her not to eat 3 hours before bed she will get fat. Normally i would agree its not good but she is fasting for too long that has to be worse then eating before bed.

no carbs within 2-3 hours of bedtime is my golden rule.

[naturalsux]

as long as she isnt eating above her calorie intake, it wont be store as fat.

[UNCCwrestler]

I'd imagine a little bit of lean protien (cottage cheese, small shake) would be fine when she gets back around 2 am.

I got my mom some Designer Whey protien made just for women, a while back and she takes about 14g protien before bed and she has noticed a drop in bf and toned up (not saying your gf needs to or anything). My mom also works nights.

[Terinox]

Curious, where does she work that she is unable to eat at her job? Aren't there breaks/lunch time, etc, that she can squeeze in more food, going 12+ hours no food is insane.